This paper is part of a broader research project that aims to analyse the emerging private business sector in China by focusing on three topics.entrepreneurship;networks;social capital;evolutionary economics

Hendrischke, H.

Krug, B.

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10 Such a calculus is not necessarily new in Chinese behavior. In the past too, family holdings were split if and when conflicts became to tense. See Krug and Frey

11 Zhejiang played a prominent role in this process by promoting the 'Wenzhou model' from the 1980, see Nolan

12 Localities can vary considerably in the enforcement of the Company Law for their jurisdiction, for Shanghai see Guthrie 1999, for Beijing see So

13 This is a traditional sharecropping contract, which has been known in China for centuries. See Cheung 1969a, 1969b,

2 For an overview see Qian

3 In the beginning, 1993-1997, the research relied heavily on the assistance and logistical support provided by

5 For a general overview of Zhejiang's economic development, see Forster

7 For a general overview

8 For a general discussion of entrepreneurship see Kirzner,

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The Emergence of a Private Business Sector in China

The Emergence of a Private Business Sector in China

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