This paper tries to explore the interaction of institutional arrangement, technological innovation and application evolution underlying the impressive growth of China’s computing infrastructure. Drawing upon the actor-network theory, we construct a framework to explain how the elements...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the four large and two small fluctuations in China's economic growth since the reform and opening up, which can be further divided into five periods of economic upturn and six periods of economic downturn. Design/methodology/approach This paper also...

Informal credit markets are very active in many developing countries including China. Informal financial associations have become a major channel of borrowing. Using data from the 2006 Rural Household Survey, this paper investigates farmers’ borrowings from both formal and informal sources...