1st Edition

Chinese Business in Southeast Asia Contesting Cultural Explanations, Researching Entrepreneurship

Edited By Terence E. Gomez, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao Copyright 2001

    Presents empirical findings from different South-East Asian countries to demonstrate that Chinese businessmen employ a variety of strategies in their networking, entrepreneurship and organisational and firm development; and concludes that much more research is needed in order to provide a full understanding of Chinese business success.

    Introduction Chinese Business Research in Southeast Asia, Edmund Terence Gomez, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao; Chapter 1 Singapore, Chan Kwok Bun, Ng Beoy Kui; Chapter 2 Malaysia, Edmund Terence Gomez, Loh Wei Leng, Lee Kam Hing; Chapter 3 Thailand, Jamie Mackie; Chapter 4 The Philippines, Theresa Chong Carino; Chapter 5 Indonesia, Diao Ai Lien, Mely Tan; Chapter 6 Taiwanese Business in Southeast Asia, I-Chun Kung;

    Biography

    Edmund Terence Gomez, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao,

    ' [This book] should be included in the essential reading list for those interested in Chinese business in Southeast Asia.' - ASEAN Economic Bulletin

    "Overall, thir volume represents another important effort at trying to understand the state of Chinese business communities in Southeast Asia in the post-independence period. There papers are a useful addition to the growing body of literature that reassesses the role that cultural values and shared ethnicity play in perpetuating Chinese business successes in Southeast Asia in the present and recent past." -China Review International