Evolution of Families and Rethinking of Chinese Family Businesses：A Case Study of Wan's Enterprise,Zhejiang Province

doi:10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2018.05.002

Abstract

Abstract: Family businesses have regained momentum in China since the late 1970s.In general,the Chinese family businesses are treatedby social scientists as a combination of cultural and economic phenomena.However,in their studies,Chinese culture and family are widely regarded as independent variables.Family is actually a social construct whose boundaries are formed and changed by the constant consultation amongits members.Based on the ethnographic study of a family business in Zhejiang province,China,I think that a new type of family business is emerging in China as the the family and clan system has so far evolved.

Key words: family, clan, Chinese family businesses, new-type family businesses, incorporated families

ZHAO Jianhua. Evolution of Families and Rethinking of Chinese Family Businesses：A Case Study of Wan's Enterprise,Zhejiang Province[J]. Journal of Jishou University（Social Sciences）, DOI: 10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2018.05.002.

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