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Capitalism from Below : Markets and Institutional Change in China.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (450 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674065390
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Capitalism from BelowDDC classification:
  • 330.951
LOC classification:
  • HC427
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Where Do Economic Institutions Come From? -- 2. Markets and Endogenous Institutional Change -- 3. The Epicenter of Bottom - Up Capitalism -- 4. Entrepreneurs and Institutional Innovation -- 5. Legitimacy and Organizational Change -- 6. Industrial Clusters and Competitive Advantage -- 7. The Development of Labor Markets -- 8. Institutions of Innovation -- 9. Political Economy of Capitalism -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Firm Surveys -- Appendix 2: List of Interviewees -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: Over 630 million Chinese escaped poverty since the 1980s, the largest decrease in poverty in history. Studying 700 manufacturing firms in the Yangzi region, the authors argue that the engine of China's economic miracle--private enterprise--did not originate at the top but bubbled up from below, overcoming initial obstacles set up by the government.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Where Do Economic Institutions Come From? -- 2. Markets and Endogenous Institutional Change -- 3. The Epicenter of Bottom - Up Capitalism -- 4. Entrepreneurs and Institutional Innovation -- 5. Legitimacy and Organizational Change -- 6. Industrial Clusters and Competitive Advantage -- 7. The Development of Labor Markets -- 8. Institutions of Innovation -- 9. Political Economy of Capitalism -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Firm Surveys -- Appendix 2: List of Interviewees -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Over 630 million Chinese escaped poverty since the 1980s, the largest decrease in poverty in history. Studying 700 manufacturing firms in the Yangzi region, the authors argue that the engine of China's economic miracle--private enterprise--did not originate at the top but bubbled up from below, overcoming initial obstacles set up by the government.

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