Chinese Entrepreneurship A Social Capital Approach

Entrepreneurship is hot. China is hot. Chinese entrepreneurs are indeed the subject of a rapidly growing body of literature, popular and academic.  There are biographies of 'famous' entrepreneurs which are informative. While informative, th

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Peter J. Peverelli • Jiwen Song

Chinese Entrepreneurship A Social Capital Approach

Peter J. Peverelli Management & Organization VU Universtiy Amsterdam The Netherlands

Jiwen Song School of Business Renmin University of China Beijing People’s Republic of China

Dr. Peter J. Peverelli and Jiwen Song contributed equally to this book. Corresponding author: Jiwen Song

Research Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation in China (Project no. 70702024, 71072142), as well as the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China (Management Theory Building with Chinese Characteristics: Applying Case Forum as a Platform, Project no.10XNI037). ISBN 978-3-642-28205-8 ISBN 978-3-642-28206-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-28206-5 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012936128 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

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I am pleased to write a recommendation for the book Chinese Entrepreneurship – A Social Capital Approach by Dr. Peter J. Peverelli and Lynda Jiwen Song. I believe that their persistent use of case studies to analyze management issues has its advantages. Case study allows you to analyze p