Asian business networks

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.