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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783602303321

Titolo

Capital and knowledge in Asia : changing power relations / / edited by Heidi Dahles and Otto van den Muijzenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-40932-X

1-134-40933-8

0-203-71178-5

1-280-03758-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

RoutledgeCurzon studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 46

Classificazione

83.30

Altri autori (Persone)

DahlesHeidi

MuijzenbergOtto Diederik van den

Disciplina

338.095

Soggetti

Service industries - Asia

Social mobility - Asia

Industrial policy - Asia

Asia Economic conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Capital and Knowledge in Asia; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Producer services, social mobility and the state in Asia: Lessons from Western economies; PART I The new economy: boosting new people or bolstering old ties?; 2 Networking for domination: The interconnectivity among business and government actors in the information technology industry of Hong Kong; 3 The status of non-banking financial companies in India: A case study from Ahmedabad, Gujarat

4 Cyber gurus and social mobility in India's 'Silicon Valley'5 Restructuring capitalist power in the Philippines: Elite consolidation and upward mobility in producer services; 6 Land investors during the property boom of the 1990s and the elite of Metro Cebu; Part II Engineering a new middle class: Singapore and Malaysia; 7 Brokering change, changing brokers: The Chinese business elite and decolonization politics in Singapore, 1945-65; 8 Social networks and



modern management style: Pawnbroking business in Singapore; 9 Establishing an enduring business: The Great Eastern-OCBC group

10 Local merchant shipping companies in Malaysia: Expansion and diversificationPart III Producer services in transitional economies; 11 New entrepreneurs in reform China: Economic growth and social change in Taiyuan, Shanxi; 12 Business services in transitional economies: The case of Russia; 13 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 w