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Jumping into the Sea: From Academics to Entrepreneurs in South China

Jumping into the Sea: From Academics to Entrepreneurs in South China


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Why and how did a group of Chinese scholars give up secure state jobs to start their own business? In this rare oral history, we follow the compelling story of three academics in a southern Chinese university who threw away their iron rice bowl to launch a private electronics company. Within the context of China's recent socioeconomic reform, Xiuwu Liu explores the political, economic, legal, social, and technological aspects of founding a private enterprise by telling the story of one such firm from its remote beginnings through to its successful operation. Xiuwu Liu follows the travails and triumphs of the firm's founders from their early attempts to contract with the university's own factory to their breakaway to found their own company. He traces the company's daily operation and growth in fascinating detail. What emerges is a very human, and at times heroic, account of individuals standing up to the powerful bureaucrats who determine individual destiny in contemporary China. It is a glimpse into the labyrinth of jealousies and friendships that exist in a work unit, a dimension of China that foreigners rarely see. As the only in-depth case study available of the development of a private, completely Chinese company, this work illuminates contemporary Chinese society as well as the resurgence of private enterprise.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Founders of the Factory Chapter 3 Contracting the Factory Chapter 4 Successes, Conflicts, and Frustrations Chapter 5 Founding the Company Chapter 6 The Wives Chapter 7 Managing the Company Chapter 8 Conclusion, with a Surprising Twist Chapter 9 Appendix A. Research Permission Chapter 10 Appendix B. Interim Regulations on Private Enterprises of the People's Republic of China Chapter 11 Appendix C. The Documents Consulted Chapter 12 Appendix D. The Contract Chapter 13 Glossary Chapter 14 Index

About the Author :
Xiuwu R. Liu is assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies at Miami University of Ohio.

Review :
...The book provides a good source for scholars who wish to study the revival of the private sector in socialist China, and in particular the high-tech private start-ups. The China Journal As the only in-depth case study available at this time, this micro-study of the development of a completely Chinese-owned private company illuminates the much larger framework of macro-studies on contemporary Chinese society, as well as the resurgence of private business within the socio-economic context of the time. Pacific Affairs A salutary tale, well told. Asian Affairs Xiuwu Liu brings the adventure and uncertainty of [China's] changing business environment to life as he narrates an intriguing and important tale about the founding of a new Chinese enterprise... The story is a good read, but it also deepens our understanding of some of the most important lessons about China's burgeoning entrepreneurial class... Liu's book tells a fascinating story. It gives western analysts a nuanced case study from a Chinese perspective... Liu has set a high standard for detail and insight that future case studies of Chinese enterprises could well emulate. Journal of Asian Studies


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780742501492
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Height: 228 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: From Academics to Entrepreneurs in South China
  • Width: 148 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0742501493
  • Publisher Date: 25 May 2001
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Weight: 267 gr


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