The book is based on original research on the entrepreneurial leaders in the Malay community and on the author's own participation in Malay business ventures. Sloane draws on her experience of working in Wall Street to analyse the ironies and contradictions in both the prevailing Western, Asian and Malay definitions of entrepreneurship and the 'heroes' of competing styles of capitalism.

Autorentext

Patricia Sloane is Research Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, National University of Malaysia.

Inhalt

Preface PART ONE: GOOD WORKS Introduction Obligation and Identity: Parents, Spouses, Siblings, and Malays The Islamic View of Entrepreneurship: Modernity and Its Rewards The Kampung and the Global Village PART TWO: NETWORKS Networking: The Social Relations of Entrepreneurship The Business of Alliances: The Social Emergence of a Dyadic Enterprise Dangerous Business: The Social Limits of an Entrepreneurial Identity Virtuoso Entrepreneurship: Development and Wealth for All Malays PART THREE: KORPORAT VISIONS Conclusion Notes References Index