Getting Rich and Staying Connected: The Organizational Medium of Chinese Capitalists

• Main Authors: CHUNG, Wai Keung, HAMILTON, Gary G.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• Subjects: Chinese businessmen; organizational medium; organizational innovation; wealth accumulation; East Asia; South East Asia; Asian Studies; Political Economy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/557
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article answers the following question: 'What is the organizational medium that has allowed a few Chinese businesspeople in East and Southeast Asia to accumulate considerable wealth and economic power?' In the course of giving an answer, we show the organizational differences between...