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China's rational entrepreneurs : the development of the new private business sector / edited by Barbara Krug.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- RoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ; 20.
- RoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition ; 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Small business--China.
- Small business.
- Entrepreneurship--China.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Business enterprises--China.
- Business enterprises.
- Businessmen--China.
- Businessmen.
- China--Economic conditions--2000-.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Combining theoretical approaches with extensive fieldwork, this work presents a fresh angle of analysis for understanding the behaviour of Chines entrepreneurs and what kind of relations they have with local government in order to secure long-term business success.
- Contents:
- Cover; CHINA'S RATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; 1 Introduction: new opportunities, new sector, new firms; 2 Rationality as a variable in comparative management theory and the possibility of a Chinese version; 3 Entrepreneurship by alliance; 4 Emerging markets, entrepreneurship and uncertainty: the emergence of a private sector in China; 5 The role of social capital, networks and property rights in China's privatization process; 6 The evolving institutional environment and China's state entrepreneurship
- 7 Localism and entrepreneurship: history, identity and solidarity as factors of production8 Social capital in China: the meaning of guanxi in Chinese business; 9 The (sometimes) rational approach to empirical research in China: a personal account; Appendix: background information on the interview and questionnaire respondents; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-33519-9
- 1-134-33520-2
- 0-415-32822-5
- 1-280-02516-6
- 0-203-39091-1
- 9780203390917
- OCLC:
- 56551251
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