1st Edition
Chinese State Owned Enterprises in West Africa Triple-embedded globalization
By Katy Ngan Ting Lam
Copyright 2017
184 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
184 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
184 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book investigates the globalization process of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in West Africa, primarily in Benin and Ghana, based on ethnographical studies. It challenges the dominant vision of "a powerful China in Africa", and argues that the so-called "Chinese business advantages" – monolithic Chinese state and Chinese low cost advantages, are non-viable for sustaining Chinese... Read more
1. CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION
2. CHAPTER 2 – “RETREAT” OF THE CHINESE STATE
3. CHAPTER 3 – AFRICAN EMBEDDEDNESS AND VULNERABLE CHINESE
4. CHAPTER 4 – AFRICAN MANAGERS AND WORKERS
5. CHAPTER 5 – CHINESE EXPATS
6. CHAPTER 6 – COMPETING FOR THE “CHINESE COMMUNITY
7. CHAPTER 7 – CONCLUSION
8. Bibliography
Biography
Katy N. Lam is Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
