We present an institutional comparison of 13 major Asian business systems—China, Hong
Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan …

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 …

We present a sketch of the existing Chinese business system and discuss what we see as
the main challenges in its future evolution. We argue that China will probably retain its own …

Efforts to build a universal theory of the world's business systems require empirical
grounding in an understanding of the variety that need explaining. To support such …

While Western industrialized societies have almost gained a canonical status within political
economy approaches (Blyth, 2003), Asian economies and their internal diversities have …

This book presents the comparative business systems framework for describing and
explaining the major differences in economic organization between market economies in the …

East Asia's dynamic entrance into the global economy has provided a fruitful avenue for
research in economic sociology. In this perceptive and timely volume, authors Nicole …

The structures of business in the East Asian'miracle'economies have been explained by
culturists in relation to pre-modern belief systems, and more recently by institutionalists in …

Conclusion Social theorists are challenged to explain an increasingly complex economic
order. It is clear that old theories that posited a developmental sequence from “undeveloped” …

The increasing economic and political importance of East Asia in the global political
economy requires a deeper analysis of the nature of the capitalist systems in this region than …