In twenty years of reform in China, the key development has been the opening-up of the market to foreign trade and …1. On the measurement of the openness of the Chinese economy -- 2. Social consequences of economic reform in China : an … analysis of regional disparity in the transition period -- 3. Provincial economic growth in China : causes and consequences of …

change, diversity and competition: foreign banks in Shanghai, 1847-2004 / Jeroen Kuilman -- Foreign firms in China: success … by strategic choices / Xueyuan Zhang and Patrick Reinmoeller -- The new great leap: the rise of China's ICT industry … / Mark Joannes Greeven -- Enterprise ground zero in China / Barbara Krug -- China's emerging tax regime: local tax farming …

China's long-term economic success is driven by new firms, new sectors and new business practices. This book explores … transformation. Finally, the book establishes local institutions and local governance as crucial dimensions of China's emerging …