02759nam 22006734a 450 991077734860332120230422043053.00-520-92189-51-59734-597-010.1525/9780520921894(CKB)1000000000002527(EBL)227294(OCoLC)475933539(SSID)ssj0000279066(PQKBManifestationID)11225191(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279066(PQKBWorkID)10259545(PQKB)11122266(MiAaPQ)EBC227294(Au-PeEL)EBL227294(CaPaEBR)ebr10051527(DE-B1597)648064(DE-B1597)9780520921894(EXLCZ)99100000000000252719990713d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEncountering Chinese networks[electronic resource] Western, Japanese, and Chinese corporations in China, 1880-1937 /Sherman CochranBerkeley, Calif. University of California Press20001 online resource (264 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-21625-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-239) and index.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; IndexThe 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.Business networksChinaHistoryIndustrial managementChinaHistoryCorporationsChinaHistoryCorporations, AmericanChinaCase studiesCorporations, BritishChinaCase studiesCorporations, JapaneseChinaCase studiesBusiness networksHistory.Industrial managementHistory.CorporationsHistory.Corporations, AmericanCorporations, BritishCorporations, Japanese338.7/0951Cochran Sherman1940-977085MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777348603321Encountering Chinese networks3704793UNINA