Li reveals how the Chinese Communist Party runs the Chinese state like an organisation that can act as swiftly and flexibly as a firm. The Rise of China Inc. will appeal to Business scholars, practitioners, policy-makers, and anyone who wants to understand how China has become like a giant corporation, and how democracies can effectively deal with it.
The book presents a groundbreaking analysis of bribery and corruption in nations with fragile institutions, drawing from two decades of research. It explores why certain countries manage to prosper despite pervasive corruption, providing insights valuable to scholars, analysts, policymakers, and business leaders. By challenging conventional wisdom, it offers a fresh perspective on the complex dynamics between corruption and economic success.
Annotation This book dispels these myths and shows that people rely on the relation-based system not owing to specific cultural factors, but because of the stage of development in these countries. When the market is limited in scale and informal networks are thick,