China’s Belt and Road Initiative in a Global Context: Volume II: The China Pakistan Economic Corridor and its Implications for Business

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Bringing together a collection of interdisciplinary chapters on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), this book offers a comprehensive overview of the topic from a business and management perspective. With a focus on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Volume II provides theoretical and empirical analyses of the opportunities and challenges facing businesses. With contributions covering economics, agriculture, energy, value chain, ethics, governance, and security, this collection is a useful tool for academics as well as policy-makers and practitioners in China, Pakistan, and other countries along the new Silk Road. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Introduction: Examining the Belt and Road Initiative in the China–Pakistan Context (Jawad Syed, Yung-Hsiang Ying)....Pages 1-11 China’s Belt and Road Initiative: A Pakistani Perspective (Jawad Syed)....Pages 13-40 Economic Assessment of CPEC: The Case of a Power Project (Syed M. Hasan, Hamza Ali, Fatima Azmat, Suniya Raza)....Pages 41-73 Ethics and Governance Norms in Cross-Cultural Projects: Implications for CPEC and Other China–Pakistan Projects (Jawad Syed)....Pages 75-87 Linking Ambitions, Transparency and Institutional Voids to South–South Funded CPEC Project Performance (Zehra Waheed)....Pages 89-116 CPEC and Its Potential Benefits to the Economy of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan (Muhammad Khalique, T. Ramayah, Khushbakht Hina, Abdullah Farooq)....Pages 117-130 Security and the Belt and Road: A Critical Analysis of Threats to Chinese Nationals and Businesses in Pakistan (Jawad Syed)....Pages 131-180 Belt and Road Initiative: Misgivings and Resolve (Bashir Ahmad)....Pages 181-202 Aligning the Global Value Chains of China and Pakistan in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative, and China Pakistan Economic Corridor (Yasir Arrfat)....Pages 203-226 Developing a Competitive Agriculture and Agro-based Industry under CPEC (Mahmood Ahmad)....Pages 227-269 The Construction Sector Value Chain in Pakistan and the Sahiwal Coal Power Project (Jawad Syed, Syed Khawaja Anser Mahmood, Ahmed Zulfiqar, Majid Sharif, Usama Imran Sethi, Uzair Ikram et al.)....Pages 271-287 Special Economic Zones under the CPEC and the Belt and Road Initiative: Parameters, Challenges and Prospects (Asifa Jahangir, Omair Haroon, Arif Masud Mirza)....Pages 289-328 Cooperation among Business Schools across the Belt and Road: A CPEC Perspective (Jawad Syed, Memoona Tariq)....Pages 329-358 Back Matter ....Pages 359-365