Path to Leadership

Author: Chen Chunhua
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: "This is an inspiring and thought-provoking book. I look forward to the author continuing to study the leading enterprises in China's industries and their key success factors, constantly updating and publishing related research. In fact, the Chinese market has become a focal point in many fields of business management. For the rapidly changing and dynamic Chinese market, this monograph opens up research into tracing the growth trajectory of Chinese enterprises, a study that will be long-lasting and significant." — Dr. Michael Spence, Nobel Prize laureate. With just over 20 years of economic reform and more than a decade of enterprise development, Baosteel, Haier, TCL, Lenovo, and Huawei have emerged as industry pioneers among Chinese enterprises. While achieving extraordinary performance, they are exploring unique paths suited to their respective growth: In just over a decade of operation and development, what forces have enabled them to achieve rapid growth and maintain their leading competitive edge? Facing numerous challenges—rapidly evolving business environments, increasing competitive pressure, and growing market expectations—what has allowed these enterprises to stay ahead during their growth? Are there common patterns or success models to be found? If so, what are these patterns and models, and how can they be achieved? This is a research work that positively showcases the business success essence of China's most representative successful enterprises from their inception to leadership. It is also an academic monograph that focuses on Chinese theories without referencing Western management models, conducting an in-depth analysis of the unique success models of Chinese enterprises. Whether in terms of perspective or the breadth and depth of research, this book is highly practical and academically valuable, making it a native Chinese counterpart to Good to Great and Built to Last. The arguments (the success model of Chinese enterprises) it supports are not only insightful, fresh, and well-supported by extensive data and case studies, but they also emerged from an eight-year research process. More importantly, these insights are not limited to any single type of enterprise and will have a positive impact on businesses across different regions, scales, and industries. The research level covered in this book is very broad, surpassing the vast majority of existing works on Chinese enterprises; the practical level is even deeper, as every insight (each factor in the success model) has been tested and considered in other enterprises, making the arguments more vivid and profound than most similar books currently available.