Overview
Looks beyond the mainstream economic yardsticks to measure China's state enterprise performance
Eschews macro-analysis in favor of in-depth firm and sector-level analysis to provide a broader picture of the strategic role of these enterprises
Provides an in-depth analysis of the upcoming role of China's state enterprises in the “Belt and Road” initiative
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“This study of China’s state owned and controlled enterprises challenges many of the easy assumptions about such enterprises made by high income country economists and business people. Through careful research and rigorous analysis the two authors argue that these enterprises have been transformed into effective vehicles for carrying out the government’s overall development strategy. The study is an important contribution to our understanding of the nature of China’s “socialist market economy”.” (Dwight H. Perkins, Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University)
“Li and Cheong have written a very important and highly readable book. The conventional wisdom about SOEs, like most Western writing on China, sees the latter through a Western prism. The result: it has got China wrong for almost four decades. In contrast, they ground their nuanced argument in Chinese reality rather than Western assumption. They show that the differences between state and private enterprises are blurred and the intrinsic role SOEs have played in China’s transformation.” (Martin Jacques, Author of the global best-seller When China Rules the World: the End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Kee Cheok Cheong is currently Senior Research Fellow, Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya. A graduate of the University of Malaya, he obtained his PhD at the London School of Economics. He has held the positions of Dean at the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, and senior economist at the World Bank, Washington DC, for which he continues to consult after he left. Since his return, he has co-authored two books, book chapters, and published over 40 papers in academic journals. His research interests include economic development, transition economies particularly China and Vietnam, international economic relations, education and human capital, and economic history, specifically relating to the Chinese overseas.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: China’s State Enterprises
Book Subtitle: Changing Role in a Rapidly Transforming Economy
Authors: Ran Li, Kee Cheok Cheong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0176-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0175-9Published: 20 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4350-6Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0176-6Published: 27 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 216
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour