1st Edition

Rethinking Social Capital and Entrepreneurship in Greater China Is Guanxi Still Important?

Edited By Jenn-Hwan Wang, Ray-May Hsung Copyright 2016
268 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Family networks and wider personal social relationships - guanxi - have long been held to be a significant factor making for the success of many Chinese family businesses, and guanxi is often seen as a special characteristic which shapes the nature of all business in China. This book re-examines this proposition critically, bringing together the very latest research and comparing the... Read more

1. Introduction: Guanxi matters? Rethinking Social Capital and Entrepreneurship in Greater China Jenn-hwan Wang, Tsung-Yuan Chen, and Ray-May Hsung  Part I: Guanxi and Entrepreneurship in China  2. The Social Capital for Self-Employment in Transitional China Yanjie Bian and Wenbin Wang  3. Guanxi-based Corporate Social Capital and Chinese Entrepreneurship Lei Zhang  4. Guanxi Circle Phenomenon in the Chinese Venture Capital Industry Jar-Der Luo  Part II:  Social Capital and its Transformation: Taiwan and Hong Kong  5. Social Capital and Entrepreneurship of Next Generation: The Case of the Koo Family in Taiwan Tsai-man C. Ho  6. Network Capital and Li & Fung Group in Hong Kong: Four Generations of Inculcation and Inheritance Victor Zheng and Sui-Lun Wong  7. The Changing Corporate Social Capital and Its Implications of Semiconductor Industry in Taiwan Ray-May Hsung and Yi-Jr Lin  8. Social Capital and the Development of Taiwan’s Pharmaceutical Industry: Comparing Conventional and Biomedicine Firms Jenn-hwan Wang, Han-yo Wu, and Tsung-Yuan Chen  Part III: Social Capital and Cross Border Linkages  9. Building Industrial Systems in China: The Networking of Taiwanese Machine Tool Firms in China Liang-Chih Chen  10. Guanxi and the Ancient Jade Trade: Cross-Border Antique Market in Greater China Yu-Ying Lee  11. Transnational Entrepreneurship and Social Capital: the Case of Rebuilding a Mazu Temple from Taiwan to Kunshan, China Shiuh-Shen Chien and Chiu-wan Liu  12. Epoch Foundation: The Story of the Creation of a Social Innovation Network Chao-Tung Wen and Chen-Ya Wang

 

Biography

Jenn-Hwan Wang is a Professor in the Graduate Institute of Development Studies at National Chengchi University, Taiwan.

Ray-May Hsung is a Professor of Sociology at National Chengchi University, Taiwan.