A Comparative Study of East Asian Capitalism (Research Papers and Policy Studies 46)

"This book represents an initial attempt to compare China, Japan, and South Korea, three close geographical and cultural neighbors whose developmental trajectories, though divergent in the past, have been moving more recently toward convergence"-- Provided by publisher Cover Notes to this edition Title Page Copyright Page Contents Contributors PART I. INTRODUCTION 1. Précis - Hong Yung Lee 2. Convergence and Divergence: Three Paths toward Modernization in East Asia - Hong Yung Lee PART II. FINANCIAL AND LABOR REFORMS 3. Government Intervention for Resolving Non-Performing Loans in Japan and South Korea, 1998–2006 - Myung-koo Kang 4. Financial Reform in China: The Chinese Style of Marketization - Hong Yung Lee 5. The Double Movement and New Labor Market Regulations in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan - Ji-Whan Yun PART III. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 6. Moving toward a Hybrid System in Japan: The Case of Corporate Governance Reform - Hideaki Miyajima and Yul Sohn 7. Corporate Governance Reform in Korea in the Post–Asian Financial Crisis Era - Joongi Kim 8. The Evolutionary Path of Corporate Governance in China: The Interdependent Model of State-Owned Enterprises and Private Enterprises - Pingqing Liu, Junxi Shi, and Fengxia Jiang 9. Multiple Institutional Templates for Corporate China: The Evolution of Industrial Networks during Marketization - Lowell Dittmer and Kun-Chin Lin PART IV. NETWORKS 10. The Changing Face of Network Capitalism in Korea: A Study of the Corporate Board of Directors’ Network - Yong-Hak Kim and Yong-Min Kim 11. The Political Economy of Informal Networks in Japan and South Korea: Amakudari vs. Parachute Appointment - Seungjoo Lee and Sang-Young Rhyu Index Back Cover