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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.095
• Soggetto topico: Service industries - Asia; Social mobility - Asia; Industrial policy - Asia
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Economic conditions 1945-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DahlesHeidi MuijzenbergOtto Diederik van den
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Capital and knowledge in Asia
• ISBN: 1-134-40933-8; 0-203-71178-5; 1-280-03758-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450460303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: RoutledgeCurzon studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 46.