investigations. First, investment in physical capital and education have played an important role in promoting economic growth …

This book provides an analysis of the existing economic dynamics and factors contributing to entrepreneurship in China … entrepreneurship exists in China and, if so, the extent and form it takes. This book also examines whether the nature of … entrepreneurship in China differs from that elsewhere. Following this investigation, empirical tests and analyses focus on important …

China’s leadership currently seems to be extremely worried about unemployment, and particularly youth unemployment … undertaken by unemployed young people in China in response are rather scarce. But aside from that, there are other forms of youth … mobility carry strong potential to generate further uneasiness and disorder in China. …

ventures. I explore how, under certain political economic conditions, such cross-border investment and corporate tie-ups can be …

China’s insatiable appetite for natural resources and energy to fuel its national growth is having an increasing impact … on the domestic and global environment. Globally, China has turned to resource-rich regions in Africa and South America … industries and assesses the feasibility of socialising China towards adopting CSR global norms in the extractive industries. This …

This paper argues that new interpretations of “eating bitterness” (chiku) have firmly entered the landscape of China …’s social organisation. Whereas the bitterness eaten by heroic types in China’s revolutionary past was directed towards serving …

changing institutional setting in China, and 2) that type and level of involvement of Chinese government institutions affects …

China’s state-led model of corporate social responsibility (CSR) does not seem to present a promising environment for … China. We take a field-theoretical approach that focuses on the agency of actors. We show how an international NGO proposes … offers a useful perspective on civil society development in China. …