| Description |
1 online resource (141 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Focus on Business and Management Ser |
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Routledge Focus on Business and Management Ser
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| Contents |
Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- Preface Page -- 1 An Introduction -- 1.1 The Early History of Relations Between China and Africa -- 1.2 The Modern Development of Sino-African Relations -- The Early Cold War Era (1950s to the Mid-1970s) -- The Transitional Era (Mid-1970s to the 1990s) -- The Sino-Africa New Age (the Twenty-First Century) -- 1.3 China and South African Political and Economic Relations: An Institutional Transition View -- Introduction: South Africa and China's Comparative Transitions |
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Constriction to Autonomy (1866 to 1948) -- South Africa: Late British Colonial Era and the Mineral Revolution -- China: Journey From an Empire to a Republic -- Self-Reliance and International Re-Connection (1948 to 1994) -- South Africa -- Apartheid Regime -- China: From Planned Economy to Open-Door Policy (1949-1994) -- Globalisation and South-South Cooperation (1994 to Present) -- South Africa: The Post-Apartheid Era -- China: Open Doors and Unprecedented Development -- 2 Institutional Environments and an Institutional Model -- 2.1 An Institutional Perspective in International Business Studies |
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A Brief Introduction -- The Institutional Approach in IB Studies -- Institutions Operationalised: Applying an Institutional Approach to This Study -- 2.2 The Chinese Institutional Environment for South African Investment -- 2.2.1 Formal Institutions in China -- Macro-Level Institutions -- Meso-Level Institutions -- Micro-Level Institutions -- 2.2.2 Informal Institutions in China -- What Is Guanxi? -- Where Does Guanxi Come From? -- How Important Is Guanxi? -- How Is Guanxi Institutionalised? -- Guanxi and Foreign Firms -- 2.3 A Three-Dimensional (3D) Institutional Model |
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3 Case Studies and 3D Institutional Model Analysis -- 3.1 A Fine Line Between Success and Failure -- Analysis of Company A's Chinese Business Strategies Within the 3D Institutional Model -- Analysis of Company B's Chinese Business Strategies Within the 3D Institutional Model -- 3.2 Financial Market: Different Targets, Different Strategies and Different Outcomes -- Analysis of Company C's Chinese Business Strategies Within the 3D Institutional Model -- Analysis of Company D's Chinese Business Strategies Under the 3D Institutional Model |
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Analysis of Company E's Chinese Business Strategies Under the 3D Institutional Model -- Analysis of Company F's Chinese Business Strategies Under the 3D Institutional Model -- 3.3 Machinery Market: Business Partners Control the Fate of the Business -- Analysis of Company G's Chinese Business Strategies Under the 3D Institutional Model -- Analysis of Company H's Chinese Business Strategies Under the 3D Institutional Model -- 3.4 Energy Sector: Business Sometimes Comes Second -- Relationship With the Government Is Key |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Analysis of Company I's Chinese Business Strategies Under the 3D Institutional Model |
| Subject |
Commerce
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa -- Commerce
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China -- Commerce
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| Subject |
China
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South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000553604 |
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1000553604 |
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