Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 359 pages)
ISBN:
9783319644868
Series Statement:
International Political Economy Series
Content:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Understanding Business-Government Relations in China: Changes, Causes and Consequences -- Introduction -- Key Contributions -- A Typology of Business-Government Relations -- Key Analytical Dimensions -- Four Ideal Types of Business-Government Relations -- Regional and Sectoral Variations in Business-Government Interactions -- Explaining Changes and Variations in Business-Government Relations -- Global Market and Normative Pressures -- National Sociopolitical Transformations -- Regional and Sectoral Configurations of State Institutions and Market Structures -- State Ideologies and Institutions -- Market Structures and Characteristics -- An Integrated Explanation of Varied Business-Government Relations -- Institutional Consequences of Changing Business-Government Relations -- Organization of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: State-Business Relations in China's Changing Economic Order -- Introduction -- In Research of New Theorization -- The Fragmented Polymorphous State -- The Hybridity of Business -- Interests of Substates and Hybrid Businesses -- Differential Closeness Between Substates and Hybrid Businesses -- Factors Shaping Differential Closeness -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Changes and Variations in Business-Government Relations -- Chapter 3: The Evolution of Government-MNC Relations in China: The Case of the Automotive Sector -- Introduction -- Ideational Shift -- Counter-Trend -- Institutional Outcomes -- 1994 AIP: Operational Space for the MNCs but Higher Industrial Development Requirements -- Give and Take for Global Purchasing at Shanghai GM -- Unintended Outcome -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Regional Business Associations in China: Changes and Continuities
Content:
Introduction -- Theoretical Considerations -- Divergent Development Patterns in Wuxi and Wenzhou -- Government-Led Development in Wuxi -- Entrepreneur-Initiated Development in Wenzhou -- Divergent Development Patterns and Different Regional Associations -- Top-Down Business Associations in Wuxi -- Bottom-Up Business Associations in Wenzhou -- The Lighter Producers' Association: A Semi-official Association -- The Wenzhou Garment Chamber of Commerce: An Independent Business Association -- General Features and Functions of Business Associations in Wenzhou -- Weathering the Crisis -- Changing State-Association Relations: A Focused Comparison -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 5: Trapped into Collusion: The Under-Institutionalized Taxation System and Local Business-State Relations in China -- Introduction -- State-Business Relationships and Taxation Politics -- Data Sources and Research Design -- Formal Dimensions of the Taxation System -- High Nominal Tax Rates -- Institutional Framework of the Current Taxation Regime -- Informal Practices: An Under-Institutionalized Taxation System23 -- Practices of Tax Administration -- The Tax Target System Against Rule-of-Law -- The Under-Institutionalized Taxation System and Local State-Business Relationships -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Chinese Private Entrepreneurs' Formal Political Connections: Industrial and Geographical Distribution -- Introduction -- A Review of the Concept "Guanxi" -- The Institutional Context: The Chinese Legislature -- Gauging Chinese Private Entrepreneurs' Formal Political Connections -- Method -- Understanding Industrial Distribution of Political Connections -- Understanding Geographical Distribution of Formal Political Connections -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 7: International Context and China's Business-Government Relations
Content:
Introduction -- Late Development and the Extreme Form of Government-Business Relations -- Open-Door Policy and the Power Balance Between the State and Business -- Economic Decentralization and Various Forms of Government-Business Relations -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Institutional Consequences of Changing Business-Government Relations -- Chapter 8: Business-Government Relations and Corporate Governance Reforms -- Introduction -- Internal and External Governance Tools -- Internal Governance Tools -- External Governance Tools -- Local Business-Government Relations -- Centre-Local Relations -- Strong Centre-Local Relations: Shanghai -- Weak Centre-Local Relations: Guangdong (Guangzhou) -- Institutional Structure of the State: Cohesive (Shanghai) Versus Fragmented (Guangdong) -- Organizational Structure of Business Associations: Poorly Organized (Shanghai) Versus Well Organized (Guangdong) -- Cases -- Case 1: BYD -- Summary -- Case 2: SAIC -- Summary -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: The Changing Business-State Relations in China: The View from Socialist Corporatism -- Introduction -- Socialist Corporatism: The Concept Revisited -- Regime Shift: From Market-Enhancing to Market-Steering -- Policy Ideas, Business, and State Structure -- Emerging Statist Ideas -- State in Business -- Changing Balance of Power -- The Waning SASAC -- The Powerful NDRC -- The Politics of Anti-monopoly Probing Against Telecom Giants -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: State Structures, Business-State Relations, and Multinational Corporate Behaviours: A Case Study of Chinese Multinational Oil Companies -- Introduction -- Multinational Corporate Behaviour of Chinese Oil Majors -- Corporate Governance -- Overseas Investment -- State Structure and State-Business Relations -- Institutional Structure of State Economic and Political Agencies
Content:
The Leadership Role of the CCP -- The Executive Role of State Agencies -- State-Firm Policy Linkages -- Organisational Configurations of Business Actors -- Market Position -- Inter-firm Linkages -- The Case of the Oil Industry -- Co-evolution of State Structures, Industry Structure, and Corporate Governance -- The Determining Role of the CCP -- The Executive Role of State Agencies -- SASAC -- NDRC -- MOFCOM -- State-Firm Policy Linkages -- Market Positions, Inter-firm Relations, and Overseas Investment -- Motivation -- Internationalisation Strategies -- Access to Finance -- Locations -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11: Business-State Interactions and Technology Development Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Two Metropolises -- Introduction -- Technology Development Challenges -- Divergent Technology Development Regimes -- Business-State Interactions and Technology Development Regimes -- Divergent Business-State Relations and Corresponding Technology Development Regimes -- Conclusions and Implications -- References -- Chapter 12: Conclusions and Reflections -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783319644851
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Business, government and economic institutions in China Manchester : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018 ISBN 9783319644851
Language:
English
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