This paper examines the impact of Confucianism on scholar entrepreneurs and their practice in business operation.It analyzes the nature and core features of Confucian entrepreneurs in enterprise operation and manage-ment in China .As Confucian entrepreneurs ’ business practice follows a set of moral principles ,it emphasizes a bal-ance between yi (righteousness) and li (profitableness) (Cheung&King,2004),as well as self-cultivation with a view to contributing to the world .This study focuses on two scholar entrepreneurs - Chairman and CEO of SINA Corporation ,and founder of Hurun Rich List.Both scenarios provide a detailed analysis of successful Confucian en-trepreneurs from the cross-cultural perspective .The findings highlight some unique features of scholar entrepreneurs of cross-cultural backgrounds in contemporary society .A preliminary model for researching these scholar entrepre-neurs has been proposed ,which is yet to be tested in future empirical studies .%提通过回顾和总结儒学思想对于知识型商人及其商业行为的影响,突出儒商精神在东方经营和管理模式中重要性。儒商的经商行为带有浓厚的道德色彩,体现“义”与“利”之间的一种平衡,强调“穷则独善其身”,“达则兼济天下”。通过跨文化角度,分析研究新浪网董事长兼首席执行官曹国伟和《胡润百富》创刊人胡润,在当前社会背景下成功儒商的两个典型案例,勾略出新时期跨国背景下学者型商人的显著特征,并提出研究模型,让人们充分地了解和认识跨国儒商及其成功的奥秘。
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