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9781446200254

Asian Business and Management

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    9781446200254

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    1446200256

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-06-06
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

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This major work presents a collection of seminal works on Asian business and management, carefully chosen by the editor on the basis of impact and expert nominations. The set consolidates key contributions from diverse sources and organizes articles by themes to enable better understanding of key areas. The editor's introduction reviews the included articles and identifies major streams of research within each theme.

Table of Contents

Alliances, Joint Ventures
Japanese Joint Ventures with Western Multinationals
Synthesizing the Economic and Cultural Explanations of Failure
Learning from Competing Partners
Outcomes and Durations of Scale and Link Alliances in Europe, North America and Asia
Setting the Stage for Trust and Strategic Integration in Japanese-U.S. Co-Operative Alliances
Building Effective International Joint Venture Leadership Teams in China
Keiretsu Networks and Corporate Performance in Japan
The Role of Trust and Contractual Safeguards on Co-Operation in Non-Equity Alliances
Performance and Survival of Joint Ventures with Non-Conventional Ownership Structures
Local Knowledge Transfer and Performance
Implications for Alliance Formation in Asia
Alliance Structure and the Scope of Knowledge Transfer
Evidence from U.S.-Japan Agreements
Influences on Foreign Equity Ownership Level in Joint Ventures in China
Acquiring Knowledge by Foreign Partners from International Joint Ventures in a Transition Economy
Learning-by-Doing and Learning Myopia
How MNCs Choose Entry Modes and Form Alliances
The China Experience
Antecedents and Effects of Parent Control in International Joint Ventures
Bargaining Power, Management Control and Performance in U.S.- China Joint Ventures
a Comparative Case Study
Business Groups
Project Execution Capability, Organizational Know-How and Conglomerate Corporate Growth I Late Industrialization
The Co-Evolution of Institutional Environments and Organizational Strategies
The Rise of Family Business Groups in the Asian Region
Economic Performance of Group-Affiliated Companies in Korea
Intragroup Resource-Sharing and Internal Business Transactions
Structural Inertia, Imitation and Foreign Expansion
South Korean Firms and Business Groups in China, 1987-95
Engineering Growth
Business Group Structure and Firm Performance in China's Transition Economy
Estimating the Performance Effects of Business Groups in Emerging Markets
From Diversification Premium to Diversification Discount during Institutional Transitions
Corporate Governance
a Clash of Capitalisms
Foreign Shareholders and Corporate Restructuring in 1990s Japan
Corporate Governance in Asia
a Survey
Outside Directors and Firm Performance during Institutional Transitions
Context and Politics
Asia's Next Giant
South Korea and Late Industrialization
Developing Difference
Social Organization and the Rise of the Auto Industries of South Korea, Taiwan, Spain and Argentina
From Fiefs to Clans and Network Capitalism
Explaining China's Emerging Economic Order
Context, Comparison and Methodology in Chinese Management Research
Political Hazards, Experience and Sequential Entry Strategies
The International Expansion of Japanese Firms, 1980-1998
Will Global Capitalism Be Anglo-Saxon Capitalism?
Institutional Governance Systems and Variations in National Competitive Advantage
An Integrative Framework
Market, Culture and Authority
a Comparative Analysis of Management and Organization in the Far East
The Institutional Effects on Strategic Alliance Partner Selection in Transition Economies
China versus Russia
Organizational Dynamics of Market Transition
Hybrid Forms, Property Rights and Mixed Economy in China
An Institution-Based View of International Business Strategy
a Focus on Emerging Economies
Chinese Business Systems and the Challenges of Transition
Paradoxes of Organizational Theory and Research
Using the Case of China to Illustrate National Contingency
Environment-Strategy Relationship and Its Performance Implications
An Empirical Study of the Chinese Electronics Industry
The Social Construction of Business Systems in East Asia
Culture
Self or Group
Cultural Effects of Training on Self-Efficacy and Performance
The Impact of Culture on the Strategy of Multinational Enterprises
Does National Origin Affect Ownership Decisions?
Cultural Dimensions in Management and Planning
a Quarter Century of Culture's Consequences
a Review of Empirical Research Incorporating Hofstede's Cultural Values Framework
Culture and the Self
Implications for Cognition, Emotion and Motivation
Do Organizational Cultures Replicate National Cultures?
Isomorphism, Rejection and Reciprocal Opposition in the Corporate Values of Three Countries
Exploring Subcultural Differences in Hofstede's Value Survey
The Case of the Chinese
The Impact of National Culture and Economic Ideology on Managerial Work Values
