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Welcome to the Bookstore Business Section Chinese Economy Business Guides Featured Books  China on the Brink:The Myths and Realities of the World's Largest Market Callum Henderson (1999, McGraw-Hill, 278 pages) Price at Amazon: $17.47 (Hb) Buy It Will China become the next economic superpower? Callum Henderson, Emerging Market Currency Strategist at a global investment bank in London offers a contrarian view of China's economic conditions and prospects. Henderson's critical analysis of China's economic performance points to deflation, unemployment and crony capitalism as just of the few of the hurdles in China's path. Behind the Open Door: Foreign Enterprises in the Chinese Marketplace Daniel H. Rosen (1999, Institute for International Economics, 313 pages) Price at Amazon: $20.00 (Pb) Buy It Rosen explores the positive and negative experiences of foreign enterprises in China, from aerospace to telecoms, creating a rich portrait of the business challenges and market conditions for foreign investment in China. Rosen's interviews with more than 100 Western (mainly American) business managers and professionals working in the PRC inform his analysis and prescriptions for foreign national commercial policies vis-a-vis China. "A pathbreaking study compacting two decades of American and other foreign business experience in the new and always evolving China market into one volume. It offers . . . the most detailed and cogent analysis done by any expert to date on how the process of foreign investment in China actually works and the range of challenges and outcomes. A must read for any executive heading off to run a China operation for a multinational corporation..."  Dragon in a Three-Piece Suit:The Emergence of Capitalism in China Doug Guthrie (1999, Princeton University Press, 304 pages) Price at Amazon: $27.65 (Hb) Buy It Guthrie investigates how and why economic strategies and management practices of Chinese firms have changed in the past 15 years, resembling, at least on the surface, those of firms in many advanced market economies. Using an unprecedented, broad survey of Shanghai firms, Guthrie finds, for example, increasing use of formal hiring, grievance, and arbitration procedures. His innovative analysis explains the transformation. "Guthrie brings new insights and fresh perspectives to the study of organizational change in China during the process of economic reform. ..."Cosmopolitan Capitalists: Hong Kong and the Chinese Diaspora at the End of the Twentieth Century Gary G. Hamilton, ed. (1999, University of Washington, 185 pages) Price at Amazon: $19.95 (Pb) Buy It Gary Hamilton, Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington, and an international group of authors examine Hong Kong, its people and its important role in the global economy at the turn of the millenium. The authors draw a broad-ranging portrait of Hong Kong, providing perspectives on culture, business, history, immigration, Chineseness, and the impact of the handover to mainland China in 1997.  Forging Reform in China:The Fate of State-Owned Industry Edward S. Steinfeld (Hb 1998, Pb October 1, 1999, Cambridge University Press, 318 pages) Price at Amazon: $44.95 (Hb, also available in Pb for $19.95) Buy It The reform of China's moribund state-owned enterprises, which threaten to drag down the rest of the economy, is Beijing's top economic priority. Steinfeld explains why reform measures have not been sweepingful successful until now, and what it will take to achieve meaningful reform. Four detailed case studies from China's key steel industry illustrate at the micro-level the extent of China's problems. "Few foreigners have been able to obtain what is virtually an insider's view of China's state-owned enterprises, and none have written so well about what they have learned. Ed Steinfeld's book is must reading for anyone who wants to understand why reforming Chinese state-owned enterprises is proving to be so difficult."The Political Economy of Uneven Development: The Case of China Shaoguang Wang, Hu Angang, An-kang Hu (Hb 1999, Pb forthcoming 2000, M.E. Sharpe, 304 pages ) Price at Amazon: $46.17 (Hb) Buy It Since 1979, the growth of China's coastal provinces has far outpaced that of inland areas, creating drastically uneven development. The authors explain the causes of regional disparity in China, and its implications for national growth and stability. Decentralization and the government's declining extractive capacity weaken its ability to redistribute resources; a stronger central government is the answer. Perspectives on the Chinese Economy FDI in China Yasheng Huang (The Chinese University Press, 1999) $37.50 at Amazon (Hb) Buy It Property Rights and Economic Reform in China Jean C. Oi, Andrew Walder, eds. (Stanford University Press, 1999, 376 pages) $60.00 at Amazon (Hb), $22.95 (Pb) Buy It Business Guides American Business in China 1998-1999 Davisson K. Chang (Caravel Inc., 1998) $93.00 (Pb) Buy It The Business Guide to China Laurence Brahm, Li Daoran(Contributor) (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997, 270 pages) $19.96 (Pb) Buy It The Business Guide to Taiwan Michael Clancy (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998, 300 pages) $19.96 (Pb) Buy It China Business The Portable Encyclopedia for Doing Business With China Christine Genzberger (Editor), Edward G. Hinkelman (World Trade Press, 1994) $19.96 (Pb) Buy It |
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IN ASSOCIATION WITH  Notable  FDI in China Yasheng Huang (The Chinese University Press, 1999) $37.50 at Amazon (Hb)  Rural China Takes Off: Institutional Foundations of Economic Reform Jean C. Oi (University of California Press, 1999, 259 pages) $17.95 at Amazon (Pb)  American Business in China 1998-1999 Davisson K. Chang (Caravel Inc., 1998) $93.00 at Amazon (Pb) |
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