Research projects and networks

The CCPN carried out research work from 2007 when it was awarded the LSE Seed Research Fund in support of the School's Asia Strategy|, with a project on 'Value Orientation in Entrepreneurs and Local Officials, and its Role in the Interactions which Affect Small Firm Growth in the Yangtze River Delta' (See photo below and the conference Chinese Entrepreneur Orientation and Relationships in Yangtze Delta Region|). The Seed Fund 'encourages collaborative research' in order to 'create intellectual connections that may lead to longer-term, larger-scale, funded work'.

In many respects CCPNResearch can be seen as an extension of the 'Global Economic History Network (GEHN)|', run by members of the Department of Economic History at LSE. GEHN's five major themes are state formation and market, imperialism and colonialism, economic culture, science, technology and useful knowledge, and cotton textiles viewed as global industry. Based on studies on China, the interests of the China in Comparative Perspective Network overlap with those of the GEHN, but also focus on contemporary topics such as state, politics, post-colonialism, international relations, market, economic culture, and society.

Based on our existing experiences of collaboration with China on social scientific research the CCPN set up a Network for Chinese Research and Network Studies (NCRNS|). Supported by LSE Aria Research Centre, the Global Migration and Migrant Studies Network (GMMSN) is in progress of setting up. It is hoped that the CCPN Research will enable participation in difference kinds of long term strategic collaborative research on social sciences between China and other countries and regions.

Collaborative projects

From 2006 to 2013 we have be evolving five collaborative projects. They are:

• 'Comparative Studies on the New Migrants from BRIC counties in America, Australia, Japan and the UK', in collaboration with Nihon Fukushi University, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2009-13). 
• 'Chinese governance models in the transitional period' in collaboration with Northeast University, funded by the Ministry of Education of China (2009-2011);
• Qingli (social obligations of law embedded in human feelings), a Keyword Special Project on transdisciplinary 'In-Depth Study of China' (2009-10), in collaboration with Institute of Advanced Study for Social Science, Fudan University.
• 'Chinese entrepreneur relationships and global economics' in collaboration with Nanjing University, funded by the DIUS (2008-09);
• 'Value Orientation in Entrepreneurs and Local Officials, and its Role in the Interactions which Affect Small Firm Growth in the Yangtze River Delta' in collaboration with Nanjing University, funded by the LSE (2007-09);
• 'Social-cultural factors, ethnic minority entrepreneurial orientation and firm growth: a comparative study of Turkish and Chinese small firms in the UK', in collaboration with Oxford Brookes University and Royal Holloway, funded by the ESRC (2006-08); 

Research activities

The project related seminars and conference listed below:

• The Japan meeting was held on the 4-5 June 2011 at Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. Click HERE to see details of the Japan meeting.
• On the 6th August the BRIC migrant project held a joint event in London: The International Interdisciplinary Colloquium -- New Immigrants from the BRIC Countries, Anglo-Chinese Managers in the UK & Entrepreneurial Capacity in the UK and Chinese High-Tech Firms. 
• 17-18/08/09 A preparatory meeting on the project 'Comparative Studies on the New Migrants from BRIC counties in America, Australia, Japan and the UK', was held in Shenyang, China.
• 17/06/09 Co-organised with Northeastern University, a colloquium with some team members on the project 'Chinese governmental governance models', and seminars.
• 25-26/03/09 Co-organised with Nanjing University, Inaugural International Conference for the 'Advanced Study on China' (ICASC) - Chinese Entrepreneur Orientation and Relationships in Yangtze Delta Region
• 25/02/09 The comparison between China and Japan enterprises in their earlier stage of overseas development, by Professor Rongping Kang, Institute of World Economics & Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS)
• 10/02/09 Yuan (lot or luck) and Marketing: The Perception of Chinese Owner-managers, Professor Wai Sum Siu, Hong Kong Baptist University
• 31/01/09 Co-organised with the CDS, LSE, the China Development Forum 'China 2009: the critical year of China's economy'
• 27-28/10/08 Co-organised with the China-Europa Forum, the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation, The China-Europe Dialogue on Society: Preparatory meeting in North Europe for the Third Biennial of the China-Europa Forum
• 06/10/08 Social Embeddedness and Entrepreneurial Orientation in Ethnic Small Firms in the UK, by Dr Catherine L. Wang and Dr Levent Altinay, Royal Holloway
• 20/06/08 Legal and Illegal: Production and distribution of Chinese goods in the route China-Paraguay- Brazil, by Ms Rosana Pinheiro-Machado, UCL
• 14/03/08 British Indian and Chinese Students, Graduate and Academic International Entrepreneurial Activities, by Dr Stella Mascarenhas-Keyes, DIUS

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