01183pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001800040245003700058260000900095300001300104362000800117520088000125650001601005773002801021180718b2000   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aZang, Xiaowei  aIntercorporate ties in Singapore  c2000  ap.87-105  aMar  aSociological literature on corporate networks in the West has relied heavily on a resource dependency perspective. Research on inter-firm relations among Chinese firms in East and Southeast Asia has been guided by a Chinese network approach. Relying on a 1992 data set of 107 big Chinese firms in Singapore, I show that firm behavior of large Chinese companies is influenced by both Chinese business tradition and Western corporate culture. Exclusive attention to either the Chinese network approach or the resource dependency perspective may not produce an accurate estimate of the factors of interlocking in East and South-east Asia. The best approach to take in studying Chinese business networks is a combination of the two theoretical frameworks, sensitive both to `impersonal' market forces and the `personal' nature of business conduct in Chinese culture. - Reproduced  aEnterprises  aInternational Sociology