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6798Informal institutions, such as the culture of intermediary organizations — Chinese Business Gangs, have an important impact on the value belief system and governance and management behavior of enterprises in the region. Based on the Sapir-Wolf hypothesis, this paper defines the boundaries of the seven commercial gangs in Shanxi, Huizhou, Shandong, Zhejiang, Southern Jiangsu, Fujian and the Pearl River Delta, and constructs the evaluation index system of the commercial gangs’ culture from six dimensions: political and commercial relations, family consciousness, benevolence orientation, honesty orientation, innovative spirit and open spirit. Through the evaluation and comparison of the second-hand data, it is found that the culture of Chinese commercial gangs presents the typical characteristics of “harmony but difference”. Using the second-hand data to measure the cultural characteristics of the commercial group makes the evaluation of the commercial group culture reproducible, and provides a reference basis for quantitative research in related fields. The empirical research presents a high degree of similarity in the “spirit of benevolence”, which reflects the characteristics of “harmony” in the culture of the business gangs , and reveals the profound influence of the highest Confucian moral code “benevolence” on China’s commercial culture. However, there are significant differences in political and commercial relations, family consciousness, honesty orientation, innovative spirit and open spirit. It embodies the promotion of the essence of traditional culture and the cultural innovation of modern commercial civilization in the evolution of business culture. The establishment of the six-dimensional evaluation index system of business culture is beneficial to interpreting the mechanism of business culture on governance and management behavior from multiple dimensions. In the end, this paper also points out the application of the culture of business gangs in the study of cross-level regulation in the fields of entrepreneurship, board governance and organizational management.ence of the highest Confucian moral code "benevolence" on China's commercial culture. However, there are significant differences in political and commercial relations, family consciousness, honesty orientation, innovative spirit and open spirit. It embodies the promotion of the essence of traditional culture and the cultural innovation of modern commercial civilization in the evolution of business culture. The establishment of the six-dimensional evaluation index system of business culture is beneficial to interpreting the mechanism of business culture on governance and management behavior from multiple dimensions. In the end, this paper also points out the application of the culture of business gangs in the study of cross-level regulation in the fields of entrepreneurship, board governance and organizational management.
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Foreign Economics & Management
LiZengquan, Editor-in-Chief
ZhengChunrong, Vice Executive Editor-in-Chief
YinHuifang HeXiaogang LiuJianguo, Vice Editor-in-Chief
Boundary Division and Cultural Measurement of Chinese Business Gangs: “Harmony but Difference”
Foreign Economics & Management Vol. 42, Issue 09, pp. 76 - 93 (2020) DOI:10.16538/j.cnki.fem.20200515.101
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Xie Yongzhen, Yuan Feifei. Boundary Division and Cultural Measurement of Chinese Business Gangs: “Harmony but Difference”[J]. Foreign Economics & Management, 2020, 42(9): 76-93.
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