{"product_id":"entrepreneurs-in-contemporary-china-wealth-connections-and-crisis-hardback-9781009316101","title":"Entrepreneurs in Contemporary China; Wealth, Connections, and Crisis (Hardback) 9781009316101","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEntrepreneurs in Contemporary China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWealth, Connections, and Crisis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores China's new entrepreneurs, uncovering secrets of their business, and the relationships underlying China's economic transformation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eXiaoying Qi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009316101, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e218 pages\u003cbr\u003e28 x 19 x 2 cm, 0.558 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Qi's excellent book provides a much-needed update of the experiences, strategies, and relationship practices (guanxi) of small-scale entrepreneurs in China given technological changes, shifts in familism, the reworking of gender norms, and old and new sources of crises of capitalism. The lucid writing and rich stories will appeal to both researchers and undergraduates.' Rachel Murphy, Professor of Chinese Development and Society, University of Oxford\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEntrepreneurs in Contemporary China explores emerging business practices and related phenomena in contemporary China. It examines new forms of business practices and argues that an emerging strata of private entrepreneurs has entered the economy in recent decades, an under-researched sector of Chinese society. It draws on extensive interviews with business founders and CEOs in present-day China and shows why business-related themes are important to understanding society itself, the forces that underpin social relationships more broadly, and the basis and nature of social change. In capturing the experiences of individuals and their companies amid social and economic challenges, and by uncovering innovative strategies employed by business owners, this book makes a significant contribution to the sociological as well as the business studies literature both through its empirical richness and theoretical innovation regarding considerations of trust, social networks, crisis, gender, and social exchange.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: An Invention of Entrepreneurs in Marketized China\u003cbr\u003e 1. E-Commerce: Social Embeddedness Through and Behind the Screen\u003cbr\u003e 2. Making Social Networks: Agency, Norms and Costs\u003cbr\u003e 3. Trust, Broken Trust, and Trust Renegotiated\u003cbr\u003e 4. Family Business and its Management\u003cbr\u003e 5. Female Entrepreneurs: Doing Gender and Displaying Gender as a Strategy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Crisis as Opportunities: The Chinese Practice of Weiji\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Rethinking Entrepreneurship: Trust, Networks, Crisis and Gender.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20%5BJHB%5D%22\"\u003eJHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46517147402520,"sku":"9781009316101","price":77.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781009316101i_212b38b1-ce86-41b4-bc77-f35d8cf1276d.jpg?v=1696791906","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/entrepreneurs-in-contemporary-china-wealth-connections-and-crisis-hardback-9781009316101","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}