How successful Chinese entrepreneurs really think

How successful Chinese entrepreneurs really think
12 Jan 2012 14:00:00.000

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Can you really learn to be an entrepreneur? A new in-depth study offers fresh insights into how successful business players teach themselves to become better and better at making money.

Research by the University of Nottingham Ningbo China’s business school focused on developing a model of entrepreneurial learning – based on a dozen Hong Kong entrepreneurs who have built up highly profitable companies.

Most had built businesses from scratch into organisations with at least 500 employees. At least one-third had more than 1,500 people working for them and one individual had as many as 5,000 employees. One entrepreneur is head of a company that recently listed on Hong Kong’s stock exchange.

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For an interview with the expert, an opinion piece on this issue or for more information, please contact Dr Thomas Wing Yan Man, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Nottingham University Business School China on Tel: +86(0)574 8818 0087, thomas.man@nottingham.edu.cn; or Jackie Hadland, Communications Officer, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China on +86(0) 574 8818 0940, +86-134 2935 5876, jackie.HADLAND@nottingham.edu.cn

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