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"As China has blended market reforms with comprehensive industrial policies, most research has focused on the national government's strategies for economic growth. However, one of the unique characteristics of industrial policy in China is that it involves government intervention at all levels, from the political elite all the way down to village leaders.This book focuses on the domestic appliance industry, and China's three major busine ..."
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"Introduction An accurate explanation of China's economic growth in the past two decades requires a very careful analysis of the fortuitous combination of ... This is vividly illustrated by the cases of the domestic appliance industry and the individual enterprises examined in the preceding chapters. ... However, it is not easy task to create a convincing theoretical framework based on the empirical evidence."
Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy China's Industrial Policies and the Global Business Revolution : The Case of the Domestic Appliance Industry Vol. 15 by LingLiu Pasta Dura, 190 Pages, Published 2005 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-35560-5, ISBN: 0-415-35560-5
"Introduction Grown from a nearly bankrupt producer of poor-quality refrigerators
into China's number one domestic appliance manufacturer, Haier has attracted a
great deal of attention both nationally and internationally. Its annual growth rate
was 78 per cent from 1984 to 2001. In 2002, Haier was ranked sixth of global
appliance manufacturers in terms of sales volume by Forbes. Haier is certainly a
star among China's national indus ..."
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