"Acknowledgements: To have completed such significant and thorough field research in Myanmar over the course of an unprecedented transition certainly would not have been possible without support and help from a great many people, and for that and many other things I am deeply grateful. First, to my family and friends, who supported me throughout this process. Thanks to Sean Turnell, my PhD supervisor, whose help and guidance throughout were essential. A number of people provided useful insights and feedback on various parts of this work at various stages, too many to name. Thanks also to Ian Holliday and Hong Kong University, whose annual conference on Myanmar was an immensely useful experience in 2011, and was always a source of useful feedback on my work. Lastly, thanks is also due to Macquarie University, whose support for both the PhD and the fieldwork made this thesis possible. In Myanmar, the list of people who I should acknowledge is long. First among those is Aung Tun, from Myanmar Egress, who helped me oversee the quantitative business survey in Myanmar and get permission to use the UMFCCI business list. The survey team, of five enumerators from Myanmar Egress, was also essential in helping to carry out the survey. Thanks go to the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, who allowed the research team to survey their members for this project. Thanks go to the over 200 businesses that were generous enough to give their time to talk to myself or one of the survey team – learning about businesses in Myanmar would not have been possible without this. Thanks also go to The Asia Foundation and Myanmar Development Resource Institute – Center for Economic and Social Development, who funded a separate work on subnational governance of businesses completed by this author, including a range of fieldwork visits. This fieldwork was the primary resource used in the February 2014 report, “Subnational Governments and Business in Myanmar.” This researcher appreciates the support of both The Asia Foundation and MDRI and their willingness to allow this research to be used in this PhD with the appropriate acknowledgement. Thanks are also due to Linn Maung Maung, from MDRI-CESD, who assisted greatly with that fieldwork and was the co-author on the aforementioned report. Needless to say there are many others who have influenced this work, through conversations and writings. Thanks, then, to all those whose names I have neglected but whose influence I have not..."