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Author:   Junie T. Tong ,  Professor Ronnie Lessem ,  Dr. Alexander Schieffer
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.657kg
ISBN:  

9781409401292

ISBN 10:   1409401294
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   28 July 2011
Audience:   Adult education ,  College/higher education ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prologue:Time for Financial Transformation; Chapter 1 From Investment Banking to Finance-in-Society; Chapter 2 Finance and Society; Chapter 3 Finance and Humanity; Chapter 4 Banking and Finance in a Global Context; Chapter 5 The Developmental Path of Finance; Chapter 6 The Interdisciplinary Nature of Finance; Chapter 7 Chinese Philosophy in Banking and Finance; Chapter 8 The Story of Modern China; Chapter 9 Narrative, Philosophy and Application: Banking and Finance in China; Chapter 10 China Construction Bank Corporation: From Critical Consciousness to Balance and Harmony; Chapter 11 The Grameen Bank: Life as a Story and as a Journey; Chapter 12 Catalyst Foundation: Participatory Action and Empowerment; Chapter 13 The Finance-in-Society Model;

Reviews

'Compelling and Concise...a must read for economists and social scientists alike to understand China's financial issues and its new place in the world.' - Tim Werkhoven, Business Manager, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China 'Dr Junie Tong's brilliant and timely argument for the model of Finance-in-Society is highly persuasive.' - Professor Kensei Hiwaki, Professor, International Economics,Tokyo International University

Author Information

Dr Junie T. Tong is Director of Studies and Lecturer in Finance at the Centre for Teaching in Management, Birmingham, UK. She is an ex-investment banker and was Associate Director of Swiss Bank Corporation International. She has been working in the field of finance for over two decades and gained her PhD in Business from the University of Buckingham. Dr Tong has focused on interdisciplinary research and her Finance-in-Society Model integrates finance with considerations relating to the wider economy, society and philosophy. She spent eight years working and living in China. She chaired the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) focus group of both the British Chamber of Commerce and EU Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai for the year of 2010. In addition she has worked and lived in a number of leading international cities and such experience has provided her with multicultural understanding underpinning both Western and Eastern perspectives. Whilst working in financial consulting in China, Dr Tong was a visiting professor at the School of Economics at Jilin University and at the Management School of Dalian University of Technology. She was the founder of Catalyst Foundation Ltd., which is a not-for-profit microfinance organization empowering disadvantaged women workers in both urban and rural China.

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