China’s Belt and Road Initiative in a Global Context : Volume I: A Business and Management Perspective

1. Introduction: Diversity, Convergence and Opportunities along the Belt and Road; Jawad Syed and Yung-Hsiang Ying -- 2. BRI and the Effect of Trade and Financial Integration on Output Volatility; Choudhary Tanveer Shehzad -- 3. The Changing Asian Perception of China's Rising: A BRI Context; Zhenqing Zheng -- 4. From Central Asia to the World: China's Regional Diplomacy as a Precursor for Global Connectivity; Hasan H. Karrar -- 5. BRI: Connectivity, Trade, Investment and Politics in South Asia; Nazish Afraz and Hasaan Khawar -- 6. China's Investment in BRI Countries: An Industrial Perspective; Chris Y. Tung and Fang-I Wen -- 7. Strategic Change in the Dynamics of Regional and Global Financial Integration following the BRI; Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz, Boris Kabylinskii and Fayqa Abdullah Ashkanani -- 8. The Interpersonal Challenges of BRI: Developing People-to-people Bonds; Isabel Rechberg and Shuojia Guo -- 9. The Chinese Vision of BRI and its Effects on Turkey and West Asia; Mustafa Yildiran -- 10. China in Africa; Rabbiya Kamal and Omair Haroon