Guanxi versus the market: Ethics and efficiency

被引:351
作者
Lovett, S
Simmons, LC
Kali, R
机构
[1] San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92182 USA
[2] Univ Texas, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
[3] Inst Tecnol Autonomo Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
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10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490068
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
Guanxi refers to a Chinese system of doing business on the basis of personal relationships, and it is representative of the way that business is done throughout much of the non-western world. In this,paper we first evaluate guanxi from an ethical perspective, and then attempt to shed light on the sources of its economic advantages and disadvantages through the use. of a simple mathematical model, Finally, we point out how eastern and western business practices may already be converging toward systems based on more complete models of trust to deal with the conditions of progress coupled with uncertainty that form our new economic reality.
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