Business Networks in East Asian Capitalisms

Jane Nolan was formerly a Senior Research Fellow at Magdalene College Cambridge and a lecturer at the University of Leicester. She has research interests in international human resource management, gender and diversity management, and globalization and institutional change. Her research has been funded by the ESRC and the Nuffield Foundation. Professor Chris Rowley has affiliations at IHCR, Korea University, Korea and IBAS, Griffith University, Australia as well as IAPS, Nottingham University, UK and Cass Business School, City University, London, UK and has been a Korea Foundation Research Fellow. He is Editor of the journals Asia Pacific Business Review and Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management and also Series Editor of the Working in Asia and Asian Studies book series. He has given a range of talks and lectures to universities and companies internationally, with research and consultancy experience with unions, business and government. He has published widely in the area of Human Resource Management and Asian business, with over 500 articles, books and chapters and practitioner pieces as well as being interviewed and quoted in a range of practitioner reports and magazines, radio and newspapers globally. Malcolm Warner is a Professor and Fellow Emeritus, Wolfson College, Cambridge and Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He has been the Editor-in-Chief, of the International Encyclopedia of Business and Management [IEBM],and the author/editor of many books and articles on Asia. He is currently Co-Editor of the Asia Pacific Business Review.

• 1: Key Debates in Business Networks in East Asian Capitalisms: An Introduction2: The Historical Development of East Asian Business Networks: Trade, Colonialism, and the StatePart 1: Business Networks in China and Hong Kong3: Bank of China International in Hong Kong: Social Status and Network Access4: Business to Government Networks in Resource Acquisition: The Case of Chinese Private Enterprises5: 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 CenturiesPart 2: Business Networks in Japan and Korea7: Business Networks in Japan: The Impact of Exposure to Overseas Markets8: Can Informal Networks Positively Influence Economic Growth and Development? The Case of South Korean Yongo NetworksPart 3: Business Networks in South East Asia9: Chinese Capitalisms in Southeast Asia: Diverging Institutional Legacies of Southeast Asian Chinese Business Communities10: Business Networks in Thailand: Import Substitution, Export Oriented, and Expansion in AEC11: Business Networks and Varieties of Capitalism in Thailand: Adding the Context of History, Political Structures, and Social and Cultural Values12: Social Capital and the Social Context of Business Networks: The Case of Thailand13: Business Networks in Myanmar: Kjei zu, Corrosion and Reform14: The Network-Based Economy in Vietnam: Business Networks in Context and Over Time15: Conclusion: Making Sense of Enduring Trends and Emerging Patterns in Business Networks in East Asian Capitalisms