Has China Devised a Superior Path to Wealth Creation? The Role of Secular Values

Charles Hampden-Turner graduated from Trinity College Cambridge, and received his MBA and DBA from the Graduate School of Business of Harvard University. He was a recipient of the Douglas McGregor Memorial Award, and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Lilly Endowment, among others. He is the author of 21 books, including Riding the Waves of Culture and Maps of the Mind (1981). Dr Hampden-Turner co-founded Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Consulting in 1983.Peter Peverelli is affiliated with the School of Business and Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He received a PhD from Leiden University, the Netherlands, and a PhD in Business Administration from Erasmus University Rotterdam. He was one of the first Dutch students to study for a year in China in 1975 and has been shuttling between Europe and China ever since. He combines his academic work with business consulting. His publications include: Chinese Corporate Identity (2006) and Chinese Entrepreneurship (2012).Fons Trompenaars is an organizational theorist, management consultant and best-selling author. He is known for his seven-dimensional model of national business cultures. His publications include Riding the Waves of Culture, and he is a recipient of a Professional Practice Award from the American Society of Training and Development. In 2011, HR Magazine voted him among the world’s top 20 international thinkers. He is Director of a course on Servant Leadership at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.