Chinese networks and enterprise development

Malaysian investments in China

Bibliographic Data

ID3986446
AuthorsEdmund Terence Gomez (0000-0002-5066-461X, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume36
Issue3
Pages350-363
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472330680000221
OpenAlexW1972186205
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited11

This study assesses the argument that common ethnic identity has facilitated the creation of transnational business networks leading to the rise of a new economically powerful "global tribe" comprising ethnic Chinese from East and Southeast Asia. The primary contention in this article is that a network with the economic clout of a "global tribe" would entail interlocking stock-ownership ties, a sharing of resources and cooperation to the point of merger. Through an in-depth analysis of investments in China by ethnic Chinese from Malaysia, this article proves that even major Chinese-owned companies have little or no interlocking stock ownership and directorate links, either domestically or across borders, with other Chinese-owned companies. The growing inflow of investments into China by ethnic Chinese from Southeast Asia is primarily due to endeavours by government leaders in the region and China to encourage businesses to invest in the Mainland. KEYWORDS : Chinese business identity networks enterprise development

Business · China · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Ethnic chinese · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics · Mainland China · Political science · Asian Studies and History · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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