The Chinese business community at a crossroads between crisis response and China’s assertive global strategy

Está disponível o artigo sobre a comunidade de negócios chinesa em Portugal, da autoria de Annette Bongardt e Miguel Santos Neves (NSIS).

The paper assesses the transformation of the Chinese business community in Portugal in result of the interaction between China’s ‘Go Global’ policy and the impact of the 2008/2009 global crisis. It analyses the small-business community’s coping strategies; the impact of recent large-scale Chinese direct investments; and changes to Portuguese immigration laws. It concludes that the small-business community adopted pro-active coping strategies and re-assessed its insertion patterns in the local and global economy. Within the large-scale business segment, a dualistic community structure emerged. The community became more heterogeneous and complex, less cohesive, and more internationalised beyond the single European market.

 http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/33142