township-village enterprises in the Jiangsu province, China. We start with a generaloverview of the development in the Chinese …

China's economic structures, business dynamics and individual management decisions are not determined by the country …'s formal institutional arrangements alone. China's society, its politics and business are rather governed by powerful informal … profound impact on the structures and dynamics of China's economy and its business sector. This phenomenon exists since the …

We use Belgianfirm-level data over the period 1996-2007 to analyze the impact of im- ports from China and other low … that, both industry-level import competition andfirm-level outsourcing to China reducefirm employment growth and induce … nished goods to China even increasedfirm's probability of survival. In tfirms of skill upgrading, the e ect of Chinese …