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Modernization and Chinese entrepreneurship / East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- EAI occasional paper ; no. 3.
- EAI occasional paper ; no. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entrepreneurship--China.
- Entrepreneurship.
- China--History--1976-2002.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (51 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific Publishing ; Singapore : Singapore University Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Does modernization in Asia mean westernization? Can Asia achieve modernity without westernization? How can Asia maintain its own cultural traditions in an age of globalization? How can Asian cultures, especially Chinese culture, facilitate modernization? The two articles in this publication address these questions by examining various links between culture, modernity and development. Contents: In Search of Asia's Modernities (Ambrose Y C King); Chinese Entrepreneurs as Cultural Heroes (S-L Wong). Readership: General.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; IN SEARCH OF ASIA'S MODERNITIES; 1. The Great Transformation; 2. Westernization and Modernization; 3. The Modernity Project and Its new Debate; 3. Culture and Alternative Modernities; 4. Globalization and Asia's Search of Identity; CHINESE ENTREPRENEURS AS CULTURAL HEROES; Hong Kong as Entrepreneurial Symbol; Cultural Shift; Structural Shift; Institutional Shift; Conclusion; References; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789812816122
- 9812816127
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