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 organisation of these firms, aided by specific case studies. Written by leading researchers in this field, The Globalisation of Chinese Business Firms is a valuable and timely contribution to the study of Asian business systems.

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GARY G.HAMILTON Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Washington at Seattle HONG LUI Assistant professor in the Department of Chinese Studies and Assistant Director of the Centre for Research in Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore KATHARYNE MITCHELL Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Washington, Seattle KRIS OLDS Lecturer in the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore GORDON REDDING Affiliate Professor of Asian Business at the Euro-Asia Centre, INSEAD ALAN SMART Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Calgary JOSEPHINE SMART Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Calgary CHIA-ZHI TAN Web Specialist in Temasek Polytechnic, managing the Corporate Internet and Intranet DANIEL VAN DEN BULCKE Professor of International Management and Development, University of Antwerp (RUCA) in Belgium SIA-LUN WONG Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong HENRY WAI-CHUNG YEUNG Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore YU ZHOU Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology and Geography, Vassar College HAIYAN ZHANG Research Assistant at the University of Antwerp - RUCA

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Globalizing Chinese Business Firms: Where are They Coming From, Where are They Heading ?; Henry Wai-chung Yeung and Kris Olds PART ONE: GLOBALIZATION OF CHINESE BUSINESS: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES What is Chinese about Chinese Family Business? And How Much is Family and How Much is Business?; Gordon Redding Reciprocity and Control: The Organization of Chinese Family-owned Conglomerates; Gary G.Hamilton The Dynamics of the Globalisation of Chinese Business Firms; Henry Wai-chung Yeung Globalization, Institutionalisation and the Social Foundation of Chinese Business Networks; Liu Hong Internationalization of Ethnic Chinese Owned Enterprises: A Network Approach; Haiyan Zhang and Daniel Van Den Bulcke PART TWO: MANAGING CHINESE BUSINESS ACROSS BORDERS Transplanting Enterprises in Hong Kong; Sia-Lun Wong Bridging the Continents: The Roles of Los Angeles Chinese Producer Services in the Globalization of Chinese Business; Yu Zhou Chinese Business Networks and the Globalization of Property Markets in the Pacific Rim; Katharyne Mitchell and Kris Olds The Internationalization of Singaporean Firms into China: Entry Modes and Investment Strategies; Chia-Zhi Tan and Henry Wai-chung Yeung Failures and Strategies of Hong Kong Firms in China: An Ethnographic Perspective; Alan Smart and Josephine Smart PART THREE: IMPLICATIONS Epilogue; Henry Wai-chung Yeung and Kris Olds