Wealth Creation in China and Some Lessons for Development Ethics

@article{Enderle2010WealthCI,
  title={Wealth Creation in China and Some Lessons for Development Ethics},
  author={Georges Enderle},
  journal={Journal of Business Ethics},
  year={2010},
  volume={96},
  pages={1-15}
}
  • Georges Enderle
  • Published 24 February 2010
  • Economics
  • Journal of Business Ethics
In the last 30 years, China has experienced an astounding economic development that calls for a differentiated understanding of this complex process of wealth creation. In the first section of this article, I present a new concept of wealth creation that goes beyond making money, maximizing profit and adding value and serves as a framework to address the article’s main topic. In the second section, I investigate in what ways and to what extent this new concept might apply to China’s economic… 
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