Books
Ethnic Business: Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia
Author | : | JOMO, K. S. (Ed), FOLK, Brian C. (Ed) |
Publication Date | : | 2003 |
Publisher | : | Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, USA |
Keywords | : | Minority business enterprises -- Southeast Asia. Chinese -- Southeast Asia -- Economic conditions, Entrepreneurship -- Southeast Asia |
The role of ethnic Chinese business in Southeast Asia in catalyzing economic development has been hotly debated – and often misunderstood – throughout cycles of boom and bust.This book critically examines some of the key features attributed to Chinese business: business-government relations, the family firm, trust and networks, and supposed ‘Asian’ values. The in-depth case studies that feature in the book reveal considerable diversity among these firms and the economic and political networks in which they manoeuvre.