The Fruits Of Opportunism
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The Fruits Of Opportunism
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Author : Le Lin
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2022-10-14
The Fruits Of Opportunism written by Le Lin and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-14 with Social Science categories.
An in-depth examination of the regulatory, entrepreneurial, and organizational factors contributing to the expansion and transformation of China’s supplemental education industry. Like many parents in the United States, parents in China, increasingly concerned with their children’s academic performance, are turning to for-profit tutoring businesses to help their children get ahead in school. China’s supplemental education industry is now the world’s largest and most vibrant for-profit education market, and we can see its influence on the US higher education system: more than 70% of Chinese students studying in American universities have taken test preparation classes for overseas standardized tests. The Fruits of Opportunism offers a much-needed thorough investigation into this industry. This book examines how opportunistic organizations thrived in an ambiguous policy environment and how they catalyzed organizational and institutional changes in this industry. A former insider in China’s Education Industry, sociologist Le Lin shows how and why this industry evolved to become a for-profit one dominated by private, formal, nationally operating, and globally financed corporations, despite restrictions the Chinese state placed on the industry. Looking closely at the opportunistic organizations that were founded by marginal entrepreneurs and quickly came to dominate the market, Lin finds that as their non-compliant practices spread across the industry, these opportunistic organizations pushed privatization and marketization from below. The case of China’s Education Industry laid out in The Fruits of Opportunism illustrates that while opportunism leaves destruction in its wake, it can also drive the formation and evolution of a market.
The Fruits Of Opportunism
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Author : Le Lin
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2022-10-07
The Fruits Of Opportunism written by Le Lin and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-07 with Education categories.
"Like many parents in the US, parents in China, increasingly concerned with their children's academic performance, are turning to for-profit businesses to help their children get ahead in school. China's educational testing industry (ETI) is now the world's largest and most vibrant for-profit education market, with almost one-tenth of China's enormous population attending ETI classes every year. We see the results in the US higher education system, as more than 70% of Chinese students studying in American universities have taken test-preparation classes for overseas standardized tests, such as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). In addition to telling an interesting educational story, sociologist Le Lin also tells a fascinating organizational one. A former insider at a Chinese ETI business, Lin shows how and why the Chinese educational testing industry evolved to become a for-profit industry dominated by private, formal, nationally operating, and globally financed corporations, despite restrictions the Chinese state placed on the industry. In addition to unpacking the industry-level evolution, he also probes the transformation at the organizational level: why do some organizations thrive while others fail during the transition to market capitalism? Lin answers these questions by looking closely at the opportunistic organizations that were founded by marginal entrepreneurs. He found that the more opportunistic practices, even those that did not always follow the law, thrived in this initially ambiguous industry. The marginal and opportunistic operators in the ETI implemented aggressive firing and hiring policies that kept a wide range of instructors available and even innovated new teaching practices that led to better student performance. The organizations that broke the rules were the ones that most often won the day. Ultimately, Lin shows that state policies against opportunistic practices unintentionally facilitated the domination of opportunists. As opportunists became rule-makers and diffused their practices across the industry, they pushed privatization and marketization from below. The case of Chinese ETI terrifically illustrates how opportunism is often destructive, but it can also be productive to the formation and function of a market"--
Opportunism And Its Critics
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Author : Oliver E. Williamson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Opportunism And Its Critics written by Oliver E. Williamson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
Opportunism
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Author : Sheraga F. Biran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 201?
Opportunism written by Sheraga F. Biran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 201? with Entrepreneurship categories.
Opportunism
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Author : Clark Coolidge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Opportunism written by Clark Coolidge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Changing Pathways
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Author : Tuck-Po Lye
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2004
Changing Pathways written by Tuck-Po Lye and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Nature categories.
Changing Pathways is a full-length ethnography that argues that the Batek are not helpless victims of development but, rather, shrewd players who understand what are the political, environmental, and cultural implications of environmental degradation.
The Evolution Of The Us Healthcare System A Legacy Of Opportunism And Greed
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Author : Richard Douglass
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2023-02-27
The Evolution Of The Us Healthcare System A Legacy Of Opportunism And Greed written by Richard Douglass and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-27 with History categories.
This book tells the story of the United States’ healthcare system, which is built by and for the opportunistic motives of powerful corporations, politicians, and government initiatives. It answers questions that most people have about why it is that American healthcare claims to be the best in the world, yet Americans do not enjoy the longest or healthiest lives. Why is it that the United States spends much more on its healthcare system but gets less in return? How did the United States develop a healthcare system that is expensive, hard to use, and seems to be guided by profit seeking corporations instead of the health needs of the people? How did the US healthcare system respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and what did the pandemic teach us about the strengths and weaknesses of the American way of health care? Legislators, health care students, consumers, policy makers, and advocates for health care justice can take this book as an introduction to the failing health care system that the author calls a threat to national security.
A Rhetoric Of Doing
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Author : Stephen Paul Witte
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 1992
A Rhetoric Of Doing written by Stephen Paul Witte and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Concerned with both the nature and the practice of discourse, the eighteen essays collected here treat rhetoric as a dynamic enterprise of inquiry, exploration, and application, and in doing so reflect James L. Kinneavy’s firm belief in the vital relationship between theory and practice, his commitment to a spirit of accommodation and assimilation that promotes the development of ever more powerful theories and ever more useful practices. A thorough introduction provides the reader with clear summaries of the essays by leading-edge theorists, researchers, and teachers of writing and rhetoric. A "field context" for the ideas presented in this book is provided through the division of the various chapters into four major sections that focus on classical rhetoric and rhetorical theory in historical contexts; on dimensions of discourse theory, aspects of discourse communities, and the sorts of knowledge people access and use in producing written texts; on writing in school-related contexts; and on several dimensions of nonacademic writing. A fifth section contains a bibliographic survey and an appreciation of James Kinneavy’s work. The exceptional range of these essays makes A Rhetoric of Doing an ecumenical examination of the current state of mind in rhetoric and written communication, a survey and description of what discourse and those in the field of discourse are, in fact, doing.
British Labour And British Imperialism
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Author : Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
British Labour And British Imperialism written by Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Business & Economics categories.
From Chartism To Labourism
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Author : Theodore Rothstein
language : en
Publisher: New York University Press
Release Date : 1983
From Chartism To Labourism written by Theodore Rothstein and has been published by New York University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Business & Economics categories.