Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
Based on extensive original research, Globalisation, Transition and Development in China explains China's development strategy and its underlying forces, and the success of this strategy. It examines China's gradualist approach which emphasizes development first and regards transition and...
Published October 6th 2004 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
Changes to corporate structure, including the role of the corporate headquarters, have been key factors in bringing about economic reform in China. In this penetrating and insightful book, Xiao questions the conventional theory of the firm, arguing that the ultimate goal of the headquarters of...
Published August 18th 2004 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
This book examines the role of corporate structure, including the role of corporate headquarters, in the success of large firms. It considers these issues in relation to large global corporations, thereby providing a 'benchmark', which is then used as a contrast in a discussion of...
Published February 18th 2004 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
This book argues that, contrary to the widely-held view that the Chinese economy was insulated from international capital flows, and thereby from the 1998 Asian financial crisis, the Chinese economy (especially the financial system of the Guangdong province adjacent to Hong Kong) was deeply...
Published February 2nd 2004 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
The book explores the macroeconomic and sectoral employment implications (in agriculture, industry and services) of China's World Trade Organisation accession. It argues that while short-run employment losses may occur, in the longer term China will be able to generate additional employment...
Published November 19th 2003 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
The current growth of the Chinese economy is of immense importance for the global economy. This book outlines the main characteristics of Chinese economic growth over the last two decades, and investigates in detail the key determinants of growth, especially capital formation and productivity...
Published September 10th 2003 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic advances. This book investigates the problem of poverty in China's regions, discussing in particular the role of rural-urban migration in reducing poverty. It surveys the distribution and characteristics of poverty, examines...
Published September 3rd 2003 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
Economic growth in China has been exceptionally strong in recent decades, but the country still faces enormous economic problems, including huge poverty, uneven regional development, the problems associated with strengthening capital formation, modernising and making more productive the very large...
Published April 2nd 2003 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
This book, based on in-depth field research at the local level, assesses the different factors that are contributing to the transition to a market economy and the growth of networks in rural China. It analyses the different socio-economic actors - peasant households, out-migrants, family businesses...
Published January 8th 2003 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
The coal industry has been and continues to be of critical importance for China's economic modernization. With its huge labour force, country-wide infrastructure, and vital strategic importance for the economy, the industry presents special problems for reformers, and epitomises the problems of...
Published November 20th 2002 by Routledge
