2022年11月16日14:00

14:00PМ, November 16th, 2022

复旦大学智库楼209室

Room 209, Think Tank Building, Fudan University

腾讯会议室/VooV Meeting Link

账号/ID Num:  916 870 211

密码/Passcode: 221116

复旦发展研究院

Fudan Development Institute

张延人 博士丨Dr.Yanren Zhang

复旦发展研究院（FDDI）助理研究员

Assistant professor, Fudan Development Institute (FDDI), Fudan University

Henning Kristoffersen

Industrial PhD Candidate, University of Oslo

In entrepreneurship, social capital plays a crucial role, particularly in emerging markets.

In the 1990's Fukuyama identified trust as paramount for the economic success of Germany, the U.S. and Japan, since people in these countries were able to put trust in the modern corporation and not in the kingroup. Fukuyama then divided Asian societies into two groups; on the one hand the unsuccessful developerswho could not move beyond the kin group - such as China, and on the other hand, successful developers whowere able to put trust in the corporation - such as Japan.

However, the economic developments have shown a reversal of fortunes, as China has soared and Japan hasstagnated, despite a crisis of trust in Chinese business - leading to the government implementing severalmeasures in recent years to raise the honest mentality and credit levels. Fukuyama's failed hypothesis is areminder of the complexity of the Chinese development.

This presentation explores the dynamics of networking and building social capital for entrepreneurs in China today.