Global economic integration, widening communication networks and government policies supportive of private enterprise are changing opportunities for accumulating wealth, status and power. In varying degrees throughout Asia, this process is accompanied by the development of service enterprises such as banking, insurance, legal firms and IT firms, which provide access to the resources required for a profitable connection to the wider world. This book focuses on the key role played by producer services in shaping new business areas and new patterns for social mobility, and their interdependence…mehr
Global economic integration, widening communication networks and government policies supportive of private enterprise are changing opportunities for accumulating wealth, status and power. In varying degrees throughout Asia, this process is accompanied by the development of service enterprises such as banking, insurance, legal firms and IT firms, which provide access to the resources required for a profitable connection to the wider world. This book focuses on the key role played by producer services in shaping new business areas and new patterns for social mobility, and their interdependence with the State as either a facilitator of, or an obstacle to, the emergence and flourishing of the new professions.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Heidi Dahles is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture, Organisation and Management at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Producer Services, Social Mobility and the State in Asia: Lessons from Western Economies Heidi Dahles The New Economy: Boosting New People or Bolstering Old Ties? 2. Networking for Domination: The Interconnectivity amongst Business and Government Actors in the Information Technology of Hong Kong Yin-wah Chu 3. The Status of Non-Banking Financial Companies in India: A Case Study from Ahmedabad Dinesh N. Awasthi 4. Cyber Gurus and Social Mobility in India's 'Silicon Valley' Salim Lakha 5. Restructuring Capitilist Power in the Philippines: Elite Consolidation and Upward Mobility in Producer Services Michael Pinches 6. Land Investors During the Property Boom of the 1990s and the Elite of Metro Cebu Edsel E. Sajor Engineering a New Middle Class: Singapore and Malaysia 7. Brokering Change, Changing Brokers: The Chinese Business Elite and Decolonization Politics in Singapore, 1945-65 Sikko Visscher 8. Social Networks and Modern Management Style: Pawnbroking Business in Singapore Selina Ching Chan 9. Establishing an Enduring Business: The Great-Eastern Life Assurance-OCBC Group Lee Kam Hing 10. Local Merchant Shipping Companies in Malaysia: Expansion and Diversification Loh Wei Leng Producer Services in Transitional Economies 11. New Entrepreneurs in Reform China: Economic Growth and Social Change in Taiyuan, Shanxi David S. G. Goodman 12. Business Services in Transitional Economies: The Case of Russia Olga van der Wusten-Gritsai 13. Conclusions Otto van den Muijzenberg
1. Producer Services, Social Mobility and the State in Asia: Lessons from Western Economies Heidi Dahles The New Economy: Boosting New People or Bolstering Old Ties? 2. Networking for Domination: The Interconnectivity amongst Business and Government Actors in the Information Technology of Hong Kong Yin-wah Chu 3. The Status of Non-Banking Financial Companies in India: A Case Study from Ahmedabad Dinesh N. Awasthi 4. Cyber Gurus and Social Mobility in India's 'Silicon Valley' Salim Lakha 5. Restructuring Capitilist Power in the Philippines: Elite Consolidation and Upward Mobility in Producer Services Michael Pinches 6. Land Investors During the Property Boom of the 1990s and the Elite of Metro Cebu Edsel E. Sajor Engineering a New Middle Class: Singapore and Malaysia 7. Brokering Change, Changing Brokers: The Chinese Business Elite and Decolonization Politics in Singapore, 1945-65 Sikko Visscher 8. Social Networks and Modern Management Style: Pawnbroking Business in Singapore Selina Ching Chan 9. Establishing an Enduring Business: The Great-Eastern Life Assurance-OCBC Group Lee Kam Hing 10. Local Merchant Shipping Companies in Malaysia: Expansion and Diversification Loh Wei Leng Producer Services in Transitional Economies 11. New Entrepreneurs in Reform China: Economic Growth and Social Change in Taiyuan, Shanxi David S. G. Goodman 12. Business Services in Transitional Economies: The Case of Russia Olga van der Wusten-Gritsai 13. Conclusions Otto van den Muijzenberg
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