1st Edition
China's Domestic Private Firms: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Management and Performance
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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One of the most important outcomes of market reforms in China over the past 20 years has been the emergence of a significant domestic private sector, which now accounts for almost a third of China's GDP and is by far the country's most important source of employment growth. This book is the first in-depth analysis of the management and operation of these domestic private firms, which are defined... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1. Explaining the Growth and Development of the Chinese Domestic Private Sector, Anne S. Tsui, Yanjie Bian, and Leonard Cheng; 2. Explaining China's Emerging Private Economy: Sociological Perspectives, Yanjie Bian and Zhanxin Zhang; 3. Family Businesses in China, 1978-96: Entry and Performance, Xiaogang Wu; 4. Transnational or Social Capital? Returnees versus Local Entrepreneurs, Wilfried R. Vanhonacker, David Zweig, and Siu Fung Chung; 5. The Sweatshop and Beyond: Authority Relations in Domestic Private Enterprises, Yi-min Lin; 6. Property Rights Regimes and Firm Behavior: Theory versus Evidence, Xueguang Zhou, He Cai, and Qiang Li; 7. Observing Private Business in China, Thomas B. Gold; 8. A Survey of the Economics Literature of China's Nonstate Enterprises, David D. Li; 9. Chapter Decentralization and the Structure of Chinese Corporate Boards: Do Politicians Jeopardize Board Professionalism and Firm Performance? Dong-Hua Chen, Joseph P.H. Fan, and T.J. Wong; 10. Firm Behavior in a Mixed Market: The Case of China, Changqi Wu and David D. Li; 11. In Marketplace and Boardroom: What Do We Know and Not Know about China's Nonstate Enterprises? Yijiang Wang; 12. China's Domestic Private Firms: A Literature Review and Directions for Future Research, Jiatao Li and Ji Yu Yang; 13. Authority and Benevolence: Employee's Responses to Paternalistic Leadership in China, Jiing-Lih Farh, Bor-Shiuan Cheng, Li-Fang Chou, and Xiao-Ping Chu; 14. The Commitment-Focused HRM System: Adoption and Performance Implications in Domestic Private Firms, Yaping Gong, Kenneth Law, and Katherine Xin; 15. Lenovo's Pursuit of Dynamic Strategic Fit, Steven White and Wei Xie; 16. The Emergence of China's Private-Sector Firms: Theory Development in the Midst of Evolving Institutional and Industrial Conditions, Claudia Bird Schoonhoven; 17. China's Private Sector: A Global Perspective, Andrew G. Walder; About the Editors and Contributors; Index.
Biography
Anne S. Tsui, Yanjie Bian
