"Chinese Enterprise, Transnationalism, and Identity "focuses on one ethnic community--the Chinese--and examines the variety of issues surrounding enterprise development from national and transnational perspectives, starting with the role played by Chinese entrepreneurs in the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Using empirical evidence and theoretical debate the contibutors argue that Chinese enterprise is accelerated by intra-ethnic competetion, rather than intra-ethnic co-operation, and that businessmen work in their own interest, not that of the Chinese community, as other literature dealing with the subject suggests. Themes which this book radically reviews include: * Culture and networks* Family business* Ownership and control* Transnationalism and identity By carefully tracing the emergence of new generations the contributors suggest that new forms of ethnic identification and of national identity and affiliation have emerged. With its combined analysis of ethnic minorities in Asia and of Chinese business this book will appeal to scholars of Asian and Business studies alike.

Part One: Reviewing Theoretical Debates, Defining Themes 1. The Making of Chinese Business Culture: Culture Versus Organizational Imperatives Chang Ly-yun and Tony Tam 2. Chinese Business Firms and Entrepreneurs in Hong Kong Raymond Sin-Kwok Wong 3. Corporate Capitalism and Socialist China Andrew Wedeman 4. Inter-Ethnic Cooperation in Transnational Perspective: Malaysian Chinese Investments in the United Kingdom Edmund Terence Gomez Part Two: Chinese Enterprise in Transnational and National Perspectives 5. Networking Strategies of Taiwanese Firms in Southeast Asia and China Chen Tain-Jy and Ku Ying-Hua 6. Interfirm Networking by Taiwanese Enterprises in Malaysia and Indonesia Chen Dung-Sheng, Jou Sue-Ching, and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao 7. Asia in Los Angeles: Ethnic Chinese Banking in the Age of Globalization Maria W.L. Chee, Gary A. Dymski, and Wei Li 8. Pathways to Recovery: Bankers, Business, and Nationalism in Thailand Kevin Hewison