We employ the “social conditions of innovative enterprise” framework to analyze the key determinants of China’s development path from the economic reforms of 1978 to the present. First, we focus on how government investments in human capabilities and physical infrastructure provided...

China still lags behind Europe along the path of the demographic transition and therefore is still much younger. However, due to the speed with which the fertility rate dropped and life expectancy increased, China ageing process will proceed at a very fast space and around the middle of the...

Recent research suggests that unequal access to home country institutional resources affects firm internationalization strategies. We add to this debate, based on an analysis of state-owned (SOEs) and non-state-owned (NSOEs) Chinese mining firms, by developing a more dynamic and multi-layered...

According to the People's Republic of China Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, China has a population of more than 1.2 billion people and with abundant manpower availability for employment in labour-scarce countries at minimal wages/salaries. For example 20300,26500 skilled...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Employment, retirement, and income in China -- Chapter 2. Health and Employment in China -- Chapter 3. Work Skills Gap and Wage Differences between Young, Middle-aged, and Older Workers in China -- Chapter 4. The Impact of Social Insurance Contributions on...