Chinese Business Rethinking Guanxi and Trust in Chinese Business Networks /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tong, Chee-Kiong (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Globalization.; Markets.; Economic sociology.; Business and Management.; Emerging Markets/Globalization.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.

The nature, institutional foundations, and issues surrounding the apparent success of Chinese business networks are examined in this book. Major concepts such as guanxi, xinyong and gangqing, exploring the nature of trust, relationships and sentiments in Chinese business networks, are re-examined. A...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Rethinking Chinese Business: Problematics, Issues and Questions
• Chapter 2:  Centripetal Authority, Differential Networks: The Social Organization of Chinese Firms in Singapore
• Chapter 3: Guanxi, Xinyong and Chinese Business Networks.- Chapter 4: Personalism and Paternalism in Chinese Business Firms.- Chapter 5:  Singaporean Chinese Doing Business in China.- Chapter 6: Feuds and Legacies: Conflict and Inheritance in Chinese Businesses.- Chapter 7: Trust and Distrust in Chinese Business
• Chapter 8: The Rise of China and its Impact on Chinese Business Networks.