China's Rational Entrepreneurs: The development of the new private sector (Routledgecurzon Studies on China in Transition)

The ability of China's entrepreneurs to establish firms in the midst of a strangling bureaucratic system is a topic which demands attention not least because it forms the basis of China's economic development. Combining theoretical approaches with extensive fieldwork, China's Rational Entrepreneurs presents a fresh angle of analysis for understanding the behaviour of Chinese entrepreneurs and what kind of relations they have with local government in order to secure long-term business success. Preliminaries......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 6 1 Introduction new opportunities new sector new firms......Page 12 2 Rationality as a variable in comparative management theory and the possibility of a Chinese version......Page 32 3 Entrepreneurship by alliance......Page 61 4 Emerging markets entrepreneurship and uncertainty the emergence of a private sector in China......Page 83 5 The role of social capital networks and property rights in China’s privatization process......Page 108 6 The evolving institutional environment and China’s state entrepreneurship......Page 130 7 Localism and entrepreneurship history identity and solidarity as factors of production......Page 150 8 Social capital in China the meaning of guanxi in Chinese business......Page 177 9 The sometimes rational approach to empirical research in China a personal account......Page 200 Index......Page 216 Rationality and rational : the Chinese private sector as a case in comparative business systems theory / Gordon Redding Entrepreneurship by alliance / Barbara Krug and Judith Mehta Emerging markets, entrepreneurship and uncertainty : the emergence of a private sector in China / Barbara Krug and Laszlo Plos Social capital, networks and property rights / Hans Hendrischke The evolving institutional environment and China's state entrepreneurship / Jane Duckett Localism and entrepreneurship / David S.G. Goodman Social capital in China : the meaning of guanxi in Chinese business / Gabriele Jacobs, Frank Belschak and Barbara Krug Personal account / Barbara Krug. 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 Edited By Barbara Krug. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.