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Conflict and Innovation: Joint Ventures in China
Series: - International Comparative Social Studies, Volume: 11
This book features China’s newly emergent transnational management culture. It uses established and new methodologies to analyze how different types of Sino-foreign joint enterprises manage cultural differences between various layers of managers and employees, while negotiating strategies that contain conflicts, uncertainties and frustrations.
Much of the book focuses on the relations among personnel and management within Sino-foreign businesses. It highlights how new elements have been introduced in the daily practices of management at the work floor and in the managerial offices, specifically in relation to improving human resource development and resolving conflicts. The book also examines how these transnational firms function in the broader context of Chinese society and politics.
In providing freshly researched cases and methodological studies by experienced researchers in the field, the book suggests alternative pathways toward innovative business management in China, thus making it attractive to academics and business managers alike.
Much of the book focuses on the relations among personnel and management within Sino-foreign businesses. It highlights how new elements have been introduced in the daily practices of management at the work floor and in the managerial offices, specifically in relation to improving human resource development and resolving conflicts. The book also examines how these transnational firms function in the broader context of Chinese society and politics.
In providing freshly researched cases and methodological studies by experienced researchers in the field, the book suggests alternative pathways toward innovative business management in China, thus making it attractive to academics and business managers alike.
Leo Douw obtained his Doctorate in the Humanities in 1991. He is Lecturer of Modern Chinese History and Society at the University of Amsterdam and the Free University Amsterdam. With Cen Huang and David Ip, he has edited in 2001 a book titled Rethinking Chinese Transnational Enterprises: Cultural Affinity and Business Strategies (London: Curzon). At present he engages in research on the organization of business enterprises and migration in colonial Taiwan (1895-1945).
Chan Kwok-bun received his doctorate in Sociology in 1978. He is Head and Professor of the Department of Sociology and Director of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. In 2005, he has published two books: Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism (London: Routledge) and Migration, Ethnic Relations and Chinese Business (London: Routledge). He is currently doing research on return migrants in Hong Kong.
Chan Kwok-bun received his doctorate in Sociology in 1978. He is Head and Professor of the Department of Sociology and Director of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. In 2005, he has published two books: Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism (London: Routledge) and Migration, Ethnic Relations and Chinese Business (London: Routledge). He is currently doing research on return migrants in Hong Kong.
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Differences, Conflicts and Innovations: The Emergence of a Transnational Management Culture in China
Chan Kwok-bun and Leo Douw
2. The Role of Middlemen in the Localization of Sino-Foreign Enterprises: A Historical Approach
Leo Douw
3. Conflict and its Management in Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures: A Review
Xun (George) Wang, Chan Kwok-bun and Vivienne Ho Luk
4. Negotiating Spaces
Peter Peverelli
5. Sino-Singaporean Joint Ventures: The Suzhou Industrial Park Project
Alexius Pereira
6. Sino-German Joint Ventures: Shared Values and Cultural Divides
Irmtraud Munder and Renate Krieg
7. Indigenous and Expatriate Managers in Sino-German Joint Ventures: Natural Antagonists?
Kerstin Nagels
8. Human Resource Management in Sino-German Joint Ventures in China: Building for the Future
Monika Schaedler
9. Gender in Cross-Cultural Management: Women’s Careers in Sino-German Joint Ventures
Renate Krieg
10. Conflict Management Strategies and Innovation in Sino-Japanese, Sino-Korean, and Sino-Taiwanese Joint Ventures in China
Chan Kwok-bun and Vivienne Ho Luk
11. Conflict and Innovation in International Joint Ventures: Toward a New Corporate Culture in China
Chan Kwok-bun, Vivienne Ho Luk and Xun (George) Wang
List of Contributors
Index
1. Introduction: Differences, Conflicts and Innovations: The Emergence of a Transnational Management Culture in China
Chan Kwok-bun and Leo Douw
2. The Role of Middlemen in the Localization of Sino-Foreign Enterprises: A Historical Approach
Leo Douw
3. Conflict and its Management in Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures: A Review
Xun (George) Wang, Chan Kwok-bun and Vivienne Ho Luk
4. Negotiating Spaces
Peter Peverelli
5. Sino-Singaporean Joint Ventures: The Suzhou Industrial Park Project
Alexius Pereira
6. Sino-German Joint Ventures: Shared Values and Cultural Divides
Irmtraud Munder and Renate Krieg
7. Indigenous and Expatriate Managers in Sino-German Joint Ventures: Natural Antagonists?
Kerstin Nagels
8. Human Resource Management in Sino-German Joint Ventures in China: Building for the Future
Monika Schaedler
9. Gender in Cross-Cultural Management: Women’s Careers in Sino-German Joint Ventures
Renate Krieg
10. Conflict Management Strategies and Innovation in Sino-Japanese, Sino-Korean, and Sino-Taiwanese Joint Ventures in China
Chan Kwok-bun and Vivienne Ho Luk
11. Conflict and Innovation in International Joint Ventures: Toward a New Corporate Culture in China
Chan Kwok-bun, Vivienne Ho Luk and Xun (George) Wang
List of Contributors
Index