The Chinese Management Consulting Associations: Roles,Functions And Operating Mechanism

This empirical study is a stage achievement of an on-going project (NO.03BZZ025) chaired by Dr. Kang Zhao and funded by the Social Science Foundation of China, which aims at investigating and improving the operations of management consulting associations in China. The research starts from constructing a theoretical framework of investigation in according to theories of non-profit organization,trade cost,corporatism and governance. Following on, 7 consulting associations at provincial level of Beijing,Tianjin,Jiangsu,Hunan,Sichuan,Henan and Shanxi are chosen for cases in studying. With an international comparative perspective, those existing problems and constraints are founded and developing strategies are suggested for coping with them.