1: Key Debates in Business Networks in East Asian Capitalisms: An Introduction 2: The Historical Development of East Asian Business Networks: Trade, Colonialism, and the State Part 1: Business Networks in China and Hong Kong 3: Bank of China International in Hong Kong: Social Status and Network Access 4: Business to Government Networks in Resource Acquisition: The Case of Chinese Private Enterprises 5: Business Networks and the Emergence of Guanxi Capitalism in China: The Role of the ‘Invisible Hand’ 6: The Networking Strategies of the Jebsens and Chinese Merchants in the Late 19th and the Early 20th Centuries Part 2: Business Networks in Japan and Korea 7: Business Networks in Japan: The Impact of Exposure to Overseas Markets 8: Can Informal Networks Positively Influence Economic Growth and Development? The Case of South Korean Yongo Networks Part 3: Business Networks in South East Asia 9: Chinese Capitalisms in Southeast Asia: Diverging Institutional Legacies of Southeast Asian Chinese Business Communities 10: Business Networks in Thailand: Import Substitution, Export Oriented, and Expansion in AEC 11: Business Networks and Varieties of Capitalism in Thailand: Adding the Context of History, Political Structures, and Social and Cultural Values 12: Social Capital and the Social Context of Business Networks: The Case of Thailand 13: Business Networks in Myanmar: Kjei zu, Corrosion and Reform 14: The Network-Based Economy in Vietnam: Business Networks in Context and Over Time 15: Conclusion: Making Sense of Enduring Trends and Emerging Patterns in Business Networks in East Asian Capitalisms

Users will find this informative book on business networks in East Asia to be a great synthesis of foundational studies conducted in the 1990s, including both contemporary empirical and theoretical chapters that explore these themes in a comparative perspective

Users will find this informative book on business networks in East Asia to be a great synthesis of foundational studies conducted in the 1990s, including both contemporary empirical and theoretical chapters that explore these themes in a comparative perspective

Provides contemporary, up-to-date empirical material and theoretical interpretation, charting the influence of more recent globalizing trends and institutional change in the region Includes studies of networks within PRC, between PRC and other regions, and in Chinese communities Offers studies centered on Korean, Japanese, and South East Asian Networks Includes 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)