From Cotton Mill to Business Empire: The Emergence of Regional Enterprises in Modern China

by Elisabeth Köll

The demise of state-owned enterprises, the transformation of collectives into shareholding cooperatives, and the creation of investment opportunities through stock markets indicate China's movement from a socialist, state-controlled economy toward a socialist market economy. Yet, contrary to high expectations that China's new enterprises will become like corporations in capitalist countries, management often remains under the control of the onetime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674013948
• ISBN13: 9780674013940
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"