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Author-Name: Michael McDermott 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael 
Author-X-Name-Last: McDermott 
Author-Name: Chun Hua Huang 
Author-X-Name-First: Chun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hua Huang 
Title: Industrial State-owned Multinationals from China: The Embryonic Years, 1985--92 
Abstract:
  China is no longer simply a host country, but is emerging as a home
 country to multinational enterprises (MNEs). Moreover, recently the
 character of outward investment from China has changed. State-owned
 manufacturers are investing overseas. This may seem odd given the
 ostensible advantages to be found in China itself. The article examines
 the source of competitive advantage of five of China's leading industrial
 MNEs and the motivations underlying the desire to venture overseas. It
 also explores China's corporate response to the regionalization of the
 global economy. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-15 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000043 
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Author-Name: Eric W. K. Tsang 
Author-X-Name-First: Eric W. K. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tsang 
Title: Bureaucratic Learning in the Rural Co-operatives of China 
Abstract:
  This article traces the transformation of a bureaucracy, the supply and
 marketing co-operatives in rural areas of China, from an organizational
 learning perspective. These co-operatives used to monopolize the entire
 rural distribution system in China. They purchased agricultural produce
 from and sold raw materials and consumer goods to peasants. However, their
 monopoly was seriously curtailed and survival was endangered by the
 opening up of the rural economy during economic reform. Over the past
 decade, they have been undergoing rapid organizational and operational
 changes. They have outgrown the original role as simple distribution
 institutions. They maintain their competitiveness by providing a much
 greater variety of services to peasants and rural enterprises. In
 conclusion, these co-operatives demonstrate that bureaucracies do in fact
 learn. Nevertheless, a prerequisite for significant learning is that
 operational flexibility has to be injected into the system first. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 16-28 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000044 
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Author-Name: R. J. Q. Castley 
Author-X-Name-First: R. J. Q. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Castley 
Title: The Role of Japan in Korea's Acquisition of Technology 
Abstract:
  Many developing countries suffer from shortages of technical capabilities
 which can provide a greater handicap to economic development than
 shortages of capital. The remarkable success of Korea has attracted much
 interest in how Korea acquired the requisite technology for its rapid
 industrial development. The few studies on Korea's technology acquisition
 tend to credit &#x2018;internal&#x2019; factors such as the government's
 role in purchasing licenses, providing incentives and training. This
 article adopts a more holistic approach by considering some of the
 &#x2018;external&#x2019; factors, in particular the role of Japan. It
 analyses first the various channels of technology transfer and shows the
 strong influence of Japan. Second, it analyses the motives behind Japan's
 transmission of technology. The article concludes by stressing that,
 although the role of the government was important, more attention should
 be given to the interests of the major donor, Japan in order to understand
 Korea's technological acquisitions. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 29-53 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000045 
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Author-Name: Julie Froud 
Author-X-Name-First: Julie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Froud 
Author-Name: Colin Haslam 
Author-X-Name-First: Colin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Haslam 
Author-Name: Sukhdev Johal 
Author-X-Name-First: Sukhdev 
Author-X-Name-Last: Johal 
Author-Name: Jean Shaoul 
Author-X-Name-First: Jean 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaoul 
Author-Name: Karel Williams 
Author-X-Name-First: Karel 
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams 
Title: Sinking Ships? Liberal Theorists on the American Economy 
Abstract:
  In the Asia-Pacific region, the conditions and consequences of East Asian
 success have understandably attracted more attention than the causes and
 implications of North American failure. In the American case, any failure
 must be relative when the US remains a bloc-sized market and the only
 surviving superpower. Thus, for Asians the US figures economically as an
 export opportunity and socially, for puritans like Lee Kuan Yew, as a
 warning about decadence. The discussion among Americans is altogether more
 interesting. This article analyses the debate about national
 competitiveness among American liberal democrats like Magaziner, Reich,
 Tyson and Krugman and looks behind the differences of position that
 separate these protagonists, with two conclusions. First, as the old 1980s
 problem of national uncompetitivencss is jettisoned in the 1990s; all the
 liberals now agree that Americans are no longer in the same boat, that
 while some are becoming increasingly successful, others are sinking fast.
 Second; the protagonists have moved from an industrial policy fix in the
 1980s to an end of policy era in the 1990s where the question for American
 liberals is whether and how the political system can absorb the stresses
 createted by increasing inequality. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 54-72 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000046 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Are We Turning Japanese? 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 73-80 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000047 
File-URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13602389600000047 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 81-82 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000048 
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Author-Name: Judith Hollows 
Author-X-Name-First: Judith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hollows 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 82-83 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000049 
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 83-84 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000050 
File-URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13602389600000050 
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 83-84 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000051 
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Author-Name: Roger Strange 
Author-X-Name-First: Roger 
Author-X-Name-Last: Strange 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 84-85 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000052 
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 85-86 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000053 
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 85-86 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000054 
File-URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13602389600000054 
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Author-Name: Cao Yong 
Author-X-Name-First: Cao 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yong 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 87-88 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000055 
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Author-Name: Mark Gray 
Author-X-Name-First: Mark 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 88-88 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000056 
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Author-Name: Jon Gubboy 
Author-X-Name-First: Jon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gubboy 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 89-89 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000057 
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Author-Name: Patricia S. Collins 
Author-X-Name-First: Patricia S. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Collins 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 90-91 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000058 
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Author-Name: Adam Tickell 
Author-X-Name-First: Adam 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tickell 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 91-92 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000059 
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Author-Name: Naveed Hasan 
Author-X-Name-First: Naveed 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hasan 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 92-93 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000060 
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Author-Name: Chris Benjamin 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Benjamin 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 93-94 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000061 
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Author-Name: Paul Stewart 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Stewart 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 94-95 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000062 
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Author-Name: Morris F. Low 
Author-X-Name-First: Morris F. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Low 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 95-97 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000063 
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Author-Name: John Denton 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Denton 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 97-97 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000064 
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Author-Name: Jim Hamill 
Author-X-Name-First: Jim 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hamill 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 98-99 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000065 
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Author-Name: Christopher Napier 
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher 
Author-X-Name-Last: Napier 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 99-100 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000066 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 100-101 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000090 
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Author-Name: Shigeto Morokami 
Author-X-Name-First: Shigeto 
Author-X-Name-Last: Morokami 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 102-102 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000091 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 103-104 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000092 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 104-105 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000093 
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Author-Name: Christian De Cock 
Author-X-Name-First: Christian 
Author-X-Name-Last: De Cock 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 105-105 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000094 
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Author-Name: Craeme Cooday 
Author-X-Name-First: Craeme 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cooday 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 105-107 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000095 
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Author-Name: Colin Haslam 
Author-X-Name-First: Colin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Haslam 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 107-108 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000096 
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Author-Name: Jonathan Rigg 
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rigg 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 109-110 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
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Author-Name: Kang Cheng 
Author-X-Name-First: Kang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 110-111 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000098 
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Author-Name: Syed Tariq Anwak 
Author-X-Name-First: Syed Tariq 
Author-X-Name-Last: Anwak 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 111-112 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000099 
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Author-Name: Yoko Sellek 
Author-X-Name-First: Yoko 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sellek 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 112-113 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000100 
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Author-Name: Richard Mead 
Author-X-Name-First: Richard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mead 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 113-114 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000101 
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Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnson 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 114-115 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000102 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 115-116 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000103 
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Author-Name: Hsin-Huang Michael Hslao 
Author-X-Name-First: Hsin-Huang Michael 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hslao 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 116-117 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000104 
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Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Denton 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 117-118 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
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Author-X-Name-First: Stewart 
Author-X-Name-Last: Clegg 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 118-120 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000106 
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Author-X-Name-First: Mairi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Maclean 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 120-121 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000107 
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Author-Name: Richard Mead 
Author-X-Name-First: Richard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mead 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 121-122 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000108 
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Author-Name: David Bennett 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bennett 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 122-123 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000109 
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Author-Name: John Salmon 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Salmon 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 123-125 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000110 
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Author-Name: T. Roger Pyatt 
Author-X-Name-First: T. Roger 
Author-X-Name-Last: Pyatt 
Title: Chinese Business Networks and Entrepreneurial Clans in Thailand 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-25 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000080 
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Author-Name: Jim Hamill 
Author-X-Name-First: Jim 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hamill 
Author-Name: Michael Pambos 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael 
Author-X-Name-Last: Pambos 
Title: Joint Ventures In China: 'Same Bed, Different Dreams' 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 26-46 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000081 
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Author-Name: R. J. Castley 
Author-X-Name-First: R. J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Castley 
Title: The Growth of the Korean Synthetics Industry: The Important Role of Japan 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 47-66 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000082 
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Author-Name: Robert Stinerock 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Stinerock 
Title: India's Emerging Consumer Society 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 67-73 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000083 
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Author-Name: Limin Wang 
Author-X-Name-First: Limin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang 
Title: East Asia-EU Business: China and Europe 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 74-77 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000084 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: The Globalization of Production and the Regulation of Labour Conference 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 78-81 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000085 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Cross-Cultural Management in China 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 82-83 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000086 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Taming the Tigers?: HRM in the Far East 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 84-91 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000087 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Whither China's Economic Reforms? 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 92-98 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000088 
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Author-Name: Outi Aarnio 
Author-X-Name-First: Outi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Aarnio 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 99-100 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000089 
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Author-Name: Colin Jones 
Author-X-Name-First: Colin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 125-126 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000111 
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Author-Name: John Denton 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Denton 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 126-127 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000112 
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Author-Name: Kenneth Warren 
Author-X-Name-First: Kenneth 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warren 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 127-128 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000113 
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Author-Name: Roger Strange 
Author-X-Name-First: Roger 
Author-X-Name-Last: Strange 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 128-129 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000115 
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Author-Name: David A . Kirby 
Author-X-Name-First: David A . 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kirby 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 129-130 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000116 
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Author-Name: Derek Matthews 
Author-X-Name-First: Derek 
Author-X-Name-Last: Matthews 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 130-131 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000117 
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Author-X-Name-First: Christian 
Author-X-Name-Last: De Cock 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 131-132 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000118 
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Author-X-Name-First: Rorert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 132-133 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1996 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389600000119 
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Author-Name: Roger Strange 
Author-X-Name-First: Roger 
Author-X-Name-Last: Strange 
Author-Name: Syed Kamall 
Author-X-Name-First: Syed 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kamall 
Author-Name: Hui Tan 
Author-X-Name-First: Hui 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tan 
Title: Operating as a Foreign Company in China: Introduction and Overview 
Abstract:
  Since its government's dramatic shift in foreign and economic policy in
 1978, China has been regarded as a lucrative target for foreign
 multinational enterprises and international business researchers alike.
 This essay reviews the distinctive features of the Chinese business
 environment and examines the empirical academic research on the management
 behaviour of foreign investors in China. The research addresses the issues
 of the choice of entry mode; the selection of appropriate partners for
 joint ventures; negotiations with Chinese partners and authorities;
 corporate governance; human resource management; the implementation of
 knowledge transfer between the foreign parent and the Chinese affiliate;
 and the problems and opportunities for successful marketing in China. It
 is noted that finance questions have received little attention in the
 literature. Finally, an overview is provided of the succeeding papers and
 their conclusions. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-19 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000001 
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Author-Name: Athar Hussain 
Author-X-Name-First: Athar 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hussain 
Author-Name: Juzhong Zhuang 
Author-X-Name-First: Juzhong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhuang 
Title: Chinese State Enterprises and their Reform 
Abstract:
  The far-reaching changes in the economic environment in China since the
 start of the reform period have directly affected enterprise behaviour and
 have important implications for future enterprise reform. The growth of
 market transactions has been accompanied by an increase in competition
 which has forced State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to cut costs and upgrade
 quality. The growing exposure of Chinese enterprises to international
 markets and foreign business practices has led to an upgrading of their
 organization and management structure. The multiplication of the sources
 of external funds for investment has facilitated the establishment of new
 enterprises and provided enterprises with wider opportunities for
 diversifying risk. And the rapid growth of the economy has provided room
 for the non-state sector to expand without a major contraction of the
 state sector. But many problems still remain, notably with regard to
 government interference in the day-to-day management of the SOEs, the
 development of appropriate and effective governance structures, the need
 for efficiency-enhancing industrial restructuring, and reform of
 employment relations and the social security system. This article
 considers these problems and makes recommendations regarding future reform
 initiatives particularly with regard to loss-making enterprises. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 20-37 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000002 
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Author-Name: Weihwa Pan 
Author-X-Name-First: Weihwa 
Author-X-Name-Last: Pan 
Author-Name: David Parker 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker 
Title: A Study of Management Attitudes in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises, Collectives and Joint Ventures 
Abstract:
  Since 1978 China has introduced a series of reforms that has gradually
 moved its economy away from planning and towards more market-based
 resource allocation. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) have been permitted to
 set market prices, retain profits after tax and employ factors of
 production much more freely than before. Private-sector firms have been
 allowed, and joint ventures with foreign firms encouraged. At the same
 time, continued political intervention in the management of enterprises
 may be dulling incentives for management to operate commercially. This
 study reports the results of research based on structured interviews with
 senior managers in 16 corporatized and non-corporatized SOEs, collective
 enterprises and joint ventures in Shanghai and Nanjing. The fieldwork was
 undertaken between October and December 1995, to shed light on the extent
 to which management attitudes had changed in recent years following the
 reforms, and to confirm whether there were noticeable differences in
 attitudes between managements in the various types of enterprises. The
 research also considers the current relationship between plant management
 and government bureaus, and management attitudes towards privatization. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 38-63 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000003 
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Author-Name: Stefan H. Kaiser 
Author-X-Name-First: Stefan H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kaiser 
Title: Local Sourcing in China: The Case of Braun Electric (Shanghai) Co. Ltd 
Abstract:
  Increasingly, multinational enterprises manufacture locally in China, for
 reasons of cheap labour or as a means of more efficiently penetrating the
 vast Chinese market. However, the literature suggests a range of problems
 associated with local manufacturing, such as the sourcing of locally
 produced components and materials. This study looks into the case of Braun
 Electric (Shanghai) Co Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Braun AG of
 Germany, which produces electric foil shavers in China, examining its
 reasons for local sourcing, associated problems and resulting strategies.
 The case study is based on a two-week research visit to the company in
 January 1996. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 64-86 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000004 
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Author-Name: Choo SIN Tseng 
Author-X-Name-First: Choo SIN 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tseng 
Author-Name: Paula Kwan 
Author-X-Name-First: Paula 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kwan 
Author-Name: Fanny Cheung 
Author-X-Name-First: Fanny 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheung 
Title: The Selection of Distribution Channels in China 
Abstract:
  This contribution first traces the development of the distribution system
 in China from state monopoly to one which permits the limited
 participation of foreign ventures, and examines the problems faced by
 foreign investors in managing the distribution channels under such a
 transitional economy. Due to China's abundance of linguistic, cultural and
 economic differences, combined with growing territorialism at the
 provincial level, different problems may be encountered in different
 citieslregions, and therefore foreign investors need to modify their
 distribution strategies accordingly. Detailed case studies are provided as
 illustrations. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 87-104 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000005 
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Author-Name: Nan Zhou 
Author-X-Name-First: Nan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhou 
Author-Name: Linming Meng 
Author-X-Name-First: Linming 
Author-X-Name-Last: Meng 
Title: Marketing in an Emerging Consumer Society: Character Images in China's Consumer Magazine Advertising 
Abstract:
  A content analysis of a sample of Chinese consumer advertisements shows a
 mixed image of seller and buyer, and of traditional Chinese and
 &#x2018;modem&#x2019; and &#x2018;imported&#x2019; images: older,
 authoritative Chinese male figures are blended with younger, good-looking
 female faces and bodies. In the foreseeable future, there will be more
 buyer and foreign images in advertising. However, advertisers,
 particularly those from foreign countries, should recognize the importance
 of not using portrayals that could be perceived to be incompatible with
 Chinese cultural values and government policies in their advertisements. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 105-117 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000006 
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Author-Name: Zaixin Ma 
Author-X-Name-First: Zaixin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ma 
Title: What to Learn from the Japanese? The Process of Japanese-Style Management Transfer to China 
Abstract:
  Many Chinese and Japanese believe that Japanese-style management methods
 are a vital factor in establishing the international competitiveness of
 &#x2018;Japanese-Funded Enterprises&#x2019; in China, and both sides thus
 favour the transfer of such methods to China. This contribution considers
 three basic questions about the process of this transfer: what kind of
 Japanese-style management methods have been transferred to China, how has
 this transfer been effected, and what problems have hindered the transfer?
 It is argued that many ideas in Japanese-style management draw upon
 material from ancient China. A detailed case study is presented of a
 Sino--Japanese joint venture in the fashion industry in Beijing, outlining
 in some depth the venture's management skills training programme, both to
 show the kinds of methods which are being introduced and how this
 introduction is being handled. Finally, there is a brief discussion of the
 dificulties of assimilating Japanese-style management methods in China,
 which highlights the importance (for the Chinese) of learning the
 &#x2018;essence&#x2019; of Japanese management. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 118-131 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000007 
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Author-Name: John Ritchie 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ritchie 
Title: Evolving China Strategies: How the Japanese Compare 
Abstract:
  The recent designation of China as a global factory-cum-marketplace that
 might better suit the prevailing world order poses vital questions about
 both. At the very least, observers should question how differing
 international trade and business approaches towards China might evolve and
 compare, given the prospects ahead. This study examines various historical
 Japanese approaches towards trade and business with China, and puts
 forward the following four-fold typology of modes: classic
 trader-merchanting, imperial-militarist, civil-nationalist, and
 strategic-managerial. It is argued that the strategic-managerial mode is
 still emerging but that it presupposes rising Japanese intent, and
 corresponding Chinese support, for going beyond bilateral trade towards
 increasing organization and direct investment to China and better
 management within the country. The detail of this emerging mode remains
 provisional upon the realization of its full scope and potential, but it
 may be differentiated from Western European approaches not just by the
 relative volumes of aid, trade and investment, but also through the extent
 of organizational coupling and managerial sustainability. Western European
 investors in particular might observe how Japanese firms learn from China,
 as well as what, and thereby better prepare themselves for major changes
 ahead. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 132-147 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000008 
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Author-Name: Johngseok Bae 
Author-X-Name-First: Johngseok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bae 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Dong-Heon Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Dong-Heon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Author-Name: John J. Lawler 
Author-X-Name-First: John J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lawler 
Title: Korean Industrial Relations at the Crossroads: The Recent Labour Troubles 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 148-160 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000009 
File-URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13602389700000009 
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Author-Name: Patrick McGovern 
Author-X-Name-First: Patrick 
Author-X-Name-Last: McGovern 
Title:  <italic>Sovereignty at Bay</italic> Revisited? Globalization, the Nation State and Labour 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 161-167 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000010 
File-URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13602389700000010 
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Southern China: The Fifth Dragon 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 168-170 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000011 
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 171-172 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000012 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 172-173 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000013 
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Author-Name: David Boughey 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Boughey 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 173-174 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000014 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 174-175 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000015 
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Author-Name: Mark Beeson 
Author-X-Name-First: Mark 
Author-X-Name-Last: Beeson 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 175-176 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000016 
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 176-177 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000017 
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Author-Name: Christian De Cock 
Author-X-Name-First: Christian De 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cock 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 177-178 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000018 
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Author-Name: Joseph J. Stern 
Author-X-Name-First: Joseph J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Stern 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 179-180 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000019 
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Author-Name: Doug Anthony 
Author-X-Name-First: Doug 
Author-X-Name-Last: Anthony 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 180-181 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000020 
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Author-Name: Linda Keen 
Author-X-Name-First: Linda 
Author-X-Name-Last: Keen 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 181-182 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000021 
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Author-Name: Robert Van Der Meer 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert Van Der 
Author-X-Name-Last: Meer 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 182-183 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000022 
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Author-Name: David Bennett 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bennett 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 183-185 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000023 
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Author-Name: Atsede Woldie 
Author-X-Name-First: Atsede 
Author-X-Name-Last: Woldie 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 185-186 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000024 
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Author-Name: Earl H. Kinmonth 
Author-X-Name-First: Earl H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kinmonth 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 186-187 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000025 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 187-188 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000026 
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 187-188 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000027 
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Author-Name: Glenn D. Hook 
Author-X-Name-First: Glenn D. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hook 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 188-189 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000028 
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Author-Name: Mari Sako 
Author-X-Name-First: Mari 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sako 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 189-190 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000029 
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Author-Name: Paul Blyton 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Blyton 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 190-191 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000030 
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Author-Name: Christopher Napier 
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher 
Author-X-Name-Last: Napier 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 191-192 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000031 
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Author-Name: John Wong 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wong 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 192-193 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000032 
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Author-Name: Robert Taylor 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 193-194 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000033 
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Author-Name: Janet Hunter 
Author-X-Name-First: Janet 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunter 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 194-195 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000034 
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Author-Name: Janet Hunter 
Author-X-Name-First: Janet 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunter 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 195-196 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000035 
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Author-Name: Janet Hunter 
Author-X-Name-First: Janet 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunter 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 195-196 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000036 
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Author-Name: Richard Bostock 
Author-X-Name-First: Richard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bostock 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 197-198 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000037 
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Author-Name: Jocelyn E. Gamble 
Author-X-Name-First: Jocelyn E. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gamble 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 198-199 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000038 
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Author-Name: Zannis Res 
Author-X-Name-First: Zannis 
Author-X-Name-Last: Res 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 199-200 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000039 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Comparisons and Perspectives on HRM in the Asia Pacific 
Abstract:
  The management of human resources in different countries has become an
 area of increasing interest for academics and business, one that has taken
 on Asian aspects. Contributing to this fascination are various views of
 economic development and the key ingredients of employees, &#x2018;the
 human touch&#x2019; and people management. Various contributions to the
 field are outlined, including such perennially popular siren songs as
 convergence and &#x2018;one best way&#x2019;, concluding that ideas of
 universalism and nostrums of best practice remain far too simplistic in
 the dynamic and diverse world of HRM. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-18 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000040 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: China's HRM in Transitio: Towards Relative Convergence? 
Abstract:
  In this contribution, the author reviews the current trends in HRM in the
 People's Republic of China. He then traces the impact of the post-1992 and
 1995 economic reforms on Chinese personnel and industrial relations
 systems in both joint ventures and state-owned enterprises. Next, data
 from a recent field-investigation is reported vis-2-vis dimensions of HRM
 in these enterprises. The contribution particularly focuses on the
 problems of dimensionalizing HRM practices in such contexts. The author
 concludes that there may now be a growing but still limited overlap
 between joint ventures and state-owned enterprises in terms of their human
 resource policies and practices. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 19-33 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000041 
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Author-Name: Ng Sek Hong 
Author-X-Name-First: Ng Sek 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong 
Author-Name: CAROLYN POON 
Author-X-Name-First: CAROLYN 
Author-X-Name-Last: POON 
Title: Economic Restructuring and HRM in Hong Kong 
Abstract:
  This article discusses the human resource implications of' business
 readjustment and advances in Hong Kong as its economy is restructured into
 a post-industrial centre of tertiary service industries. Corporate reforms
 are benchmarked against Western practices of exploring flexibilities and
 competitiveness which emphasize labour performance and cost savings.
 However, job security does not appear to have been eroded, possibly
 betraying an Oriental importance placed upon trust and commitment between
 employer and employee. As a meeting-place where Eastern and Western
 cultural practices interface, Hong Kong probably remains economically
 resilient by keeping its normative and institutional permissiveness in a
 hybrid mix of Western and Oriental practices. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 34-61 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000042 
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Author-Name: John Benson 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson 
Author-Name: Philippe Debroux 
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debroux 
Title: HRM in Japanese Enterprises: Trends and Challenges 
Abstract:
  The rise in thc Western concept of HRM parallels the global success of
 Japanese manufacturing enterprises. HRM in these firms emphasized an
 internal labour market and stable relationships between all stakeholders.
 The global environment may now require firms to shift to a more
 market-oriented approach. The evidence points to peripheral changes taking
 place but within the overall structure of traditional Japanese management.
