Global De-risking and Local Risk-taking: Chinese Entrepreneurship and Technologies in Time of Global Challenges

IF 2.1 Q3 BUSINESS

Journal of Entrepreneurship Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI:10.1177/09713557231201117

Heini Shi

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Abstract

Global environmental crises, geopolitical tensions, and the emergence of new technologies are compelling businesses to adapt to changes. This article delves into strategies employed by Chinese entrepreneurs seeking to create and develop sustainable products and markets by using bio-engineering and digital technologies as a ‘new generation’ of appropriate technologies. The article uses case studies to illustrate that these sophisticated technologies are large scale, both in geographical coverage and numbers of users. Their growing accessibility, often at relatively low costs, to large populations, raises ethical concerns, as deployment may precede a comprehensive understanding or regulation of their applications. The analytical focus shifts from merely evaluating the impact of these technologies on development and poverty alleviation, as traditionally associated with appropriate technologies, to scrutinizing businesses’ accountability for their ethical use and control. Consequently, appropriate technologies should be redefined for the 21st century: ‘broad and bold’, as well as ‘small’, may also be beautiful.

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全球去风险与本土冒险:全球挑战时代下的中国企业家精神与技术

全球环境危机、地缘政治紧张局势和新技术的出现迫使企业适应变化。本文深入探讨了中国企业家利用生物工程和数字技术作为“新一代”合适技术，寻求创造和发展可持续产品和市场的策略。本文使用案例研究来说明这些复杂的技术在地理覆盖范围和用户数量上都是大规模的。它们不断增长的可访问性(通常以相对较低的成本)引起了伦理问题，因为部署可能先于对其应用程序的全面理解或管理。分析的重点从仅仅评价这些技术对发展和减轻贫困的影响(传统上与适当技术有关)转变为审查企业对其道德使用和控制的责任。因此，适合21世纪的技术应该被重新定义:“广泛和大胆”，以及“小”，也可能是美丽的。

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Journal of Entrepreneurship BUSINESS-

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3.30

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7.40%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary forum for the publication of articles and research and discussion of issues that bear upon and enfold the field of entrepreneurship. Topics appropriate and related to entrepreneurship include intrapreneurship, managership, organisational behaviour, leadership, motivation, training and ethical/ moral notions guiding entrepreneurial behaviour. Disciplinary boundaries that straddle entrepreneurship theory and research include economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, management and others. The journal particularly welcomes articles that advance our understanding of entrepreneurship phenomenon across different national and cultural contexts. Articles should be well articulated and substantive. The journal is peer-reviewed.