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6 - Crisis as Opportunities

The Chinese Practice of Weiji

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2023

Xiaoying Qi
Affiliation:
Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
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Theoretical suppositions of business crisis in the literature are largely drawn from studies conducted in North America and Western Europe. Chapter 6, on the other hand, examines a Chinese approach to crisis. Based on the notion of paradoxical integration, this approach informs not only crisis management in China and East Asia, but potentially has general application. In this conceptualization, crisis is not necessarily treated as a consequence of discord or disruption, but rather is understood as an aspect or phase of an unfolding process, even in the most difficult circumstances. This approach, then, offers a course toward future business success even in the face of significant loss, without suffering desperation or self-destruction. Three strategies which entrepreneurs adopt to crisis are examined in the chapter, namely, the combination of the old with the new, or path dependence; second, seeking facilitating relationships with other members of a business community, or guanxi accommodation; and finally, reordering priorities and available resources, including familial and personal, or self-reflexivity.

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Entrepreneurs in Contemporary China
Wealth, Connections, and Crisis
, pp. 119 - 142
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Crisis as Opportunities
  • Xiaoying Qi, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
  • Book: Entrepreneurs in Contemporary China
  • Online publication: 24 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009316132.007
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  • Crisis as Opportunities
  • Xiaoying Qi, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
  • Book: Entrepreneurs in Contemporary China
  • Online publication: 24 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009316132.007
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  • Crisis as Opportunities
  • Xiaoying Qi, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
  • Book: Entrepreneurs in Contemporary China
  • Online publication: 24 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009316132.007
Available formats
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