Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction: Business Groups and Economic Development / Chen, Edward / Hamilton, Gary G. -- Part One: Chinese Business Networks: A Comparative View -- Introduction -- ¿. General Perspectives -- Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Trust / Siu-lun, Wong -- Weak Organizations and Strong Linkages: Managerial Ideology and Chinese Family Business Networks / Redding, S. Gordon -- The Organizational Foundations of Western and Chinese Commerce: A Historical and Comparative Analysis / Hamilton, Gary G. -- ¿. Chinese Business Networks in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore -- "Personal Trust" in the Large Businesses in Taiwan: A Traditional Foundation for Contemporary Economic Activities / Cheng-shu, Kao -- The Role of Personal Networks in the Making of Taiwan's Guanxiqiye (Related Enterprises) / Numazaki, Ichiro -- Business Groups in a Dynamic Environment: Hong Kong 1976-1986 / Wong, Gilbert -- Ethnicity, Polity, and Economy: A Case Study of the Mandarin Trade and the Chinese Connection / Kuo, Eddie C. Y. -- Centripetal Authority, Differentiated Networks: The Social Organization of Chinese Firms in Singapore / Kiong, Tong Chee -- State Capitalism, Multinational Corporations, and Chinese Entrepreneurship in Singapore / Hock, Tan -- Part Two: Business Networks in Japan and South Korea -- Introduction -- A. Japanese Business Networks -- Intercorporate Relations in Japan / Hiroshi, Okumura -- Types and Characteristics of Interlocking Directorates in Japan / Ueda, Yoshiaki -- Practical and Theoretical Aspects of Japanese Business Networks / Orrú, Marco -- ¿. South Korean Business Networks -- The Industrial Organization and Growth of the Korean Chaebol: Integrating Development and Organizational Theories / Kim, Eun Mee -- Industrial Policy and Organizational Efficiency: The Korean Chaebol Examined / Zeile, William -- Part Three: Conclusion -- The Theoretical Significance of Asian Business Networks / Hamilton, Gary G. -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- List of Contributors