 This gradualism has important implications for Western firms adopting the
 HRM paradigm. The context and configuration of HRM is the essence of
 Japanese managerial strategy. Failure of Western firms to recognize this
 will mean that HRM will lack a strategic focus and be unable to produce
 the desired outcomes. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 62-81 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000043 
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Author-Name: Johngseok Bae 
Author-X-Name-First: Johngseok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bae 
Title: Beyond Seniority-Based Systems: A Paradigm Shift in Korean HRM? 
Abstract:
  This contribution delineates human resource management in Korea in the
 context of macro environments, recent trends, and an international and
 comparative framework. Traditional seniority-based HRM systems with job
 stability, which worked well until the mid-1980s, have been recently
 challenged by global competition, in turn pushing towards ability and
 performance based systems with more flexibility. Therefore, two major
 issues of the recent trends are a &#x2018;seniority versus
 ability/performance&#x2019; dimension and a &#x2018;job stability versus
 flexibility&#x2019; dimension. Results from case studies and field data
 show that foreign firms from different countries had somewhat different
 employment policies. Finally, some implications of the results are
 discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 82-110 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000044 
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Author-Name: Maragtas S. V. Amante 
Author-X-Name-First: Maragtas 
Author-X-Name-Last: S. V. Amante 
Title: Converging and Diverging Trends in HRM: The Philippine &#x2018;Halo-Halo&#x2019; Approach 
Abstract:
  The article is an analysis of case studies of human resources in seven
 large, industry-leader and influential companies in the Philippines. The
 author analyzes the trends, and the motives for convergence and divergence
 of practices, in the workplace arising from openness to foreign investment
 and global/regional competition. Benchmark practices in human resource
 development bring about convergence, but innovations with entrenched local
 work practices and sensitivity to local cultural values ensure that
 Philippine HRM has its own characteristics. These practices could be
 called the Philippine meztizo or halo-halo (mixed) approach - most
 appropriate in the Philippine workplace, but which may not work in other
 foreign contexts. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 111-132 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000045 
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Author-Name: Yuen Chi-Ching 
Author-X-Name-First: Yuen 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chi-Ching 
Title: HRM Under Guided Economic Development: The Singapore Experience 
Abstract:
  The article begins with the three stages of Singapore's economic
 development as the context from which the local labour-management
 relations system emerged. This is followed by a discussion of the
 institutional framework under which the government managed to
 attractmulti-national enterprises to provide the necessary capital,
 technology, management expertise, and access to international markets -
 conditions required for the attainment of its economic goals. However,
 while the government did deliver a disciplined, hard-working and trained
 labour force, it also ensured that workers received a share of the wealth
 generated in the labour process. In the second part of the article, local
 employment practices, as well as the trends for future development are
 discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 133-151 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000046 
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Author-Name: Chen Shyh-Jer 
Author-X-Name-First: Chen 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shyh-Jer 
Title: The Development of HRM Practices in Taiwan 
Abstract:
  Small and medium-sized, mostly family-owned, enterprises employ more than
 60 per cent of paid employees in Taiwan; however, these enterprises
 traditionally do not have distinct human resource management functions. In
 contrast, state-owned and large-sized private enterprises have gradually
 established their human resource systems and learned HRM techniques from
 foreign-owned companies. The article first examines employment structure
 and labour market development in Taiwan, then evaluates employment
 legislation and the development of HRM functions, and finally identifies
 several major future challenges, such as employee participation and
 employment security. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 152-169 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000047 
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Author-Name: John J. Lawler 
Author-X-Name-First: John J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lawler 
Author-Name: Sununta Siengthai 
Author-X-Name-First: Sununta 
Author-X-Name-Last: Siengthai 
Author-Name: VINITA ATMIYANANDANA 
Author-X-Name-First: VINITA 
Author-X-Name-Last: ATMIYANANDANA 
Title: HRM in Thailand: Eroding Traditions 
Abstract:
  This study explores the changing HRM practices in Thailand, especially
 over the past decade, during which the country has undergone substantial
 economic growth. It begins by examining the employment practices of
 traditional family-owned enterprises, which differ substantially from what
 have become thought of as &#x2018;best practice&#x2019; in Western firms.
 It then analyzes the professionalization of employment practices in
 large-scale, publicly held Thai corporations. The final sections of the
 consider the nature of employment practices in the subsidiaries of
 multinational firms, which play a major role in the Thai economy. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 170-196 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000048 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Conclusion: Reassessing HRM's Convergence 
Abstract:
  This piece re-examines perspectives and evidence on the management of
 human resources and raises key issues, such as the role of labour, the
 state, and forms of flexibility. It seems that rather than simply being
 business-driven and introduced, the management of human resources remains
 influenced and constrained by key external influences. Despite some
 change, HRM often continues to be, on the one hand, diverse and dynamic
 while on the other, locationally-specific and contradictory, a situation
 many businesses and management gurus need to remember. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 197-210 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000049 
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Author-Name: Sally Chan 
Author-X-Name-First: Sally 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan 
Title: Migration, Cultural Identity and Assimilation Effects on Entrepreneurship for the Overseas Chinese in Britain 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 211-222 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000050 
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Author-Name: Stewart Clegg 
Author-X-Name-First: Stewart 
Author-X-Name-Last: Clegg 
Title: Chasing the Dragons: Confucianism, Culture and Capital 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 223-227 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000051 
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Author-Name: Ken Starkey 
Author-X-Name-First: Ken 
Author-X-Name-Last: Starkey 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 228-229 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000052 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 229-230 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000053 
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Author-Name: Stuart Metcalfe 
Author-X-Name-First: Stuart 
Author-X-Name-Last: Metcalfe 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 230-231 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000054 
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Author-Name: Lin Gan 
Author-X-Name-First: Lin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gan 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 231-233 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000055 
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Author-Name: Jim Ford 
Author-X-Name-First: Jim 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ford 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 233-234 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000056 
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Author-Name: Astede Woldie 
Author-X-Name-First: Astede 
Author-X-Name-Last: Woldie 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 234-235 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000057 
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Author-Name: John Denton 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Denton 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 235-236 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000058 
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Author-Name: Syed Tariq Anwar 
Author-X-Name-First: Syed 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tariq Anwar 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 236-237 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000059 
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Author-Name: Beverly Aston 
Author-X-Name-First: Beverly 
Author-X-Name-Last: Aston 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 238-238 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000060 
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Author-Name: Beverly Aston 
Author-X-Name-First: Beverly 
Author-X-Name-Last: Aston 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 239-239 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000061 
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Author-Name: Derek Shields 
Author-X-Name-First: Derek 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shields 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 239-240 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000062 
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Author-Name: Zhang Jian 
Author-X-Name-First: Zhang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jian 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 241-241 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000063 
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Author-Name: Zhang Jian 
Author-X-Name-First: Zhang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jian 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 242-242 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000064 
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Author-Name: Earl H. Kinmonth 
Author-X-Name-First: Earl H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kinmonth 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 243-244 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
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Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Brenton 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 244-245 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
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Author-Name: Jutta Howard 
Author-X-Name-First: Jutta 
Author-X-Name-Last: Howard 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 245-246 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
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Author-Name: Miguel Martinez Lucio 
Author-X-Name-First: Miguel Martinez 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lucio 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 246-247 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
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Author-Name: A. J. H. Latham 
Author-X-Name-First: A. J. H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Latham 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 247-247 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
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Author-Name: Eduard Vermeer 
Author-X-Name-First: Eduard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Vermeer 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 248-248 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 248-249 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
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Author-X-Name-First: Richard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cobbold 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 250-250 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
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Author-Name: V. V. Bhanojl Rao 
Author-X-Name-First: V. V. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhanojl Rao 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 251-251 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
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Author-Name: Laurie Graham 
Author-X-Name-First: Laurie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Graham 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 251-253 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000074 
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Author-Name: Susan Bassnett 
Author-X-Name-First: Susan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bassnett 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 253-253 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000075 
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Author-Name: Nick Humphreys 
Author-X-Name-First: Nick 
Author-X-Name-Last: Humphreys 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 254-254 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000076 
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Author-Name: John Tropman 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tropman 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 255-256 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 3 
Year: 1997 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389700000077 
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Author-Name: Matthias Kipping 
Author-X-Name-First: Matthias 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kipping 
Title: How unique is East Asian development? Comparing steel producers and users in East Asia and Western Europe 
Abstract:
  This article questions the &#x2018;uniqueness&#x2019; hypothesis of East
 Asian business by highlighting a number of interesting similarities
 between its steel industries and those of Western Europe. These
 similarities concern the relationship between the steelmakers and the
 steel-using industries in each of those countries and the way in which
 this relationship is co-ordinated. The article will attempt to demonstrate
 that, in this respect, Japan and South Korea followed two different and
 rather distinctive patterns, but had a lot in common with Germany and
 France respectively. The producer-user interaction has so far received
 only little attention in the relevant literature, but, as the following
 article shows, it is an important determinant or competitive advantage in
 steel production. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-23 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1997 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288174 
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Author-Name: C. L. Hung 
Author-X-Name-First: C. L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hung 
Title: The Chinese market from the Canadian perspective: obstacles and response tactics 
Abstract:
  This paper examines the obstacles faced by Canadian companies in their
 effort to crack the Chinese market and the business tactics that they have
 employed to overcome these obstacles. It is focused upon the industrial
 goods and services market at which Canadian companies have targeted their
 marketing efforts in China. The examination is based partly on secondary
 source data contained in Canadian government publications and the business
 press, and partly on primary information obtained in company interviews. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 24-38 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1997 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288184 
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Author-Name: Rex Li 
Author-X-Name-First: Rex 
Author-X-Name-Last: Li 
Title: China's investment environment: the security dimension 
Abstract:
  Since 1978 China has been reforming its economic system and pursuing an
 open door policy and has made remarkable progress in its economic
 performance. It is widely believed that China will continue to grow in the
 coming decades and that it will offer huge opportunities for foreign
 companies and investors. Much has been written on the internal
 characteristics of the Chinese market and how they might be influenced by
 social and economic change within the country. But the security dimension
 of China's investment environment has received little attention. This
 article attempts to fill a significant gap in the existing literature. It
 argues that unless foreign companies are aware of and prepared for the
 security challenges to a stable investment climate in China, they will not
 be able to fully benefit from what could be the world's biggest market in
 the twenty-first century. Three major external security challenges can
 potentially have negative effects on foreign investment in China: China's
 unresolved territorial disputes with its Asian neighbours; arms
 proliferation in the Asia-Pacific region; and China's fluctuating
 relationships with the United States and Japan. There are also three
 inter-related internal security factors which need to be considered: the
 rise of economic regionalism; leadership succession; and the role of the
 military in post-Deng Chinese politics. Despite these security
 uncertainties China remains a major market in the world which no business
 leaders can afford to ignore. There are both risks and opportunities in
 the Asia-Pacific region, and for China in particular. Foreign companies
 must try to understand the complexity of the security dimension of China's
 business environment, including domestic economic and political changes
 which could have security implications as well as external forces that
 shape China's security perceptions and policies and formulate their
 business strategies accordingly. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 39-62 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1997 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288194 
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Author-Name: Richard Bostock 
Author-X-Name-First: Richard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bostock 
Author-Name: Christopher Stoney 
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher 
Author-X-Name-Last: Stoney 
Title: Japanese corporate governance: governance for the twenty-first century or a model in decline? 
Abstract:
  As the search for more responsive and robust forms of corporate
 governance continues internationally, this paper seeks to inform the
 current debate concerning the relative strengths and limitations of the
 Japanese system in the context of the rising demands and expectations of
 global investors. Using the current literature within the field and the
 annual reports of the top 50 Japanese companies, we look at the state of
 Japanese corporate governance now and its response to domestic and
 international pressures for change. The key findings suggest that despite
 the literature predictions and growing dissatisfaction with the model,
 Japanese corporate governance has been slow to change. The major exception
 appears to be an increase in merger and acquisition activity, but even
 this was found to be along distinctively Japanese lines. Finally, we
 assess the future implications for developing forms of corporate
 governance in both East and West. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 63-82 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1997 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288204 
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Author-Name: Ng Sek-Hong 
Author-X-Name-First: Ng 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sek-Hong 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: At the break of dawn? Hong Kong industrial relations and propects under its political transition 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 83-96 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1997 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288214 
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Author-Name: Sally Chan 
Author-X-Name-First: Sally 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan 
Title: Oxford's South Asians as the entrepreneurial middle class? 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 97-102 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1997 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288224 
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Author-Name: Outi Aarnio 
Author-X-Name-First: Outi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Aarnio 
Title: What do development economists do nowadays? The Asian example 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 103-110 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1997 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288234 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: The rise of Deng's China 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 111-114 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1997 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288244 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Johngseok Bae 
Author-X-Name-First: Johngseok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bae 
Title: Introduction: the icarus paradox in Korean business and management 
Abstract:
  Some writers argue that modern history reveals that countries pass
 through &#x2018;cycles&#x2019; in economic leadership. The
 &#x2018;forerunners&#x2019; of industrialization used inventions and
 innovations as the major sources of their growth. On the other hand, newly
 industrializing countries, labelled &#x2018;latecomers&#x2019;
 vis-&#xE0;-vis the first groups, relied more on imitating, borrowing, or
 learning advanced technological and organizational capabilities to achieve
 national industrialization and eventually to gain national
 competitiveness. For some time, many have viewed such economies,
 especially the &#x2018;Asian Tigers&#x2019;, as a major force that will
 lead future world economic growth. However, such expectations have
 diminished with the recent financial crisis and contagion in Asia. The
 subject matter covered here includes the sources of economic growth and
 industrialization, the &#x2018;catch-up&#x2019; strategies of firms, and
 foreign investment. The causes of the recent financial crisis, and future
 possibilities for the Korean model of business and management, are also
 analysed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-17 
Issue: 2-3 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288334 
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Author-Name: John Cathie 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cathie 
Title: Financial contagion in East Asia and the origins of the economic and financial crisis in Korea 
Abstract:
  In this article the major elements of the 30 year old Asian development
 model are examined in the light of the financial crisis in the region. The
 notion of a common model is examined and found to be overstated. The
 monetary crisis in Asia has affected countries to different degrees, with
 Indonesia and Korea being particularly weakened. Korea has two major
 economic problems which can be traced to economic policies established in
 the 1960s. First, the industrial organization of the economy under a few
 industrial conglomerates, which has outlived its usefulness and is now a
 major source of the troubles in the economy. The conglomerates have been
 responsible for an investment policy where risk has been pushed to
 recklessness and the rate of return on capital employed is meagre. Second,
 banking policy, which is best characterized as a severe form of
 &#x2018;moral hazard&#x2019;. Both of these policies, while having played
 major parts in past economic successes, are now the main cause of a
 weakened economy in a globalized world. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 18-28 
Issue: 2-3 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288344 
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Author-Name: Robert Castley 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Castley 
Title: The Korean electronics industry: the Japanese role in its growth 
Abstract:
  Korea's electronics industry has developed to the point where it accounts
 for an increasing share of output, exports and employment. Its spectacular
 growth can be largely attributed to its rapid expansion to become the
 dominant export, accounting for more than a quarter of the total. To
 determine the causes of this performance, this contribution will look at
 both &#x2018;internal&#x2019; (government policy regimes, incentives) and
 &#x2018;external&#x2019; factors. It argues that domestic policies were
 only efective in so far as they were supported by external factors. Such
 export-orientated industrialization includes a cycle between investment,
 imports competitiveness and exports. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 29-47 
Issue: 2-3 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288354 
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Author-Name: Mike Hobday 
Author-X-Name-First: Mike 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hobday 
Title: Latecomer catch-up strategies in electronics: Samsung of Korea and ACER of Taiwan 
Abstract:
  Very little is known about the strategies by which East Asian firms
 acquired foreign technology and managed to &#x2018;catch up&#x2019; in
 electronics. Unlike Western and Japanese innovation
 &#x2018;leaders&#x2019; and &#x2018;followers&#x2019;, East Asian firms
 are &#x2018;latecomers&#x2019;, dislocated from advanced markets,
 demanding buyers and international sources of technology. This work
 examines the cases of two leading latecomers - Samsung Electronics of
 Korea and ACER of Taiwan - to generate insights into how electronics
 manufacturers overcame barriers to entry and became strong competitors on
 the world stage. The aim is to highlight the sources, paths and mechanisms
 of learning in the two firms, relating these patterns to corporate
 strategy, organization and performance. This contribution argues that
 latecomers reversed the traditional research and development centred
 pattern of innovation, travelling backwards along the product life cycle,
 from mature to early stages. A simple model is put forward to show how
 latecomer firms progressed up the technological ladder within the
 electronics subcontract system called original equipment manufacture.
 Attention is also drawn to theoretical implications and the strengths,
 remaining weaknesses and future challenges facing latecomer firms. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 48-83 
Issue: 2-3 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288364 
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Author-Name: Youngsoo Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Youngsoo 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Title: Global competition and latecomer production strategies: Samsung of Korea in China 
Abstract:
  This contribution illustrates how latecomer multinational companies
 (MNCs) have organized international production activities and maintained
 their competitive advantage under growing global competition. In doing so,
 an interdisciplinary approach, including an evolutionary theory of MNCs,
 global strategic management, and organizational and technological
 learning, is adopted through the case study of Samsung Electronics as a
 sample latecomer MNC. Samsung reveals that competition in the electronics
 industry in China is based on the diferential capabilities of players in
 the market, and their ability to transfer and improve these capabilities
 faster than competitors. Latecomer MNCs' foreign subsidiaries are under
 strong pressure to be actively involved in design and product development
 activities near to production facilities. In order to gain a sustainable
 competitive advantage, foreign subsidiaries of latecomer MNCs need to
 rapidly improve their product innovation capability by combining knowledge
 transferred from the MNC headquarters and global subsidiaries' networks
 with information about consumer requirements in the foreign location. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 84-108 
Issue: 2-3 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288374 
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Author-Name: Roger Van Hoesel 
Author-X-Name-First: Roger 
Author-X-Name-Last: Van Hoesel 
Title: The emergence of Korean and Taiwanese multinationals in Europe: prospects and limitations 
Abstract:
  Although the outward orientation of the Korean and Taiwanese economies in
 the past was confined to their export activities, during the last decade
 and a half they have emerged as important home countries of overseas
 investment. In this contribution, special attention is paid to their
 investment activities in Europe, about which very little is known. After a
 short theoretical discussion of their &#x2018;deviant&#x2019;
 (&#x2018;late&#x2019;) industrialization patterns, the investments of two
 Korean (consumer electronics) and two Taiwanese (computer) companies in
 Europe are examined in detail. Special attention is paid to their actual
 operations in the region, the motivations to invest and the problems faced
 in building up a strong position in this part of the industrialized world.
 It will be shown that the late industrialization nature of the Korean and
 Taiwanese economies has considerably influenced their internationalization
 patterns. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 109-129 
Issue: 2-3 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288384 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Johngseok Bae 
Author-X-Name-First: Johngseok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bae 
Title: Conclusion: Korean business and management -- the end of the model? 
Abstract:
  Recent financial crisis has raised questions about the underpinnings and
 longevity of economic success in Asia, and has reminded us to be sceptical
 of pundits and the eponymous populist predictions relating to the region.
 Several perspectives can guide the analysis and evaluation of
 industrialization, from &#x2018;state&#x2019; versus
 &#x2018;market&#x2019;, &#x2018;internal&#x2019; versus
 &#x2018;external&#x2019;, and &#x2018;macro&#x2019; versus
 &#x2018;micro&#x2019;. Companies in Korea as &#x2018;latecomers&#x2019;
 have pursued &#x2018;catch-up&#x2019; strategies. However, Korean
 corporate capabilities reside in a restricted number of industries, firms
 and functions (production), and are poor elsewhere, such as in marketing,
 technology (design and development) and organization, and small and
 medium-sized enterprises. Furthermore, many factors regarded once as
 sources of Korea's success are now seen as weaknesses. The future
 challenges facing Korea include its dirigiste economy, organizational
 structures and governance, financial transparency and labour market
 flexibility. While there are undoubted problems, its urgent tasks are not
 insurmountable. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 130-139 
Issue: 2-3 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288394 
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Author-Name: Toru Yoshikawa 
Author-X-Name-First: Toru 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoshikawa 
Title: Corporate governance system in Japan: hifting monitoring mechanisms and the recent trend 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 140-148 
Issue: 2-3 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288404 
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Author-Name: Outi Aarnio 
Author-X-Name-First: Outi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Aarnio 
Title: The strains of economic growth in Korea: isn't broad-based growth enough after all? 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 149-156 
Issue: 2-3 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288414 
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Author-Name: Christian De Cock 
Author-X-Name-First: Christian 
Author-X-Name-Last: De Cock 
Title: Of strategy, warfare and fiction: writings on Sun Tzu 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 157-161 
Issue: 2-3 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288424 
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Author-Name: Keith Goodall 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Goodall 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: HRM dilemmas in China: the case of foreign-invested enterprises in Shanghai 
Abstract:
  How can we best understand how people are managed in the new kinds of
 Western-influenced enterprises currently emerging in the People's Republic
 of China? In this article, we look in depth at 20 Shanghai-based,
 foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in order to analyse their human
 resource dilemmas as well as related issues facing them in the Chinese
 market. We have, in this context, examined key HRM (human resource
 management) problem areas, such as recruitment and compensation, using
 semi-structured interviews and questionnaires and have used this data to
 begin to build conceptual models which can be further tested in future
 investigations. The main conclusions we present are that current
 discussions around the &#x2018;localization&#x2019; of HRM practices often
 fail to deal adequately with the complexities of the Chinese environment,
 and that FIE responses to these environmental complexities appear to have
 been characterized in the literature as far more planned and rational than
 appears to be the case from our fieldwork. The current investigation also
 reinforces our previous view that overly neat generalisations about HRM
 practices in this context are unsustainable. The debate should rather be
 re-framed to take into account critical differences between individual
 strands of HR policy and practice. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-21 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288264 
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Author-Name: Tony Fu-Lai Yu 
Author-X-Name-First: Tony Fu-Lai 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu 
Title: Hong Kong's industrial success: an entrepreneurial perspective 
Abstract:
  This article examines the role of entrepreneurship in the
 industrialization of Hong Kong. Kirzner's concept of entrepreneurship is
 applied to explain the industrial dynamics of the economy. Using the
 electronics industry as illustration, this article argues that Hong Kong's
 manufacturing industry has been driven principally by adaptive
 entrepreneurship, which takes the form of small-scale enterprise, product
 imitation, subcontracting and spatial arbitrage. Furthermore, those firms
 adopting imitative strategies were able to survive, though many of them
 relied on very small profit margins. Radical innovative strategies were
 seldom adopted and were not feasible in the environment of Hong Kong.
