Mutual, Cooperative and Employee-Owned Businesses in the Asia Pacific

Chris Rowley is Professor of HRM at Cass Business School, City University, London, UK and Director of the Centre for Research in Asian Management and Director, Research and Publications, HEAD Foundation, Singapore. He has published widely in the field of HRM and Asian business and management in the leading journals and in edited books. He is currently co-editor of the Asia Pacific Business Review. Jonathan Michie is Professor of Innovation & Knowledge Exchange at the University of Oxford, UK where his is President of Kellogg College, Director of the Department for Continuing Education, and Director of the Oxford Centre for Mutual and Employee-owned Business. He is also a member of DEFRA’s Economic Advisory Panel.

Foreword Charles Gould 1. Introduction: Differing forms of capital - setting the scene for mutuality and co-operation in the Asia Pacific Region Chris Rowley and Jonathan Michie 2. The long march of Chinese co-operatives: towards market economy, participation, and sustainable development Andrea Bernardi and Mattia Miani 3. Old and new rural co-operative medical scheme in China: The usefulness of a historical comparative perspective Andrea Bernardi and Anna Greenwood 4. The Role and characteristics of social entrepreneurs in contemporary rural co-operative development in China: case studies of rural social entrepreneurship Hong Lan, Ying Zhu, David Ness, Ke Xing and Kris Schneider 5. Governmental influences on the evolution of agricultural co-operatives in Vietnam: an institutional perspective with case studies Anne Cox and Viet Le 6. Development and challenges of cocoa co-operatives in Papua New Guinea: case of Manus Province Elena Garnevska, Harold Joseph and Tanira Kingi 7. Growth pattern of an employee-owned business: a narrative inquiry concerning the new venture creation experience of Wowprime in Taiwan Li-Chung Chang, Chao-Tung Wen, Yet-Ming Chang and Pei-how Huang 8. From corporate social responsibility to creating shared value with suppliers through mutual firm foundation in the Korean bakery industry: a case study of the SPC Group Dongmin Lee, Junghoon Moon, Jongpyo Cho, Hyoung-Goo Kang and Jaeseok Jeong 9. Assessing the performance of co-operatives in Malaysia: analysis on co-operative groups using a data envelopment analysis approach Azmah Othman, Norma Mansor and Fatimah Kari 10. Conclusion: Mutuality in the Asia Pacific Region Chris Rowley and Jonathan Michie