{"product_id":"the-art-of-business-how-the-chinese-got-rich-9781472139757","title":"The Art of Business: How the Chinese Got Rich","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen we look at Chinese history for a guide to business, we commonly reach for Sun Tzu's \u003ci\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/i\u003e, but that is a military text. It focuses on an enemy, not a trading partner, and it certainly doesn't mention customers and their role in strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo come to terms with Chinese commerce, we don't need to know the \u003ci\u003eArt of War\u003c\/i\u003e. We need to know the art of business. This book explains Chinese business in history: its practices, values and achievements. As we explore business through time, we discover the strategies which enabled Chinese merchants to become rich and gain insights into how Chinese business evolved, and continues to evolve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Business\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond the Silk Road, Marco Polo and the opium trade to examine how the many different Chinese businesses made money. It asks how merchants mastered the spatial and temporal dimensions of the market and built substantial wealth in doing so. It explores the commercial revolutions that occurred in the Tang and Song dynasties and the late Ming, and reveals business practices carried into the Ching dynasty. It explores salt merchants, the porcelain industry, Huizhou and Shanxi merchant groups, and Howqua, who became the world's richest man. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The evolving nature of world commerce will place new demands on tomorrow's businesses. By examining the past, we can better understand the future in which China will once again stand like a giant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Robinson Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472139757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Greg Clydesdale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41573919064245,"sku":"9781472139757","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f5299a6f-8470-485f-80f8-097e89902b13.jpg?v=1643687030","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-art-of-business-how-the-chinese-got-rich-9781472139757","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}