Business Relationships With East Asia

Download or read book Political Business in East Asia written by Edmund Gomez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between government and business has become a central issue in East Asia since the financial crisis of 1997. As the Asian economies try to advance the reform process, recent scandals involving corruption and cronyism have demonstrated the ongoing significance of the issue. This edited book features a range of distinguished international specialists and explores the interaction between politics and business across the region. Detailed case-studies focus on Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. This is the first comprehensive introduction to government-business relations in the region and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the problems faced by the Asian economies.