Asian Business Groups
Context, Governance and Performance

Michael Carney (Author)

9781843342441, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 30 June 2008

340 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm, 0.68 kg

The Asian economic landscape is dominated by various types of business group. Asian Business Groups provides a comprehensive review and introduction to the different types of business group. The origins and founding context of groups from particular national settings form the basic structure of the book. Emphasis is given to both the similarities and differences in group governance and performance and the implications for Asian international competitiveness are addressed.

The bright and dark sides of Asian business groups
Prototypes: Colonial business groups in Asia before 1945
Continuity and change in Japan’s business groups
State-constructed business groups: the Korean chaebol
Searching for business groups in Taiwan
Business groups in mainland China
Hong Kong based business groups
Business groups in India
Ethnic Chinese business groups in Southeast Asia: Social capital and institutional persistence
The development of Asia’s business groups.

Subject Areas: Development economics & emerging economies [KCM], Economics, finance, business & management [K]