Explaining Guanxi

The Chinese Business Network

Ying Lun So, Anthony Walker

170 pages, parution le 23/12/2005

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Résumé

Guanxi, a system of Chinese business relationships, is often described, but is rarely fully understood. Though it seems intangible, there is no doubt that it has contributed significantly to the success of Chinese entrepreneurs and the places where they work. Translated loosely as "personal ties", this simple explanation belies a complex and nuanced system. Guanxi has often been criticised as nepotism - unfair, inefficient, even corrupt, and generally detrimental to business and economic growth but if it is that bad, how does it survive?

This insightful book unravels the origins of Guanxi and provides a much-needed explanation of the phenomena. It investigates:

why it was initiated and developed
what function it serves
how it is maintained
why it is such a dominant phenomenon in Chinese business life

Combining economics, law and culture, this clear and concise book looks to the future of guanxi based on its history. Drawing on cultural, organizational and economic studies, it takes a multi-disciplinary approach, integrating these various topics into a coherent explanation of Guanxi ensuring that this illuminating book will be equally useful to students of Asian business as to practitioners working within this market.

L'auteur - Ying Lun So

Dr Ying Lun So obtained his BSocSc (majoring in Economics and Political Science) in 1982 at The University of Hong Kong. Subsequently he obtained an MBA at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and his PhD from the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include the economic analysis of guanxi, the relationship between Chinese culture and business practices, institutional arrangements and business strategies.

L'auteur - Anthony Walker

Anthony Walker is Professor Emeritus in Real Estate and Construction at the University of Hong Kong. His major research area is project management in construction and he has published extensively on this topic and on the real estate and construction business in China generally and Hong Kong specifically.

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Preface
Acknowledgments
What is guanxi?
Explaining guanxi
Analysing guanxi
The influence of Chinese culture
The influence of law in imperial China
The rationality of the traditional Chinese legal and cultural systems
The future of guanxi
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	Ying Lun So, Anthony Walker
Parution	23/12/2005
Nb. de pages	170
Format	13,5 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	261g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415384186
ISBN13	978-0-415-38418-6