 Adopting adaptive entrepreneurial strategies, Hong Kong's manufacturers
 learned from foreign firms and imitated their products. Later, by
 exporting improved commodities at lower prices, they competed against the
 original suppliers from economically more advanced countries. This
 constitutes Hong Kong's industrial success. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 22-35 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288274 
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Author-Name: T. Roger Pyatt 
Author-X-Name-First: T. Roger 
Author-X-Name-Last: Pyatt 
Author-Name: Michael Trimarchi 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael 
Author-X-Name-Last: Trimarchi 
Title: Inter-organizational interaction in Intra-Asia business: a four-country study 
Abstract:
  The preliminary research presented here is based upon the fundamental
 belief portrayed within the &#x2018;interactions paradigm&#x2019;; that
 existing interorganizational relationships must be maintained and
 strengthened to protect against growing competitive pressures. Equally
 important, to survive in the increasingly international competitive
 environment of the next decade Asia Pacific suppliers must aggressively
 seek to establish new relationships in intra-Asian, trans-Pacific and
 global markets. Based upon an empirically tested development of this
 approach, this article provides a picture of the quality of the
 international marketing and purchasing interactions in two regions of Asia
 Pacific. That is, between Hong Kong Chinese managers (buyers) and managers
 (sellers) from two pairs of East and Southeast Asian countries. The first
 pair are ethnic Chinese sellers from the coastal group of the Southeast
 Asian Overseas Chinese diaspora in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The second pair
 are East Asians from South Korea and Japan. The results are based upon a
 self-completing questionnaire survey of managers working in Hong Kong. A
 number of relationship dimensions as identified by Ford (1990b) provide
 the underpinnings for this research, which is given a primarily
 qualitative interpretation. The focus is upon maintaining and
 strengthening the customer base to protect it against growing competitive
 pressures and understanding how customers buy (Turnbull, 1994). In a
 series of footnotes the article also touches lightly upon the implications
 of fluctuations of Southeast Asian currencies of late-1997 for
 organizational relationship strategies. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 36-52 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288284 
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Author-Name: Howard Cox 
Author-X-Name-First: Howard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cox 
Author-Name: Stuart Metcalfe 
Author-X-Name-First: Stuart 
Author-X-Name-Last: Metcalfe 
Title: The Borneo company limited: origins of a nineteenth-century networked multinational 
Abstract:
  The origins of British-based trading companies are to be found in the
 international mercantile networks which linked together Britain's
 commercial centres with the rest of the world during the nineteenth
 century. One such network, drawing together participants with operations
 in Singapore and Sarawak, was formalized under the title of The Borneo
 Company Limited (BCL) between 1851 and 1856. To function effectively,
 these inter-personal networks of merchants required a high degree of
 trustworthiness among the participants in order to overcome
 principal/agent problems, since direct supervision from the headquarters
 in London was not feasible. However, in order to expand, it was necessary
 to widen the circle of network participants and to incorporate new types
 of competence. This contribution analyses the early history of BCL with a
 view to understanding the way in which the process of growth was managed,
 distinguishing between three different types of expansion: engaging in
 production as well as trade; extending the geographical scope of the
 organization; and diversifying into new markets. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 53-69 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288294 
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Author-Name: Stewart Clegg 
Author-X-Name-First: Stewart 
Author-X-Name-Last: Clegg 
Title: Japanese encounters with postmodernity 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 70-72 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288304 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Changing gears? Developments in the world car industry 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 73-79 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288314 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Modernizing China's economy and management in the 1990s 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 80-84 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 4 
Year: 1998 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389812331288324 
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Author-Name: Martin Kenney 
Author-X-Name-First: Martin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kenney 
Title: Institutions and knowledge: The dilemmas of success in the korean electronics industry 
Abstract:
  This article explains the growth of the Korean electronics industry by
 discussing the salient aspects of the Korean political economy with
 special attention to the Korean electronics industry. These institutional
 features are highlighted by case studies of the television industry and
 its key component, the cathode ray tube, and DRAM (dynamic random access
 memory) semiconductors. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-28 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331287903 
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Author-Name: Limin Wang 
Author-X-Name-First: Limin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang 
Author-Name: Roger Strange 
Author-X-Name-First: Roger 
Author-X-Name-Last: Strange 
Author-Name: Jian Chen 
Author-X-Name-First: Jian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen 
Title: Are the newly industrializing economies rivals for the European union in trading with China? 
Abstract:
  The aim of this article is to assess the competitiveness of the EU and
 the NIEs in trading with, and investing in, China since the early 1980s
 when China started to participate openly in the world economy. To address
 this issue, we employ specially constructed bilateral trade figures and
 data on the structure of trade by technology group. We find that, although
 the NIEs accounted for a larger proportion of total China trade, their
 exports to China were mainly low-technology goods. The EU's relatively
 small share of total China trade was not worsened by the expansion of the
 NIEs-China trade, and their exports to China were complementary to that
 from the NIEs and competed with Japan. In addition, the role of Hong Kong
 in re-export trade and FDI by NIEs in China are important in revealing
 trade patterns and trends among those regions. Our findings have important
 policy implications, in particular regarding R&D policies. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 29-44 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331287913 
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Author-Name: W. Miles Fletcher 
Author-X-Name-First: W. Miles 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fletcher 
Title: Co-operation and competition in the rise of the Japanese cotton spinning industry, 1890--1926 
Abstract:
  This study examines competition and co-operation in the modern Japanese
 cotton spinning industry through analysing the practice of production
 curtailments implemented by the Japan Spinners Association. These
 temporary cutbacks of output became common after 1900. Through a long
 process of trial and error, they gradually achieved a complex blend of
 cooperation and competition. Contrary to critics' views, the curtailments
 served a constructive purpose in providing stability to an industry
 vulnerable to abrupt swings in the world prices of raw cotton and of yarn.
 As a strategy devised to meet specific challenges at a particular time,
 the curtailments became central to the Japanese cotton spinning industry
 and provided a precedent for aspects of Japan's industrial policies later
 on. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 45-70 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331287923 
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Author-Name: Chow Siu Lan Maria 
Author-X-Name-First: Chow Siu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lan Maria 
Author-Name: Yaw Debrah 
Author-X-Name-First: Yaw 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debrah 
Author-Name: J. Barton Cunningham 
Author-X-Name-First: J. Barton 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cunningham 
Title: Determining the future challenges in industrial relations management in Singapore: A Delphi approach 
Abstract:
  This study uses a Delphi technique to determine the future challenges in
 industrial relations (IR) management in Singapore. It attempts to explore
 whether Singapore needs to make any changes to its consensual IR system.
 In this respect, it examines whether the IR system that was put in place
 in the 1960s, when the country embarked on its industrialization process,
 is congruent with the current shift towards a high value-added and
 technological economy. The Delphi method is used to tap the views of IR
 experts on this issue. The results of the study indicate a number of
 potential problems and challenges facing the Singapore IR system. One such
 problem is the lack of capable union leaders who can educate the workforce
 on the need to use skills training and upgrading to improve productivity.
 The implications of the study are discussed, as are the recommendations
 arising from the study. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 71-91 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331287933 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: China watching 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 92-97 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331287943 
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Author-Name: Philip Garrahan 
Author-X-Name-First: Philip 
Author-X-Name-Last: Garrahan 
Author-Name: John Ritchie 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ritchie 
Title: Introduction: arresting development -- East Asian FDI and regional change 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-15 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331287963 
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Author-Name: Louise Amoore 
Author-X-Name-First: Louise 
Author-X-Name-Last: Amoore 
Title: Fast but fragile: British restructuring for foreign direct investment in a global era 
Abstract:
  In the &#x2018;globalization&#x2019; debates of the early 1990s, the
 Anglo-American practices of rapid restructuring to achieve
 &#x2018;attractiveness&#x2019; to foreign direct investment tended to be
 presented as the universal panacea for dealing with the pressures of
 global change. However, the East Asian economic crises of the late 1990s
 have precipitated a widespread questioning, both of the export-oriented
 &#x2018;Asian model&#x2019; of development, and of the possible contagion
 spreading to the western financial market and &#x2018;FDI
 attracting&#x2019; western states. This article considers the &#x2018;fast
 but fragile&#x2019; nature of Anglo-Saxon style restructuring in the light
 of the political-economic and social crises experienced by East Asian
 state-societies. The discussion focuses specifically on the British
 approach to restructuring for FDI, arguing that this reflects and embodies
 both a distinctive set of state-societal relations, and a distinctive
 understanding of what the process of globalization implies for these
 relations. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 16-35 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331287973 
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Author-Name: Marie Conte-Helm 
Author-X-Name-First: Marie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Conte-Helm 
Title: The road from Nissan to Samsung: a historical overview of East Asian investment in a UK region 
Abstract:
  Japan's relationship with the North East of England is often charted from
 the 1984 investment by the car manufacturer, Nissan, in its Sunderland
 plant. The aftermath of that investment decision saw not only a wave of
 Japanese manufacturing investment descending upon the North East but also
 other investments from Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong following in its wake.
 This article attempts to situate the experience of Japanese investment in
 the North East in the wider context of the region's more long-term
 associations with Japan. It looks to the legacy of the past in the
 building of Japanese battleships on Tyneside and other episodes of
 technology transfer in the late nineteenth century. It juxtaposes the
 subsequent changes in the region's industrial base with the post-war
 history of Japanese investment in the UK. With the arrival of NSK, the
 Japanese ball-bearings manufacturer, in County Durham in 1974, a new
 relationship can be seen to have emerged along with a regional
 infrastructure which supported further East Asian investment at the height
 of the bubble economy. The spreading out of that investment, its social
 and cultural impact and the consequences of the bubble bursting are
 explored at a time when claims for the dawning of &#x2018;the Pacific
 century&#x2019; have been seriously called into question. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 36-58 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331287983 
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Author-Name: Ian Stone 
Author-X-Name-First: Ian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Stone 
Title: East Asian FDI and the UK periphery 
Abstract:
  This article has two main components. The first section charts the
 emergence of Japanese and (subsequently) other East Asian countries as
 major sources of FDI on a global scale. It outlines the timing,
 characteristics and spatial pattern of these FDI flows, especially as they
 relate to Europe and the UK, which is a primary host economy for such
 investment. The second element analyses the development and character of
 the East Asian investment flows into the North of England. It assesses the
 contribution of these flows to overall job generation in the region,
 alongside that in other peripheral UK regions, which compete with the
 North to attract inward investment. The article ends by considering
 implications for the region's foreign-owned sector arising out of the
 current crisis affecting Asia. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 59-94 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331287993 
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Author-Name: John Ritchie 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ritchie 
Title: Working miracles? regional renewal and East Asian interlinkages 
Abstract:
  This contribution considers the arguments surrounding claims that a
 &#x2018;New&#x2019; North East is arising as a particular result of an
 upsurgent regional economic miracle whose frontal East Asian interlinkages
 promise continuing business and organizational transformations ahead.
 Largely off-circuit for other economic miracle claims before, this
 &#x2018;New&#x2019; North East benefits from both any supposed British
 economic miracle at large and that recently associated with East Asia
 generally. But while current British state-public narratives constantly
 reiterate miraculous transformational possibilities, others constitute
 their chances very differently. Using a concept-led social
 constructionalist perspective this contribution explores alternative
 interpretations of the North East economic trajectory which constitute any
 East Asian interlinkages several other ways. It finally acknowledges
 differing debates over what roles these interlinkages actually play while
 posing further questions about where else the North East regional economic
 trajectory might be headed instead. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 95-110 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331288003 
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Author-Name: Carol Burdis 
Author-X-Name-First: Carol 
Author-X-Name-Last: Burdis 
Author-Name: Frank Peck 
Author-X-Name-First: Frank 
Author-X-Name-Last: Peck 
Title: East Asian investment and reinvestment in the 1990s: implications for regional development 
Abstract:
  There has been considerable debate in recent literature concerning the
 regional implications of corporate organization based on complex forms of
 networking. In particular, it has been suggested that recent international
 investments are more sophisticated and more beneficial to host economies.
 This article explores the relevance of these ideas using case studies of
 reinvestments within East Asian plants located in the North East of
 England. Examples show how reinvestment decisions can create incremental
 improvements in the status of production locations. The implications of
 this for the design and delivery of aftercare services through regional
 development organizations are explored. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 111-131 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331288013 
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Author-Name: Andrew Pike 
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew 
Author-X-Name-Last: Pike 
Author-Name: John Tomaney 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tomaney 
Title: East Asian FDI and the political economy of local development 
Abstract:
  This article situates the experience of the North East region within the
 context of the debates concerning East Asian FDI and the political economy
 of local development. The analysis looks in detail at the Sedgefield
 Borough economy to offer a more critical reading of the role of East Asian
 FDI in local economic development. The study concludes that East Asian FDI
 is a small but significant segment of the local economy which reveals
 evidence of some &#x2018;leading edge&#x2019; developments in particular
 areas in tandem with a recurrence of the structural characteristics
 reminiscent of previous &#x2018;branch plant&#x2019; investments. The
 conclusions for the business support network concern the need to change
 the focus and apparent control over the local economic development
 strategy and to forge strong links to the agenda of more active regional
 institutions and policy being promoted by the current Labour government. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 132-160 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331288023 
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Author-Name: Ian Roberts 
Author-X-Name-First: Ian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Roberts 
Author-Name: Tim Strangleman 
Author-X-Name-First: Tim 
Author-X-Name-Last: Strangleman 
Title: Managing culture and the manipulation of difference: a case study of second-generation transplant 
Abstract:
  This contribution studies the processes and tensions involved in the
 introduction of management techniques, largely inspired by the Japanese
 example, into a non-Japanese manufacturing firm in the North East of
 England. In treating culture as something an organization
 <italic>has</italic> rather than something an organization
 <italic>is</italic>, management were able to introduce a new approach by
 actively using divisions existing among workers, particularly those along
 the axes of age and gender and skill. While successful in the short term
 the changes appear as brittle in the longer term context of skill deficits
 and the fluctuating demand for labour within the firm. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 161-182 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331288033 
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Author-Name: Andrew Cumbers 
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cumbers 
Title: The transformation of employment relations in the UK's old industrial regions: a regional comparison of the experience of Japanization 
Abstract:
  This contribution presents a comparative analysis of the impact of
 Japanese inward investment on employment relations in the North East of
 England and South Wales. In particular, it examines the experience of
 &#x2018;Japanization&#x2019; in both regions within the context of
 on-going processes of employment restructuring. While there is some
 variation in impact between regions, overall the evidence suggests that
 Japanization is helping to transform the work environment. However, it is
 not resulting in the idealized model of harmonious employment relations
 depicted by some commentators, but is part of a wider shift towards a more
 coercive set of employment practices. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 183-200 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331288043 
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Author-Name: Jeffrey Henderson 
Author-X-Name-First: Jeffrey 
Author-X-Name-Last: Henderson 
Author-Name: Noriko Hama 
Author-X-Name-First: Noriko 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hama 
Author-Name: Bernard Eccleston 
Author-X-Name-First: Bernard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Eccleston 
Author-Name: Grahame Thompson 
Author-X-Name-First: Grahame 
Author-X-Name-Last: Thompson 
Title: Deciphering the East Asian crisis 
Abstract:
  Based on a roundtable discussion, the article surveys the causes and
 consequences of the East Asian economic crisis as it began to take root
 from the middle of 1997. While retaining the form of a debate, and thus
 exhibiting some disagreement between the participants, it deals with the
 macroeconomic and international dimensions of the problem, as well as the
 domestic and institutional sources of the crisis in each of the relevant
 societies. It concludes with a commentary on some of the likely long-term
 effects of the crisis for East Asia and for the global economy more
 generally. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 201-219 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1998 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389912331295274 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Introduction: China's Managerial Revolution 
Abstract:
  In recent years, the reform of Chinese management has been high on the
 PRC government's agenda. Since 1978, China has been moving from a command
 economy to a socialist market economy. As part of this process, it has had
 to turn its economic cadres into managers. In this edited collection, we
 first look at the ways in which the Dengist market-driven management model
 has been introduced, first at the macro level and then at the micro,
 enterprise level. Then we look at how old state-owned
 &#x2018;dinosaur&#x2019; firms are being reformed, which has potentially
 enormous implications for managers. The &#x2018;contract
 responsibility&#x2019; system, another theme we analyse, has, for example,
 increased managers' autonomy in decision making. We also look at specific
 examples of such reforms in the construction industry and in sales
 management. In addition, themes such as setting up a joint venture,
 managerial and organizational learning, as well as managers' motivation
 and HRM, are discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-10 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000001 
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Author-Name: Douglas N. Ross 
Author-X-Name-First: Douglas N. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ross 
Title: Communitarian Capitalism: A &#x2018;Market&#x2019; Model for China? 
Abstract:
  As capitalist regimes of the global triad &#x2014; American-style
 &#x2018;individualistic&#x2019;, European &#x2018;statist&#x2019;, and
 Japanese-style &#x2018;communitarian&#x2019; &#x2014; contend for
 dominance in the emerging world economic order, China is emerging as a
 critical battleground. This study examines the utility of the
 communitarian model for China's transition to market socialism. The first
 section presents salient features of Japanese-style capitalism; the second
 evaluates the model in terms of political-economic and socio-cultural
 institutional environments. The conclusion sets out implications for both
 Chinese leaders and foreign firms. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 11-28 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000002 
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Author-Name: Jan Selmer 
Author-X-Name-First: Jan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Selmer 
Author-Name: Carolyn Erdener 
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn 
Author-X-Name-Last: Erdener 
Author-Name: Rosalie L. Tung 
Author-X-Name-First: Rosalie 
Author-X-Name-Last: L. Tung 
Author-Name: Verner Worm 
Author-X-Name-First: Verner 
Author-X-Name-Last: Worm 
Author-Name: Denis F. Simon 
Author-X-Name-First: Denis 
Author-X-Name-Last: F. Simon 
Title: Managerial Adaptation in a Transitional Economy: China 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 29-46 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000003 
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Author-Name: Paul L. Forrester 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Forrester 
Author-Name: Robin S. Porter 
Author-X-Name-First: Robin S. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Porter 
Title: The Politics of Management in People's China: From CMRS to Modern Enterprise and Beyond 
Abstract:
  This study reviews and analyses the changes in management systems in the
 People's Republic of China over the last decade. Within the wider context
 of the Open Door policy, the modernization of industry and increased
 enterprise autonomy, the contract management responsibility system (CMRS)
 and, more recently, the modern enterprise system (MES) have been
 introduced. These both provide enterprises (and the managers within them)
 with a framework within which to practise. This analysis describes the
 CMRS and the IMES and then, on the basis of discussions and interviews
 with factory managers, and with officials responsible at the macro level
 for monitoring the itnplementation of policy, analyses the implications of
 the changes. The authors conclude that, despite the introduction of a
 degree of management discretion and independence, differences in opinion
 persist on what, precisely, are the current industrial problems, and
 therefore what to do to address them. There have, consequently, been mixed
 reports on the success or otherwise of both systems. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 47-72 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000004 
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Author-Name: Roger Bennett 
Author-X-Name-First: Roger 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bennett 
Title:  <italic>Guanxi</italic> and Salesforce Management Practices in China 
Abstract:
  Executives in 111 foreign enterprises selling within the People's
 Republic of China completed questionnaires examining the extents to which
 guanxi was recognized as a critical factor in salesforce marketing, and
 the influences of such recognition on their companies' local salesforce
 remuneration policies. The results suggest that businesses which did
 regard guanxi as important for Chinese salesforce marketing were more
 likely to employ behaviour-based than outcome-based reward systems. This
 finding is compatible with the proposition that the banking and recall of
 personal favours, network integration, willingness to rely on partners and
 other guanxi-related characteristics can lead to sales performances for
 which outcome-based remuneration systems may not be appropriate.
 Notwithstanding the influence of guanxi on the manners in which
 salespeople were paid, volatility in the business environments within
 which firms operated encouraged their managements to adopt more market-led
 approaches to remuneration. Differences in the perceptions of the role of
 guanxi held by managers in foreign firms based in Chinese commonwealth and
 in other countries were also investigated. It emerged that companies based
 in the Chinese commonwealth acknowledged the importance of guanxi to a
 greater extent than companies with headquarters in Western nations. The
 longer a company had operated in China the more likely it was to
 incorporate guanxi considerations into its local management systems. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 73-93 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000005 
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Author-Name: Ping Lan 
Author-X-Name-First: Ping 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lan 
Title: Management in the Chinese Construction Industry 
Abstract:
  One important aim of economic reform in China is to allow state-owned
 enterprises to be more market driven. This contribution, based on an
 industry competition model and four cornerstones for indicating economy
 transformation, scrutinizes the major changes taking place in the Chinese
 construction industry. It finds that the behaviour of key stakeholders
 such as managers, contractors, government, suppliers, clients, and new
 entrants in the industry has dramatically changed. However, a contractual
 chain within the industry is far from complete, and relationships between
 the main stakeholders are problematic. Thus, further reforms are needed to
 maintain industry's orderly development. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 94-118 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000006 
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Author-Name: Simonetta Ilari 
Author-X-Name-First: Simonetta 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ilari 
Author-Name: Adrienne La Grange 
Author-X-Name-First: Adrienne La 
Author-X-Name-Last: Grange 
Title: Transferring Ownership-specific Advantages to a Joint Venture in China 
Abstract:
  In 1994, a Sino-Italian joint venture was established in Foshan (China)
 to manufacture and sell motorcycles. The Italian parent company perceived
 important ownership-specific advantages in investing directly in China.
 These included its state-of-the-art production process, its marketing and
 distribution network, and its organizational and work concept. Indeed, it
 was intended to virtually &#x2018;replicate&#x2019; these features of the
 parent company in China. This study explores problems experienced in
 attempting to reproduce these features of the parent company's European
 operation during the start-up phase of its Chinese affiliate. One problem
 was that core suppliers were reluctant to relocate part of their
 operations to China, making it difficult for the parent company to
 &#x2018;replicate&#x2019; its production process abroad. There were also
 major difficulties in transferring the principles of its marketing and
 distribution network and its organization structure and work concept to
 China. While it is possible that many of these preliminary problems would
 be overcome and the parent company would realize its vision for its
 Chinese affiliate over time, this case-study not only highlights the
 complexity of harnessing ownership-specific advantages of foreign direct
 investment (FDI) in China, but also raises important issues about the
 expansion of FDI from low technology to medium technology enterprises in
 the circumstances prevailing in China. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 119-146 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000007 
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Author-Name: John Child 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Child 
Author-Name: Sally Heavens 
Author-X-Name-First: Sally 
Author-X-Name-Last: Heavens 
Title: Managing Corporate Networks from America to China 
Abstract:
  Multinational corporations (MNCs) are making a major contribution to
 China's economic development. This analysis examines how eight prominent
 American MNCs are handling the process of linking the management of their
 China joint ventures into their global structures. It looks at how the
 MNCs are addressing the tensions that arise between maintaining control in
 terms of their worldwide standards while attempting simultaneously to
 adapt to the complex and dynamic environment of China. The reconciliation
 of these requirements depends on a relatively few focal actors, who are
 located at critical interfaces within the MNCs' internal networks between
 the China joint ventures and the corporate level. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 147-180 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000008 
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Author-Name: Yanni Yan 
Author-X-Name-First: Yanni 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yan 
Title: Managerial and Organizational Learning in Chinese Firms 
Abstract:
  This investigation has thrown light on ways in which international joint
 ventures (IJVs) are addressing the issues of balance between the need to
 learn the knowledge and management practices introduced by the other
 partners and the need for the partners to maintain that level of control
 which enables them to secure appropriate returns from their equity
 investment. The results from the investigation of 67 IJVs show equity can
 be used as an appropriate indicator for examining both the process and the
 outcome of learning embedded in the organization. They also suggest that
 the control leveraged from a majority equity share can be used to
 safeguard knowledge and competencies whilst simultaneously responding to
 the necessity to incorporate the knowledge and management practices of its
 partner. Learning achieved in an IJV may not necessarily relate only to
 the control mechanisms exercised as there are many other variables that
 may have an impact including attitudes, cultural capital building, or even
 government policy. This study thus highlights the relationship between the
 impact derived from the ways of committing the resources onto an IJV and
 its contribution to the learning achieved in an IJV.  
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 181-203 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000009 
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Author-Name: Bahman P. Ebrahimi 
Author-X-Name-First: Bahman P. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ebrahimi 
Title: Motivation to Manage in China: Implications for Strategic HRM 
Abstract:
  Since 1979, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has made tremendous
 economic progress. As a result, China and its management practices have
 received increasing research attention. Human resource management
 practices in China have been extensively explored elsewhere.
 Unfortunately, little research has dealt with the concept of hierarchical
 role motivation theory; its main construct, motivation to manage; and its
 potential implications for strategic human resource practices in the PRC.