a Study of the United States, Russia, Japan and China
The Chinese Family Business
a Central Question in Cross-Cultural Research
Do Employees of Different Cultures Interpret Work-Related Measures in an Equivalent Manner?
Culture, Institutions and Business in East Asia
Culture, Meaning and Institutions
Executive Rationale in Germany and Japan
The Gender Gap in Workplace Authority
a Cross-National-Study
Part Entry
Network Linkages and Location Choice in Foreign Direct Investment
Ownership Strategy of Japanese Firms
Transactional, Institutional and Experience Influences
Resource Commitment, Entry Timing and Market Performance of Foreign Direct Investments in Emerging Economies
The Case of Japanese International Joint Ventures in China
Determinants of Entry in an Emerging Economy
a Multilevel Approach
Foreign Investment Strategies and Subnational Institutions in Emerging Markets
Evidence from Vietnam
The Hierarchical Model of Market Entry Modes
Country-of-Origin Effects of Foreign Direct Investment
Knowledge, Learning, R&D, Innovation
How Does Knowledge Flow? Inter-Firm Patterns in the Semiconductor Industry
Crisis Construction and Organizational Learning
Capability-Building in Catching-up at Hyundai Motor
Product Innovation Strategy and the Performance of New Technology Ventures in China
Learning to Compete in a Transition Economy
Experience, Environment and Performance
Conducting R&D in Countries with Weak Intellectual Property Rights Protection
General Reviews, Perspectives, Methodology
On Improving the Robustness of Asian Management Theories
Theoretical Anchors in the Era of Globalization
The Parochial Dinosaur
Organizational Science in a Global Context
Asian Management Research
Status Today and Future Outlook
Varieties of Asian Capitalism
Toward an Institutional Theory of Asian Enterprise
Institutions and the Oli Paradigm of the Multinational Enterprise
Strategy in Emerging Economies
Asian Management Research Needs More Self-Confidence
Diagnosing Measurement Equivalence in Cross-National Research
The Thick Description and Comparison of Societal Systems of Capitalism
a Perspective on Regional and Global Strategies of Multinational Enterprises
Outward Foreign Direct Investment
The Determinants of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment
The Internationalization of Chinese Firms
a Case for Theoretical Extension?
Transferring Production Systems
An Institutionalist Account of Hyundai Motor Company in the United States
Human Resource Management
Information, Incentives and Bargaining in the Japanese Economy
Organizational and HRM Strategies in Korea
Impact on Firm Performance in an Emerging Economy
Human Resource Management and the Performance of Western Firms in China
Globalization, China's Free (Read Bonded) Labour Market and the Chinese Trade Unions
Changing Patterns of Global Staffing in the Multinational Enterprise
Challenges to the Conventional Expatriate Assignment and Emerging Alternatives
British Factory, Japanese Factory
The Origins of National Diversity in Industrial Relations
International HRM
National Business Systems, Organizational Politics and the International Division of Labour in MNCs
Career Management Issues Facing Expatriates
Globalization, Athletic Footwear Commodity Chains and Employment Relations in China
Transferring Human Resource Practices from the United Kingdom to China
The Limits and Potential for Convergence
The Effects of Human Resource Management Systems on Economic Performance
An International Comparison of U.S. and Japanese Plants
Getting It Together
Temporal Co-Ordination and Conflict Management in Global Virtual Teams
Organizational, Citizenship Behavior of Contingent Workers in Singapore
a Retrospective and Prospective Analysis of HRM Research in Chinese Firms
Implications and Directions for Future Study
Networks, Trust
Trust and Performance in Cross-Border Marketing Partnerships
a Behavioral Approach
Configurations of Inter-Organizational Relationships
a Comparison between U.S. and Japanese Automakers
Effective Inter-Firm Collaboration
How Firms Minimize Transaction Costs and Maximize Transaction Value
The Role of Trustworthiness in Reducing Transaction Costs and Improving Performance
Empirical Evidence from the United States, Japan and Korea
The Importance of Social Capital to the Management of Multinational Enterprises
Relational Networks among Asian and Western Firms
Levels of Organizational Trust in Individualist versus Collectivist Societies
a Seven-Nation Study
Guanxi versus the Market
Ethics and Efficiency
Guanxi and Organizational Dynamics
Organizational Networking in Chinese Firms
The Growth of the Firm in Planned Economies in Transition
Institutions, Organizations and Strategic Choice
Managerial Ties and Firm Performance in a Transition Economy
The Nature of a Micro-Macro Link
Price, Quality and Trust
Inter-Firm Relations in Britain and Japan
When Brokers May Not Work
The Cultural Contingency of Social Capital in Chinese High-Tech Firms
Guanxi
Connections as Substitutes for Formal Institutional Support
The Resilience of Guanxi and Its New Deployments
a Critique of Some New Guanxi Scholarship
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