Conflict and Innovation: Joint Ventures in China (International Comparative Social Studies)

About the Author Leo Douw obtained his Doctorate in the Humanities in 1991. He is Lecturer of Modern Chinese History and Society at the University of Amsterdam and the Free University Amsterdam. With Cen Huang and David Ip, he has edited in 2001 a book titled Rethinking Chinese Transnational Enterprises: Cultural Affinity and Business Strategies (London: Curzon). At present he engages in research on the organization of business enterprises and migration in colonial Taiwan (1895-1945). Chan Kwok-bun received his doctorate in Sociology in 1978. He is Head and Professor of the Department of Sociology and Director of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. In 2005, he has published two books: Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism (London: Routledge) and Migration, Ethnic Relations and Chinese Business (London: Routledge). He is currently doing research on return migrants in Hong Kong. Product Description This book features China's newly emergent transnational management culture. It uses established and new methodologies to analyze how different types of Sino-foreign joint enterprises manage cultural differences and negotiate strategies that contain conflicts and frustrations. In doing so, the book suggests alternative pathways toward innovative business management in China.