 The study reported here is an attempt to fill this void. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 204-222 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000010 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Author-Name: Keith Goodall 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Goodall 
Author-Name: Daniel Z. Ding 
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel Z. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ding 
Title: The &#x2018;Myth&#x2019; of Human Resource Management in Chinese Enterprises 
Abstract:
  This study examines changing labour-management practices in China's
 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in comparison with those in joint ventures
 (JVs). Based on a sample of 62 firms in seven Chinese major cities, it
 explores the degree to which HRM practices are a &#x2018;myth&#x2019;. The
 researchers carried out semi-structured interviews with managers and other
 employees at all levels. The role of trade unions and workers' congresses
 are also examined. The results show that the ownership type, size of the
 firm, and its location are important factors affecting the extent to which
 these enterprises have adapted to market-orientated HRM practices. The
 study concludes that most firms have not fully made this adaptation, and
 that even where it has been taken up, it has in many cases only been done
 so partially due to organizational inertia, amongst other factors. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 223-237 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000011 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Conclusions: Implications for Employment, Organization and Society 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 238-246 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000012 
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Author-Name: Judith Hollows 
Author-X-Name-First: Judith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hollows 
Title: Asia Pacific Economic Development: The Significance of the Market, the State, and Society 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 247-249 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000013 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 250-251 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000014 
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Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellis 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 252-254 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000015 
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Author-Name: Robert Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 254-254 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000016 
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Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Street 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 255-256 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000017 
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Author-X-Name-First: J.R. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Slater 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 256-257 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000018 
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Author-Name: Gitte Heij 
Author-X-Name-First: Gitte 
Author-X-Name-Last: Heij 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 257-258 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000019 
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Author-Name: Richard T. Phillips 
Author-X-Name-First: Richard T. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Phillips 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 258-259 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000020 
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Author-Name: Conrad Lashley 
Author-X-Name-First: Conrad 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lashley 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 259-260 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
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Author-X-Name-First: D. Hugh 
Author-X-Name-Last: Whittaker 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 260-261 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000022 
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Author-Name: Jian Zhang 
Author-X-Name-First: Jian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 261-262 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000023 
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Author-Name: David Bennett 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bennett 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 262-264 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 5 
Year: 1999 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602389900000024 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald 
Title: Managed in Hong Kong: economic development, competitiveness and deindustrialization 
Abstract:
  Hong Kong's economic successes are evident. As ever, the interpretation
 of this phenomenon at the level of politics, culture, human capital and
 business organization is less obvious, though a familiar list of the
 &#x2018;usual suspects&#x2019; of &#x2018;explanations&#x2019; has
 emerged. Hong Kong now faces new and renewed challenges which are linked
 to shifts in the industrial structure, emerging market demands and the
 interconnected upgrading of both production and human resources, in
 addition to the implications of reunification. Key themes of national
 competitiveness, deindustrialization and the upgrading of production
 facilities and human resources are all shown to be important, but also
 multi-layered and hazy concepts. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-12 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289080 
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Author-Name: Mick Carney 
Author-X-Name-First: Mick 
Author-X-Name-Last: Carney 
Author-Name: Howard Davies 
Author-X-Name-First: Howard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies 
Title: From entrepot to entrepot via merchant manufacturing: adaptive mechanisms, organizational capabilities and the structure of the Hong Kong economy 
Abstract:
  The economy of Hong Kong has developed a mix of adaptation mechanisms
 which has yielded spectacular performance. In one part of the mix, small
 Chinese family businesses provide an &#x2018;entrepreneurial&#x2019;
 adaptation mechanism which reacts quickly to price signals. Elsewhere
 &#x2018;peak organizations&#x2019; with deep hierarchies have coordinated
 activities which involve scale and scope. This has led to the development
 of a particular and restricted set of organizational capabilities which
 are ill suited to the &#x2018;technological upgrading&#x2019; strategies
 that are frequently recommended for Hong Kong manufacturing. It is
 unlikely that such upgrading will take place, or that Hong Kong will
 become a technological development centre for manufacturing industry in
 the People's Republic of China. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 13-32 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289090 
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Author-Name: Paul Ellis 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellis 
Title: Hong Kong as a complex adaptive system 
Abstract:
  In this contribution, the post-war economic development of Hong Kong is
 considered from a complexity theory perspective. It is argued that over
 the last 50 years Hong Kong has displayed many of the signature qualities
 of a complex adaptive system in its transformation from dusty entrepot
 port to the secondwealthiest Asian economy. Insights from theories of
 complexity are used to shed light on a range of empirical phenomena. In
 contrast with the orthodox laissez faire account of Hong Kong's
 ascendancy, a complexity based explanation can be used to account for the
 presence of endogenously induced systemic disruptions and does not
 discount the role of external intervention in those areas of the economy
 prone to escalating feedback. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 33-55 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289100 
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Author-Name: S.K. Victor Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: S.K. Victor 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Title: The demand for business and management education in Hong Kong beyond 1997 
Abstract:
  In this contribution, the future market of business and management
 education in Hong Kong is investigated, bearing in mind that Hong Kong
 reverted to Chinese sovereignty. Hong Kong is expected to continue its
 prosperity, but the emigration of large numbers of Hong Kong professionals
 wanting to secure a safety net by acquiring a foreign passport has further
 created demands for better and more business and management education in
 an attempt to develop more professional managers. The study starts by
 discussing the current state of the Hong Kong economy and the phenomenon
 of the &#x2018;brain drain&#x2019;. In addition, it analyses a survey of
 the current state of business and management education in Hong Kong so
 that a market need can be identified to match economic growth. Finally,
 the study suggests a future research direction for Hong Kong's business
 and management education. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 56-72 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289110 
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Author-Name: Aimee Wheaton 
Author-X-Name-First: Aimee 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wheaton 
Title: The generation of organizational commitment in a cross-cultural context 
Abstract:
  This contribution explores the cross-cultural variations in the
 generation of organizational commitment. Participants were Chinese and
 Western employees of organizations operating in Hong Kong. Both groups
 believed that effort should be rewarded. However, Chinese and Western
 participants were committed to different constituencies within the
 organization. Westerners viewed interpersonal relationships as a means to
 the end, with the organization being the object of commitment. Chinese
 committed to interpersonal networks and saw these relationships as the
 primary organization-member engagement. Chinese and Westerners defined the
 organization differently and this influenced the way they generated their
 attachment to the firm. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 73-103 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289120 
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Author-Name: May Wong 
Author-X-Name-First: May 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wong 
Author-Name: C. Hendry 
Author-X-Name-First: C. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hendry 
Title: Comparing international human resource management practices between Yaohan and Jusco in Hong Kong 
Abstract:
  The performance of Jusco and Yaohan in Hong Kong was examined and
 compared by exploring their international human resource management (IHRM)
 practices in terms of recruitment and selection, compensation, and
 training and development. Yaohan and Jusco employed different IHRM systems
 as a response to their contextual factors -- history and background of the
 company, and competitive environment and business strategy, especially the
 use of retail technology. The results show that the IHRM systems employed
 by Yaohan and Jusco affect the performance of the company, and explain the
 factors contributing to Yaohan's bankruptcy and Jusco's increasing
 profitabiliry. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 104-122 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289130 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald 
Title: Hong Kong's development: prospects and possibilities 
Abstract:
  Hong Kong's economic emergence, development and current situation have
 been examined and analysed from a variery of perspectives, and its
 adaptative systems, entrepreneurship and human resources have been
 outlined in detail. A number of points and themes have emerged and these
 have implications for Hong Kong's prospects and possibilities. First, Hong
 Kong's internationally impressive economic record is under threat. Second,
 some of the factors and structures seen as growth inducing in the past are
 now viewed as inhibiting. Third, there is a need to develop alternative
 means of competing, which include production and human resource upgrading. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 123-131 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289140 
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Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Ng Sek Hong 
Author-X-Name-First: Ng Sek 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong 
Title: Beyond management: the paradox of Hong Kong's economic advances 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 132-137 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289150 
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Author-Name: David Parker 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker 
Title: Policy transfer and policy inertia: privatization in Taiwan 
Abstract:
  In recent years, privatization seems to have been more talked about than
 carried out in a number of countries. This study looks at the progress of
 privatization in Taiwan in the light of the literature on policy transfer.
 Although the government of Taiwan announced a privatization programme in
 the late 1980s, by the end of 1998 sales of state-owned enterprises had
 occurred much more slowly than planned. The first part of the article
 reviews the literature on policy transfer. Policy transfer has been
 described as the process by which policies transfer from one country to
 another due to mimetic, normative or coercive effects. Taiwan's
 privatization programme is then reviewed and the main barriers to change
 are identified. The study concludes by considering the implications of
 Taiwan's record on privatization for our understanding of policy transfer
 in an international context. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-20 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289170 
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Author-Name: Etsuo Abe 
Author-X-Name-First: Etsuo 
Author-X-Name-Last: Abe 
Title: Japanese business culture: the government, mainstream enterprises and &#x2018;mavericks&#x2019; in the steel industry 
Abstract:
  Some scholars have argued that Japanese business epitomizes organized
 capitalism, and no-one would deny that the government and trade
 associations were pivotal in the distinctive development of Japanese
 capitalism. But it is frequently emphasized that competition between firms
 was fierce. One interpretation is that Japanese firms co-operated in
 developing technologies, and also collaborated in pricing policy, output
 allocation and capital investment. This collaborative endeavour gives the
 impression of a business environment that was static and collusive. By
 contrast individual firms competed aggressively in the improvement of the
 product quality, in productivity and in marketing. Infrequently a few
 determined firms refused to follow government guidance and openly
 challenged it. Two examples, Kawasaki Steel in 1950 and Sumitomo Metal in
 1965, require a wider perspective than business-government relationships.
 It is the triangular matrix of government, mainstream firms, and
 &#x2018;mavericks&#x2019; that has to be considered. Mainstream firms have
 a close relationship with government and try to impede the aggressive
 behaviour of &#x2018;mavericks&#x2019;. Exploring these tripartite
 interactions is crucial to any understanding of Japanese industry. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 21-28 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289180 
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Author-Name: Hyuk-Rae Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Hyuk-Rae 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Title: Ecological dynamics of industrial organizations in South Korea 
Abstract:
  By utilizing the ecological perspective, this study examines ecological
 dynamics of industrial organizations in the manufacturing sector of the
 Korean economy over the period between 1950 and 1990. First, this study
 investigates how a population of manufacturing establishments grew in size
 across different age cohorts. The investigation of the age structure of a
 population of manufacturing establishments shows that the overall growth
 trajectory follows, by and large, a pattern of dominance of large-scale
 production units. It also shows that expansion of existing manufacturing
 establishments rather than entry of new ones has been the significant
 contributing factor in accounting for the growth of industry. Second, this
 study examines how certain cohorts of organizations survived over time and
 how they differentially died out in the face of rapid environmental
 change. The examination of the underlying population volatility of
 manufacturing establishments shows that the net mortality rates of
 different birth cohorts decrease with age. However, during the periods of
 economic recession and political turmoil, old cohorts have higher net
 mortality rates than younger ones, indicating their vulnerability toward
 profound institutional realignments as well as their heavy reliance on
 political networks. This finding indicates that the liability of newness
 thesis should be applied with caution. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 29-43 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289190 
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Author-Name: Bob Phelps 
Author-X-Name-First: Bob 
Author-X-Name-Last: Phelps 
Author-Name: Oui Krabuanrat 
Author-X-Name-First: Oui 
Author-X-Name-Last: Krabuanrat 
Title: Cultural effects in East Asian strategic decision-making 
Abstract:
  This article asks whether Asian businesses take strategic decisions in
 distinctively Asian ways. It develops hypotheses about Asian
 decisionmaking from a consideration of theoretical cultural dimensions and
 empirical data in the literature. Contrary to expectations, an analysis of
 data from a survey of top Asian managers indicates that East Asian
 managers take decisions in a more rational manner relative to their
 Western counterparts. A distinction between social and cognitive
 dimensions of decision-making processes is suggested to explain some of
 these findings. Important unresolved questions are raised about the
 interpretation of cultural dimensions and about potential biases in
 empirical reports of East Asian decision-making characteristics.
 Implications for cultural differences research are discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 44-58 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289200 
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Author-Name: Philippe Debroux 
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debroux 
Title: A new entrepreneurial drive in large and small manufacturing firms in Japan 
Abstract:
  Japan's per capita GDP growth has been decelerating for at least three
 decades, despite groping towards better ways of accommodating
 individualistic Smithian market forces. Japan has made great progress in
 opening markets and fostering profit seeking, yet it has not reaped the
 benefits anticipated so far. Facing the most severe economic downturn of
 the post-war period, it is now rethinking the fundaments of its economic
 and management system. The necessity of developing competitive advantages
 in new industries has been identified but a crucial question is how they
 will affect the way industry has organized itself to maximize quality,
 efficiency and flexibility. It is said that an entrepreneurial culture was
 not needed during the post-war period in Japan because a group-based
 industrial organization could generate about the same dynamism and
 outcome. Nevertheless, this time, a venture-type business culture may be a
 key factor in the renewal of the Japanese economy to put it back on a
 sustainable growth path. The objective of the article is to make a
 critical assessment of the trends in entrepreneurship in Japan, using
 secondary data. They are complemented by partial results of two surveys
 made by the author, the first one in 1997 in ten electronic companies on
 intrapreneurship schemes, and the second one in 1998 in 40 small companies
 in the Hiroshima prefecture, centred on human resource management. To
 these are added information obtained through interviews in the small
 business agency, MITI, and a number of universities on business-university
 research collaboration schemes. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 59-73 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289210 
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Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: International business and management encyclopedia and handbooks 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 74-76 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 6 
Year: 1999 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331289220 
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Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: John Benson 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson 
Title: Global labour? Issues and themes 
Abstract:
  The concept of globalization is not new, with the precise meaning and
 effect open to debate and contest. Despite this, it is becoming clear that
 globalization does impact on labour and its organization. This
 introduction attempts to ground and locate the concept of globalization
 within wider social and economic debates and raises a number of questions
 concerning the possible effects of globalization on the state, labour
 markets and labour organization. The introduction concludes by outlining
 and classifying the contributions comprising this volume. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-14 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288432 
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Author-Name: Keith Abbott 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Abbott 
Title: Why ideology dominates regional trade unionism in the Asia Pacific 
Abstract:
  This article asserts that the sub-global regional &#x2018;context&#x2019;
 in which trade unions operate presupposes the rypes of
 &#x2018;imperatives&#x2019; that will dominate their existence and
 activities. These are taken to operate along one of three dimensions --
 industrial, political and ideological -- and are seen as evolving in
 accordance with the &#x2018;logic of spill-over&#x2019; in regional
 integration processes. Using this interpretation, the discussion contrasts
 the experience of regional trade unions operating within the European
 Union to account for why regional trade unions operating in the Asia
 Pacific are primarily confined to promoting a particular vision of trade
 unions in sociery. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 15-33 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288442 
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Author-Name: John Price 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Price 
Title: Challenging APEC: the Asia Pacific labour network and APEC's human resource development working group 
Abstract:
  This contribution examines the interaction between the Asia Pacific
 Labour Network and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). In particular
 it explores the reasons behind the APEC decision to undertake a project to
 examine successful practices in training, skills development and other
 human resource activities that have involved labour, management and
 government. This marks a departure in APEC activiry which to date has
 neglected labour issues and excluded labour organizations from any
 substantive role within APEC. The study examines the relationship of APEC
 to civil sociery, how human resource development issues fit within APEC,
 the role of the international labour movement in lobbying APEC and the
 challenges the labour movement might face in participating in APEC
 including its Human Resources Development Working Group. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 34-53 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288452 
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Author-X-Name-First: Richard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hall 
Author-Name: Bill Harley 
Author-X-Name-First: Bill 
Author-X-Name-Last: Harley 
Title: Organized labour in the borderless world: globalization, deregulation and union strategy in Australia 
Abstract:
  Recent Australian federal governments have responded to broadening global
 markets and expanding international trade with policies of deregulation,
 labour market reform and industrial relations decentralization. This has
 thrown up major challenges for unions across the board, but the
 differential impacts of policy on different parts of industry and the
 labour market mean that the challenges facing different unions are likely
 to vary significantly. Using data from our 1996 Australian National Trade
 Union Survey, we investigate the degree to which particular rypes of
 unions favour specific strategic orientations. We find systematic
 differences between blue-collar and production industry unions on one
 hand, and white-collar and service industry unions on the other. On this
 basis, we make inferences about the likely future of Australian unions. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 54-73 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288462 
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Author-Name: Tim Harcourt 
Author-X-Name-First: Tim 
Author-X-Name-Last: Harcourt 
Title: Last line of resistance or a golden opportunity: Australian trade union responses to globalization 
Abstract:
  This contribution concentrates on the response of the trade union
 movement in Australia to globalization. Firstly, it outlines the evidence
 of the effects of globalization on labour markets, including the impact on
 wage inequaliry employment securiry and collective bargaining. Secondly,
 it looks at the strategic union response to the effects of globalization
 in terms of trade policy responses, international labour cooperation and
 traditional industrial campaigns on globalization issues. It suggests that
 unions can employ a combination of international and domestic strategies
 to deal with globalization. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 74-92 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288472 
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Author-Name: John Burgess 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Burgess 
Title: Globalization, non-standard employment and Australian trade unions 
Abstract:
  This article explores the impact of the growing non-standard workforce on
 trade union membership and union policy in Australia in the context of
 neoliberal policy responses to globalization. It is no coincidence that
 trade union density has rapidly declined in Australia as the non-standard
 employment share has rapidly increased. The characteristics of the jobs
 and the workers filling non-standard jobs are largely outside of the
 traditional domain of trade unions. While trade unions are faced with an
 increasingly hostile political environment in Australia, one of the real
 challenges they confront is to make themselves more relevant for
 non-standard employees and to increase their recruitment among
 non-standard employees. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 93-113 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288482 
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Author-Name: John Benson 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson 
Author-Name: Philippe Debroux 
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debroux 
Title: Japanese trade unions at the crossroads: dilemmas and opportunities created by globalization 
Abstract:
  Japanese trade unions have contributed much to the economic stability and
 success of Japanese enterprises. Globalization has, however, placed
 substantial pressure on the Japanese industrial relations system and, in
 turn, upon the enterprise union system. Not all changes can be directly
 attributed to globalization. We contend, however, that the success of
 Japanese firms, both in exports and in overseas production, has made the
 Japanese economy reliant on a strong world economy. Economic downturns
 that have been witnessed in a number of countries in 1990s have weakened
 the demand for Japanese export products. This, in combination with the
 Japanese banking and financial crises, has created pressure for an
 overhaul of employment and human resource management systems. This article
 examines these pressures and the response by trade unions. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 114-132 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288492 
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Author-Name: Dong-One Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Dong-One 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Author-Name: Johngseok Bae 
Author-X-Name-First: Johngseok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bae 
Author-Name: Changwon Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Changwon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Title: Globalization and labour rights: the case of Korea 
Abstract:
  In this contribution the background of Korean industrial relations (IR)
 is reviewed, followed by analysis of more recent changes with a special
 focus on globalization issues. We argue that globalization has both
 positive and negative effects on IR issues in Korea. There was a positive
 side of globalization in terms of worker rights, hence basic labour rights
 have been improved to meet global labour standards. However, there was a
 negative side to it as well in terms of working conditions and employment
 practices, which brought substantial setbacks for unions and rapidly
 eroded their power base. This negative side has more clearly appeared
 after the recent economic crisis. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 133-153 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
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Author-Name: Yuen Chi Ching 
Author-X-Name-First: Yuen Chi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ching 
Author-Name: Lim Ghee Soon 
Author-X-Name-First: Lim Ghee 
Author-X-Name-Last: Soon 
Title: Globalization, labour market deregulation and trade unions in Singapore 
Abstract:
  This contribution examines recent trends in globalization and their
 effects on the labour market in Singapore. It discusses the responses of
 the government and the trade union movement to the challenges of
 globalization, and concludes by looking at the changing role of the trade
 union movement in Singapore. Citing government policies in dealing with
 the recent economic crisis, the article highlights the &#x2018;managed
 flexibility&#x2019; approach of the government. We find that the trade
 union movement has gained considerably in stature and influence in
 providing training for the workers and helping them cope with retrenchment
 and the recession. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 154-173 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288512 
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Author-Name: Ng Sek Hong 
Author-X-Name-First: Ng Sek 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Globalization and Hong Kong's labour market: the deregulation paradox 
Abstract:
  The globalization of business has affected Hong Kong, giving rise to
 important changes in its labour market and with impacts on workers and
 labour organizations. This has been felt in the migration of manufacturing
 plants to China in combination with labour market deregulation via the
 government's guest worker policy. We examine the institutional
 implications of liberalizing the previous ban on the admission of guest
 workers. While this seeming reversal was tantamount to deregulation, it
 also produced regulation via a new body of norms and rules governing guest
 labour which were, paradoxically, restrictive and disabling for the
 affected parties. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 174-192 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288522 
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Author-Name: Mhinder Bhopal 
Author-X-Name-First: Mhinder 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhopal 
Author-Name: Patricia Todd 
Author-X-Name-First: Patricia 
Author-X-Name-Last: Todd 
Title: Multinational corporations and trade union development in Malaysia 
Abstract:
  This contribution considers the impact of American, Japanese and
 Australian capital upon organized labour in Malaysia and concludes that
 the legacy of the multinational corporations' (MNCs') home context is
 carried forward to the host country. Despite the predictions of
 globalization theorists, country of origin characteristics interact with
 local contexts to inform management strategies towards trade unions,
 rather than being driven by the lowest common denominator of
 anti-unionism. While there are substantial differences between the MNCs in
 their approach to trade unions in Malaysia, there is also a degree of
 conformity in as much as they all embrace the restrictive intent of the
 Malaysian state's trade union regulatory environment, thereby severely
 curtailing the power of the union movement. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 193-213 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288532 
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Author-Name: John Lawler 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lawler 
Author-Name: Chokechai Suttawet 
Author-X-Name-First: Chokechai 
Author-X-Name-Last: Suttawet 
Title: Labour unions, globalization and deregulation in Thailand 
Abstract:
  This contribution traces the evolution of work systems and
 labour-management relationships in Thailand, with emphasis on the nature
 and role of unions in the Thai economy. We focus on issues that have
 emerged as a consequence of globalization and privatization (currently the
 most significant form of deregulation in Thailand). Labour unions are
 quite weak in Thailand, even in comparison to other rapidly developing
 countries in the region. Furthermore, unions have been weakened further in
 recent years as the consequence of government action, prompted both by
 globalization pressures and extensive privatization of state enterprises.
 The emergence of a democratic political system in Thailand has not served
 to reverse this trend. Indeed, a reversal of this trend does not seem
 likely in the foreseeable future. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 214-238 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288542 
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Author-Name: Uedi Hadiz 
Author-X-Name-First: Uedi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hadiz 
Title: Globalization, labour and the state: the case of Indonesia 
Abstract:
  Globalization has allowed internationally mobile capital to successfully
 &#x2018;demand&#x2019; favourable investment climates, thereby increasing
 pressure on states to restrict the activities of organized labour. In the
 advanced industrial countries, the enhanced bargaining position of capital
 has helped to undermine the welfare state, the great compromise between
 state, capital and labour. But newly emerging labour movements in late
 industrializing countries like Indonesia are especially disadvantaged
 because of the global context characterized by the weakened bargaining
 position of labour. Nevertheless, labour strife has been on the rise in
 Indonesia in spite of long-established state mechanisms of labour control,
 usually legitimized in official discourse by reference to supposedly
 authentic Indonesian values that eschew conflict. This has to do with the
 gradual development of an urban-based industrial working class as the
 product of sustained industrialization until the economic debacle of 1997. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 239-259 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288552 
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Author-Name: Anita Chan 
Author-X-Name-First: Anita 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan 
Title: Globalization, China's free (read bonded) labour market, and the Chinese trade unions 
Abstract:
  After two decades of economic reform during which China developed a
 strong export thrust into the world market, an industrial labour market
 has taken shape in China. But it is not really a free labour market in
 that deposits are generally required of workers when they commence
 employment. For some migrant workers this has led to a condition
 equivalent to being bonded, which enables Asian foreign investors to
 establish harsh labour regimes in the factories they manage. The Chinese
 official trade unions are at a crossroads -- do they side with the
 workers, management or with the party-state? 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 260-281 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288562 
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Author-Name: Stephanie Fahey 
Author-X-Name-First: Stephanie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fahey 
Title: The challenges and opportunities for the trade union movement in the transition era: two socialist market economies -- China and Vietnam 
Abstract:
  Both China and Vietnam are undergoing a social experiment as they diverge
 from the path of their Soviet compatriots and attempt the transition to a
 &#x2018;socialist market economy&#x2019;. This article tackles the role of
 trade unions in China and Vietnam in the context of globalization and
 market-orientated economic reform by identifying both challenges and
 opportunities for the trade unions in the areas of policy formation at
 national level and participation in collective bargaining and dispute
 mediation at enterprise level. Trade unions in both countries will have a
 significant role on a wide range of social issues under their special
 political, social and economic systems in the transition era into the
 twenty-first century. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 282-299 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288572 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: John Benson 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson 
Title: Globalization, labour and prospects 
Abstract:
  This collection examined the impact of globalization on labour and its
 organization. The contributions were drawn from a variety of countries in
 the Asia Pacific and, based on the evidence presented, four major
 conclusions can be drawn. These conclusions are presented and discussed
 under the headings of universalism and determinism, deregulation and
 labour markets, labour's role in competitiveness, and labour organization.
