Business networks in East Asian capitalisms : enduring trends, emerging patterns / edited by Jane Nolar, Chris Rowley, Malcolm Warner.

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Front Cover; Business Networks in East Asian Capitalisms: Enduring Trends, Emerging Patterns; Copyright; Contents; Contributor Biographies; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Endorsements; Chapter 1: Key Debates in Business Networks in East Asian Capitalisms: An Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Defining Business Networks; 1.2.1 Interpersonal Networking; 1.2.2 Intercorporate Networking and Firm Coordination; 1.2.3 Political and Elite Networks; 1.3 Defining East Asian Capitalisms; 1.4 Structure of the Book and Contributions to the Volume; 1.4.1 Section 1: Business Networks in China.

1.4.2 Section 2: Business Networks in Japan and Korea1.4.3 Section 3: Business Networks in Southeast Asia; 1.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: The Historical Development of East Asian Business Networks: Trade, Colonialism, and the State; 2.1 History, Nation States, and the International Economy; 2.2 Business Networks and the International Economy: 1820-1950; 2.3 Asian Business Networks: 1820-1950; 2.4 The New International Economic Order: 1950-80; 2.5 Globalization, the State, and Business Networks; References; Part 1: Business Networks in China and Hong Kong.

Chapter 3: Bank of China International in Hong Kong: Social Status and Network Access3.1 Impact of Financial Reform on the Social Status of Banks; 3.2 Theoretical Lens on Social Status and Networks; 3.2.1 Social Bases of Status; 3.2.1.1 Social Status as a Relational Asset; 3.2.2 Network Status; 3.3 Chief Executive Officers of BOCI; 3.3.1 An Educated Elite; 3.3.1.1 Careers Prior to Becoming CEO; 3.3.1.2 Careers After Resigning as CEO; 3.4 CEOs' Social Status in the CCP; 3.5 Conclusions; References.

Chapter 4: Business to Government Networks in Resource Acquisition: The Case of Chinese Private Enterprises4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Literature Review; 4.3 Method and Data; 4.3.1 Sample; 4.3.2 Measurement Variables; 4.3.3 Estimation Strategy; 4.4 Results and Discussion; 4.5 Conclusion; Appendix: List of Interviewees Cited in Text; References; Chapter 5: Business Networks and the Emergence of Guanxi Capitalism in China: The Role of the 'Invisible Hand'; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Chinese Business History; 5.3 Attitudes Toward Business; 5.4 Confucian Ethics; 5.5 Five Classified Relationships (Wulun).

5.6 Conceptualisation of Guanxi5.7 Differential Mode of Association (Chaxugeju); 5.8 The Future Role of Guanxi in Business; 5.9 Central Managed Capitalism; 5.10 Network of Guanxi Circles; 5.11 Conceptual Framework: Guanxi Capitalism Structure; 5.12 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Chapter 6: The Networking Strategies of the Jebsens and Chinese Merchants in the Late 19th and the Early 20th Centuries; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Formal and Informal Networks: Mechanisms and Limits; 6.3 Informal Networks: The Jebsens; 6.4 Institutionalising Semiformal Associations of Chinese Merchants; 6.5 Conclusion.

Annotation Business Networks in East Asian Capitalisms: Enduring Trends, Emerging Patterns builds on the foundational studies conducted in the 1990s by gathering contemporary empirical and theoretical chapters which explore these themes in a comparative perspective.The book includes contributions from authors working on the relationship between personal and business networks in countries including China, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand.Authors emphasize enduring trends in social and business networks and/or track new emerging patterns, both within East Asian nations or between East Asia and other regions such as Europe, Africa, and the Americas.Provides contemporary, up-to-date empirical material and theoretical interpretation, charting the influence of more recent globalizing trends and institutional change in the regionIncludes studies of networks within PRC, between PRC and other regions, and in Chinese communitiesOffers studies centered on Korean, Japanese, and South East Asian NetworksIncludes a geographical scope that will be broader than other books, aiming to include studies of newly developing economies in South East Asia that share a common cultural heritage (e.g Vietnam).

Includes bibliographical references and index.