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Asia Pacific Business Review
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business ethics
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Ethnic Chinese
Ethnic Chinese Business
ethnic Chinese business networks
Ethnic Networks
Heidi Dahles
Ho Khau
Hr Challenge
human capacity development
human capital
Human Capital Challenges
human capital development in Southeast Asia
Human Resources Capacity Building
Indonesian Tourism Industry
Julie E. Ferguson
Knowledge Acquisition
Kuan-Cheng Chen
labour market dynamics
Low Capital Intensity
National Vet System
Ngan Collins
NGO Organization
Nuttawuth Muenjohn
organisational behaviour Asia
Pauline Stanton
Salim Group
Sandra Jones
skills development strategies
Small Scale Business Owners
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social capital
social mobility research
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Workplace Innovation
Yuliani Suseno

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138560291
  • Weight: 460g
  • Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Nov 2017
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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There are, in simple terms, three principal kinds of capital that come necessarily into play when a society is evolving towards improving the lives, livelihoods, and qualities of life of its people. The first form of capital is financial – this normally includes physical forms of invested money in plant, buildings, and infrastructure. The second form of capital is human – seen simply as the level and range of skills and capabilities that are available for use in the society. When people are literate, numerate, skilled, experienced, informed, cooperative, and inquisitive, they and their societies can do much more. The third form of capital is social. Here cooperativeness shows its effects, and the rules of how that works vary greatly between societies. It is the second of these elements, human capital, that is the main focus of this book, but it overlaps with social capital extensively in these accounts and can only be understood in terms of its connections into the wider societal system. The varying patterns of its workings and influence in different Asian contexts are explained against the background of a theory of societal progress. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Asia Pacific Business Review.
About
Gordon Redding is a specialist in comparative management, who has spent 28 years in Asia studying its management systems, teaching, and writing, based both at the University of Hong Kong, and at INSEAD. He is the author of The Spirit of Chinese Capitalism (1990), co-author of The Future of Chinese Capitalism (with Michael Witt, 2007), and co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Asian Business Systems (with Michael Witt, 2014). Chris Rowley is a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, and Professor Emeritus in the Cass Business School, City, University of London, UK. He has published widely, with over 600 articles, books, chapters and pieces in the areas of human resource management and Asian business. He also edits four journals and three book series, as well as regularly providing expert comments and quotes in the media.