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Professor’s Book Explores Dynamics Between Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth in China

Does entrepreneurship, as it is defined in the United States and in other capitalist societies, exist in the People’s Republic of China? If so, what does it look like? How does it work, and what challenges do its practitioners face from the government, consumers and competitors large and small?

In their new book, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth in China, Ting Zhang, research assistant professor in the University of Baltimore’s Merrick School of Business economic research center, the Jacob France Institute… Continue Reading

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