 Such comparative work shows that, overall, globalization's terrain is
 uneven and contested and that labour and states are not the helpless
 victims of global economic forces. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 300-308 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 6 
Year: 2000 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331288582 
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Author-Name: Yaw A. Debrah 
Author-X-Name-First: Yaw A. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debrah 
Author-Name: Ian G. Smith 
Author-X-Name-First: Ian G. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith 
Title: Introduction: Globalization and the Workplace in Pacific Asia 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-20 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380000000001 
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Author-Name: Peter Waring 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Waring 
Author-Name: Duncan Macdonald 
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Macdonald 
Author-Name: John Burgess 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Burgess 
Title: Globalization and Confrontation: The Transformation of the Australian Coal Industry 
Abstract:
  The Australian coal industry serves as a vivid illustration of the impact
 of globalization on workplace organization and workplace industrial
 relations. In this contribution we outline the changes and developments,
 from the organization of production through to the product market, that
 are impacting on workplace organization and industrial relations of the
 Australian coal industry. In particular the authors highlight the attempts
 and strategies of management to increase productivity, to realize
 functional and numerical flexibilities in the deployment of labour and to
 deregulate employment relations. Simultaneously, trade unions are faced
 with institutional, legal and global competitive pressures to conform to
 the flexibility strategies of managers. The result has been persistent and
 sporadic outbreaks of industrial disputation in the midst of the erosion
 of employment conditions and a shift towards greater managerial control of
 the labour process. The forces identified as globalization are
 systematically transforming workplace organization and impacting on the
 strategies of coal mine managers and trade unions. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 21-45 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
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Author-Name: Peter Holland 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Holland 
Author-Name: Lindsay Nelson 
Author-X-Name-First: Lindsay 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nelson 
Author-Name: Cathy Fisher 
Author-X-Name-First: Cathy 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fisher 
Title: Australian Trade Unions' Responses to Human Resource Management Initiatives in a Globalized Era 
Abstract:
  Within the development of a human resource (HR) philosophy, the HR
 function has been elevated to take an active role in business strategic
 planning processes. It should be co-ordinated and integrated to support
 the notion of human resources as a source of competitive advantage, and
 these changes should be accompanied by greater involvement in HR matters
 by all managers and employees as part of their everyday work. This
 research focuses on the role of trade unions and their strategies in
 maintaining a pro-active position within workplaces that embrace a HR
 framework. If the goal of a unified workforce, committed to common goals,
 is to be realized it is critical that industrial relations reflect this
 philosophy. Employee commitment becomes a pivotal precondition for
 success. This view raises questions about whether dual commitment to both
 the organization and union is possible, or indeed whether such an approach
 precludes the need for unions. Greenfield sites, relatively free from past
 negative stereotypes, have been identified for the research because they
 offer an untarnished opportunity for the practice of effective HR
 principles and the observation of union responses. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 46-70 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
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Author-Name: Bernard McKenna 
Author-X-Name-First: Bernard 
Author-X-Name-Last: McKenna 
Title: Labour Responses to Globalization: The Australian Experience by Bernard McKenna 
Abstract:
  This contribution deconstructs globalization using a critical discourse
 method. Taking Australia as its case study, the essay argues that
 globalization must be seen within the context of hypercapitalism and the
 unchallenged hegemony of neo-classical economics and neo-liberal politics.
 The Australian experience, it is argued, shows that trade unions should
 refuse to be incorporated into this hegemony presented as technocratic
 alchemy. In fact, deconstruction reveals that globalist claims rest upon
 highly contestable tautological claims. This essay briefly describes
 Australian political economy 1983-96 when the Labor government, in an
 &#x2018;accord&#x2019; with the trade union movement, embraced free-market
 globalism; critically deconstructs the ideological features that underlie
 the technocratic claims made about the benefits of globalization; and
 argues for a resurgent unionism and traditional labourism that
 dialectically challenges the inequitable and destructive features of
 contemporary hypercapitalism.	
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 71-104 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380000000004 
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Author-Name: Dianne Lewis 
Author-X-Name-First: Dianne 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis 
Author-Name: Erica French 
Author-X-Name-First: Erica 
Author-X-Name-Last: French 
Author-Name: Thipaphone Phetmany 
Author-X-Name-First: Thipaphone 
Author-X-Name-Last: Phetmany 
Title: Cross-Cultural Diversity, Leadership and Workplace Relations in Australia 
Abstract:
  Australia, as a multicultural society, faces many challenges, not the
 least of which is that of coping with increasing cultural diversity in the
 workplace, and - as the global trend continues, even accelerates, in the
 new millennium - managing cross-cultural issues will become more and more
 of a priority. The specific cultural diversity issue considered in this
 contribution is the relationship between perceived leadership behaviour
 and subordinate job satisfaction in two different cultural groups,
 Vietnamese and Australian. The validity of the leadership and job
 satisfaction theories in cultures other than the ones in which they
 originated is challenged, and it is argued that the change in business
 environments such as globalization, international mergers and
 acquisitions, and diverse cultural workforces has made the universal
 assumptions of these theories questionable. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 105-124 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
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Author-Name: Julia Richardson 
Author-X-Name-First: Julia 
Author-X-Name-Last: Richardson 
Title: Expatriate Academics in the Globalized Era: The Beginnings of an Untold Story? 
Abstract:
  While globalization has led to a well-documented increase in expatriation
 among managers and corporate executives, increased internationalization
 and expatriation have not been confined to business organizations alone.
 Educational institutions are becoming increasingly international with
 academics also experiencing growing levels of expatriation. However,
 despite their increasing international mobility, expatriate academics
 remain a group about which very little is known. Drawing on exploratory
 research carried out in Singapore and New Zealand, this essay presents
 several propositions about the experiences of expatriate academics as a
 hitherto under-researched group. In addition the essay moves towards
 adding another dimension to the existing expatriate management literature
 by considering the extent to which it can be used as a framework for
 understanding expatriate academics. In doing so the essay proposes some of
 the differences between expatriate academics and expatriate managers. The
 areas of focus are cross-culture training, expatriate adjustment and the
 expatriate family. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 125-150 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
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Author-Name: Steve McKenna 
Author-X-Name-First: Steve 
Author-X-Name-Last: McKenna 
Title: Globalized New Public Management and its Impact on Scientific Research Activity in New Zealand 
Abstract:
  Since the early 1980s the concept of New Public Management (NPM) has had
 a considerable impact on both theoretical debate and practical management
 in the public sector. Within this debate issues of efficiency and
 productivity are critical when discussing the performance of publicly
 funded organizations. The concept of NPM is also relevant to the issues
 surrounding privatization and deregulation. New Zealand has been in the
 vanguard of these changes from the early 1980s and this contribution
 investigates how changes in government funding mechanisms have affected
 the organizational structure, culture and human resource management
 strategies and practices of one Crown research institute in New Zealand.
 The case study shows how difficult it is not only to change a public
 sector organization to one that is more &#x2018;market-focused&#x2019;,
 but also how this is compounded in a research and development institute. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 151-170 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
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Author-Name: Pawan Budhwar 
Author-X-Name-First: Pawan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Budhwar 
Author-Name: Khairul Fadzil 
Author-X-Name-First: Khairul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fadzil 
Title: Globalization, Economic Crisis and Employment Practices: Lessons from a Large Malaysian Islamic Institution 
Abstract:
  This contribution initially discusses the ever increasing globalization
 of business and its impact on nations which embrace globalization without
 adequate preparation. The essay also highlights the need to understand and
 acknowledge the different ways of managing human resources in different
 parts of the world. Considering the ever increasing popularity and the
 following of Islam worldwide and the globalization of business, an attempt
 has been made to highlight the key Islamic work principles and their
 usefulness in creating a unique internal labour market (ILM) which can
 significantly contribute to the successful operating of organizations and
 enable them to achieve a sustained competitive advantage. The findings
 have key messages both for academicians and practitioners in the field of
 international business, human resource management and organization
 studies. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 171-198 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380000000008 
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Author-Name: Yoko Sano 
Author-X-Name-First: Yoko 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sano 
Title: Global Competitive Pressures, Labour Market and Employment Issues in the Japanese Service Sector 
Abstract:
  Global competition of products and services leads to rapid changes in the
 economy, industry and management. Judging from the industrial employment
 structure in Japan, the lower prices of foreign goods and services will
 drive the unemployment rate up in the long run. The Japanese economy
 urgently requires the growth of business and job opportunities, and
 therefore the role of employment protection legislation should be
 re-examined from the viewpoint of encouraging business activities.
 Analysis of the case study shows that managers in the growing service
 sector have positive attitudes towards employment growth and the expansion
 of business activities if the following measures are introduced: the
 deregulation of redundancy dismissals, the introduction of arbitrary work
 with performance pay, and legislative enforcement against age
 discrimination for hiring and firing. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 199-214 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
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Author-Name: Cheng Soo May 
Author-X-Name-First: Cheng Soo 
Author-X-Name-Last: May 
Title: Globalization, Economic Development and the Reliance on Guanxi as a Job Search Strategy for Chinese Students 
Abstract:
  The concept of networking for business has been documented extensively in
 the international business literature. In particular, relationship
 networking, or guanxi, has become a much-studied phenomenon since the
 wealth-creation success of Overseas Chinese and their Mainland China
 counterparts became noticeable in the early 1990s. Relatively less well
 known is the use of guanxi as a job search strategy. In the wake of
 domestic economic reforms and increasing international economic pressures,
 young graduates are having to rely less on job placements arranged by
 their universities, and more on their own initiative. This is a report of
 the extent to which guanxi is a significant job search strategy among
 final year business students at Shantou University in Guangdong Province,
 China. With its exceptionally strong links with Overseas Chinese, Shantou
 is well placed to give its young people an advantage in tapping into the
 job opportunities created by international trade and incoming investments. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 215-238 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
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Author-Name: Ian G. Smith 
Author-X-Name-First: Ian G. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith 
Author-Name: Yaw A. Debrah 
Author-X-Name-First: Yaw A. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debrah 
Title: Conclusion: Globalization, Work and Employment -- Asia Pacific Experiences in Retrospect 
Abstract:
  In the concluding essay, the authors of this special issue provide a
 synthesis of the contributions presented in the volume. It is argued that
 globalization has become a powerful force in the business environment and
 has a major influence on the labour process, labour markets, the practice
 of management, and the management of employees in organizations. It is
 also asserted that both local and global companies are in various ways
 adjusting to the changes brought about by globalization. The essay
 comprehensively evaluates the significant number of management issues and
 variety of outcomes arising from economic globalization in the
 Asia-Pacific region. The implications of these issues for academic debate
 by managers, other practitioners, trade unions, employees and governments
 are critically explored. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 239-254 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
Year: 2000 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380000000011 
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Author-Name: David Bennett 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bennett 
Title: Technology for Recovery 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 255-259 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 7 
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Author-Name: Philippe Debroux 
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debroux 
Author-Name: Usha C.V. Haley 
Author-X-Name-First: Usha C.V. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Haley 
Author-Name: Grace Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Grace 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: Book reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 104-119 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2002 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999172 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: Human Resource Management 'with Chinese Characteristics': A Comparative Study of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 21-42 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2002 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288610 
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Author-Name: Simon Clarke 
Author-X-Name-First: Simon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Clarke 
Author-Name: Change-Hee Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Change-Hee 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Title: The Significance of a Tripartite Consultation in China 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 61-80 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2002 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288630 
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Author-Name: Godfrey Yeung 
Author-X-Name-First: Godfrey 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yeung 
Author-Name: Vincent Mok 
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mok 
Title: WTO Accession and the Managerial Challenges for Manufacturing Sectors in China 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 158-183 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2002 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999179 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Conclusion: The Future of Chinese Management 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 205-223 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2002 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999178 
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Author-Name: Song Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Song 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Title: Should business groups be blamed for the Asian financial crisis? Evidence from South Korea 
Abstract:
  This article reconsiders the problem of over-expansion of which many
 business groups in South Korea and other Asian countries have constantly
 been accused and concludes that their over-expansion had no direct bearing
 on the recent crisis. If these business groups have problems, they are,
 for example, poor management, weak governance and deficient accountability
 rather than over-expansion. In this regard the reformminded government is
 justified in taking restrictive measures against the big groups to deal
 with such problems. Nonetheless, it is suggested that the government would
 be ill-advised to seek the ultimate dissolution of such groups. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-20 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2003 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288600 
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Author-Name: Jim Kitay 
Author-X-Name-First: Jim 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kitay 
Author-Name: Christopher Wright 
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wright 
Title: Expertise and organizational boundaries: the varying roles of Australian management consultants 
Abstract:
  The diversity of management consulting has long been recognized by
 mainstream commentators, but the more critical literature often overlooks
 this feature. This article explores different consulting roles by
 developing a typology based on two dimensions of consulting work: the
 nature of the knowledge base that consultants purport to use in their
 work, and the extent to which the boundaries between consultant and client
 are permeable. Based on interviews with a cross-section of Australian
 consultants and clients, features of four main consulting roles are
 outlined. Key developments that are highlighted include the increasingly
 structured nature of much consulting work and the growth of
 client-consultant relationships based on social rather than purely market
 exchange criteria. It is shown that the diversity of consulting roles has
 developed over time in response to both client demands and consultant
 initiatives. The analysis raises questions about the nature of expertise
 and the structure of organizations. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 21-40 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2003 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288610 
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Author-Name: Sim Liang 
Author-X-Name-First: Sim 
Author-X-Name-Last: Liang 
Author-Name: Alma Whiteley 
Author-X-Name-First: Alma 
Author-X-Name-Last: Whiteley 
Title: Australian businesses in China: searching for synergy 
Abstract:
  This article reports on an empirical, interpretive study conducted in
 2001-2002 in the Beijing region of China. The case of the
 &#x2018;Australians managing in Northern China&#x2019; is reported here.
 This research explores two major areas. First, it investigates the
 imilarities similarities and differences between Australian and Chinese
 cultures both at the national and corporate levels as the actors -- the
 Australian managers and their Chinese colleagues -- see them. Secondly, it
 studies how the actors are interacting to manage cultural issues in their
 organizations and whether synergies are emergent from their interactions.
 The article attempts to help managers and researchers gain a deeper
 understanding of the questions: what major cultural similarities and
 differences do Australian and Chinese managers perceive both inside and
 outside of their organizations; how do managers interact to effectively
 manage cultural issues in Australian businesses in China and how is
 synergy possible? 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 41-60 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2003 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288620 
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Author-Name: Simon Zhao 
Author-X-Name-First: Simon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao 
Author-Name: K.K. Wong 
Author-X-Name-First: K.K. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wong 
Title: The impact of China's WTO accession on Hong Kong textiles, clothing and its supporting industries 
Abstract:
  China's accession to the WTO and the &#x2018;Agreement on Textiles and
 Clothing&#x2019; (ATC) which gradually ban the use of quota, will have
 profound impacts on the textile industry in China. This article attempts
 to examine such impacts on all textile firms of Hong Kong origin. It
 briefly examines the impact of WTO on the textile industries in general,
 the participation of Hong Kong based firms in China's textiles industry,
 and the competitors from foreign countries. It examines in detail the
 practice of obtaining Hong Kong quota for textile products that are made
 in the Mainland by Hong Kong firms. The article argues that there are
 positive and negative effects of China--s WTO accession for all textile
 firms of Hong Kong origin. It concludes that the shifting of the targeted
 market to high-end, high-value-added is the only way of survival for the
 textile firms of Hong Kong. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 61-84 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2003 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288630 
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Author-Name: Siu Chan 
Author-X-Name-First: Siu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan 
Author-Name: Alex Lau 
Author-X-Name-First: Alex 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lau 
Title: Directors' attributes and corporate governance effectiveness in Hong Kong 
Abstract:
  The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of Hong Kong (HK)
 legal practitioners on how the major attributes of knowledge, continuous
 education, and qualification among directors in HK relate to their board
 of directors' corporate governance effectiveness. The results revealed
 that the respondents perceived directors' attributes in HK to be not good
 enough for discharging their legal obligations to their companies. The
 results also suggested that a company was more effectively governed if its
 directors were more qualified for their jobs and more familiar with
 company law and/or corporate governance. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 85-104 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2003 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288640 
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Author-Name: Damir Tokic 
Author-X-Name-First: Damir 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tokic 
Title: Emerging markets before the 1997 Asia Pacific financial crisis 
Abstract:
  This study investigates which Asia Pacific markets were driven by the US
 stock market and which by the Japanese stock market during the 1995-97
 period, right before the 1997 Asia Pacific financial crisis. The results
 show that stock markets of Hong Kong, Indonesia and Malaysia shared a
 long-run equilibrium relationship with the US stock market. The stock
 market of the Philippines was linked with both the US stock market and the
 Japanese stock market, while stock markets of Thailand and South Korea did
 not appear to be influenced by either. Countries whose capital markets had
 a co-integrating relationship with the US market pegged their national
 currencies closely to the US dollar. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 105-115 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2003 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288650 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: The Korean economy, business and labour: miracle or mirage? 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 116-122 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 9 
Year: 2003 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288660 
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Author-Name: David Bailey 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bailey 
Title: Explaining Japan's <italic>K&#x16B;d&#x14D;ka</italic> [hollowing out]: a case of government and strategic failure? 
Abstract:
  The proposition that Japan is undergoing &#x2018;kudoka&#x2019; (a
 hollowing out process) is examined before exploring explanations for the
 process. The paper finds much of relevance in the &#x2018;government
 failure&#x2019; approach, whereby the export success of certain sectors
 combined with import protection for other sectors has produced a trade
 imbalance, continual yen appreciation, a rising cost base, outward foreign
 direct investment and hollowing out. However this analysis is incomplete
 in ignoring the central role of Japanese transnationals in the process.
 Taking into account the latter via a &#x2018;strategic failure&#x2019;
 approach renders a more complete view of the nature of the hollowing out
 phenomenon, and how and why government failed. A policy framework to
 counter such strategic failure is set out, involving a mix of careful
 deregulation and policies to diffuse strategic decision-making and to
 reinvigorate declining clusters of small firms. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-20 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380412331288780 
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Author-Name: Veerasak Jinarat 
Author-X-Name-First: Veerasak 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jinarat 
Author-Name: Truong Quang 
Author-X-Name-First: Truong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Quang 
Title: The impact of good governance on organization performance after the Asian crisis in Thailand 
Abstract:
  After the Asian crisis and resulting insolvency in the banking and
 corporate sectors, the quest for improvement of corporate governance, as a
 pre-requisite for better performance, has become an increasingly important
 issue in Thailand. Previous studies investigating the relationship between
 corporate governance and performance have largely ignored the impact of
 this critical factor on the functional level and its effect on the overall
 performance of organizations. Based on a cross- industry survey of 112
 Thai listed companies, it was found that good corporate governance
 practices have a positive impact on performance improvement at the
 functional level of organizations and ultimately contribute to
 organizational performance. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 21-42 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380412331288790 
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Author-Name: Jan Selmer 
Author-X-Name-First: Jan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Selmer 
Title: Staff localization and organizational characteristics: Western business operations in China 
Abstract:
  Localizing their staff is a common aspiration among foreign firms in
 China. The capability of foreign companies to build strong local
 management teams has been identified as crucial for their future success.
 However, because of the uneven progress so far, it has been suggested that
 some types of organizations may be more disposed to localize than others.
 To explore this issue, a mail survey was directed at Western business
 operations in China. Two sets of variables were examined: the nature of
 the organization in China and the characteristics of the parent
 organization. Unexpectedly, the results showed that the nature of the
 organization in China was not associated with staff localization. On the
 other hand, as expected, two characteristics of the parent corporation
 seemed to matter. International experience of the parent corporation had a
 positive relationship with staff localization while the percentage of
 turnover from foreign operations had a negative association with staff
 localization. Although highly tentative, due to the exploratory character
 of this investigation, it seems that the characteristics of the parent
 corporation seems to play a more important role in the localization
 process than the nature of the organization in China. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 43-57 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380412331288800 
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Author-Name: C.L. Hung 
Author-X-Name-First: C.L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hung 
Title: The business of product counterfeiting in China and the post-WTO membership environment 
Abstract:
  China is generally acknowledged to be the world's number one country
 producer of counterfeit products. After becoming a member of the World
 Trade Organization (WTO) China is now obligated to comply with WTO
 provisions on protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs). However,
 product counterfeiting operations in China are well entrenched. The
 postWTO membership environment has changed little, and such illicit
 operations are unlikely to subside soon. Furthermore, there is not much
 foreign companies can do because the response strategies recommended in
 the business literature have limited effect in the Chinese environment.
 Foreign companies may have to wait until China becomes on balance a victim
 instead of a benefactor of product counterfeiting before they can hope to
 see better protection of their IPRs. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 58-77 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380412331288810 
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Author-Name: Friedrich Wu 
Author-X-Name-First: Friedrich 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu 
Author-Name: Leong Wai Ho 
Author-X-Name-First: Leong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wai Ho 
Title: Can Singapore maintain its competitive edge in manufacturing productivity vis-&#xE0;-vis China and Malaysia? 
Abstract:
  This article investigates whether Singapore can maintain its competitive
 advantage in manufacturing from a labour productivity perspective vis-avis
 China and Malaysia, which are generally viewed as Singapore's competitors
 in manufacturing. We also investigate the extent to which China is closing
 the labour productivity gap with Singapore and Malaysia in
 technology-intensive segments of manufacturing. Our analysis reveals that
 China has the potential to develop a high labour-productivity and low-wage
 manufacturing sector. In terms of manufacturing labour productivity, China
 is moving towards convergence with Malaysia. Compared with Singapore,
 China's manufacturing labour productivity is still far behind, especially
 in key technology-intensive industries like electronics and chemicals,
 such that it is unlikely for China to catch up with Singapore within a
 decade. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 78-99 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380412331288820 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Key aspects in the management of human resources across APEC 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 100-103 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380412331288830 
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Author-Name: Rachada Dhnadirek 
Author-X-Name-First: Rachada 
Author-X-Name-Last: Dhnadirek 
Author-Name: John Tang 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tang 
Title: Corporate Governance Problems in Thailand: Is Ownership Concentration the Cause? 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 121-138 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380410001677173 
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Author-Name: Philip Gerrard 
Author-X-Name-First: Philip 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gerrard 
Author-Name: Herbert Schoch 
Author-X-Name-First: Herbert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Schoch 
Author-Name: J. Barton Cunningham 
Author-X-Name-First: J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Barton Cunningham 
Title: Values and Skills of Female Entrepreneurs in Vietnam: an Exploratory Study 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 139-159 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380410001677182 
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Author-Name: ALINA M. ZAPALSKA 
Author-X-Name-First: ALINA M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: ZAPALSKA 
Author-Name: HELEN DABB 
Author-X-Name-First: HELEN 
Author-X-Name-Last: DABB 
Author-Name: GEOFF PERRY 
Author-X-Name-First: GEOFF 
Author-X-Name-Last: PERRY 
Title: Environmental Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Activities: Indigenous Maori Entrepreneurs of New Zealand 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 160-177 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380410001677191 
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Author-Name: Judith Cherry 
Author-X-Name-First: Judith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cherry 
Title: The &#x2018;Big Deals&#x2019; and Hynix Semiconductor: State--Business Relations in Post-Crisis Korea 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 178-198 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380410001677209 
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Author-Name: JANE W. MOY 
Author-X-Name-First: JANE W. 
