🔹 Introduction: The Silent Revolution of Scale

In the West, we speak of platforms. In China, they build ecosystems.

Over the past two decades, a silent revolution has redefined how business is done—not in Silicon Valley or Wall Street, but across the sprawling, hyper-dynamic landscape of China. From the payment methods we now use globally, to the lightning-speed evolution of app-based services, Chinese companies have led a transformation built not on incremental progress but on exponential networks.

Business Ecosystems in China explores this phenomenon from the inside out. Authors Wei Wei and Mark J. Greeven don’t just tell the story of Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Xiaomi, and LeEco—they decode the blueprint behind their explosive growth. This is not another case study book. It is a strategic lens into how China’s top tech players created interconnected webs of innovation, investment, and entrepreneurship that reshaped markets and industries at home and abroad.

Through comparative analysis, proprietary frameworks, and deep dives into real-world models, this book reveals how these firms moved from single products to full-stack ecosystems. How they partnered, pivoted, failed, and rebounded. How they responded not just to competition, but to uncertainty—with speed, structure, and scale.

This book is for strategists, entrepreneurs, and executives looking to thrive in the next era of global business. The Chinese playbook is not simply a reflection of its market—it’s a glimpse into the future of enterprise design.

Prepare to rethink how value is created.
This is the age of ecosystems.