The Chinese Corporate Ecosystem

Colin S. C. Hawes (University of Technology, Sydney)

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Cambridge University Press
26 October 2023

Corporate governance & responsibilities; Company, commercial & competition law; Company law

Challenging simplistic claims that Chinese corporations merely serve Communist Party goals, this book argues we cannot understand these corporations without tracing their dynamic evolution within a unique socio-political ecosystem. Vivid case studies illuminate the strange hybrid structures and networks that are essential for corporate success in the Chinese habitat. Tracing the reciprocal impacts between Chinese corporations and their environment, Colin S. C. Hawes reveals how corporations' political adaptations have raised serious obstacles for their international expansion and worsened China's environmental crisis. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that synthesizes insights from behavioural economics, science and Chinese philosophy, this book proposes innovative solutions to the damaging impacts of Chinese corporations. It makes a compelling case for redirecting the vital energy of corporations and government officials in more productive and sustainable directions.

By: Colin S. C. Hawes (University of Technology Sydney)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781108947749
ISBN 10: 1108947743
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 26 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Why is Huawei so strange?; 2. An ecosystem for private enterprise growth: Alibaba, Ant Group, and SMEs; 3. State-owned enterprises: mutant dinosaurs or adaptive hybrids?; 4. The Communist Party and corporations; 5. Corruption and anti-corruption; 6. Guanxi: circulation of resources and corporate-political human relationships; 7. Legal contradictions in the corporate-political ecosystem; 8. Chinese corporations and the natural/human ecosystem: negative impacts; 9. China's eco-civilization dream vs. corporate-political ecosystem realities; 10. Conclusion: a Chinese ecological approach to re-forming the corporate ecosystem.

Colin S. C. Hawes is an Associate Professor in the Law Faculty at the University of Technology Sydney and a Research Fellow at the UTS Australia-China Relations Institute. He has published widely on Chinese corporate law and Chinese culture, including a previous book entitled The Chinese Transformation of Corporate Culture (2012).

Reviews for The Chinese Corporate Ecosystem

'This is a strongly written, documented, and argued exploration of the evolution, nature, and consequences of the relationships between the Chinese Communist Party and corporations, both private and state-owned, in the post-Mao period … Highly recommended.' M. J. Frost, Choice