Author-X-Name-Last: MOY 
Author-Name: VIVIENNE W.M. LUK 
Author-X-Name-First: VIVIENNE W.M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: LUK 
Title: The Life Cycle Model as a Framework for Understanding Barriers to SME Growth in Hong Kong 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 199-220 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2003 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380410001677218 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Editorial 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 235-235 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264333 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Introduction: Big Business in Asia 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 236-253 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264342 
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Author-X-Name-First: Peter J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Buckley 
Title: Asian Network Firms: An Analytical Framework 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 254-271 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264351 
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Author-Name: Gordon Redding 
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding 
Title: The Conditional Relevance of Corporate Governance Advice in the Context of Asian Business Systems 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 272-291 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264360 
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Author-Name: Geert Hofstede 
Author-X-Name-First: Geert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hofstede 
Title: Business Goals and Corporate Governance 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 292-301 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264379 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Johngseok Bae 
Author-X-Name-First: Johngseok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bae 
Title: Big Business in South Korea: The Reconfiguration Process 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 302-323 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264388 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Author-Name: Ng Sek Hong 
Author-X-Name-First: Ng 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sek Hong 
Author-Name: Xu Xiaojun 
Author-X-Name-First: Xu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Xiaojun 
Title: &#x2018;Late Development&#x2019; Experience and the Evolution of Transnational Firms in the People's Republic of China 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 324-345 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264397 
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Author-Name: Philippe Debroux 
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debroux 
Title: Internal Corporate Governance Discipline and the HRM System in Large Japanese Companies 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 346-359 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264405 
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Author-Name: Fu-Lai Tony Yu 
Author-X-Name-First: Fu-Lai 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tony Yu 
Title: From a &#x2018;Barren Rock&#x2019; to the Financial Hub of East Asia: Hong Kong's Economic Transformation in the Coordinating Perspective 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 360-381 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264414 
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Author-Name: RUSSELL SMYTH 
Author-X-Name-First: RUSSELL 
Author-X-Name-Last: SMYTH 
Author-Name: JUNLI WANG 
Author-X-Name-First: JUNLI 
Author-X-Name-Last: WANG 
Author-Name: XIN DENG 
Author-X-Name-First: XIN 
Author-X-Name-Last: DENG 
Title: Equity-For-Debt Swaps in Chinese Big Business: A Case Study of Restructuring in One Large State-Owned Enterprise 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 382-401 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264432 
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Author-Name: Wendy Smith 
Author-X-Name-First: Wendy 
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith 
Author-Name: Asma Abdullah 
Author-X-Name-First: Asma 
Author-X-Name-Last: Abdullah 
Title: The Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis on Human Resource Management in Malaysia 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 402-421 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/136023804200026444 
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Author-Name: Seung-Ho Kwon 
Author-X-Name-First: Seung-Ho 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kwon 
Author-Name: Dong-Kee Rhee 
Author-X-Name-First: Dong-Kee 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rhee 
Author-Name: Chung-Sok Suh 
Author-X-Name-First: Chung-Sok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Suh 
Title: Globalization Strategies of South Korean Electronics Companies After the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 422-440 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264450 
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald 
Author-Name: Young Chan Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Young Chan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Title: Business Strategy, Government and Globalization: Policy and Miscalculation in the Korean Electronics Industry 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 441-462 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264423 
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Author-Name: Pradeep Kanta Ray 
Author-X-Name-First: Pradeep 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kanta Ray 
Author-Name: Masahiro Ida 
Author-X-Name-First: Masahiro 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ida 
Author-Name: Chung-Sok Suh 
Author-X-Name-First: Chung-Sok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Suh 
Author-Name: Shams-ur Rhaman 
Author-X-Name-First: Shams-ur 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rhaman 
Title: Dynamic Capabilities of Japanese and Korean Enterprises and the &#x2018;Flying Geese&#x2019; of International Competitiveness 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 463-484 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000264469 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Conclusion: Big Business in Asia: Coverage, Themes and Prospects 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 485-496 
Issue: 3-4 
Volume: 10 
Year: 2004 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380412331296501 
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Author-Name: Yiu-Wah Ho 
Author-X-Name-First: Yiu-Wah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ho 
Author-Name: Roger Strange 
Author-X-Name-First: Roger 
Author-X-Name-Last: Strange 
Author-Name: Jenifer Piesse 
Author-X-Name-First: Jenifer 
Author-X-Name-Last: Piesse 
Title: The Hong Kong Equity Market and an Institutional Framework for Asset Pricing 
Abstract:
  Given the potential implications of market structure for asset pricing,
 this paper examines the structural and institutional features of the Hong
 Kong equity market and their relevance to explaining market behaviour. It
 was found that the Hong Kong market appears less perfect and hence less
 efficient than their counterparts in the more developed economies, such as
 the USA and the UK, so that market disequilibrium and asset mispricing
 might have occurred. This paper adds value to the literature as the
 findings provide an institutional framework for analysing and explaining
 the results from empirical asset pricing work, past and future, on the
 Hong Kong market. This has far-reaching implications for financial
 decisions. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 3-24 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238052000298353 
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Author-Name: Le Chien Thang 
Author-X-Name-First: Le Chien 
Author-X-Name-Last: Thang 
Author-Name: Truong Quang 
Author-X-Name-First: Truong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Quang 
Title: Human Resource Management Practices in a Transitional Economy: A Comparative Study of Enterprise Ownership Forms in Vietnam 
Abstract:
  This exploratory study compared human resource management (HRM) practices
 in four types of companies in Vietnam. It found, from a sample of 169
 companies, that the adoption of HRM practices reflects the company's
 ownership traits. Overall, foreign-invested companies (FICs) are somewhat
 more developed in HRM practices than state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
 Conversely, local private companies, albeit more entrepreneurial, are
 often less receptive to adopting HRM practices than SOEs. It also revealed
 that transforming SOEs into equitized companies has brought about no
 significant changes in this regard. Together with an examination of the
 impact of management's perceived value of human resources (HR), union
 status, and company size, the study provides more insight into the
 variations in HRM practices and suggests some implications for initiating
 change in this area. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 25-47 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238052000298362 
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Author-Name: Patrik Str&#xF6;m 
Author-X-Name-First: Patrik 
Author-X-Name-Last: Str&#xF6;m 
Author-Name: Jan Mattsson 
Author-X-Name-First: Jan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mattsson 
Title: Japanese Professional Business Services: A Proposed Analytical Typology 
Abstract:
  This paper explores certain characteristics of Japanese professional
 business services (PBS). The aim is to develop an analytical typology
 consisting of the three dimensions -- organizational linkage, service
 market, and competitive situation -- for analysing the obtained empirical
 data. This typology has been developed in order to increase the
 understanding of how Japanese companies operate within this sector and
 also to examine the reasons behind the fact that Japanese business
 services seem to be marginalized in an international context. This
 typology could serve as a theoretical frame for comparing Japanese
 companies with western companies in future research. This research is
 based on empirical material collected in Japan in the spring of 2001,
 covering research institutes, general trading houses and insurance
 companies. Using the constructed analytical typology, the findings reveal
 that strong organizational linkages have generated a business service
 market where diversification of service supply within companies is common.
 However, there are strong indications of a changing business environment
 with increased competition and further specialization among business
 service firms. Furthermore, the findings indicate that Japanese companies
 have difficulties competing with highly-specialized and
 reputable&#x2009;&#x2009;western business service firms. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 49-68 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238052000298371 
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Author-Name: Gennadi Kazakevitch 
Author-X-Name-First: Gennadi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kazakevitch 
Author-Name: Russell Smyth 
Author-X-Name-First: Russell 
Author-X-Name-Last: Smyth 
Title: Gradualism Versus Shock Therapy: (Re)Interpreting the Chinese and Russian Experiences 
Abstract:
  The concepts of gradualism and shock therapy are reconsidered in respect
 of the Chinese and Russian experiences. It is suggested that success in
 reform is determined not only by sharp and speedy measures for attaining
 macroeconomic financial stabilization, but also, more importantly, how
 rapidly a critical mass of genuine market forces and competition can be
 achieved in the microeconomic sphere. In contrast to the orthodox
 interpretation, it is concluded that the &#x2018;weighted
 combination&#x2019; of macroeconomic and microeconomic reforms in China
 can be regarded as true &#x2018;shock therapy&#x2019;, which has brought
 the Chinese reforms to a successful outcome. In contrast, despite initial
 macro-financial shock, the Russian reforms have been slow and inconsistent
 and, for that reason, less successful than in China. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 69-81 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238052000298380 
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Author-Name: Dylan Sutherland 
Author-X-Name-First: Dylan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sutherland 
Title: China's Science Parks: Production Bases or a Tool for Institutional Reform? 
Abstract:
   <italic>Over a decade ago China launched a large-scale programme to
 develop science parks with on site business incubators. A major goal of
 this project was to redesign the economic architecture by creating
 institutions that would greatly improve the nation's innovation system.
 Science parks, following the western model, were considered appropriate
 institutions. This is because they could harness China's many public
 research institutes and universities and so help promote both existing
 indigenous firms and emerging new technology-based private firms. Since
 its inception, however, the programme has evolved to serve multiple
 purposes, of which innovation system reform is arguably only one, minor
 goal. This article investigates the evolution of China's two-pronged
 strategy to develop science parks and business incubators in pursuit of
 institutional reform of its innovation system.</italic>  
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 83-104 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238052000298399 
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Author-Name: Jung-Won Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Jung-Won 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Employee Commitment: A Review of the Background, Determinants and Theoretical Perspectives 
Abstract:
  Commitment, and its perceived attendant benefits, is of perennial and
 topical interest to academics, employees, businesses and policy makers.
 Also, more recently commitment has become important in many countries, not
 least in terms of efforts to establish social partnership arrangements
 with trade unions and their underpinnings. In this paper we review
 research on employee commitment, in terms of commitment to organizations,
 trade unions and both, dual commitment. The approaches taken and problems
 encountered with each are explored. We point out the need for more precise
 measures, theory and greater care in designing research that examines the
 relationship between commitment and its predictors. We go on to develop a
 theoretically underpinned research framework on dual commitment and
 suggest its possible use in Asian contexts. This will form the context of
 a later empirical paper. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 105-124 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238052000298407 
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Author-Name: Vimolwan Yukongdi 
Author-X-Name-First: Vimolwan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yukongdi 
Author-Name: John Benson 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson 
Title: Women in Asian Management: Cracking the Glass Ceiling? 
Abstract:
  There have been many changes occurring in Asian business and management
 over the past two decades. One such change has been the role and position
 of women, both in the workforce and in management. Asian economies have
 experienced rapid growth in recent years, which may have had some effect
 on women's career opportunities in management. This contribution adopts a
 holistic approach to examine whether women in these Asian countries have
 experienced a greater acceptance of their participation in management or
 whether significant barriers remain. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 139-148 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000291225 
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Author-Name: Fang Lee Cooke 
Author-X-Name-First: Fang Lee 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cooke 
Title: Women's Managerial Careers in China in a Period of Reform 
Abstract:
  This contribution examines the opportunities for and barriers to women's
 managerial careers in China, drawing on first-hand empirical data and
 existing literature. It focuses on four groups of managers: managerial
 leaders in government administration, academics in higher education,
 entrepreneurs in private and self-employed businesses, and rural women
 managers. The paper explores the Chinese characteristics of gender
 inequality in management careers against the current political and
 economic background. It highlights the low level in both quantity and
 hierarchy of women in management. The contribution argues that women are
 discouraged managerial candidates for a number of legislative, social and
 personal reasons. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 149-162 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000291216 
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Author-Name: Catherine W. NG 
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine W. 
Author-X-Name-Last: NG 
Author-Name: Ann-Sofie Chakrabarty 
Author-X-Name-First: Ann-Sofie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chakrabarty 
Title: Women Managers in Hong Kong: Personal and Political Agendas 
Abstract:
  The proportion of women managers in Hong Kong has been steadily
 increasing in recent years. Hong Kong's &#x2018;can-do&#x2019; spirit,
 education system and laws against sex discrimination probably have
 contributed to the increase. However, roles in the private (home) and
 public (work) spheres remain highly gendered. This has led to intense
 worak--family stress for women managers, some of whom also face sex
 discrimination at work, such as negative attitudes toward women, the
 old-boy network and sexual harassment. However, the overall level of
 awareness of sex roles and sex discrimination among women managers is low.
 Furthermore, women managers tend not to court open and direct
 confrontation. Instead, they tend to pursue individualistic personal
 coping strategies. Women managers rely on support from their extended
 family and hire domestic help to cope with work--family stress. Women
 managers also work hard to prepare themselves for a job move when they
 perceive or encounter sex discrimination. They tend not to make demands of
 their husbands, the workplace, or the government due to concepts about the
 private and public divide and about gender roles in these two spheres. We
 argue that political agendas which push for more flexible gender roles,
 state childcare and women- and family-friendly organizational policies are
 needed to bring more women into management at a faster pace. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 163-178 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000291207 
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Author-Name: PAWAN S. BUDHWAR 
Author-X-Name-First: PAWAN S. 
Author-X-Name-Last: BUDHWAR 
Author-Name: DEBI S. SAINI 
Author-X-Name-First: DEBI S. 
Author-X-Name-Last: SAINI 
Author-Name: JYOTSNA BHATNAGAR 
Author-X-Name-First: JYOTSNA 
Author-X-Name-Last: BHATNAGAR 
Title: Women in Management in the New Economic Environment: The Case of India 
Abstract:
  Liberalization of the Indian economy has created considerable employment
 opportunities for those, including women, who possess
 marketable&#x2009;&#x2009;skills and talent. Historically, women in India
 have not enjoyed a good status in workplace settings whether in managerial
 or operative roles. This traditional positioning of women has restricted
 the intensity of their efforts towards realizing the benefits of the
 globalisation process. An attempt has been made in this contribution to
 highlight the important issues relating to women in management in the
 Indian context. The messages from a review of the literature are analysed.
 Research evidence from various sources is presented to highlight the
 dynamics of developments in the status of Indian women managers. The
 contribution discusses the main aspects of the historical, socio-cultural
 and economic factors influencing women managers: issues concerning
 gender-based stereotypes; the main barriers to women's movement to top
 managerial positions; the impact of developments in information technology
 (IT) on women managers; and the way forward. Results from two research
 projects are also presented. The analysis has important messages for
 practitioners and contributes to women's studies and management in the
 Indian context. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 179-193 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000291199 
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Author-Name: Masae Yuasa 
Author-X-Name-First: Masae 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yuasa 
Title: Japanese Women in Management: Getting Closer to &#x2018;Realities&#x2019; in Japan 
Abstract:
  Women managers are seldom seen in Japan. Female legislators, senior
 officials and managers are only 9 per cent of the total. It is also one of
 the main factors that have created the significant gender wage gap; female
 workers earned just 66.5 per cent of male worker earnings in 2002. This
 contribution explores reasons for the persistent phenomenon of very few
 female managers in the Japanese workplace despite economic and political
 factors favourable for &#x2018;empowering&#x2019; women. To what extent is
 this situation explained by the cliché that women lack the
 &#x2018;will&#x2019; to be promoted? The common explanation is that women
 &#x2018;choose&#x2019; not to be promoted or leave their jobs because of
 their &#x2018;attitude&#x2019; to marriage, birth and family
 responsibilities. Is that all? A recent study on work organization
 revealed the mechanism of constructing female private
 &#x2018;attitudes&#x2019; and &#x2018;choice&#x2019; within the
 organization. Although this new approach seems promising, this
 contribution argues that its local-oriented approach should be combined
 with macro analysis, especially focusing on the institutionalized
 practices beyond each workplace. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 195-211 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000291180 
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Author-Name: Hye-Ryun Kang 
Author-X-Name-First: Hye-Ryun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Women in Management in South Korea: Advancement or Retrenchment? 
Abstract:
  Women's role in management is an important issue. This is based not just
 on moral, but also on economic grounds. In many countries female
 participation rates in labour markets have increased, but a similar
 expansion into managerial posts has commonly lagged behind this, often an
 indication of the resilience of the so-called &#x2018;glass
 ceiling&#x2019;. We use South Korea as an example to explore this. We
 review the literature in the area and provide theoretical explanations and
 a lens through which to view developments which indicate that social and
 cultural, rather than economic, reasons often underpin the situation. We
 go on to outline some possible ways to confront female managerial
 discrimination and to increase women's roles in management. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 213-231 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000291171 
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Author-Name: JEAN LEE 
Author-X-Name-First: JEAN 
Author-X-Name-Last: LEE 
Title: Perception of Women Managers in Singapore: A Media Analysis 
Abstract:
  The paper exmaines the factors that facilitate and inhibit women's entry
 into managerial positions, drawing on the findings from a previous study
 conducted in 1993 and comparing the results against those based on an
 analysis of selected contributions (from 1993--2003) in the media. A
 content analysis is conducted in three local newspapers on how they
 described woman and male managers. Profile, word and theme analysis are
 carried out on the selected contributions. Findings reveal that successful
 women managers are increasingly accepted and recognized by the society.
 Nonetheless, they still have to fulfill their traditional social roles.
 Only the talented women can make it. Implications of the findings are
 discussed.. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 233-250 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000291162 
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Author-Name: WEN-CHI GRACE CHOU 
Author-X-Name-First: WEN-CHI GRACE 
Author-X-Name-Last: CHOU 
Author-Name: PATRICIA FOSH 
Author-X-Name-First: PATRICIA 
Author-X-Name-Last: FOSH 
Author-Name: DEBORAH FOSTER 
Author-X-Name-First: DEBORAH 
Author-X-Name-Last: FOSTER 
Title: Female Managers in Taiwan: Opportunities and Barriers in Changing Times 
Abstract:
  Women workers' chances of becoming managers, and their experiences once
 promoted to that level, are increasingly important in Taiwan, a region
 that is in the throes of socio- economic and legal change. While it is
 clear that there are proportionally more male than female managers in
 Taiwan, little systematic research has been undertaken to investigate the
 reasons for this under-representation of women. The authors' exploratory
 study suggests that the work--family conflict and Taiwanese cultural
 values contribute to the barriers female employees encounter in their
 climb up the organizational hierarchy and may lead to the depression of
 their career ambitions; however, a proportion of the female managers
 interviewed felt that their promotional opportunities and their
 experiences as managers had improved significantly in their generation.
 The authors make suggestions to guide future research on women managers in
 Taiwan. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 251-266 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000291153 
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Author-Name: Vimolwan Yukongdi 
Author-X-Name-First: Vimolwan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yukongdi 
Title: Women in Management in Thailand: Advancement and Prospects 
Abstract:
  Thailand has experienced rapid economic growth over the past two decades.
 Economic expansion has contributed to an increase in demand for managers
 and professionals. Changes in legislation to promote gender equality in
 employment and educational opportunities for women have been implemented.
 These changes have contributed to Thai women's improved status. The aim of
 the paper is to assess this progress of women in management in Thailand.
 There is some evidence suggesting that social class, in addition to
 education, may play an important role in explaining Thai women's
 advancement to managerial positions. The contribution examines the changes
 in legislation and the influence of cultural values, education, and gender
 on women's access to managerial positions. It identifies the barriers to
 women's progress and pays attention to social class as another key
 determinant of women's advancement in management. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 267-281 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000291144 
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Author-Name: John Benson 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson 
Author-Name: Vimolwan Yukongdi 
Author-X-Name-First: Vimolwan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yukongdi 
Title: Asian Women Managers: Participation, Barriers and Future Prospects 
Abstract:
  The economies of Asia have undergone a significant transformation over
 the past five decades as they moved from being primarily agrarian
 societies to more modern industrial states. What have these changes meant
 for women and, in particular, their position and progress in management?
 This contribution brings together the findings of the eight case studies
 presented in this collection. Using an explanatory model that incorporates
 individual, organizational and societal level analysis, women were found
 to be under-represented in management and faced considerable barriers in
 gaining management positions. Organizational factors underpinned many of
 these barriers but a range of cultural attributes contributed to this
 discrimination. Legislative changes were seen as one avenue to improve
 women's careers as were women's increased education levels, the changing
 approaches to human resource management, and a growing awareness of the
 inefficiencies and sub-optimal levels of organizational performance
 created by gender discrimination. This contribution concludes, however,
 that until there are major shifts in the role perceptions of women by
 individuals, organizations and society it is likely that change will occur
 only gradually and women will remain disadvantaged and under-represented
 in management 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 283-291 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/1360238042000291135 
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Author-Name: Jonathan A. Batten 
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan 
Author-X-Name-Last: A. Batten 
Author-Name: David Birch 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Birch 
Title: Defining Corporate Citizenship: Evidence from Australia 
Abstract:
  This study reports the results of a survey of the attitudes to corporate
 citizenship and practices of corporate citizenship of 93 of the largest
 private and publicly listed corporations in Australia. The results suggest
 there was considerable hesitation in positioning corporate citizenship as
 a proactive, long term, internal culture process. Instead, corporate
 emphasis was generally on short-term community activities. Also, there was
 little variation in these results when respondents were classified by
 industry, international involvement and legal structure. Clearly,
 significant links have yet to be made by corporate Australia to connect
 the financial, social and environmental bottom lines. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 293-308 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500068490 
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Author-Name: Geoffrey Lewis 
Author-X-Name-First: Geoffrey 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis 
Author-Name: Tatiana Zalan 
Author-X-Name-First: Tatiana 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zalan 
Title: Can Australia Compete Internationally? The Old Question Revisited in the Light of New Evidence 
Abstract:
  Recent empirical studies established that Australian multinational
 corporations (MNCs) have been unsuccessful in international markets and
 explained the reasons behind this lack of success. The purpose of this
 paper is to elaborate on issues that flow from this recent empirical work.
 We develop propositions to stimulate further research into the economic
 consequences of international diversification in the Australian context.
 We also discuss the implications of the evidence for managers of MNCs and
 industry policy. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 309-326 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500068516 
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Author-Name: Lydia Gan 
Author-X-Name-First: Lydia 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gan 
Author-Name: Daphne Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Daphne 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Author-Name:  Kai Lingtay 
Author-X-Name-First:  
Author-X-Name-Last: Kai Lingtay 
Author-Name: Sook Har Wai 
Author-X-Name-First: Sook Har 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wai 
Title: Online Marketing: A Boon or Bane for Business in Singapore? 
Abstract:
  This paper examines the impact of e-commerce through online marketing
 among the multi-national corporations in Singapore. A survey was carried
 out to examine the differences between online and traditional marketing
 strategies, to explore the possibility of online marketing replacing
 traditional marketing, and consequently, the future of online marketing in
 Singapore. The findings reveal that MNCs do adopt different marketing
 strategies, both online and offline, in aspects of product, price, place,
 promotion, people, physical evidence and promotion. Results indicate that
 online marketing is still in its infancy in Singapore. Although most MNCs
 are not selling online but some plan to do so within twelve months. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 327-347 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500068391 
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Author-Name: Mohd Zulkifli Mokhtar 
Author-X-Name-First: Mohd Zulkifli 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mokhtar 
Author-Name: Yusuf Karbhari 
Author-X-Name-First: Yusuf 
Author-X-Name-Last: Karbhari 
Author-Name: Kamal Naser 
Author-X-Name-First: Kamal 
Author-X-Name-Last: Naser 
Title: Company Financial Performance and ISO 9000 Registration: Evidence from Malaysia 
Abstract:
  This study investigates factors, including ISO 9000 registration, that
 impact on corporate performance, in a sample of Malaysian companies. To
 achieve this objective, the annual reports of 162 companies (81 ISO 9000
 accredited companies and 81 non-ISO accredited companies) were collected
 and a performance evaluation model was estimated. The results of the
 analysis revealed that factors such as ISO 9000 registration, return on
 assets (ROA), economic value added (EVA) and industrial category (INDCAT)
 determine corporate performance. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 349-367 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500068441 
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Author-Name: Jie Shen 
Author-X-Name-First: Jie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shen 
Author-Name: Vincent Edwards 
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent 
Author-X-Name-Last: Edwards 
Author-Name: Gloria Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Gloria 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Title: Developing an Integrative International Human Resource Model: The contribution of Chinese Multinational Enterprises 
Abstract:
  This study develops an integrative international human resource IHRM
 framework in Chinese MNEs mainly by examining the relationship between the
 intervening factors and IHRM policies and practices. It confirms that IHRM
 is associated with a variety of contextual and firm-specific factors,
 including political, legal, economic, socio-cultural factors,
 international strategy, organizational structure, organizational culture,
 stage and mode of internationalization, type and niche of industry,
 international experience, size of international operation, the reliance on
 international markets and top management perceptions of home HRM systems.
