Chinese Capitalism in the OECD Mirror

Opium and the beginnings of Chinese capitalism in Southeast Asia.

This article deals with the relationship between opium revenue farming and the development of capitalist enterprises in Southeast Asia. It examines the role which opium played in the transformation of all Asian economies during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. While few would deny that the unprecedented expansion of the opium trade by European traders had a major, usually destructi...

Chinese capitalism: cultures, the Southeast Asian region and economic globalisation

Globalisation is often presumed to be an economically, socially and culturally homogenising force. The deterioration of capitalism’ s major rival in the early 1990s has paved the way for a truly global economy in which all participants increasingly operate under the general logic of capitalismÐ that is, a market-orientated system of production and exchange, private ownership and a ̄ exible labo...

the invention of capitalism

Information Avoidance in the mirror of literature: A systematic review

Purpose and background: One usually think of information as means to an end.  Despite the excessive worth of information - contrary to manchr('39')s inherent need for awareness - some avoid information, favoring ignorance over knowledge. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the concept of information evasion, consequences and factors influencing it. Methodology: The study was a systematic ...

Capitalism in Question

Paul Adler was Program Chair for the 2013 meeting of the Academy of Management in Orlando, Florida, in August. In this capacity, he organized the “All-Academy Theme” component of the meeting program, helped by a committee of Tom Kochan (MIT), Jerry Davis (U. Michigan), Carrie Leana (U. Pittsburgh), and Stella Nkomo (U. Pretoria). The theme was “Capitalism in Question.” The essay below is an edi...