Chinese family business and the equal inheritance system : unravelling the myth / Victor Zheng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zheng, Hongtai, author.

Series:

Routledge contemporary China series ; 47.

Routledge contemporary China series ; 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family-owned business enterprises--China--Management.

Family-owned business enterprises.

Inheritance and succession--China.

Inheritance and succession.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book disputes the traditional argument that the equal inheritance system hinders the growth of Chinese family business, approaching this not only in terms of economic capital, but also in terms of human capital such as education and leadership, and social networks.Zheng argues that most of the family business patriarchs only focus on the passing on economic capital, but give little attention to human capital and social capital when the come to the stage to transfer control to the next level. It further elaborates that the equal inheritance system itself isn't the destruct

Contents:

Introduction : unravelling the myth

Equal inheritance and family business continuity

Methodology and sketches of the studied families

The transfer of economic capital

The transfer of human capital

The transfer of social capital

Equal inheritance and economic development.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-193) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-17214-5

1-135-17215-3

1-282-59035-9

9786612590351

0-203-86141-8

9780203861417

OCLC:

630534935