The Chinese economy in the 21st century : enterprise and business behaviour

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The Chinese economy in the 21st century : enterprise and business behaviour

edited by Barbara Krug, Hans Hendrischke

E. Elgar, c2007

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Chinese economy in the twenty-first century

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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China's long-term economic success is driven by new firms, new sectors and new business practices. This book explores the establishment of new private firms and listed companies, the development of knowledge industries, in particular the IT and banking sectors and the co-evolution of public governance and business institutions. The contributors discuss the role of local institutions in coordinating business activities and unleashing entrepreneurship, arguing that the sudden growth of new firms and industries is facilitated by changes in business behaviour and institutions. Initial private exchange and investment in an environment of ill-functioning markets are shown to depend on local networks and local business culture which, in turn, rely on local tax regimes setting incentives for inherited bureaucracies to engage in economic transformation. Finally, the book establishes local institutions and local governance as crucial dimensions of China's emerging business system. Contributing to the theory of endogenous institutional change, The Chinese Economy in the 21st Century will be of great appeal to academics and students interested in management, comparative business systems, transition economics, evolutionary economics, Chinese studies and Asian studies.

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Contents: Preface 1. Going Public Without the Public: Between Political Governance and Corporate Governance Sonja Opper 2. Institutional Change, Diversity and Competition: Foreign Banks in Shanghai, 1847-2004 Jeroen Kuilman 3. Foreign Firms in China: Success by Strategic Choices Xueyuan Zhang and Patrick Reinmoeller 4. The New Great Leap: The Rise of China's ICT Industry Mark Joannes Greeven 5. Enterprise Ground Zero in China Barbara Krug 6. China's Emerging Tax Regime: Local Tax Farming and Central Tax Bureaucracy Ze Zhu and Barbara Krug 7. Narratives of Change: Culture and Local Economic Development David S.G. Goodman 8. Networks as Business Networks Hans Hendrischke 9. Whom are we Dealing With? Shifting Organisational Forms in China's Business Sector Barbara Krug and Jeroen Kuilman Index

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