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9780312228057

Globalization of Chinese Business Firms

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312228057

  • ISBN10:

    0312228058

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2000-02-12
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Chinese business firms and their networks of personal and business relationships, are becoming increasingly important players in the global economy. This book examines the global and regional operations of Chinese business firms and considers their implications for the management and organization of these firms, aided by specific case studies. Written by leading researchers in this field, Globalizing Chinese Business Firms is a valuable and timely contribution to the study of Asian business systems.

Author Biography

Henry Wai-chung Yeung is Assistant Professor and Kris Olds is Lecturer, both in the Department of Geography at National University of Singapore.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
vii
List of Figures
viii
Acknowledgements ix
Notes on the Contributors xi
Globalizing Chinese Business Firms: Where are They Coming From, Where are They Heading?
1(30)
Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Kris Olds
PART 1 GLOBALIZATION OF CHINESE BUSINESS: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
What is Chinese about Chinese Family Business? and How Much is Family and How Much is Business?
31(24)
Gordon Redding
Reciprocity and Control: The Organization of Chinese Family-Owned Conglomerates
55(20)
Gary G. Hamilton
The Dynamics of the Globalization of Chinese Business Firms
75(30)
Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Globalization, Institutionalization and the Social Foundation of Chinese Business Networks
105(21)
Hong Liu
Internationalization of Ethnic Chinese-Owned Enterprises: A Network Approach
126(27)
Haiyan Zhang
Daniel Van Den Bulcke
PART 2 MANAGING CHINESE BUSINESS ACROSS BORDERS
Transplanting Enterprises in Hong Kong
153(14)
Siu-lun Wong
Bridging the Continents: the Roles of Los Angeles Chinese Producer Services in the Globalization of Chinese Business
167(28)
Yu Zhou
Chinese Business Networks and the Globalization of Property Markets in the Pacific Rim
195(25)
Katharyne Mitchell
Kris Olds
The Internationalization of Singaporean Firms into China: Entry Modes and Investment Strategies
220(24)
Chia-Zhi Tan
Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Failures and Strategies of Hong Kong Firms in China: An Ethnographic Perspective
244(31)
Alan Smart
Josephine Smart
PART 3 IMPLICATIONS
Epilogue
275(4)
Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Kris Olds
Bibliography 279(30)
Name Index 309(7)
Subject Index 316

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