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Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 15:4 : “Chinese Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Growth”
Special Issue: “Chinese Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Growth”
Guest Editor: Jun Li
Published: November, 2008
This special issue of the journal is dedicated to the topic of Chinese entrepreneurship and has a specific focus on innovation and growth. It is a follow-up of the first special issue on entrepreneurship and small business development in China, which was published in JSBED volume 13, issue 2.
The main aim of this special issue is to present, explore and reflect on the Chinese experience of entrepreneurship and to critically evaluate the application and implications of the Chinese entrepreneurial model. More specifically, we aim to:
• examine enterprise growth factors in the Chinese context;
• highlight the diverse range of topical issues to which the Chinese experience of small business growth and enterprise development can contribute;
• explore various aspects of entrepreneurship development policies and support mechanisms in contemporary China.
Listed below are the 12 articles that make up JSBED 15:4.
‘From “fat pigs” and “red hats” to a “new social stratum”: The changing face of enterprise development policy in China’ by Andrew Atherton
‘Developing the small business market for business development services in Chengdu: Policy issues and priorities’ by David Smallbone, Jianzhong Xiao and Lei Xu
‘A quantitative analysis of the characteristics of rapid-growth firms and their entrepreneurs in China’ by Yuli Zhang, Xiaofei Yang and Fengling Ma
‘The impacts of external factors on the growth of Chinese entrepreneurial enterprises: An empirical study’ by Yangfeng Zhang and Chunlin Si
‘Enterprise development in a diversified metropolis: the case of Beijing’ by Kaizhong Yang and Ying Xu
‘Local government’s “black box” in small and medium-sized private enterprises’ trans-ownership M&A failure: Chinese cases’ by Haisu Wang and Gang Han
‘Technological entrepreneurship and policy environment: a case of China’ by Gang Zhang, Xuebing Peng and Jun Li
‘The impact of higher education on entrepreneurial intentions of university students in China’ by Sizong Wu and Lingfei Wu
‘From tradition to modern: Attitudes and applications of guanxi in Chinese entrepreneurship’ by Alistair R. Anderson, Edward Yiu-chung Lee
‘Networking and innovation in SMEs: evidence from Guandong Province, China’ by Zongling Xu, Jiali Lin and Danming Lin
‘Entrepreneurship education in China: a case study approach’ by Cindy Millman, Harry Matlay and Fan Liu
‘In pursuit of technological innovation: China’s science and technology policies and financial and fiscal incentives’ by Xuedong Ding, Jun Li and Jia Wang