Leadership Of Chinese Private Enterprises: Insights And Interviews (palgrave Studies In Chinese Management)

This original book presents in-depth research into thirteen successful Chinese private enterprises through interviews with their founder-entrepreneurs. While Chinese economic growth has focused primarily on governmental policies and institutional factors, __Leadership of Chinese Private Enterprises__ proposes that the success of these firms was primarily due to the ‘visible hands’ of these entrepreneurs. The authors present insights into the managerial realities of four separate industries- Financial and insurance, IT and e-commerce, construction and real estate, and consumer goods. Through a critical evaluation of interviews, this book identifies the managerial recipe for entrepreneurial success in competitive and inhospitable environments and offers a model of private firm leadership and leadership principles that guide their strategies and relationships. Part I. Entrepreneurship In The Turbulent Sea Of Chinese Economic Reform -- Chinese Private Enterprises: Evolution And Challenges For Leadership -- Leadership Insights From Published Studies On Chinese Top Executives -- Part Ii. Leaders In Financial Services Industry -- Building A Company With Teamwork And Co-operation, Diversity And Unity (xinjun Liang Of Fosun Group) -- Learning About Wars When Fighting In Wars (dongsheng Chen Of Taikang Life Insurance) -- Changing With Your Needs, Changing With The Situation (weihua Ma Of China Merchant Bank) -- Part Iii. Leaders In Information Technology And E-commerce Industry -- If You Do Business For Money Alone, You Might Not Be Able To Make Money (jiren Liu Of Neusoft) -- Building Lenovo Into A Family Business Without Kinship (chuanzhi Liu Of Lenovo) -- Let Employees Work For Themselves (fansheng Guo Of Hc360.com) -- Its Corporate Cultural Value System Is The Lifeline Of Alibaba (jack Ma Of Alibaba) -- Part Iv. Leaders In Construction And Real Estate Industry -- Successful Business Through Moral Conduct And Integrity (lun Feng Of Beijing Vantone) -- Managing With Simplicity, Transparency, System And Responsibility (shi Wang Of Vanke) -- Providing The Best Products, Treating Employees Well, And Working For The Public Good (shengzhe Nie Of Tecsun) -- Part V. Leaders In Consumer Goods And Retail Industry -- My Dream Relies On The Team To Realise (ning Li Of Li-ning Company) -- Chinese Companies Need Strong And Open-minded Leaders (qinghou Zong Of Wahaha) -- Building Strong Relationships With Customers (jianguo Wang Of Five-star/kidswant) -- Part Vi. Leadership Insights From The Founding Private Firm Entrepreneurs -- A Concentric Model Of Private Firm Leadership In China: Insights From Founding Entrepreneurs. Anne S. Tsui, Yingying Zhang, Xiao-ping Chen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Chinese Private Enterprises: Evolution and Challenges for Leadership....Pages 3-41 Leadership Insights from Published Studies on Chinese Top Executives....Pages 43-82 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Building a Company with Teamwork and Co-operation, Diversity and Unity....Pages 85-104 Learning About Wars When Fighting in Wars....Pages 105-120 Changing with Your Needs, Changing with the Situation....Pages 121-142 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 If You Do Business for Money Alone, You Might Not Be Able to Make Money....Pages 145-163 Building Lenovo into a Family Business Without Kinship....Pages 165-183 Let Employees Work for Themselves....Pages 185-199 Its Corporate Cultural Value System Is the Lifeline of Alibaba....Pages 201-222 Front Matter....Pages 223-223 Successful Business through Moral Conduct and Integrity....Pages 225-237 Managing with Simplicity, Transparency, System and Responsibility....Pages 239-256 Providing the Best Products, Treating Employees Well, and Working for the Public Good....Pages 257-275 Front Matter....Pages 277-277 My Dream Relies on the Team to Realise....Pages 279-293 Chinese Companies Need Strong and Open-minded Leaders....Pages 295-308 Building Strong Relationships with Customers....Pages 309-325 Front Matter....Pages 327-327 A Concentric Model of Private Firm Leadership in China: Insights from Founding Entrepreneurs....Pages 329-390 Back Matter....Pages 391-408