Demystifying Chinese management: introduction

The Chinese economy has dramatically changed in its nature over the last three decades or so. It has moved from being a command economy into market socialist system over the period and has morphed from an economy dominated by state-owned enterprises to an economy with a wide range of ownership forms, both public and private. In turn, its managers, managing and management have correspondingly undergone a major 'sea change'. This edited collection attempts to 'demystify' a number of these developments in Chinese management and to highlight recent research on strategic issues and challenges vis-à-vis realizing the managerial version of the so-called 'Chinese Dream' in a wide range of business enterprises in China and overseas.