Table of Contents

1. Introduction. Brian C. Folk with Jomo K.S.2. Chinese Capatalism in Southeast Asia. Jomo K.S.3. The Politics of 'Seeing Chinese' and the Evolution of a Chinese Idiom of Business. Alex G. Bardsley4. The Cultural Limits of 'Confucian Capitalism': Power and the Invention of the Family among Chinese Traders in Sarawak. Yao Souchou5. All Are Flexible, But Some are More Flexible than Others: Small-Scale Chinese Businesses in Malaysia. Donald M. Nonini6. The Leading Chinese-Filipino Business Families in Post-Marcos Philippines. Temario C. Rivera7. Pre-1997 Sino-Indonesian Conglomerates, Compared with Those of Other ASEAN Countries. Jamie Mackie8. Determinants of Business Capability in Thailand. Suehiro Akira9. De-Mythologising Charoen Pokphand: An Interpretive Picture of the CP Group's Growth and Diversification. Paul Handley10. Telecommunications, Rents and the Growth of a Liberalization Coalition in Thailand. Sakkarin Niyomsilpa11. Japanese Transnational Production Networks and Ethnic Chinese Business Networks in East Asia: Linkages and Regional Integration. Kit Machado

About the Author

Jomo K.S. is Professor of Applied Economics at the University if Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Other books he has edited include Manufacturing Competitiveness and Southeast Asian Paper Tigers, both published by Routledge.
Brian C. Folk is at the University of California, Berkeley, USA

Reviews

"The role of ethnic Chinese buisness in catalyzing economic development has been hotly debated throughout cycles of boom and bust. This collection attempts to examine some of the key features attributed to Chinese enterprises, business-government relations, the family firm, trusts and networks, and alleged 'Asian' values.."
-Buisness Horizons