Simon Commander is Managing Partner of Altura Partners and Visiting Professor of Economics at IE Business School in Madrid. Saul Estrin is Professor Emeritus of Managerial Economics and Strategy at London School of Economics.

'This excellent book provides a fresh perspective on Asian success, viewing it through the lens of networks and connections, between businesses and between businesses and governments. Using new empirical material and historical data, it argues that while the connections world has played its part in Asian success, it also bears the seeds of major challenges in the future in maintaining the success. The book will be of great interest to researchers and policymakers alike.' Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University

• List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of acronyms; 1. The strengths and fallibilities of Asian capitalism; 2. To the foothills of Everest. Asia's resurgence; 3. The power of networks of connections; 4. Networks, connections and business organisation; 5. What scope for innovation?; 6. Employment in the connections world; 7. Whither Asia? Prospects and policy challenges; References; Index.

Simon Commander is Managing Partner of Altura Partners and Visiting Professor of Economics at IE Business School in Madrid. Saul Estrin is Professor Emeritus of Managerial Economics and Strategy at London School of Economics.

'This excellent book provides a fresh perspective on Asian success, viewing it through the lens of networks and connections, between businesses and between businesses and governments. Using new empirical material and historical data, it argues that while the connections world has played its part in Asian success, it also bears the seeds of major challenges in the future in maintaining the success. The book will be of great interest to researchers and policymakers alike.' Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University

• List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of acronyms; 1. The strengths and fallibilities of Asian capitalism; 2. To the foothills of Everest. Asia's resurgence; 3. The power of networks of connections; 4. Networks, connections and business organisation; 5. What scope for innovation?; 6. Employment in the connections world; 7. Whither Asia? Prospects and policy challenges; References; Index.

Simon Commander is Managing Partner of Altura Partners and Visiting Professor of Economics at IE Business School in Madrid. Saul Estrin is Professor Emeritus of Managerial Economics and Strategy at London School of Economics.

'This excellent book provides a fresh perspective on Asian success, viewing it through the lens of networks and connections, between businesses and between businesses and governments. Using new empirical material and historical data, it argues that while the connections world has played its part in Asian success, it also bears the seeds of major challenges in the future in maintaining the success. The book will be of great interest to researchers and policymakers alike.' Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University

• List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; List of acronyms; 1. The strengths and fallibilities of Asian capitalism; 2. To the foothills of Everest. Asia's resurgence; 3. The power of networks of connections; 4. Networks, connections and business organisation; 5. What scope for innovation?; 6. Employment in the connections world; 7. Whither Asia? Prospects and policy challenges; References; Index.