商业老厦门

　　Bill Brown served in the U.S. Air Force in Taiwan from 1976 to1978， never dreaming that in 1988 he and his family would becomeFujian's first foreign Permanent Resident.He said he movedhere “Because Chinese food is too expensive in America.” Sincethen， Dr. Bill has eaten lots of Chinese food， and between mealshas taught MBA， written 10 books， dozens of articles， and written，produced or appeared in TV programs and documentaries. He alsoacted in 7 TV mini-series.He says he’s a bad actor but sincehe always played a “bad guy”it did not matter. Premier Li Peng gaveBill the Friendship Award in 1993 and when asked his thoughts aboutBeijing， Dr. Bill said， “I like Beijing Duck.” After driving theirvan， “Toyota”， over 40，000 km around China in 1994 to Tibet andback， Bill and his family concluded there really is no place likehome－especially when that home is Xiamen！潘维廉在1976至1978年间，效命于台湾的美国空军基地，那时的老潘还是个毛头小伙儿，从不曾想过十年后自己一家会成为第一个在福建省取得永久居住权的老外。问其来华诱因，答曰：“美国中餐太贵。”这些年来，老潘已“饕餮”了各式佳肴美味。大快朵颐之余，亦传道授业解惑于厦大MBA中心，还得暇摇摇笔杆，先后撰写了...

《商业老厦门：现代中国商业与工商管理教育的摇篮》是在作者给厦门大学MBA学生讲授老厦门商业及商业教育的讲义基础上编写而成。收录了大量在国外出版的描述厦门在16世纪至20世纪三四十年代前的商业及商业教育的书籍资料，按内容进行了编排。