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The comparison of distinct societal processes expressing key universals in societal progress permits a fusion of local and wider logics. Two main stereotypes are examined to compare their workings and their outcomes: the Western free market democratic, and the Chinese party-state driven.

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Overseas Chinese as an Economic Culture -- The Spirit of Capitalism -- A Spirit of Chinese Capitalism? -- Chapter 2. The Sojourners -- Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore -- Indonesia -- The Philippines -- Malaysia -- Thailand -- The Nanyang -- Chapter 3. The Psycho-Social Legacy of China -- Fundamental Beliefs and Values -- Social Structures -- Relationship Rules -- Rules for Action -- Forms of Cognition -- Chapter 4. Seeing Oneself -- Nature of the Data -- Perceptions Surrounding the Self -- Chapter 5. Life in a Networked Society -- Chapter 6. The Institutional Legacy of China -- The Historical Progress of Chinese Business -- The Origins of Defensiveness and Insecurity -- The Anatomy of Paternalism -- The Endurance of Personalism -- Chapter 7. The Chinese Family Business -- The Environment of Business -- The Firm's Internal Structure -- Dilemmas of Growth and/or Stability -- Chapter 8. Society at Large -- Vertical Order -- Pragmatic Cooperation -- Chapter 9. Sources of Efficiency and of Failure -- Vertical Cooperation -- Horizontal Cooperation -- Control -- Adaptiveness -- Chapter 10. The Significance of the Overseas Chinese -- The Overseas Chinese and Western Business -- The Overseas Chinese and China -- Implications for Organization and Management Theory -- Economic Development and the Role of Culture -- Appendix. Methodology for the Study -- References -- Index.

The issues of whether traditional Chinese social norms constitute a surrogate form of civil society & whether Chinese notions of trust serve to hinder modernization are addressed. It is asserted that the People's Republic of China's strong central government will prevent implementation of Western modernizing processes. Conventional small family businesses, large enterprises that utilize hybrid traditional & modern management strategies, & protocapitalist forms that exist under state direction are analyzed to determine how modernization has influenced China. Although Chinese forms of trust are differentiated from US forms by their emphasis on personal reciprocity, it is contended that both forms attempt to foster cooperation in their respective societies. The relative success of the Chinese capitalist model is attributed to three interrelated factors: quality of decision making, establishment of strategic partnerships, & intense managerial approaches. Nevertheless, it is concluded that China will not experience intensive economic growth until the transition from totalitarianism to pluralism is completed. J. W. Parker

One of the questions most consistently debated by analysts of the current state of economic and business progress in Pacific Asia is: 'Will the large ethnic Chinese business groups of the region make the transition to professional management and become multinationals?'. The author attempts to answer this question by considering the nature of the 'contest' for Asia, the extent and characteristics of Chinese capitalism, the derivation of alternative systems of capitalism, and the Chinese case and Chinese culture and the institutional context of modernization. (DÜI-Sen)

This handbook explores institutional variations across the political economies of different societies within Asia. It includes empirical analysis of 13 major Asian business systems between India and Japan, and examines these in a comparative, historical, and theoretical context.

Examines the main challenges facing higher education systems in an increasingly turbulent and interconnected world, exploring how higher education institutions are managed in changing conditions, and the societal implications of different approaches to change.