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Business Networks in China: Legacies and Practice

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This chapter delve both into the past and the present of business network relationships in China. We review some of the historical assumptions about the fundamental principles of collaborative business relationships in South-East Asia and particularly different types of Chinese business network relationships. We review the literature on Chinese business networks and challenge and contrast the main assumptions in this literature. We provide some evidence of business networking under the ‘open-door’ policy framework that reveal the deep penetration of collaborative relationships in the context of profound commercialisation of business links.

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  • Todeva, Emanuela, 2007. "Business Networks in China: Legacies and Practice," MPRA Paper 52849, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Chinese business networks; Chinese entrepreneurship; guanxi; kongsi; South-east Asian business history;
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    JEL classification:

    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • P51 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems

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