Asian Business Networks
1st Edition
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XIV, 302 pages
978-3-11-088831-7 (ISBN)
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Gary G. Hamilton
Asian Business Networks
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02/1996
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De Gruyter
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Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Business Groups and Economic Development
- Part One. Chinese Business Networks: A Comparative View
- Introduction
- A. General Perspectives
- Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Trust
- Types of Trust
- System Trust
- Personal Trust
- Confucianism and Modernization
- References
- Weak Organizations and Strong Linkages: Managerial Ideology and Chinese Family Business Networks
- Cultural Influences
- The Effect of Managerial Ideology
- Strategic Patterns
- Hong Kong and Taiwan Business Strategies
- Explaining the Network Strength
- The Larger Context of Efficiency
- Conclusion
- References
- The Organizational Foundations of Western and Chinese Commerce: A Historical and Comparative Analysis
- Changes in Western Commercial Organization
- Changes in Chinese Economic Organization
- Regional Relationships and Family Firms in the Conduct of Modern Chinese Business
- References
- B. Chinese Business Networks in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore
- "Personal Trust" in the Large Businesses in Taiwan: A Traditional Foundation for Contemporary Economic Activities
- Introduction
- Personal Trust in Business Organization
- Personal Trust in its Institutional Context
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- The Role of Personal Networks in the Making of Taiwan's Guanxiqiye (Related Enterprises)
- Introduction
- Networks of Joint Investments: The Case of the Tainanbang
- Political Connections
- Networks of Inheritance
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- Business Groups in a Dynamic Environment: Hong Kong 1976-1986
- Theoretical Framework
- An Integrated Model
- Hong Kong Business Groups
- Conclusion
- Appendix One: A Brief Description of Business Groups in 1976
- Appendix Two: A Brief Description of Business Groups in 1981
- Appendix Three: A Brief Description of Business Groups in 1986
- References
- Ethnicity, Polity, and Economy: A Case Study of the Mandarin Trade and the Chinese Connection
- Introduction
- Mandarin Oranges and Mandarin Trade
- The NEP and Chinese Businessmen in Malaysia
- Encouraging Direct Trade with China
- The 1985 Mandarin Orange Incident
- Ethnic Connection and State Intervention
- Conclusion and Discussion
- References
- Centripetal Authority, Differentiated Networks: The Social Organization of Chinese Firms in Singapore
- Introduction
- Organization of a Chinese Family Firm
- Stages in the Development of a Chinese Family Firm
- Conclusion
- References
- State Capitalism, Multinational Corporations, and Chinese Entrepreneurship in Singapore
- Introduction: The Retreat of Chinese Entrepreneurship in the Post Colonial Era
- Economic Effects of State Capitalism and MNCs on Chinese Entrepreneurship in the Product Market
- Economic Effects of State Capitalism and MNCs on Chinese Entrepreneurship in the Savings Investment Process
- Economic Effects of State Capitalism and MNCs on Chinese Entrepreneurship in the Labor Market
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- Part Two. Business Networks in Japan and South Korea
- Introduction
- A. Japanese Business Networks
- Intercorporate Relations in Japan
- Trade Relations between Corporations
- Capital Relations between Corporations
- Principle of Intercorporate Relations
- References
- Types and Characteristics of Interlocking Directorates in Japan
- Introduction
- Types of Interlocking Directorates
- Reconstitution of Broken Ties
- Conclusion
- References
- Practical and Theoretical Aspects of Japanese Business Networks
- Current Assessment of Japanese Business Networks
- Japanese Business Networks as Gravitational Fields
- Current Theories of Business Networks
- Japanese Practice and Network Theory
- References
- B. South Korean Business Networks
- The Industrial Organization and Growth of the Korean Chaebol: Integrating Development and Organizational Theories
- Introduction
- Theories of Economic Development and Organization
- The Industrial Organization of the Chaebol
- The Emergence of the Chaebol
- The Growth of the Chaebol
- Conclusion
- References
- Industrial Policy and Organizational Efficiency: The Korean Chaebol Examined
- Introduction
- Chaebol Diversification
- Business Group Concentration in the Korean Economy
- Test for Organizational Efficiency
- The Chaebol and Government Credit-Rationing Policies
- Conclusion
- References
- Part Three. Conclusion
- The Theoretical Significance of Asian Business Networks
- Networks as an Institutional Medium of Economic Activity
- The Sociological Characteristics of Asian Networks
- Relational Norms and the Reproduction of Network Structures
- Conclusion
- References
- Glossary of Chinese Terms
- List of Contributors
