This history follows the story of three academics in a southern Chinese university who launched an electronics company. Within the context of China's recent socioeconomic reform, the author explores the political, economic, legal, social and technological aspects of founding a private enterprise.

This book tells the compelling story of three academics in a southern Chinese university who threw away their iron rice bowl to found a private electronics company. By exploring the political, economic, legal, social, and technological aspects of launching a private enterprise, Xiuwu Liu provides a rare and detailed glimpse of the human dimension of the recent socioeconomic reform in China. As the only in-depth case study available of the development of a private, completely Chinese company, this work illuminates contemporary Chinese society as well as the resurgence of private enterprise. Visit our website for sample chapters!