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Chinese Entrepreneurship

A Social Capital Approach

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Authors:
  1. Peter J. Peverelli

    1. Faculty of Economics, & Business Administration, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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  2. Jiwen Song

    1. School of Business, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, People's Republic

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  • It applies a new method of social network analysis to unravel the social embeddedness of Chinese entrepreneurs

  • It can be used as a secondary reading matter in Master level courses in the fields of: business studies, sociology, economy, and even political science

  • It enriches social network theory with a module that links networks on the basis of multiple inclusions of actors in several social-cognitive groups

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Defining the Problem

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: From Enterprise to Entrepreneur

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
      Pages 3-10

    3. Entrepreneurship

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
      Pages 11-36

    4. Chinese Entrepreneurs in Society

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
      Pages 37-57

  3. Cases Histories

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Real Estate Entrepreneur Wang

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
      Pages 61-69

    3. Textile Spin-Off Niu

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
      Pages 71-75

    4. LangLib: An Online English Study Community

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song, Wei Si
      Pages 77-82

    5. Home Renovator Cheng

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song, Sharon Archetti, Liu Jingfang
      Pages 83-89

    6. Migrant Tailor Yuan

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song, Wang Ran, Yan Mengcong, Zhang Pian, Li Tong
      Pages 91-96

    7. Restaurant Entrepreneur Mr. B

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song, Guo Xiaonan, Li Qingzhi, Sun Jiazhen, Hou Jie
      Pages 97-102

    8. Less Successful Entrepreneur Meng

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song, Zhu Yunqi, Zhang Jianxu, Xing Xiaobin
      Pages 103-107

  4. Elements of Entrepreneurial Identity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Family

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
      Pages 111-123

    3. Home Region

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
      Pages 125-135

    4. Friends

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
      Pages 137-143

    5. Government

      • Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
      Pages 145-154

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 155-172
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About this book

Entrepreneurship is hot. China is hot. Combining these two concepts could therefore be a dangerous act, as it may cause overheating. Chinese entrepreneurs are indeed the subject of a rapidly growing body of literature, academic and popular. However, the bulk of it tends to focus on a few aspects. There are the biographies of ‘famous’ entrepreneurs. While informative, these are usually of a non-academic nature. Academic studies tend to focus on the political and economic environment in which present day Chinese entrepreneurs have to operate. Both types of publications slight the entrepreneurial identity. This study aims at filling this gap with its core question: why do some people become entrepreneurs? The authors have analysed the life stories of a number of Chinese private entrepreneurs to reveal how the entrepreneurial identity of each of them has emerged at the cross section of an number of other identities. This book therefore contributes to a better understanding of Chinese entrepreneurship and the study of entrepreneurship in general.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Economics, & Business Administration, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Peter J. Peverelli

  • School of Business, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, People's Republic

    Jiwen Song

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chinese Entrepreneurship

  • Book Subtitle: A Social Capital Approach

  • Authors: Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28206-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-28205-8Published: 26 May 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44416-6Published: 11 June 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-28206-5Published: 04 July 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 174

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship

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