The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems

Much of the existing literature within the "varieties of capitalism" (VOC) and "comparative business systems" fields of research is heavily focused on Europe, Japan, and the Anglo-Saxon nations. As a result, the field has yet to produce a detailed empirical picture of the institutional structures of most Asian nations and to explore to what extent existing theory applies to the Asian context. The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems aims to address this imbalance by exploring the shape and consequences of institutional variations across the political economies of different societies within Asia. Drawing on the deep knowledge of 31 leading experts, this book presents an empirical, comparative institutional analysis of 13 major Asian business systems between India and Japan. To aid comparison, each country chapter follows the same consistent outline. Complementing the country chapters are eleven contributions examining major themes across the region in comparative perspective and linking the empirical picture to existing theory on these themes. A further three chapters provide perspectives on the influence of history and institutional change. The concluding chapters spell out the implications of all these chapters for scholars in the field and for business practitioners in Asia. The Handbook is a major reference work for scholars researching the causes of success and failure in international business in Asia. Contributors to this volume - Regina Abrami, Senior Lecturer, the Political Science Department, Senior Fellow in the Management Department, the Wharton School of Business, and Director of the Global Program of the Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA Christina L. Ahmadjian, Professor of Management, the Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan Edo Andriesse, Assistant Professor, the Department of Geography, Seoul National University, Korea Michael Harris Bond, Visiting Chair Professor of Psychology, the Department of Management and Marketing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Michael Carney, Professor, the Department of Management, the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Richard W. Carney, Fellow, The Australian National University, Australia Arnoud De Meyer, President, Singapore Management University, Singapore Gary G. Hamilton, Professor, the Department of Sociology and The Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, USA Axele Giroud, Reader in International Business, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Stephen J. Frenkel, Professor of Organisation & Employment Relations, the Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, Australia Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Distinguished Research Fellow and Director, the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Mari Kondo, Professor, the Graduate School of Business, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan Zong-Rong Lee, Associate Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Institute of Sociology, Taipei, Taiwan William Leung, the Founding Partner of William KW Leung & Co., Solicitors, Hong Kong Arie Y. Lewin, Professor of Strategy and International Business, the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA Peter Ping Li, Professor of Chinese Business Studies, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Shige Makino, Professor and Chairman, the Department of Management, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Gordon Redding, Professor of Asian Business and Comparative Management, INSEAD, Singapore, and the Secretary General of the Head Foundation, Singapore Andrew James Rosser, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, the University of Adelaide, Australia Chris Rowley, Professor, Cass Business School, City University, London, UK, and Director, Research and Publications, HEAD Foundation, Singapore Lawrence Saez, Professor in the Political Economy of Asia, the Department of Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK Solee I. Shin, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, the University of Washington, USA Akira Suehiro, Professor, the Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan Quang Truong, Emeritus Professor, the Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands Natenapha Wailerdsak Yabushita, Lecturer, Thammasat Business School, Bangkok, Thailand Richard Whitley, Emeritus Professor of Organizational Sociology, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK Michael A. Witt, Professor of Asian Business and Comparative Management, INSEAD, Singapore, and Associate in Research, the Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA Gilbert YY Wong, Associate Professor, the School of Business, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Daphne W. Yiu, Associate Professor, the Department of Management, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Leslie Young, Wei Lun Professor of Finance, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Kyoung-Hee Yu, Lecturer, the Australian School of Business, the University of New South Wales, Australia Xing Zhong, Research Associate, the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA