Business history is expanding to include a greater plurality of contexts, with the study of
Chinese business representing a key area of growth. However, despite efforts to bring China …

Why business history and why China? What has the study of business structure and
activities over time to contribute to an understanding of China's past and present condition …

There are three challenges facing the field and sub-field of Chinese business history:(1) the
challenge to theorize long-distance trade in nineteenth century studies;(2) the challenge to …

Professor Kwan's and Professor Lin's articles on business history in the People's Republic of
China (PRC) and Taiwan, published in this issue, are meticulously researched …

Until the recent emergence of a thriving economy along the China coast and among
communities of Chinese diaspora all over the Pacific Rim, the history of Chinese business …

This article offers a critical review of literature in the area of modern Chinese business
history from 1978 to 2008. It focuses on four interconnected topics:(1) the evolution of …

Written by one of the most distinguished experts on China's economic and business history,
China and Capitalism provides a highly original and at the same time clear and readable …

This book examines the relationship between business expansion and the structure of
business in pre-war China through a careful and pioneering study of the enterprises of Liu …

The rapid development of the Chinese economy over the past several decades has
stimulated new interest in the institutions, practices, and social formations that supported the …

China's economy looks set to become the biggest in Asia and much of this success is due to
the work of Chinese entrepreneurs. An understanding of the business structures, practices …