Zhihua Wang is Senior Lecturer and Global MBA Program Leader at Glasgow Caledonian University, London; Editor- in- Chief of the International Journal of Applied Management Theory and Research, IGI Global; and a member of the Editorial Board of Forum for Social Economics, Taylor Francis. She has published over 43 research papers on peer- reviewed international journals and proceedings. Her research interests include knowledge transfer, game theory, real options, culture and identity theory.Eleftherios Giovanis is Associate Professor of Economics at the Izmir Bakircay University. He completed his PhD in environmental economics at the Royal Holloway University of London. He has participated in several research projects, and has worked in universities in Italy, UK, and Turkey. His research interests include environmental, health, labour and welfare economics.Nikolaos Karagiannis is Professor of Economics at Winston- Salem State University, North Carolina; a Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity; an invited visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, England; and the co- editor of American Review of Political Economy. He has published extensively in the areas of economic development, public sector economics, and macroeconomic policy analysis. He is the author, co- author and co- editor of 22 books and has published over 160 papers as refereed journal articles, book chapters and op-eds.

• Introduction: The Economic Rise of ChinaZhihua Wang, Eleftherios Giovanis and Nikolaos KaragiannisPart I: Economic Development Management Aspects1. Growth and Development of China: A Developmental State ‘With Chinese Characteristics’Nikolaos Karagiannis, Moula Cherikh and Wolfram Elsner2. Functional Income Distribution, Demand-Driven Growth, and the Middle-Income Trap: The Case of ChinaYan Liang3. Socialization of Investment and Institutional Changes in China: A Heterodoxy ApproachElias Jabbour and L. F. de Paula4. Afro-Chinese Labour MigrationFranklin Obeng-OdoomPart II: Political Factors and Institutional Dynamics5. The Economic Growth of China: Enabling Politico-institutional and Sociocultural FactorsPhilip Arestis, Nikolaos Karagiannis and Sangkwon Lee6. Shrinking Trust in Growing China: A Trade-Off Between Fast Growth, Change and Institutionalized Cooperation?Shuanping Dai and Wolfram Elsner7. Exploring the Foreign Exposure of Chinese Science Parks in a Triple Helix ModelLorenzo Compagnucci, Dominique Lepore and Francesca SpigarelliPart III: Cultural Attributes and Social Policies8. Lock-in and Path Renewal of China Commodity City: The Role of PoliciesJan Fransen9. Cultural Distance and Cross-Border Replication of China Multinational CorporationsZhihua Wang, Bo Zhou and Horsburgh Stuart10. Selling Hollywood to ChinaJames McMahon

Zhihua Wang is Senior Lecturer and Global MBA Program Leader at Glasgow Caledonian University, London; Editor- in- Chief of the International Journal of Applied Management Theory and Research, IGI Global; and a member of the Editorial Board of Forum for Social Economics, Taylor Francis. She has published over 43 research papers on peer- reviewed international journals and proceedings. Her research interests include knowledge transfer, game theory, real options, culture and identity theory.Eleftherios Giovanis is Associate Professor of Economics at the Izmir Bakircay University. He completed his PhD in environmental economics at the Royal Holloway University of London. He has participated in several research projects, and has worked in universities in Italy, UK, and Turkey. His research interests include environmental, health, labour and welfare economics.Nikolaos Karagiannis is Professor of Economics at Winston- Salem State University, North Carolina; a Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity; an invited visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, England; and the co- editor of American Review of Political Economy. He has published extensively in the areas of economic development, public sector economics, and macroeconomic policy analysis. He is the author, co- author and co- editor of 22 books and has published over 160 papers as refereed journal articles, book chapters and op-eds.

