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  • Introduction

  • Colin S. C. Hawes, University of Technology, Sydney
  • Book:
    The Chinese Corporate Ecosystem
    Published online:
    21 July 2022
    Print publication:
    04 August 2022, pp 1-14

  • Summary

    This introductory chapter defines the term "corporate ecosystem," explaining why an ecosystem approach is the most suitable way to understand the behavior of Chinese corporations and their interactions with the broader political system in China. The chapter contrasts "corporate ecosystems" with "business ecosystems" and with the narrower, yet more common, corporate governance concerns of many previous accounts discussing Chinese business firms.

The Chinese Corporate Ecosystem
  • Colin S. C. Hawes
  • Published online:
    21 July 2022
    Print publication:
    04 August 2022
  • 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.