Transnational Corporations and Business Networks: Hong Kong Firms in the ASEAN Region

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ISBN: 9780415140164 | 0415140161
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/29/1998

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Drawing upon extensive field research in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, this book focuses on networks of business and personal relationships as a key means of transnational operations.

List of figures

(1)

List of tables

(2)

List of boxes

xiii

(2)

Foreword

(2)

Acknowledgements

xvii

(4)

List of abbreviations

xxi

1 The rise of the network transnational corporation: an introduction

(27)

Transnational corporations and business networks: some key issues

(8)

The global and regional contexts

(6)

Hong Kong: a dynamic economy

(8)

The structure of the book

(3)

2 The emergence of transnational corporations from Asian newly industrialised economies

(25)

Global geography of foreign direct investment from developing countries

(7)

Main characteristics and competitive advantage of TNCs from Asian NIEs

(13)

Explaining the internationalisation of TNCs from Asian NIEs

(2)

The role of business networks

(2)

3 Conceptualising transnational corporations as networks of governance structures

(27)

Transaction cost framework and business networks

(3)

Embeddedness and the social organisation of networks

(1)

Towards a network perspective on transnational corporations

(20)

Conclusion

(2)

4 Hong Kong firms in ASEAN: business organisation and corporate strategies

(52)

Historical development of Hong Kong TNCs and FDI

(2)

Organisational characteristics of Hong Kong TNCs

(20)

Strategic predisposition of Hong Kong TNCs

103

(5)

Raison d'etre of ASEAN operations: minimising costs or maximising markets?

108

(18)

The `1997 question' and Hong Kong TNCs

126

(3)

Conclusion

129

(3)

5 The social organisation of business networks

132

(42)

The social organisation of Chinese business

136

(9)

Control and coordination in Chinese business firms

145

(2)

Mechanisms of intra-firm networks

147

(9)

The role of entrepreneurship

156

(4)

Guanxi and inter-firm networks

160

(13)

Conclusion

173

(1)

6 The political economy of Hong Kong firms in ASEAN

174

(23)

A neoliberalist political economy and the development of firms in Hong Kong

175

(2)

The politics of transnational operations in ASEAN

177

(6)

Case studies of Hong Kong firms in ASEAN

183

(11)

Conclusion

194

(3)

7 Competing in the global Triad: competitive advantage and business networks

197

(29)

Bias in comparative management studies

199

(1)

The competitive advantage of Hong Kong firms

200

(6)

A tale of leading Hong Kong firms from three industries

206

(5)

Business networks and the hidden dimension of competitiveness

211

(12)

The fate of Hong Kong and its firms after 1997

236

(4)

Appendix 1 Attributes of parent Hong Kong transnationals and their ASEAN subsidiaries

240

(1)

Appendix 2 Profiles of selected Hong Kong transnational corporations

241

(7)

Notes

248

(6)

Glossary

254

(5)

References

259

(28)

Index

287

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Transnational Corporations and Business Networks: Hong Kong Firms in the ASEAN Region

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