ABSTRACT
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 situation in different parts of "Greater China" – mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. It considers entrepreneurship, venture capital, intergenerational succession, disputes, family businesses in different sectors of the economy, and particular family businesses. Among the book’s many interesting conclusions is the observation that guanxi capitalism has evolved in different ways in the different parts of Greater China, with the particular institutional setting having a major impact.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
Introduction
part |54 pages
Guanxi and entrepreneurship in China
part |100 pages
Social capital and its transformation
chapter |20 pages
The social capital and entrepreneurship of succeeding generations
chapter |32 pages
Network capital and the Li & Fung Group in Hong Kong
chapter |19 pages
Social capital and the development of Taiwan's pharmaceutical industry
part |72 pages
Social capital and cross-border linkages