Asian Business Networks

Gary G. Hamilton

Walter de Gruyter, 1996 - Business & Economics - 302 pages

The economies of East and Southeast Asia continue to exhibit the world's fastest growth rates. This rapid expansion is served by the various business networks that dominate the economic landscape. Few scholars have examined these networks and fewer yet have compared and contrasted the striking regional differences found among them. The studies in this volume are among the first to offer a comparative viewpoint. The contributing authors are specialists from Asia and the United States, who examine business networks in Japan, South Korea and the Chinese dominated economies of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. An interdisciplinary approach is adopted, the economic issues are considered in their sociological, organizational and political contexts.

Contents

• Preface: 1
• Introduction: 9
• Confucianism and Modernization: 22
• References: 24
• The Effect of Managerial Ideology: 29
• Hong Kong and Taiwan Business Strategies: 35
• A Traditional: 61
• 24: 76
• Political Connections: 77
• An Integrated Model: 92
• 27: 97
• 61: 104
• Conclusion: 108
• W W W W: 120
• Ethnic Connection and State Intervention: 124
• Organization of a Chinese Family Firm: 137
• 35: 149
• Conclusion: 153
• State Capitalism Multinational Corporations and Chinese: 157
• 2488: 161
• the Labor Market: 164
• Introduction: 173
• Capital Relations between Corporations: 180
• 37: 185
• Types and Characteristics of Interlocking Directorates in Japan: 187
• Reconstitution of Broken Ties: 193
• Practical and Theoretical Aspects of Japanese Business Networks: 201
• Japanese Business Networks as Gravitational Fields: 210
• Current Theories of Business Networks: 218
• 64: 225
• Integrating: 231
• The Growth of the Chaebol: 239
• Conclusion: 246
• The Korean Chaebol: 253
• Business Group Concentration in the Korean Economy: 260
• 68: 267
• The Chaebol and Government CreditRationing Policies: 269
• References: 278
• Networks as an Institutional Medium of Economic Activity: 284
• The Sociological Characteristics of Asian Networks: 286
• ཚཚ: 297
• Glossary of Chinese Terms: 299

Bibliographic information

• Title: Asian Business Networks; Issue 64 of De Gruyter studies in organization
• Editor: Gary G. Hamilton
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, 1996
• ISBN: 3110131595, 9783110131598
• Length: 302 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Business Communication / General; Business & Economics / International / General; Business & Economics / Management; Business & Economics / Strategic Planning; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Social Science / Demography; Social Science / General; Social Science / Sociology / General