Beschreibung:
This book interrogates the Confucian capitalism thesis which dominates the approach to Chinese business behaviour in management and social sciences.
1. Introduction: Confucian capitalism - Discourse, practice, desire 2. Chinese business and the narrative of virtue 3. Management authority and the invention of the family 4. Guanxi I: A cultural model - Sentiment, performance and the trading of words 5. Guanxi II: Culture, strategy and the nobility of exchange 6. Cheng Chia, or Taking a wife to market: Economics, sexuality and marital choice 7. Lai Wang: Network, business opportunity and the politics of development 8. Conclusion