Entrepreneurship in China

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
How the first puzzle leads to the second......Page 14
Who are entrepreneurs in China?......Page 21
The rise of entrepreneurship in China’s economic reform......Page 23
Research design......Page 27
Outline of the book......Page 34
2 Rules and Entrepreneurship......Page 38
Do entrepreneurs follow rules?......Page 39
What are the optimal rules for entrepreneurship?......Page 46
Entrepreneurship and institutional ambiguities......Page 52
Concluding remarks......Page 58
3 Institutional Holes and Double Entrepreneurship......Page 62
A gap between structural and institutional theories......Page 64
Structural holes and institutional holes......Page 66
Some representations of institutional holes......Page 70
Double entrepreneurship under institutional change......Page 73
Theoretical implications......Page 77
Toward a comparative sociology of entrepreneurship and institutional change......Page 80
Summary......Page 82
4 Institutional Change and Entrepreneurial Strategies......Page 84
Party policies as rules......Page 85
The disappearance of private businesses in the People’s Republic of China, 1949–1956......Page 86
New rules, new entrepreneurs......Page 88
Entrepreneurial opportunities and strategies......Page 96
Concluding remarks......Page 105
5 The Entrepreneurial Process in China......Page 106
A brief social-demographic profile......Page 107
Previous employment and motivation......Page 110
Starting up the business......Page 113
Styles and strategies of management......Page 120
Political relations and participations......Page 132
Public relations......Page 137
Concluding remarks......Page 139
6 The Entrepreneur, the Bureaucrats, and the Journalists: Huo Hongmin and the Huaqi Group......Page 142
The initial success......Page 143
The confrontation......Page 147
Concluding observations......Page 158
7 The Limits on Playing Institutional Holes: Mou Qizhong and the Nande Group......Page 162
A businessman with a political ambition......Page 164
Making profits from the disunion of others......Page 165
Theorizing entrepreneurial strategies......Page 172
Entering into the dangerous zone......Page 174
Dealing with legitimacy crises......Page 178
Concluding observations......Page 186
8 Entrepreneurial Authority and Institutional Autonomy: Xu Wenrong and the Hengdian Group......Page 190
An overview......Page 193
Entrepreneurial authority......Page 196
Institutional autonomy......Page 199
Communal ownership......Page 202
Mobilization and deployment of resources......Page 207
Concluding observations......Page 210
9 Double Gambles......Page 216
The context......Page 218
The first generation......Page 221
The process......Page 223
The effects......Page 228
The second generation......Page 232
Appendix......Page 236
Bibliography......Page 246
E......Page 256
J......Page 257
P......Page 258
U......Page 259
Z......Page 260