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.

'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

• 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

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.

'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

• 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

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.

'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

• 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