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Abstract
A trading centre consists of the business premises and related facilities for the conduct of business transactions. Trading centre security management seeks to ensure the safety of the business and to minimize economic losses and personal safety risks when operating in multicultural situations. In the ancient city of Hungjiang, buildings were arranged in quadrangles to house the living quarters and trading centre of the city. The security of these quadrangles is the focus of this study from the perspective of enterprise anthropology. It will delve into the efficacy of the architectural structure of the quadrangles to examine the merchants’ management of security and thereby to suggest a management model. Based on the adoption of different security strategies, it is shown that Hungjiang merchants applied architectural technology as “hard” strategies to combat physical risks such as damages from wind, fire, banditry and other threats. In addition, merchants took advantage of Hungjiang’s unique location, adaptation to local environment, cultural and religious practices, to evolve a set of business ethics and humanitarian values to provide the “soft” strategies to combat various forms of intangible risks.
Recommended Citation
FAN, Xinheng; ZHANG, Xiaochun; and ZHANG, Jijiao
(2019)
"Security Management Model of Trading Centres: Enterprise Anthropology of the Quadrangles of Hungjiang, China,"
Malaysian Journal of Chinese Studies: Vol. 8:
No.
1, Article 1.
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https://mjcs.newera.edu.my/journal/vol8/iss1/1