• Introduction: The Economic Rise of ChinaZhihua Wang, Eleftherios Giovanis and Nikolaos KaragiannisPart I: Economic Development Management Aspects1. Growth and Development of China: A Developmental State ‘With Chinese Characteristics’Nikolaos Karagiannis, Moula Cherikh and Wolfram Elsner2. Functional Income Distribution, Demand-Driven Growth, and the Middle-Income Trap: The Case of ChinaYan Liang3. Socialization of Investment and Institutional Changes in China: A Heterodoxy ApproachElias Jabbour and L. F. de Paula4. Afro-Chinese Labour MigrationFranklin Obeng-OdoomPart II: Political Factors and Institutional Dynamics5. The Economic Growth of China: Enabling Politico-institutional and Sociocultural FactorsPhilip Arestis, Nikolaos Karagiannis and Sangkwon Lee6. Shrinking Trust in Growing China: A Trade-Off Between Fast Growth, Change and Institutionalized Cooperation?Shuanping Dai and Wolfram Elsner7. Exploring the Foreign Exposure of Chinese Science Parks in a Triple Helix ModelLorenzo Compagnucci, Dominique Lepore and Francesca SpigarelliPart III: Cultural Attributes and Social Policies8. Lock-in and Path Renewal of China Commodity City: The Role of PoliciesJan Fransen9. Cultural Distance and Cross-Border Replication of China Multinational CorporationsZhihua Wang, Bo Zhou and Horsburgh Stuart10. Selling Hollywood to ChinaJames McMahon

Zhihua Wang is Senior Lecturer and Global MBA Program Leader at Glasgow Caledonian University, London; Editor- in- Chief of the International Journal of Applied Management Theory and Research, IGI Global; and a member of the Editorial Board of Forum for Social Economics, Taylor Francis. She has published over 43 research papers on peer- reviewed international journals and proceedings. Her research interests include knowledge transfer, game theory, real options, culture and identity theory.Eleftherios Giovanis is Associate Professor of Economics at the Izmir Bakircay University. He completed his PhD in environmental economics at the Royal Holloway University of London. He has participated in several research projects, and has worked in universities in Italy, UK, and Turkey. His research interests include environmental, health, labour and welfare economics.Nikolaos Karagiannis is Professor of Economics at Winston- Salem State University, North Carolina; a Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity; an invited visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge, England; and the co- editor of American Review of Political Economy. He has published extensively in the areas of economic development, public sector economics, and macroeconomic policy analysis. He is the author, co- author and co- editor of 22 books and has published over 160 papers as refereed journal articles, book chapters and op-eds.

• Introduction: The Economic Rise of ChinaZhihua Wang, Eleftherios Giovanis and Nikolaos KaragiannisPart I: Economic Development Management Aspects1. Growth and Development of China: A Developmental State ‘With Chinese Characteristics’Nikolaos Karagiannis, Moula Cherikh and Wolfram Elsner2. Functional Income Distribution, Demand-Driven Growth, and the Middle-Income Trap: The Case of ChinaYan Liang3. Socialization of Investment and Institutional Changes in China: A Heterodoxy ApproachElias Jabbour and L. F. de Paula4. Afro-Chinese Labour MigrationFranklin Obeng-OdoomPart II: Political Factors and Institutional Dynamics5. The Economic Growth of China: Enabling Politico-institutional and Sociocultural FactorsPhilip Arestis, Nikolaos Karagiannis and Sangkwon Lee6. Shrinking Trust in Growing China: A Trade-Off Between Fast Growth, Change and Institutionalized Cooperation?Shuanping Dai and Wolfram Elsner7. Exploring the Foreign Exposure of Chinese Science Parks in a Triple Helix ModelLorenzo Compagnucci, Dominique Lepore and Francesca SpigarelliPart III: Cultural Attributes and Social Policies8. Lock-in and Path Renewal of China Commodity City: The Role of PoliciesJan Fransen9. Cultural Distance and Cross-Border Replication of China Multinational CorporationsZhihua Wang, Bo Zhou and Horsburgh Stuart10. Selling Hollywood to ChinaJames McMahon