LEADER 04342oam 2200745I 450 001 9910783602303321 005 20230207223812.0 010 $a1-134-40932-X 010 $a1-134-40933-8 010 $a0-203-71178-5 010 $a1-280-03758-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203711781 035 $a(CKB)1000000000248344 035 $a(EBL)171465 035 $a(OCoLC)437079095 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000290855 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217248 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290855 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10248076 035 $a(PQKB)11350980 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC171465 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL171465 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10096961 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL3758 035 $a(OCoLC)53049431 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000248344 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCapital and knowledge in Asia $echanging power relations /$fedited by Heidi Dahles and Otto van den Muijzenberg 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledgeCurzon studies in the growth economies of Asia ;$v46 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-35549-0 311 $a0-415-30417-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-235) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a4 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 327 $a10 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 330 $aGlobal economic integration, widening communication networks and government policies supportive of private enterprise are changing opportunities for accumulating wealth, status and power. In varying degrees throughout Asia, this process is accompanied by the development of service enterprises such as banking, insurance, legal firms and IT firms, which provide access to the resources required for a profitable connection to the wider world. This book focuses on the key role played by producer services in shaping new business areas and new patterns for social mobility, and their interdependence w 410 0$aRoutledgeCurzon studies in the growth economies of Asia ;$v46. 606 $aService industries$zAsia 606 $aService industries$zAsia$vCase studies 606 $aSocial mobility$zAsia 606 $aIndustrial policy$zAsia 607 $aAsia$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 615 0$aService industries 615 0$aService industries 615 0$aSocial mobility 615 0$aIndustrial policy 676 $a338.095 686 $a83.30$2bcl 701 $aDahles$b Heidi$01534077 701 $aMuijzenberg$b Otto Diederik van den$01534078 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783602303321 996 $aCapital and knowledge in Asia$93781328 997 $aUNINA