 These factors have differentiated impact and are changing over time. It
 also explores the impact of IHRM policy and practice on each other,
 arguing that there is interplay between IHRM policies and practices. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 369-388 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500068466 
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Author-Name: Lai Xuan Thuy 
Author-X-Name-First: Lai Xuan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Thuy 
Author-Name: Truong Quang 
Author-X-Name-First: Truong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Quang 
Title: Relational Capital and Performance of International Joint Ventures in Vietnam 
Abstract:
  Relational capital (RC), which is defined as mutual trust, respect,
 understanding, and close friendship between individuals in a business
 partnership, is one of the foremost important elements of the
 international joint venture (IJV) relationship. However, only relatively
 few researchers have hitherto attempted to measure this concept or its
 antecedents and consequences on joint ventures (JVs). This article
 examines the links between RC and relational factors, such as
 inter-partner flexibility, cultural sensitivity, goal clarity, information
 exchange and conflict management, and how RC contributes to performance of
 the IJVs in Vietnam. Based on an extensive questionnaire survey, the study
 found significant relationships between these relational factors and RC
 and between RC and performance of the IJVs. The findings suggest that
 investment in RC between partners is critical for the success of the IJV.
 In this regard, this research highlights the mediating roles of
 inter-partner flexibility, goal clarity, and conflict management. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 389-410 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500068532 
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Author-Name: Michael Tow Cheung 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael Tow 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheung 
Author-Name: Ziqi Liao 
Author-X-Name-First: Ziqi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Liao 
Title: Recapitalization of Thailand's Banks After the 1997 Crisis: Interpretation and Critique from a Neo-institutional Perspective 
Abstract:
  The recapitalization of Thailand's banks following the 1997 crisis is
 interpreted and positively criticized from the perspective of
 neo-institutional theory. Although a recapitalization scheme was
 introduced as part of monetary policy in 1998, the statistics and critical
 reaction on the part of private interests suggest that public resources
 and administrative action would not suffice to fully and expeditiously
 fulfill this task. To increase the supply of private capital to the
 banking sector the authorities can most effectively adopt a
 neo-institutional philosophy, under which policy credibility in situations
 of financial distress is enhanced by the clarification of property rights
 and minimization of opportunities for special-interest action.
 Neo-institutional theory also suggests that it is possible to expedite
 overall monetary recovery if the government concentrates on its
 comparative advantage in supplying the public good of financial stability,
 and leave commercial banks free to realize private comparative advantage
 in areas such as restructuring, re-engineering, mergers and competition.
 To link public and private action in the areas noted above, initiatives
 can be introduced to cooperatively exploit relative efficiency in
 obtaining and using information to support decision-making. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 411-427 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500068375 
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Author-Name: Heidi Dahles 
Author-X-Name-First: Heidi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Dahles 
Author-Name: Loh Wei Leng 
Author-X-Name-First: Loh Wei 
Author-X-Name-Last: Leng 
Title: Boundaries and Organizations in Asia: An Introduction 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 449-460 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500135703 
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Author-Name: Kwok-Bun Chan 
Author-X-Name-First: Kwok-Bun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan 
Author-Name: Vivienne Luk 
Author-X-Name-First: Vivienne 
Author-X-Name-Last: Luk 
Author-Name: George Xun Wang 
Author-X-Name-First: George Xun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang 
Title: Conflict and Innovation in International Joint Ventures: Toward a New Sinified Corporate Culture or &#x2018;Alternative Globalization&#x2019; in China 
Abstract:
  Deng Xiaoping's open-door economic policy provides an opportunity for
 international economic cooperation and development. Our study attempts to
 investigate how conflicts between Chinese workers and foreign investors as
 manifested in human resources management arise, evolve and get resolved in
 Sino--foreign joint ventures. It hypothesizes that conflicts as such can
 be functional or dysfunctional and that both partners believe that it is
 in their best interest to resolve the conflicts. The conflict resolution
 process witnesses all parties engaging in a process of purposeful learning
 and unlearning and creating a new sinified corporate culture that best
 suits the evolving business culture and social milieu in China today -- as
 China experiments with the idea of developing socialism with Chinese
 characteristics. The guiding conceptual framework of our study is that of
 convergence theory. We argue that the socio-economic and cultural
 convergence between China and the West has produced a common hybrid of
 cross-cultural innovations in China or, in a global perspective,
 &#x2018;alternative cultural globalization&#x2019;. This hybridizing
 convergence is best exemplified by the gradual localization and
 sinification of the Western corporate culture in Sino--foreign enterprises
 in China today. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 461-482 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500135737 
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Author-Name: Helen Kopnina 
Author-X-Name-First: Helen 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kopnina 
Title: Family Matters? Recruitment Methods and Cultural Boundaries in Singapore Chinese Small and Medium Enterprises 
Abstract:
  Singapore official discourse speaks of (Chinese) families as both
 cultural and economic assets and as vestiges of national identity. Chinese
 families are often described in traditional terms, namely as patrilinial,
 patrilocal, patriarchal and clearly hierarchical. In Singapore official
 discourse, the historical success of traditional family businesses is
 presented as a unique ethnic and national characteristic. Simultaneously,
 the Singapore state claims to be &#x2018;modern&#x2019;,
 &#x2018;Western&#x2019;, and &#x2018;cosmopolitan&#x2019;, allowing little
 space for &#x2018;parochial practices&#x2019; and &#x2018;archaic
 traditions&#x2019;. Either praised or looked down on, family businesses
 occupy an ambiguous position within the &#x2018;traditional&#x2019; and
 &#x2018;modern&#x2019; discourses of the Singapore state. This article
 supplies the evidence of changing family and business relations in
 Chinese--Singapore firms. Three major factors are isolated that influence
 Singapore attitudes towards family businesses: Chinese culture,
 globalization and the logic of developing capitalism, and the role of the
 Singapore state. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 483-499 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500135752 
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Author-Name: Heidi Dahles 
Author-X-Name-First: Heidi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Dahles 
Author-Name: Merel Bruckwilder 
Author-X-Name-First: Merel 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bruckwilder 
Title: A Multicultural Joint Venture Under the Post-Developmental State in Singapore 
Abstract:
  As a multi-cultural country with a British colonial past hosting many
 different ethnic groups including Westerners, Singapore juggles with the
 often conflicting forces of Westernization (holding the promise of
 economic prosperity) and Asianization (holding the promise of a distinct
 cultural identity). Although the endorsement of &#x2018;Asian
 values&#x2019; by Singapore political leaders such as Lee Kuan Yew may be
 seen as a mere rhetoric device to either explain ethnic Chinese business
 success or the Asian crisis, the question needs to be raised as to the
 ways in which the Asian Values discourse affects both Western and Asian
 MNCs operating in Singapore. In order to address this question, this
 article investigates the participation of a European--Japanese joint
 venture in a large government-sponsored reclamation project in Singapore.
 It is a rather unique situation in which the state as paymaster has the
 upper hand over the partners. The investigation shows that reference to
 &#x2018;Asian values&#x2019; is a significant boundary-marking strategy
 used by both the Singapore government and the joint venture partners to
 manipulate the power balances in this triangular relationship. The outcome
 is more often than not advantageous for the Singapore state. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 501-518 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500135786 
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Author-Name: Geeske Boode 
Author-X-Name-First: Geeske 
Author-X-Name-Last: Boode 
Title: Boundaries on the Move. The Impact of Cultural Values and Language on Organizational Design and Communication within an Organization in Thailand 
Abstract:
  Multinational organizations cross national boundaries in their search for
 higher profits. As national boundaries are becoming less significant, new
 boundaries emerge within multination organizations. This paper will
 explore the interrelations between culture, organizational design and
 business language within such an organization. It is based on extensive
 fieldwork in a Thai--Western organization in Thailand. In accordance with
 Thai law, this organization has both Thai and Western employees. Several
 of these employees have been interviewed and surveyed about their
 perceptions of the organization, the management and the effectiveness and
 efficiency of the management policies. This anthropological approach
 revealed rather divergent perspectives of two very different groups
 working together in one organization. The paper will discuss the impact of
 the management approach on the studied organization, which determines the
 way cultural boundaries are dealt with. Furthermore, it will demonstrate
 that the influence of the chosen business language on the studied
 organization was very strong. A close interrelation between business
 language, organizational design and power relations impacted on the
 Thai--Western relations within the organization. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 519-533 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500135802 
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Author-Name: Hyunghae Byun 
Author-X-Name-First: Hyunghae 
Author-X-Name-Last: Byun 
Author-Name: Sierk Ybema 
Author-X-Name-First: Sierk 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ybema 
Title: Japanese Business in the Dutch Polder: The Experience of Cultural Differences in Asymmetric Power Relations 
Abstract:
  The article investigates the interrelation between organizational context
 and human agency in intercultural interactions. Arguing against the
 dominant approach in cross-cultural research that relies heavily on
 &#x2018;objective&#x2019; dimension scores and therewith dissociates
 culture from actual intercultural encounters in specific contexts, it
 proposes that, under certain social--political conditions, organizational
 members may perceive or present particular cultural characteristics as
 especially significant. The article employs data from ethnographic
 materials gathered in the European head office of a Japanese multinational
 in the Netherlands. The implications of the findings are discussed with
 specific focus on the impact of the distribution of power and resources in
 an organizational setting on the salience of cultural differences in
 transnational cooperation. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 535-552 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500135836 
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Author-Name: Mhinder Bhopal 
Author-X-Name-First: Mhinder 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhopal 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Ethnicity as a Management Issue and Resource: Examples from Malaysia 
Abstract:
  There has been recognition for some time that the management policies in
 overseas operations of multinational companies may be complex. This is not
 only due to diverse business or product market strategies, but also
 because the political, economic, social, legislative and cultural
 environment varies between locations. In particular, a neglected aspect of
 the context is ethnicity, especially in locations which are multi-ethnic.
 Such environments provide not only &#x2018;constraints&#x2019;, but also
 &#x2018;opportunities&#x2019; in terms of management. Ethnicity is not
 only an issue which calls for &#x2018;management&#x2019; itself, but is
 itself a potential managerial resource. Ethnicity is important for
 organizations at both external (contextual) and internal (operational)
 levels. We use the example of Malaysia to highlight such issues. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 553-574 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500135869 
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Author-Name: Rebekka Tijsterman 
Author-X-Name-First: Rebekka 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tijsterman 
Title: Crossing Cultural Boundaries: A Multicultural Kindergarten in Hong Kong 
Abstract:
  Confronted with the rise of a new group within its organization, Small
 World, an international Christian kindergarten in Hong Kong, is being
 forced to reconsider its boundaries. The trend towards more applications
 to international schools by Hong Kong Chinese, adds an extra dimension to
 the already extensive cultural diversity among the kindergarten's staff,
 students and their parents. Describing the appreciation for cultural
 diversity amongst staff and parents, the strategies that are used to
 maintain harmony and the motives that (Hong Kong Chinese) parents have for
 participation in the school, it is argued that only one effect of
 globalization on the macro level can be identified on the micro and meso
 level, namely indigenization. The article shows how parents, staff and the
 organization all try to adopt attractive or useful elements of foreign
 cultures without giving up their own culture, and subsequently foster
 multiculturalism in an attempt to reach their goals, these being the
 cultural competence of their children for Hong Kong Chinese parents and
 success for the organization. The resulting demand for the incorporation
 of extra foreign elements in the curriculum is forcing Small World to
 reconsider its boundaries. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 575-591 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500135901 
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Author-Name: Loh Wei Leng 
Author-X-Name-First: Loh Wei 
Author-X-Name-Last: Leng 
Author-Name: Heidi Dahles 
Author-X-Name-First: Heidi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Dahles 
Title: Conclusions: Organizational Boundaries Reconsidered 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 593-598 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 11 
Year: 2005 
Month: 12 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500135919 
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Author-Name: Hantang Qi 
Author-X-Name-First: Hantang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Qi 
Title: Strategy Process and <italic>Guanxi</italic> in Chinese Township and Village Enterprises: A Case-Study Approach 
Abstract:
  The development of township and village enterprises (TVEs) has been of
 strategic significance to the Chinese economy. Based on long-term,
 in-depth case studies of a selected number of Chinese TVEs, this research
 seeks deductively to characterize their strategy processes in terms of
 strategic perspectives and approaches and inductively reveals that a
 guanxi-based view helps to understand better the strategy process in these
 TVEs. Overall, the strategy process in these TVEs appears as an amalgam of
 an outside-in perspective and a deliberate approach, with guanxi being
 pervasive throughout the strategy process. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-18 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500336988 
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Author-Name: WEN-SHINN LOW 
Author-X-Name-First: WEN-SHINN 
Author-X-Name-Last: LOW 
Author-Name: SOO MAY CHENG 
Author-X-Name-First: SOO MAY 
Author-X-Name-Last: CHENG 
Title: A Comparison Study of Manufacturing Industry in Taiwan and China: Manager's Perceptions of Environment, Capability, Strategy and Performance 
Abstract:
  This article compares managers' perceptions of environment, capability,
 strategy and business performance in Taiwan and China. Based on an
 analysis of survey data collected from the fastener industry, results show
 that the industrial environment and network capability are significantly
 associated with performance in China, but not in Taiwan. The findings
 highlight the difference between actual and perceived situations which
 results from what specific context decision makers find themselves in and
 how they allocate attention to specific issues. In addition, path analysis
 reveals that both organizational and network capability of Chinese firms
 are significantly associated with strategy and performance. This
 demonstrates that the strategy selected by the Chinese firms as a mediator
 influences their performance. Implications of these findings are
 discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 19-38 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500336996 
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Author-Name: Jan Selmer 
Author-X-Name-First: Jan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Selmer 
Title: Munificence of Parent Corporate Contexts and Expatriate Cross-Cultural Training in China 
Abstract:
  The practice of providing expatriates with cross-cultural training varies
 widely among business corporations. To examine the proposition that some
 characteristics of the parent corporation context could be munificent to
 the practice of providing cross-cultural training, a mail survey was
 addressed to business expatriates in China. Surprisingly, the results
 showed no association between corporate size, international stake, and
 international experience on the one hand and the extent to which the
 expatriates had received cross-cultural training on the other hand.
 Although an ad hoc analysis found a positive relationship between
 international experience and the provision of sequential cross-cultural
 training, there was no association between any of the variables depicting
 corporate context and predeparture or postarrival training. The findings
 and their implications are discussed in detail. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 39-51 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500337002 
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Author-Name: Bernard Fernandez 
Author-X-Name-First: Bernard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fernandez 
Author-Name: Evalde Mutabazi 
Author-X-Name-First: Evalde 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mutabazi 
Author-Name: Philippe Pierre 
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe 
Author-X-Name-Last: Pierre 
Title: International Executives, Identity Strategies and Mobility in France and China 
Abstract:
  The strategies of multinational firms increasingly rely in Asia Pacific
 Region on processes of socialising their employees, who are seeking to
 develop and reinforce a &#x201C;global&#x201D; company culture, without
 endangering the cultures of local subsidiaries. Specialists have coined
 the term &#x201C;cross-cultural management&#x201D;. A role of
 &#x201C;company ambassador&#x201D; is allocated to a new generation of
 international executives in Asia whose mission will be to play an
 effective role as interface between head office its the subsidiaries --
 and between the subsidiaries themselves -- once they have been suitably
 &#x201C;impregnated&#x201D; with the company culture and the particular
 features of different markets. The repeated experience of international
 mobility that executives live through means that the individual may well
 be living in conflict with previous identities. It is true to say that
 nobody stays long in an internationally mobile situation without running
 the risk of there being strong divergence between the domestic and
 residential worlds, the life of the community and the world of the
 company. This article has been written as a result of in-depth research
 into the way executives of a large French oil company built up their
 identities and as a result of a study examines intercultural learning
 based on French expatriates' experience in China. We consider how French
 expatriates experience China and what imaginary underlies their
 perception. Analysis of daily socialization and interaction processes
 shows intercultural competence develops along distinct immersion stages:
 immersion--adjustment, immersion--comprehension, and
 immersion--integration. Individually, adjustment and comprehension support
 intercultural practice. The ultimate immersion stage leads to enlightened
 pragmatism stemming from &#x201C;nomadic intelligence&#x201D;. Where a
 researcher in the social sciences or a business man might have expected to
 have found an homogenous international elite, international executives
 building an &#x201C;international system&#x201D;, the heterogeneous nature
 of the identity strategies of international executives give the lie to the
 myth of the large company as a space for the irreversible assimilation of
 its members. At an individual level, being an international executive is a
 unique way of living the experience abroad, or rather, several different
 ways of experiencing identity strategies linked to the manipulation of
 one's ethnicity in a context of significant geographical and functional
 mobility. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 53-76 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500337010 
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Author-Name: O. Yul Kwon 
Author-X-Name-First: O. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yul Kwon 
Title: Recent Changes in Korea's Business Environment: Views of Foreign Business People in Korea 
Abstract:
  This article attempts to assess changes in the Korean business
 environment after the 1997 financial crisis from a foreign perspective. To
 this end, a comprehensive survey has been conducted of foreign business
 people in Korea. Although Korea has undertaken various policy measures and
 all-out efforts to improve its business environment in the recent past,
 the present study shows that foreign business people have in general a
 negative view on the progress. It further shows that there is substantial
 room for improvement in numerous areas. Not only should excessive
 government regulations and bureaucratic power be removed, but unfair
 advantages bestowed on domestic firms, inflexibility in the labour market
 and living conditions of foreign expatriates should also be improved.
 Korean people need to become more open and amicable to foreigners and
 foreign business operations in Korea. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 77-94 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500391355 
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Author-Name: Ron Edwards 
Author-X-Name-First: Ron 
Author-X-Name-Last: Edwards 
Author-Name: Daniel Evans 
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel 
Author-X-Name-Last: Evans 
Author-Name: Aaron Smith 
Author-X-Name-First: Aaron 
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith 
Title: Wage Negotiations in the Asia Pacific: Does Globalization Increase the Wage Gap? 
Abstract:
  This article uses research from the fields of international business,
 economics and industrial relations to investigate how the context of
 multinational corporations affects the bargaining power of shop-floor
 workers and senior management. It is set in the context of the Asia
 Pacific region. Senior executives negotiate their salaries from positions
 of strength, especially when their subsidiaries fulfil important strategic
 roles. In contrast, shop-floor workers can face threats to &#x2018;move
 the plant to Asia&#x2019; when negotiating wages. These dissimilar
 negotiating positions provide the context in which wages are negotiated in
 the region. It is anticipated that the study will assist managers of
 multinational corporations and their employees&#x2019; representatives as
 they approach wage negotiations. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 95-108 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500391314 
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Author-Name: Gilmar Masiero 
Author-X-Name-First: Gilmar 
Author-X-Name-Last: Masiero 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 109-118 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500524005 
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Author-Name: Richard Gough 
Author-X-Name-First: Richard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gough 
Author-Name: Peter Holland 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Holland 
Author-Name: Julian Teicher 
Author-X-Name-First: Julian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Teicher 
Title: Employment Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region: Reflections and New Directions 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 119-130 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500532164 
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Author-Name: Russell D. Lansbury 
Author-X-Name-First: Russell D. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lansbury 
Author-Name: Seung-Ho Kwon 
Author-X-Name-First: Seung-Ho 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kwon 
Author-Name: Chung-Sok Suh 
Author-X-Name-First: Chung-Sok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Suh 
Title: Globalization and Employment Relations in the Korean Auto Industry: The Case of the Hyundai Motor Company in Korea, Canada and India 
Abstract:
  Examination is made of the complex interactions between globalization and
 employment relations as reflected in the operations of the Hyundai Motor
 Company (HMC) in Korea, Canada and India. After the closure of its
 short-lived attempt to manufacture cars for the North American market from
 Canada, the HMC &#x2018;relaunched&#x2019; its globalization strategy in
 India in 1998. An examination of Hyundai's experience in both countries
 suggests that employment relations is likely to continue to be an evolving
 blend of company-specific policies and locally-based practices. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 131-147 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500532180 
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Author-Name: Donella Caspersz 
Author-X-Name-First: Donella 
Author-X-Name-Last: Caspersz 
Title: The &#x2018;Talk&#x2019; versus the &#x2018;Walk&#x2019;: High Performance Work Systems, Labour Market Flexibility and Lessons from Asian Workers 
Abstract:
  High commitment or high performance work systems (HPWS) are a managerial
 approach aimed at facilitating high performance companies by transforming
 employees from merely being workers into partners with employers in
 realizing company goals. To achieve this HPWS use human resource practices
 that draw on employee commitment, involvement and empowerment. The pursuit
 of HPWS with employees in export-oriented industries (EOI) in newly
 industrializing economies (NIEs) of Malaysia and Sri Lanka is explored
 here. The discussion confirms a number of difficulties in realizing the
 aims of an HPWS approach because employers simultaneously pursue labour
 market flexibility (LMF) practices. As a result, this hybrid labour
 management model fractures workers' commitment thus leading to a mismatch
 between the &#x2018;talk&#x2019; and &#x2018;walk&#x2019; of HPWS in these
 environments with significant implications for employers. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 149-161 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500532214 
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Author-Name: John Rice 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rice 
Title: The Emergence of an Industrial Relations System in Taiwan: Historical and Contextual Challenges 
Abstract:
  This contribution traces the emergence of a new system of industrial
 relations in Taiwan. The transformation from a planned one-party state to
 democracy has occurred in the context of political, economic and social
 liberalization. The retreat of KMT influence, and the increasing plurality
 of labour organizations, are issues that are explored. In conclusion, some
 observations are made with regards to the emergence of new political and
 economic structures related to labour organization. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 163-174 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500532222 
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Author-Name: Michele Ford 
Author-X-Name-First: Michele 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ford 
Title: Labour NGOs: An Alternative Form of Labour Organizing in Indonesia, 1991--1998 
Abstract:
  Although Indonesia's labour non-government organizations (NGOs) are in
 many ways unique, they are in fact part of a global surge in
 non-traditional labour activism, in which international and indigenous
 labour NGOs have played an important role. This contribution examines the
 contribution of labour NGOs to the reconstruction of the Indonesian labour
 movement in the 1990s and its implications for our understanding of the
 contemporary labour movement more generally. It argues that the Indonesian
 experience suggests theorists and unionists should broaden their
 understanding of the labour movement to make room for non-traditional
 forms of labour movement organizations, such as labour NGOs, that have the
 potential to (and do) contribute to that movement. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 175-191 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500532263 
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Author-Name: Nicolaas Warouw 
Author-X-Name-First: Nicolaas 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warouw 
Title: Community-Based Agencies as the Entrepreneur's Instruments of Control in Post-Soeharto's Indonesia 
Abstract:
  The shift of power in Indonesia, marked by the fall of the Soeharto
 regime in 1998, has brought changes to state industrial relations
 policies. One of these changes has been at the level of military
 involvement in dispute settlement, which has considerably declined since
 1998. Eight years on, the liberty of factory owners to employ military
 personnel to contain labour activism has been considerably constrained. As
 a result, entrepreneurs have turned to civilian, community-based
 institutions and local personalities as an alternative avenue of labour
 control. Examination is made of evolving structures of extra-firm labour
 control in Tangerang, an industrial centre in the greater Jakarta area,
 where many local power-holders also own the lodgings rented by migrant
 manufacturing workers. It describes how their father--child relationship
 (a special extension of the patron--client relation in the Indonesian
 context) with their tenants gives them the persuasive capacity to appease
 discontented workers. This persuasive quality has proven to be even more
 effective than the coercive approach exercised by the military in the
 past. Examination is also made of the implications of these developments
 for industrial relations in the manufacturing sector. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 193-207 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500532313 
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Author-Name: Richard Gough 
Author-X-Name-First: Richard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gough 
Author-Name: Malcolm Macintosh 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Macintosh 
Author-Name: Bob Park 
Author-X-Name-First: Bob 
Author-X-Name-Last: Park 
Title: The Influence of Decentralized Bargaining Systems on the Introduction of Continuous Improvement Practices in Australian Automotive Components Companies 
Abstract:
  The study examines the nature and impact of Japanese idea of continuous
 improvement (CI) at 14 automobile components companies in Australia. It
 assesses the extent to which CI practices inform management systems and
 work organization. The study is focused on the degree to which
 decentralized bargaining systems, and reforms in the Australian vocational
 education system have facilitated the adoption of continuous production.
