ISBN : 9780199654925
Much of the existing literature within the " (VOC) and " fields of research is heavily focused on Europe, Japan, and the Anglo-Saxon nations. As a result, the field has yet to produce a detailed empirical picture of the institutional structures of most Asian nations and to explore to what extent existing theory applies to the Asian context. The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems aims to address this imbalance by exploring the shape and consequences of institutional variations across the political economies of different societies within Asia. Drawing on the deep knowledge of 32 leading experts, this book presents an empirical, comparative institutional analysis of 13 major Asian business systems between India and Japan. To aid comparison, each country chapter follows the same consistent outline. Complementing the country chapters are eleven contributions examining major themes across the region in comparative perspective and linking the empirical picture to existing theory on these themes. A further three chapters provide perspectives on the influence of history and institutional change. The concluding chapters spell out the implications of all these chapters for scholars in the field and for business practitioners in Asia. The Handbook is a major reference work for scholars researching the causes of success and failure in international business in Asia.
1. Introduction
PART I ASIAN BUSINESS SYSTEMS
2. China: Authoritarian Capitalism
3. Hong Kong: Hybrid Capitalism as Catalyst
4. India: From Failed Developmental State Towards Hybrid Market Capitalism
5. Indonesia: Oligarchic Capitalism
6. Japan: Coordinated Capitalism Between Institutional Change and Structural Inertia
7. Laos: Frontier Capitalism
8. Malasia: Personal Capitalism
9. The Philippines: Inequality-Trapped Capitalism
10. Singapore: Open State-Led Capitalism
11. South Korea: Plutocratic State-Led Capitalism Reconfiguring
12. Taiwan: SME-Oriented Capitalism in Transition
13. Thailand: Post-Developmentalist Capitalism
14. Vietnam: Post-State Capitalism
PART II THEMES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
15. Business Groups in Asia: An Institutional Perspective
16. Corporate Governance and Business Systems in Asia
17. Culture and the Business Systems of Asia
18. Employment Relations and Human Resource Management in Asia: Explaining Patterns in Asian Societies
19. Financial Systems in Asia: Where Politics Meets Development
20. MNEs in Asian Business Systems
21. National R&D Systems and Technology Development in Asia
22. The Co-evolution of Global Sourcing of Business Support Functions and the Economic Development of Asian Emerging Economies
23. Social Capital in Asia: Its Dual Nature and Function
24. The Role of the State in Asian Business Systems
25. A Survey of Strategic Behaviour and Firm Performance in Asia
PART III EVOLUTIONARY TRAJECTORIES
26. Pictures of the Past: Historical Influences in Contemporary Asian Business Systems
27. Beyond Production: Changing Dynamics of Asian Business Groups
28. Change and Continuity in East Asian Business Systems
PART IV CONCLUSIONS
29. Asian Business Systems: Implications and Perspectives for Comparative Business Systems and Varieties of Capitalism Research
30. Asian Business Systems: Implications for Managerial Practice