ABSTRACT

The degree to which the extensive business networks of ethnic Chinese in Asia succeed because of ethnic characteristics, or simply because of the sound application of good business practice, is a key question of great current concern to those interested in business, management and economic development in Asia. This book brings together a range of leading experts who present original new research findings and important new thinking on this vital subject.

part |2 pages

Part I INTRODUCTION

part |2 pages

Part II COPING WITH CHANGE AND CRISES – CHINESE BUSINESSES UNDER SIEGE?

part |2 pages

Part III SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE CHINESE DIASPORA AND CHINESE BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND VIETNAM

chapter 3|19 pages

A NEW ALLIANCE FOR PROFIT

China’s local industries and the Chinese diaspora

chapter 4|16 pages

CHINESE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND RESILIENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

How “Web-based Chinese Management” can help the growth of China’s multiple ownership economy

part |2 pages

Part IV CHINESE NETWORK CAPITALISM AND GUANXI TRANSACTIONS RECONSIDERED

chapter 7|25 pages

CHINESE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA

Networks, entrepreneurship or patronage?

chapter 8|33 pages

TRANSNATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CHINESE BUSINESS NETWORKS

The regionalization of Chinese business firms from Singapore

chapter 10|22 pages

GUANXI*

Sentiment, performance and the trading of words

chapter 11|12 pages

THE GLOBALIZATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIA AND ROOTED CAPITALISM

Sino-Nusantara symbiosis

chapter 12|26 pages

FROM A NICHE TO A WORLD CITY

Barriers, opportunities and resources of ethnic Chinese businesses in Australia

part |2 pages

Part V TOWARDS A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNIC (CHINESE) ENTREPRENEURSHIP

chapter 13|24 pages

INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVE FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANISATION

Rural capitalists in India, Malaysia and Indonesia