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This chapter discusses the dynamics of family enterprise before and after the 1978 “Open-Up and Reform” in China. External and internal factors that contributed to the dynamics of family enterprises are also discussed.
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“The City in Late Imperial China” (in Chinese) (edited by Andrew Skinner), Zhonghua Book Company, First Edition (2000), pp. 469–526.
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Interview between the authors and Mr. Lixiang Mao, August 2010.
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“Xianshgeng” in the Confucian culture is often used as a title to refer to professionals or persons of authority.
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Chen, L., Zhu, J.A., Fang, H. (2021). Dynamics of Family Enterprise Before and After the Reform Era. In: Family Business in China, Volume 1. Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51395-5_10
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