Enterprising China

Business, Economic, and Legal Developments since 1979

Linda Yueh

Comprehensive overview of the development of business sector in China over thirty-year reform period
Clear structure examining main enterprise sectors, including foreign firms
Twelve original business case studies
Extensive data tables covering major aspects of Chinese economic development
Appendices of key laws and regulations

Enterprising China

Business, Economic, and Legal Developments since 1979

Linda Yueh

Description

China has undergone a remarkable transition over the past thirty years from a centrally-planned economy to a more market oriented one. The transformation of business in China has been correspondingly evident. This book gives an interdisciplinary analysis of the evolution of business development in China and the 'marketization' of industry during this period within a complex framework of legal, political, and economic reform aims.

The book includes twelve original business case studies to provide industry-specific analysis of the overarching macroeconomic and legal developments. It examines both domestic enterprise reform in China and the evolving treatment of foreign firms in the context of both corporate laws and economic policies, and how business is likely to evolve as economic and legal reforms rapidly increase during the twenty-first century, notably with regard to China's increasing global integration.

Enterprising China

Business, Economic, and Legal Developments since 1979

Linda Yueh

1. Introduction
2. Legal and Economic Reforms and the Development of a Corporate Sector
3. Law and Markets
4. State-Owned Enterprises: Law as Instrument of Economic Policy
5. Collectively-Owned Enterprises: Hybrid Ownership Form and the Partial Reform Strategy
6. Private Firms: Law Ex Post and as Obstacle
7. Foreign Firms: Law Leading the Market
8. Conclusions: Business in China - the Evolution of Laws and the Market

Enterprising China

Business, Economic, and Legal Developments since 1979

Linda Yueh

Author Information

Linda Yueh is a fellow in economics at Oxford University, a senior fellow at the London Business School, and an economics broadcast commentator. She directs the China Growth Centre at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, is an associate at the Centre for Economic Performance and the IDEAS research centre at the London School of Economics, and a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. Dr Yueh's recent books include Macroeconomics (co-authored with Graeme Chamberlin) which is a recommended textbook of the UK Government Economic Service, The Economy of China, Globalisation and Economic Growth in China (co-edited with Yang Yao), The Law and Economics of Globalisation: New Challenges for a World in Flux, and The Future of Asian Trade and Growth: Economic Development with the Emergence of China. Dr Yueh has been an advisor to, among others, the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).