Asian Entrepreneurs in Comparative Perspective

1. Position paper: Entrepreneurship: important or irrelevant? Professor Mark Holmström (University of East Anglia)
2. Case studies
a. An Emerging Regional Capitalist Class: the case of coastal Andhra Pradesh, India Dr Carol Upadhya (Economic and Political Weekly, Bombay)
b. Local Politics on an Industrial Estate in West India Dr Pieter Gorter (Berlin)
c. Title still unknown Dr. Shaibal Gupta (A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna)
d. Entrepreneurship in Gujarat: historical continuity versus theoretical variations Dr. Hein Streefkerk (University of Amsterdam)

Afternoon session: Southeast Asia

1. Position paper: Are Southeast Asian Entrepreneurs Schumpeterian Innovators? Professor Willem Wolters (University of Nijmegen)
2. Case studies
a. Approaches to Provincial Business and Politics in Contemporary Thailand Professor Kevin Hewison (University of New England, Armidale)
b. Rural Entrepreneurs in Central Thailand: the case of brickyard owners Dr Daniel Arghiros (University of Hull)
c. Socio-economic Organization of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia Dr Yeu-Farn Wang (University of Stockholm)
d. The Intertwining of Social Life and Business Strategies in Southeast Asia: a case study of Chinese businessmen in Malaysia Dr Chia Oai Peng (University of Malaya)

Friday, October 6
Morning session: East Asia and Asia Compared

1. East Asia
a. Local level Entrepreneurs in Rural Korea: a newly emerging class of technological and managerial innovators. Professor Sang-Bok Han (Seoul National University) b. East Asian Business Systems: are these special? Dr Anil Khosla (University of Leiden)
2. Asia Compared
a. Fostering Rural Entrepreneurship: Japanese industrial policy and its impact on other Asian economies, c. 1880-1940. Dr Sugihara (School of Oriental and African Studies, London)
b. Regional Capitalists in Comparative Perspective: economic behaviour and life- style of rural entrepreneurs in South and Southeast Asia. Dr Mario Rutten (Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam)

Afternoon session: Europe and Asia-Europe Compared

1. Europe
a. Dynasties of Entrepreneurs: some preliminary remarks. Professor François Crouzet (Université Sorbonne, Paris)
b. Entrepreneurship in Europe: some themes and findings. Professor Richard Scase (University of Kent)
2. Asia-Europe Compared
Discussion and ideas for future comparative research
Preliminary list of discussants and other expected participants
Dr. Richard Boyd (University of Leiden)
Prof. Jan Breman (Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam)
Mr. Peter Keppy (Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam)
Prof. Ruth McVey (Italy)
Prof. Aswani Saith (Institute of Social Studies, The Hague)
Prof. Thommy Svensson (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen)
Mr. Wu Xiao An (Centre for Asian Studies, Amsterdam)
Mr. Sikko Visscher (Centre for Asian Studies, Amsterdam)