Asian Business Networks / / ed. by Gary G. Hamilton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Chen, Edward,; Cheng-shu, Kao,; Hamilton, Gary G.,; Hiroshi, Okumura,; Hock, Tan,; Kim, Eun Mee,; Kiong, Tong Chee,; Kuo, Eddie C. Y.,; Numazaki, Ichiro,; Orrú, Marco,; Redding, S. Gordon,; Siu-lun, Wong,; Ueda, Yoshiaki,; Wong, Gilbert,; Zeile, William,
• HerausgeberIn: Hamilton, Gary G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: de Gruyter Studies in Organization ; 64
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 p.)

Table of Contents

I-IV -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction: Business Groups and Economic Development -- Part One: Chinese Business Networks: A Comparative View -- Introduction -- Α. General Perspectives -- Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Trust -- Weak Organizations and Strong Linkages: Managerial Ideology and Chinese Family Business Networks -- The Organizational Foundations of Western and Chinese Commerce: A Historical and Comparative Analysis -- Β. Chinese Business Networks in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore -- „Personal Trust“ in the Large Businesses in Taiwan: A Traditional Foundation for Contemporary Economic Activities -- The Role of Personal Networks in the Making of Taiwan's Guanxiqiye (Related Enterprises) -- Business Groups in a Dynamic Environment: Hong Kong 1976-1986 -- Ethnicity, Polity, and Economy: A Case Study of the Mandarin Trade and the Chinese Connection -- Centripetal Authority, Differentiated Networks: The Social Organization of Chinese Firms in Singapore -- State Capitalism, Multinational Corporations, and Chinese Entrepreneurship in Singapore -- Part Two: Business Networks in Japan and South Korea -- Introduction -- A. Japanese Business Networks -- Intercorporate Relations in Japan -- Types and Characteristics of Interlocking Directorates in Japan -- Practical and Theoretical Aspects of Japanese Business Networks -- Β. South Korean Business Networks -- The Industrial Organization and Growth of the Korean Chaebol: Integrating Development and Organizational Theories -- Industrial Policy and Organizational Efficiency: The Korean Chaebol Examined -- Part Three: Conclusion -- The Theoretical Significance of Asian Business Networks -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- List of Contributors