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Chinese Big Business and the Wealth of Asian Nations examines the crucial contribution of Chinese business groups to the rapid growth of South-East Asia. This study examines major Chinese firms and their increasingly important networks in this era of regional interdependence and internationalization of production processes. The book draws upon unprecedented empirical detail relating to Chinese firms, their growth patterns, joint ventures with foreign capital and responses to technological change and competition and contributes to debates on economic networks, the economics of trust and relations between business and the state in the global economy.

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Dedication List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Chinese Business Organization: Institutional Choice and Contingency Dancing with Wolves: Chines Business and Outsiders Socialising Capital in Indonesia: P.T. Astra in an Age of Financial Abundance The Food and Drink Industry: Structure and Performance The Textile Industry in South East Asia: Structure, Growth, and Concentration Eyes Wide Shut: Chinese Attitudes to Technology and Innovation Land and Property Development: Growth Strategies, Financial Innovation, and Risk Patterns of Growth and Finance in Regional Expansion: Charoen Pokphand in China Financial Development: Expansion, Deregulation, and Crisis Conclusion: Old Problems, New Solutions Bibliography Index

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´Brown´s conclusions are familiar. But with a wealth of material and case studies he injects real meaning into these rather lack-lustre ideas...this is a heavy but rewarding read.´ - China-Britain Trade Review

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RAJESWARY BROWN is Lecturer in Asia Pacific History and Management at the School of Management, Royal Holloway College, University of London. Her previous publications include Capital and Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia and Chinese Business Enterprise.

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