China’s Belt and Road Initiative in a Global Context

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Diversity, Convergence and Opportunities Along the Belt and Road

   • Jawad Syed, Yung-Hsiang Ying

   Pages 1-19

3. BRI and the Effect of Trade and Financial Integration on Output Volatility

   • Choudhary Tanveer Shehzad

   Pages 21-40

4. The Changing Asian Perception of China’s Rising: A BRI Context

   • Zhenqing Zheng

   Pages 41-59

5. From Central Asia to the World: China’s Regional Diplomacy as a Precursor for Global Connectivity

   • Hasan H. Karrar

   Pages 61-86

6. BRI: Connectivity, Trade, Investment and Politics in South Asia

   • Nazish Afraz, Hasaan Khawar

   Pages 87-119

7. China’s Investment in Belt and Road Countries: An Industrial Perspective

   • Chris Y. Tung, Fang-I Wen

   Pages 121-145

8. Strategic Change in the Dynamics of Regional and Global Financial Integration Following the BRI

   • Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz, Boris Kabylinskii, Fayqa Abdullah Ashkanani

   Pages 147-176

9. The Interpersonal Challenges of BRI: Developing People-to-People Bonds

   • Isabel Rechberg, Shuojia Guo

   Pages 177-209

10. The Chinese Vision of BRI and Its Effects on Turkey and West Asia

    • Mustafa Yildiran

    Pages 211-234

11. China in Africa

    • Madihah Karim, Rabbiya Kamal, Omair Haroon

    Pages 235-255

12. Correction to: China in Africa

    • Madihah Karim, Rabbiya Kamal, Omair Haroon

    Pages C1-C1

13. Back Matter

    Pages 257-262

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Bringing together a collection of interdisciplinary chapters on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, or also known as One Belt One Road), this book offers a comprehensive overview of the topic from a business and management perspective. With contributions from scholars based in Asia, Europe and North America, Volume I provides theoretical and empirical analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing businesses in relation to BRI. Key areas covered include economics and finance, history, trade, value chain and human resource and cross-cultural management, creating a useful tool for academics, as well as policy-makers and practitioners in China and other countries along the new Silk Road.

• BRI
• OBOR
• Silk Road
• Business strategy
• Land and Sea Routes
• HRM
• Policy

“The Belt and Road Initiative is expected to have major economic and strategic implications not only for China but also for other regions and continents. The prospects of new trade and cultural ties could enhance opportunities for development and stability in these regions. There is much to be learnt from the recent exponential growth of the Chinese economy. In this context, this in-depth research volume will be of great interest and value to policy makers, management practitioners, the business community and research scholars interested in this field.” (Dipak C. Jain, European President and Professor of Marketing, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai, China)

“The Belt and Road initiative is a state-led undertaking involving multiple countries and many organizations of various types with unprecedented scale for political, economic, and social impact. So far, literature has not paid sufficient attention to such a project that may exert great impacts on international business. Most studies on the BRI take a political or economic approach, whilst few examine it from a business and management perspective. Thus, this book which takes a business and management approach, will help readers to gain a novel understanding of the initiative.” (Shaomin Li, Eminent Scholar and Professor of International Business, Old Dominion University, USA)

“This book offers a broad assessment of the Belt and Road Initiative. Going beyond typical economic and political analyses, the book explores the impact of BRI on management, business, society and the environment. One important insight offered is that the overarching goal — trade, transportation, infrastructure, and communication connectivity — requires an understanding the socioeconomic diversity and heterogeneity of the affected countries. In addition to its broad coverage, the book is a product of collaboration by international scholars that offer regional perspectives such as China, Turkey, Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia, and Africa. Researchers, policy-makers and entrepreneurs will gain a pragmatic understanding BRI, allowing them to benefit from its development.” (Shu-Chun Susan Yang, Senior Economist, Development Macroeconomics Division, Research Department, IMF, USA)

 

• Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

  Jawad Syed

• National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan

  Yung-Hsiang Ying

Jawad Syed is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at the Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.

Yung-Hsiang Ying is Professor and Executive Vice President at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan.

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