Frank-Jürgen Richter - The dragon millennium: Chinese business in the coming world economy

Tables and Figures

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Preface

ix

Introduction: Chinese Visionaries Predict Chinas Future Organization of Business

xi

Frank-Jrgen Richter

I.

Economic Policy and the Development of the Firm

Chinese State-Owned Enterprises under the Dual Influence of the Government and the Market

David Li

The Evolution of Chinese Township and Village Enterprises

Qi Hantang

The Future of Private Enterprises in China

Wang Xueli and Zhang Lijun

II.

Outlook on Selected Industries

The Structure and Development of Chinas Financial Markets

Chen Baizhu and Feng Yi

The Different Behaviors of Chinese Automakers in Technology Introduction and Assimilation

Chen Jin

The Oil Dragons Move: What It Means for China and the World

Deng Shengliang and Xu Xiaojie

III.

Competition, Cooperation, and Capitalism

Challenges of Competing in China for Multinationals

Edward Tse

Project and Location Selection in China: Lessons for Foreign Companies

Luo Yadong

The Internationalization of Chinese Enterprises: Evidence from the United Kingdom

Lu Tong

IV.

The Lure of Chinese Management

Chinese Small Business Management: A Tentative Theory

Siu Wai-Sum

Raising the Dragon: Adaptive Entrepreneurship and Chinese Economic Development

Cheah Hock Beng

Developing Virtuous Corporations with Chinese Characteristics for the Twenty-First Century

Ip Po-Keung

Index

About the Editor and Contributors

TABLES

3.1

Age Distribution of Entrepreneurs in Three Cities

3.2

Education Level of Entrepreneurs in Three Cities

4.1

Market Share of Financial Institutions, 19881995

8.1

Major Locations at a Glance, 1993

9.1

Advantages and Disadvantages of State Ownership for Chinese Enterprises in the U.K.

9.2

Research Topics for Chinese Bank Representative Offices

10.1

Sample Mean Values of Respective Statements

10.2

Entrepreneurial Chinese Cultural Values

12.1

Comparing Traditional and Modern Organizations

FIGURES

4.1

The Structure of Chinas Financial Markets

5.1

Analysis Framework: A Firms Strategy Formulation and Relevant Elements in the Chinese Automobile Industry

6.1

Business Division of China Oil Sector

6.2

China Oil Ownership/Regulation

6.3

Oil Asset Swap

6.4

New Oil Industrial Structure

7.1

China Has Entered a New Phase of Foreign Investment

7.2

Few General Rules Apply in China; Context Varies by Industry/Sector and Is Primarily Driven by Regulations

7.3

This Regulatory Context Has Direct Implications for the Competitive Behavior of Industry Participants

7.4

The Actual Consumer Market Size Was Often Smaller than That by Simple Assessment But Often Offset by the Rapid Rate of Income Growth

10.1

Chinese Small Business Management