foreign investors and institutional change in China /
First Statement of Responsibility
Scott Wilson.
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New York :
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Oxford University Press,
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2009.
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xiv, 290 pages :
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illustrations ;
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25 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-283) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: China and globalization -- Part I: Macro-level dynamics and institutional change -- China's opening and institutional change -- The shift toward the wholly foreign owned enterprise structure -- Law Guanxi: Chinese law goes international and foreign investors go local -- Part II: Micro- and meso-level dynamics and institutional change -- The diffusion of pay-for-performance institutions -- Dismissal and labor turnover -- "Remade in China": foreign investors and Chinese actors negotiate institutional change -- Appendix: List of interviewees.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Political scientists who study economic institutions often focus on how resistant they are to change. Instead of dramatic change, they see path dependencies and national 'varieties' of capitalism. But what happens when economic globalizations gradually upends traditional economic arrangements?