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This is a clearly written and well-paced discussion of how foreign companies have been able to invest in China and profit from their investments through informal relationships in the absence of consistently enforced formal legal protection for such business investments.
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Overview

This is a clearly written and well-paced discussion of how foreign companies have been able to invest in China and profit from their investments through informal relationships in the absence of consistently enforced formal legal protection for such business investments.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780195906318
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publication date: 11/28/2001
  • Pages: 226
  • Product dimensions: 5.60 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Table of Contents

List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Ch. 1 Institutions and Foreign Direct Investment 1
Pt. 1 Weak State
Ch. 2 Chinese Legal Traditions 23
Ch. 3 Legal Framework for Foreign Direct Investment: A Macro-Perspective 40
Ch. 4 Institutional Problems of Foreign Direct Investment: A Micro-Perspective 59
Pt. 2 Strong Networks
Ch. 5 Personal Networks and Foreign Investment 87
Ch. 6 The Art of Networking 114
Ch. 7 Domestic Structure and Agents of Transnationalization 143
Ch. 8 Three Conclusions 167
Bibliography 186
Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals 203
Index 204

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