Tables and Figures

Preface

Introduction

I. Network Organizations: Asian Solutions for Business Transformation

Forms of Network Organization

Ravi S. Achrol

Networks and Entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia: The Role of Social Capital and Membership Commitment

Shaker A. Zahra

Gerard George

Dennis M. Garvis

Markets and Networks: How They Operate in Asia

Nelson Santos Antonio

II. Japanese Keiretsus and Korean Chaebols: Renaissance or Revolution?

Changes in Interorganizational Networks of Japanese Corporate Groups: From Parenting to Partnering

Yoshiya Teramoto

Japanese-Style Intercompany Networks: New Dimensions in the Asian Context

Ivan S. Tselichtchev

Demystifying Asian Business Networks: The Hierarchical Core of Interfirm Relations in Korean Chaebols

Dongyoub Shin

Ku-Hyuk Kwon

III. The Dynamics of Overseas Chinese and Overseas Indian Networks

Weaving Opportunities: The Influence of Overseas Chinese and Overseas Indian Business Networks on Asian Business Operations

George T. Haley

Usha C. V. Haley

Chinese Family Business Networks and Regional Economic Development in Asia

Linda Clarke

Ming Yue

Mary Ann Von Glinow

IV. The Emergence of Networks in China

Networks as Comparative Advantage: The Role of Chinese Sogo Shosha in Managing Paradox

John Kidd

Jane Lu

Industrial Restructuring in Post-Deng China: Toward a Network Economy

Frank-Jurgen Richter

V. New Concepts for New Realities, or How to Transcend Networks

Bargaining Context, Entrepreneurial Initiative, and Society of Networked Producers

Parthasarathi Banerjee

Beyond the Network Organization: Self-Sustainable Web Enterprises

Milan Zeleny

Index

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