Abstract

1. Producer Services, Social Mobility and the State in Asia: Lessons from Western Economies Heidi Dahles The New Economy: Boosting New People or Bolstering Old Ties? 2. Networking for Domination: The Interconnectivity amongst Business and Government Actors in the Information Technology of Hong Kong Yin-wah Chu 3. The Status of Non-Banking Financial Companies in India: A Case Study from Ahmedabad Dinesh N. Awasthi 4. Cyber Gurus and Social Mobility in India's 'Silicon Valley' Salim Lakha 5. Restructuring Capitilist Power in the Philippines: Elite Consolidation and Upward Mobility in Producer Services Michael Pinches 6. Land Investors During the Property Boom of the 1990s and the Elite of Metro Cebu Edsel E. Sajor Engineering a New Middle Class: Singapore and Malaysia 7. Brokering Change, Changing Brokers: The Chinese Business Elite and Decolonization Politics in Singapore, 1945-65 Sikko Visscher 8. Social Networks and Modern Management Style: Pawnbroking Business in Singapore Selina Ching Chan 9. Establishing an Enduring Business: The Great-Eastern Life Assurance-OCBC Group Lee Kam Hing 10. Local Merchant Shipping Companies in Malaysia: Expansion and Diversification Loh Wei Leng Producer Services in Transitional Economies 11. New Entrepreneurs in Reform China: Economic Growth and Social Change in Taiyuan, Shanxi David S. G. Goodman 12. Business Services in Transitional Economies: The Case of Russia Olga van der Wusten-Gritsai 13. Conclusions Otto van den Muijzenberg

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