TY - JOUR TI - Revisiting Hanyeping Company (1889–1908): A case study of China's early industrialisation and corporate history AU - Liu, Yun T2 - Business History AB - This paper examines China's first modern industrial cartel, the Hanyeping Company, to understand China's early industrialisation and corporate history. From a firm-specific perspective, this pioneer trial by the Chinese scholar-bureaucrat elites turned out a failure largely because the firm failed to establish effective corporate governance. The archival evidence indicates that its institutional deficiency was also closely correlated with the over-stressing of the role of elites. The state-led pattern and top-down approach taken by those elites can also help explain its evolution. The lessons from this case study are useful for China's ongoing transitions today. DA - 2010/02/01/ PY - 2010 DO - 10.1080/00076790903469612 DP - Taylor and Francis+NEJM VL - 52 IS - 1 SP - 62 EP - 73 SN - 0007-6791 ST - Revisiting Hanyeping Company (1889–1908) UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/00076790903469612 Y2 - 2022/01/31/07:01:02 KW - China KW - Chinese Business History KW - Hanyeping KW - corporate history KW - industrialisation ER -