Overview
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Peter J. Peverelli
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Faculty of Economics, & Business Administration, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Jiwen Song
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School of Business, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, People's Republic
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)
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Defining the Problem
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
Pages 3-10
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Pages 11-36
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
Pages 37-57
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Cases Histories
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
Pages 61-69
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Pages 71-75
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song, Wei Si
Pages 77-82
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song, Sharon Archetti, Liu Jingfang
Pages 83-89
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song, Wang Ran, Yan Mengcong, Zhang Pian, Li Tong
Pages 91-96
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song, Guo Xiaonan, Li Qingzhi, Sun Jiazhen, Hou Jie
Pages 97-102
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song, Zhu Yunqi, Zhang Jianxu, Xing Xiaobin
Pages 103-107
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Elements of Entrepreneurial Identity
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Front Matter
Pages 109-109
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
Pages 111-123
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
Pages 125-135
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Pages 137-143
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- Peter J. Peverelli, Jiwen Song
Pages 145-154
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Back Matter
Pages 155-172
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
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Faculty of Economics, & Business Administration, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Peter J. Peverelli
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School of Business, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, People's Republic
Jiwen Song