An examination of how Chinese family and business networks have been closely interlocked with economic and social structures, around which government and states
Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java describes the vanished commercial world of colonial Java. Alexander Claver shows the challenges of a demanding busi
Trade flows, cities and kinship relations can all be seen as elements of complex networks. In this collection of essays, all of which deal with Asia, we argue t
Considerable attention has recently been focused on the importance of social networks and business culture in reducing transaction costs, both in the pre-indust