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Tables of Contents for Transnational Corporations and Business Networks
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of figures
x
1
List of tables
xi
2
List of boxes
xiii
2
Foreword
xv
2
Acknowledgements
xvii
4
List of abbreviations
xxi
1 The rise of the network transnational corporation: an introduction
1
27
Transnational corporations and business networks: some key issues
3
8
The global and regional contexts
11
6
Hong Kong: a dynamic economy
17
8
The structure of the book
25
3
2 The emergence of transnational corporations from Asian newly industrialised economies
28
25
Global geography of foreign direct investment from developing countries
29
7
Main characteristics and competitive advantage of TNCs from Asian NIEs
36
13
Explaining the internationalisation of TNCs from Asian NIEs
49
2
The role of business networks
51
2
3 Conceptualising transnational corporations as networks of governance structures
53
27
Transaction cost framework and business networks
54
3
Embeddedness and the social organisation of networks
57
1
Towards a network perspective on transnational corporations
58
20
Conclusion
78
2
4 Hong Kong firms in ASEAN: business organisation and corporate strategies
80
52
Historical development of Hong Kong TNCs and FDI
81
2
Organisational characteristics of Hong Kong TNCs
83
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