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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449717703321

Autore

Cochran Sherman <1940->

Titolo

Encountering Chinese networks [[electronic resource] ] : Western, Japanese, and Chinese corporations in China, 1880-1937 / / Sherman Cochran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2000

ISBN

0-520-92189-5

1-59734-597-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

338.7/0951

Soggetti

Business networks - China - History

Industrial management - China - History

Corporations - China - History

Corporations, American - China

Corporations, British - China

Corporations, Japanese - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction Corporations versus Networks; 2.Standar d Oil Company; 3 Chinese Imports o f Kerosene Illuminating; 4.Mitsui Trading Company; 5.Naigai Cotton Company; 6.Shenxin Cotton Mills; 7.China Match Company; 8.Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The text studies how various Western, Japanese, and Chinese businesses struggled with the persistent dilemma in China of how to retain control over corporate hierachies while adapting to dramatic changes in Chinese society, politics and foreign affairs from 1880-1937.