 The results indicate two patterns of production management in the
 companies, termed the elaborated commitment, and the basic commitment,
 respectively. The authors conclude that collective agreements were seen as
 an important vehicle for the advancement of management strategies on CI,
 although management preferences in relation to work demarcations and
 training were not significantly advanced within the agreements. They
 observe that there is no single Australian production model, and that
 company effects, as described by MacDuffie (1995) seem to predominate. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 209-224 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500532347 
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Author-Name: Peter Haynes 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Haynes 
Author-Name: Mick Marchington 
Author-X-Name-First: Mick 
Author-X-Name-Last: Marchington 
Author-Name: Peter Boxall 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Boxall 
Title: Workplace Union--Management Partnership: Prospects for Diffusion of Contemporary British Approaches in New Zealand 
Abstract:
  The level of interest in workplace union--management partnership (WUMP)
 in Britain in recent years contrasts markedly with New Zealand experience.
 The characteristics of contemporary notions of WUMP are discussed before
 considering how it has developed in the UK and examining the historical
 New Zealand experience with more co-operative models of union--management
 engagement. With this backdrop, we consider the factors that may explain
 why there are differences between NZ and Britain in this style of
 industrial relations. The small scale of New Zealand enterprise (and of
 unions) and the absence in New Zealand of EU politics and regulation are
 seen as the major factors in any explanation. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 225-241 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500532362 
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Author-Name: Julian Teicher 
Author-X-Name-First: Julian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Teicher 
Author-Name: Bernadine Van Gramberg 
Author-X-Name-First: Bernadine Van 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gramberg 
Author-Name: Peter Holland 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Holland 
Title: Trade Union Responses to Outsourcing in a Neo-Liberal Environment: A Case Study Analysis of the Australian Public Sector 
Abstract:
  Australia has witnessed a rapid growth in outsourcing over the past
 decade with the public sector being the clear leader in these initiatives.
 Explanations of the rise of outsourcing tend to emphasize economic and
 human resources management factors and neglect the political dimension. In
 particular, unions and collective labour relations have been a target of a
 neo-liberal reform agenda pursued by both Labour and conservative
 governments, which has included outsourcing as a means of individualizing
 the employment relationship and reducing union influence. This can be seen
 clearly from the experience of the state of Victoria both in its reform of
 local government and its electricity generation industry where a carefully
 implemented programme of downsizing and outsourcing played upon existing
 divisions in the workforce. In both cases a pragmatic, survival oriented
 response from the major unions was elicited. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 243-256 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500532396 
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Author-Name: Richard Gough 
Author-X-Name-First: Richard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gough 
Author-Name: Peter Holland 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Holland 
Author-Name: Julian Teicher 
Author-X-Name-First: Julian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Teicher 
Title: Conclusion: Globalization, Labour Standards and Flexibility in the Asia-Pacific Region 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 257-260 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500532420 
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Author-Name: Edsel L. Beja 
Author-X-Name-First: Edsel L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Beja 
Title: Was Capital Fleeing Southeast Asia? Estimates from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand 
Abstract:
  Capital flight is the movement of capital from a resource-scarce
 developing country to avoid social control. It is measured as the net
 unrecorded capital outflow, or the residual between officially recorded
 uses and sources of funds. For Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and
 Thailand, we estimated total capital flight at US$ 658 billion (in 1995
 prices) over the period 1970--2000. Including imputed interest earnings,
 we estimated the stock of capital flight at US$ 1 trillion as of 2002. The
 figures mean large amounts of lost resources that could have been utilized
 in the four countries to generate additional output and jobs. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 261-283 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600578133 
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Author-Name: Yushi Yoshida 
Author-X-Name-First: Yushi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoshida 
Author-Name: Hiro Ito 
Author-X-Name-First: Hiro 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ito 
Title: How Do the Asian Economies Compete With Japan in the US Market? Is China Exceptional? A Triangular Trade Approach 
Abstract:
  We apply a trilateral trade approach to examine how Japanese exports and
 investment to China, or seven other Asian economies, affect Chinese, or
 the seven Asian economies', exports to the US market. The results suggest
 that while Chinese and Japanese exports are directly competitive in US
 markets, Chinese exports to the US are supported partly by Japanese
 exports to China. The positive correlation between Japanese exports to
 China and Chinese exports to the US is explained by vertical trade between
 Japanese multinationals and their affiliates in China. Indonesian and
 Philippine exports are also competing with Japanese exports in US markets,
 though the extent of the competition is much higher for China than for
 these countries. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 285-307 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600601570 
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Author-Name: Paul Lejot 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lejot 
Author-Name: Douglas Arner 
Author-X-Name-First: Douglas 
Author-X-Name-Last: Arner 
Author-Name: Liu Qiao 
Author-X-Name-First: Liu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Qiao 
Title: Missing Links: Regional Reforms for Asia's Bond Markets 
Abstract:
  Asia's debt capital markets are of limited use to many potential
 participants. They fail to induce issuance of sufficient depth and risk
 quality to satisfy investors, and provide little guard against financial
 shocks. The region may become less prone to contagion by reducing reliance
 on its banking sectors and improving the efficiency with which it deploys
 savings. Active bond markets will improve resource allocation by providing
 an unbiased, visible price mechanism, widen investor choice and diminish
 the contagion effects of market instability. This requires national and
 collaborative actions representing unprecedented economic cooperation and
 tests of regional and bilateral institutions. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 309-331 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600570924 
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Author-Name: Andrew Atherton 
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew 
Author-X-Name-Last: Atherton 
Author-Name: Alaric Fairbanks 
Author-X-Name-First: Alaric 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fairbanks 
Title: Stimulating Private Sector Development in China: The Emergence of Enterprise Development Centres in Liaoning and Sichuan Provinces 
Abstract:
  The private sector is becoming an increasingly important part of the
 Chinese economy. This has been recognized in the SME Promotion Law of
 2003, which provides a policy rationale for public support for small and
 medium enterprises operating in the private sector. One aspect of
 government support for private enterprise development highlighted in that
 Law is the creation of enabling institutions and support systems for small
 and medium enterprises at municipal level. This article examines a series
 of enterprise development centres that have been established in China
 since 2000, and explores the implications for government support for and
 future development of private smaller enterprises in China. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 333-354 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500509097 
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Author-Name: Christopher Wright 
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wright 
Author-Name: Seung-Ho Kwon 
Author-X-Name-First: Seung-Ho 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kwon 
Title: Business Crisis and Management Fashion: Korean Companies, Restructuring and Consulting Advice 
Abstract:
  The concept of management fashion has become increasingly common in
 studies of management knowledge diffusion, although rarely applied outside
 of Western economic settings. In this article we examine the activities of
 one group of management fashion setters, global management consultancies,
 and their role in the restructuring of Korean industry following the 1997
 economic crisis. We find that large Korean companies made significant use
 of Western consultancies in the aftermath of the 1997 crisis. However,
 while the engagement of Western management experts provided an impression
 of reform, the adoption of consultant-directed change has been variable
 and consultants faced considerable client resistance to the adoption of
 new practice. The article explores the reasons underlying the limited
 embrace of Western consulting expertise in Korea and highlights the
 implications of the Korean case for management fashion theory. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 355-373 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600597034 
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Author-Name: David Clayton 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Clayton 
Title: Labour--Intensive Industrialization in Hong Kong, 1950--70: A Note on Sources and Methods 
Abstract:
  This research note critiques published quantitative sources on employment
 in manufacturing enterprises during a crucial epoch of rapid
 industrialization, and uses newly discovered archival sources to
 investigate organizational dualism, the co-existence of labour and
 capital-intensive modes of production. New quantitative data demonstrates
 that a high proportion of the industrial workforce was employed in small
 enterprises, notably workshops using labour-intensive techniques. New
 surveys of two &#x2018;traditional&#x2019; Hong Kong industries (rattan
 ware furniture and basket ware; and umbrella making) show that factory,
 workshop, and home-based production co-existed within the same sector
 across the whole period, 1950--70. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 375-388 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600601539 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Business and Management in South East Asia: Studies in Diversity and Dynamism 
Abstract:
  This collection of fieldwork and research from a range of leading
 international authors across the business and management field is both
 timely and topical. The South East Asian region remains a diverse and
 dynamic part of the &#x2018;greater Asia&#x2019; area and an important
 economic bloc. It contains a range of economies and types of firms and
 operating environments. However, the region has often received less
 academic and research interest and focus, although there have been many
 recent dynamic developments. This volume covers various issues,
 organizations and sectors in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam and
 will greatly contribute to the growing literature on South East Asia. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 389-401 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600616057 
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Author-Name: Phillip Niffenegger 
Author-X-Name-First: Phillip 
Author-X-Name-Last: Niffenegger 
Author-Name: Songpol Kulviwat 
Author-X-Name-First: Songpol 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kulviwat 
Author-Name: Napatsawan Engchanil 
Author-X-Name-First: Napatsawan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Engchanil 
Title: Conflicting Cultural Imperatives in Modern Thailand: Global Perspectives 
Abstract:
  Thailand is now in a critical period, facing the need to restore stable
 economic growth and prosperity after the disastrous devaluation of the
 Baht in 1997, and the subsequent recession that followed. To do so will
 require a careful and artful blending of new capitalist methods with
 traditional Buddhist values, a new economic synthesis of eastern and
 western values. Based upon Hofstede's culture theory and the essence of
 Thai Buddhism, this research explores the potential conflicts involved in
 this course of action and provides some insights into a possible
 twenty-first century economy that will pave the way for economic
 development through a constructive confrontation of differing views, both
 inside and outside Thai society. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 403-420 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600571211 
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Author-Name: Zakiah Saleh 
Author-X-Name-First: Zakiah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Saleh 
Author-Name: Maurice W. Pendlebury 
Author-X-Name-First: Maurice W. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Pendlebury 
Title: Accruals Accounting in Government -- Developments in Malaysia 
Abstract:
  Accruals accounting by governments has been successfully adopted in
 several countries. This study examines the move to accruals accounting in
 the United Kingdom and compares this with developments in Malaysia. In the
 UK, it is argued that the principles of accruals accounting were
 introduced primarily for managerial accounting and control purposes.
 Malaysia has also focused primarily on management accounting initiatives
 for the development of governmental accounting and is now considering the
 use of accruals accounting in an attempt to improve further its financial
 management procedures. The work draws on the results of a questionnaire
 survey of government accountants in Malaysia. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 421-435 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600574595 
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Author-Name: Norizan Mohd Kassim 
Author-X-Name-First: Norizan Mohd 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kassim 
Title: Telecommunication Industry in Malaysia: Demographics Effect on Customer Expectations, Performance, Satisfaction and Retention 
Abstract:
  This study examined differences in customer expectations, perceptions of
 performance and satisfaction and retention of telecommunications service
 quality in the multi-ethnic environment of Malaysia. Analysis of
 multivariate covariance was used to determine the effect of a number of
 demographic variables (gender, ethnic, age, marital, education and
 income). Overall, the findings suggested that some demographic variables
 have significant effects on some dimensions involved in expectations,
 perceptions of performance and satisfaction, and retention with income
 having the most effects and gender, ethnic, and marital status having the
 least effects. Those dimensions include service coverage, billing
 integrity, quality of line, customer service and customer service outlet. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 437-463 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600571401 
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Author-Name: Lai Wan Hooi 
Author-X-Name-First: Lai Wan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hooi 
Title: Implementing e-HRM: The Readiness of Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Companies in Malaysia 
Abstract:
  This study attempts to understand the extent of e-HRM practised in the
 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector in
 five main areas of human capital management, which is believed to have a
 significant impact on the competitiveness of the industry, namely,
 recruitment, compensation and benefits, training and development,
 communication and performance appraisal. The piece will also focus on the
 fact that the readiness and feasibility of implementing e-HRM in the SMEs
 in Malaysia is dependent on the availability of resources and the attitude
 of the employees. The resources covered in this study include expertise,
 financial and technical resources. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 465-485 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600570874 
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Author-X-Name-First: A. B. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sim 
Title: Internationalization Strategies of Emerging Asian MNEs -- Case Study Evidence on Singaporean and Malaysian Firms 
Abstract:
  Empirical research on the internationalization processes, strategies and
 operations of Asian multinational enterprises (MNEs) from countries at
 different levels of development is limited to date. Drawing on primary
 data from ten matched case studies of emerging Singaporean and Malaysian
 MNEs in five industrial sectors, this research examines and analyses their
 internationalization characteristics and strategies and evaluates them
 within the IDP (investment development path) perspective. The findings
 indicate that the emerging Singaporean and Malaysian MNEs, while
 exhibiting characteristics such as that described in extant theories also
 suggest some differences. The empirical findings, limitations,
 implications and areas for further research are discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 487-505 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380500391249 
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Author-Name: Grace O. M. Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Grace O. M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Human Resources, Labour Markets and Unemployment: The Impact of the SARS Epidemic on the Service Sector in Singapore 
Abstract:
  This study examines the links between epidemics and their economic and
 human resources consequences in a contemporary setting, specifically in
 terms of their impacts on human resources, labour-markets and jobs. To
 exemplify the above, we looked at SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
 a phenomenon we have previously investigated in the People's Republic of
 China and Hong Kong, vis-&#xE0;-vis its impact on the Singapore economy,
 its human resources, labour-market and its level of employment and
 unemployment. We hypothesized that the greatest impact would be on human
 resource management (HRM) in the service-sector and on particular
 sub-sectors, such as the hotel industry. It concludes that the demand and
 supply &#x2018;shocks&#x2019; investigated affected both the demand for
 and the supply of labour in the sector, with observable HRM consequences
 for hotel employment (as in the case of both mainland China and Hong Kong,
 although each being on their different respective scales, with one large
 and one small in population base). The Singapore outcome was, however, to
 prove closer to the Hong Kong experience, than to the Chinese case. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 507-527 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600571443 
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Author-Name: David Purnell 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Purnell 
Title: Multinational NGOs and Expatriation: A Case Study of a NGO in Vietnam 
Abstract:
  There has been extensive research into multinational organizational
 strategy and structure, headquarters (HQ) control of subsidiaries and
 expatriation in profit-driven organizations. This pilot case study
 attempts to address these issues in non-profit organizations.
 Semi-structured interviews are used to examine organizational strategy,
 structure and control in a non-governmental organization (NGO). The role
 of expatriates and expatriate relationships with other organizational and
 contextual stakeholders are also investigated. The findings show that HQ's
 ideology, politics, strategy and structure have significant impact on the
 strategy formulation and implementation at the subsidiary. In addition,
 expatriate ideology and intrinsic motivations contribute greatly to
 successful expatriation outcomes. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 529-546 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600571294 
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Author-Name: THANG V. NGUYEN 
Author-X-Name-First: THANG V. 
Author-X-Name-Last: NGUYEN 
Author-Name: NGOC T. B. LE 
Author-X-Name-First: NGOC 
Author-X-Name-Last: T. B. LE 
Author-Name: NICK J. FREEMAN 
Author-X-Name-First: NICK J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: FREEMAN 
Title: Trust and Uncertainty: A Study of Bank Lending to Private SMEs in Vietnam 
Abstract:
  This research explores the question of how -- in the absence of
 institutions that legitimate markets, contracts, and private property, and
 the lack of business data -- banks make loan decisions to the private
 sector. We conducted in-depth interviews with 23 bankers of state-owned
 and private banks in Vietnam. Our results suggests that in the absence of
 effective market institutions and business data, banks in Vietnam face
 considerable uncertainties (rather than risks) in lending to private
 businesses. Consequently, banks employ a combination of uncertainty
 avoidance, and reliance on trust, in lending to their private business
 clients. We also found a strong association between types of banks (state
 and privately owned) and uncertainty strategies, as well as strong
 relationships between types of banks and trust development mechanisms. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 547-568 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600571260 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Conclusion: Whither Business and Management in South East Asia? 
Abstract:
  In order to make sense of the diversity of business and management in
 South East Asia, we consider the notion of &#x2018;divergence&#x2019;
 vis-&#xE1;-vis &#x2018;convergence&#x2019;. We then go on to examine the
 four national exemplifications represented in this collection, namely
 studies set in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. Finally, we look
 at the lessons to be learnt from the comparisons and contrasts drawn. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 569-575 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600601612 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 577-585 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 12 
Year: 2006 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600894175 
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Author-Name: Namhee Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Namhee 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Author-Name: Gary N. Mclean 
Author-X-Name-First: Gary N. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mclean 
Title: Customer Service Behaviours in Korea and Implications for Training: Lessons from an Exploratory Critical Incidents Study of Customer and Employee Service Encounters 
Abstract:
  This research was conducted primarily to identify favourable and
 unfavourable service behaviours in Korea through interviews with service
 employees, using the critical incident technique. The findings of this
 study provided basic information about premier customer service from
 Korean employees' perspectives, and suggested some recommendations for
 customer service training and for systems improvements in Korean
 organizations. Also, the need for culture-specific customer service
 practice backed by knowledge and theory of the impact of culture on
 customer behaviours has been stressed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-20 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600647581 
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Author-Name: Nguyen Thi Thuy Khanh 
Author-X-Name-First: Nguyen Thi Thuy 
Author-X-Name-Last: Khanh 
Author-Name: Le Nguyen Hau 
Author-X-Name-First: Le Nguyen 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hau 
Title: Preferred Appeals as a Reflection of Culture: Mobile Phones Advertising in Vietnam 
Abstract:
  This study is an initial step to consider whether international brands
 should create global images or tailor the images to the local culture. Its
 objective is to explore the preferences of Vietnamese consumers on
 advertising appeals related to mobile phones and to see if those
 preferences reflect specific dimensions of the Vietnamese culture. Survey
 findings indicate that the consumers' preferences for advertising appeals
 do reflect the Vietnamese culture in power distance, masculinity and
 uncertainty avoidance. However, appeals related to collectivity and
 emotionality are less preferred to individuality and rationality,
 respectively. Differences among subgroups of consumers in terms of gender,
 age and price segments have also been identified. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 21-39 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600652987 
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Author-Name: Tony Brauer 
Author-X-Name-First: Tony 
Author-X-Name-Last: Brauer 
Author-Name: Vincent Edwards 
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent 
Author-X-Name-Last: Edwards 
Author-Name: Anh Trieu Phan 
Author-X-Name-First: Anh Trieu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Phan 
Title: The Gambler, the Carrots, and the Cook: A Critical Evaluation of Investment Potential in the Vietnamese Software Industry 
Abstract:
  The Vietnamese software industry has shown substantial development in
 recent years. On the basis of interviews with informed respondents this
 article investigates the condition and potential for further development
 of the industry, using a soft systems approach. Finegold's eco-system
 model is used to build a model of the industry. Partnerships and networks
 are identified as important factors in industry evolution, with the key
 role played by venture capital. Furthermore, the Vietnamese government and
 its institutions will continue to have a significant influence on the
 industry. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 41-58 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380600876875 
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Author-Name: Jonathan A. Batten 
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan A. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Batten 
Author-Name: Ranjan M. J. George 
Author-X-Name-First: Ranjan M. J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: George 
Author-Name: Samanthala Hettihewa 
Author-X-Name-First: Samanthala 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hettihewa 
Title: Is Corporate Ethical Practice Changing? Evidence from Sri-Lanka 
Abstract:
  This study undertakes a longitudinal analysis of the ethical management
 practices of Sri Lankan companies by comparing the results from a survey
 conducted in 2003. During this period regulatory developments have taken
 place within Sri Lanka and internationally aimed at improving the level of
 corporate governance. Based upon this survey data we conclude that
 progress has been made in ensuring that ethical management practices are
 more homogenous and standard practice across companies. Internationalized
 companies remain the ones that are more aware of the environmental
 consequences of their actions, although few companies, unfortunately,
 recognize this as an issue of concern. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 59-78 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380601010532 
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Author-Name: Aruna Chandra 
Author-X-Name-First: Aruna 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chandra 
Author-Name: Wei He 
Author-X-Name-First: Wei 
Author-X-Name-Last: He 
Author-Name: Tim Fealey 
Author-X-Name-First: Tim 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fealey 
Title: Business Incubators in China: A Financial Services Perspective 
Abstract:
  The business incubation industry in China has been booming since the
 mid-1990s. However, the lack of a well-developed financial services sector
 has become a major bottleneck to the growth of the industry. Based on our
 visits to 12 Chinese business incubators around the country and interviews
 with their executives, we present our perspective on the state of the
 incubator industry in China with special emphasis on incubators' financial
 services for their incubatees. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 79-94 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380601030647 
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Author-Name: AUDLEY GENUS 
Author-X-Name-First: AUDLEY 
Author-X-Name-Last: GENUS 
Author-Name: MOHD ALI MOHAMAD NOR 
Author-X-Name-First: MOHD ALI MOHAMAD 
Author-X-Name-Last: NOR 
Title: Bridging the Digital Divide in Malaysia: An Empirical Analysis of Technological Transformation and Implications for E-development 
Abstract:
  This article presents an empirical, multi-level analysis of the diffusion
 of information and communication technologies (ICTs) throughout Malaysia.
 It reflects on the potential for policy makers in developing countries to
 steer technological transformation towards &#x2018;desirable&#x2019; ends
 and assesses the contribution of diverse parties and factors to the
 acceptance or otherwise of ICTs. The study finds that where policy makers
 ignore the multi-level, multi-actor processes by which technology and
 society co-evolve, opportunities may be missed to render the use of ICTs
 meaningful to would-be users. This is turn may retard economic development
 related to the growth of the information society and e-business. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 95-112 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380601010573 
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Author-Name: Do Xuan Truong 
Author-X-Name-First: Do Xuan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Truong 
Author-Name: Truong Quang 
Author-X-Name-First: Truong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Quang 
Title: The Psychological Contract in Employment in Vietnam: Preliminary Empirical Evidence from an Economy in Transition 
Abstract:
  The psychological contract is defined as a set of mutual and promissory
 obligations perceived by employees and employers in their employment
 relationship. Although this concept had been extensively researched in the
 West, little empirical evidence in other contexts was available. This
 study operationalized the concept of psychological contract in Vietnam, an
 economy in transition. From a sample of 220 questionnaires of employees
 and their corresponding human resource managers, it found some distinct
 features of the psychological contract. Furthermore, this articles
 confirmed the congruence in the perceptions of employees and employers
 about contract obligations and fulfilments. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 113-131 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380601033245 
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Author-Name: HON FUN POON 
Author-X-Name-First: HON FUN 
Author-X-Name-Last: POON 
Author-Name: CHRIS ROWLEY 
Author-X-Name-First: CHRIS 
Author-X-Name-Last: ROWLEY 
Title: Contemporary Research on Management and Human Resources in China: A Comparative Content Analysis of Two Leading Journals 
Abstract:
  This article analyses some important developments and changes in interest
 and research studies on management and human resources (HR) in China since
 the World Trade Organization accession and also suggests possibilities
 regarding future developments. Professionals and academics are
 contributing and serving this field through the dissemination of knowledge
 and ideas in journals. Thus, changes and trends that may have an impact on
 management and HR concepts, policies and practices can be determined by
 reviewing such articles. Through content analysis of articles from two
 leading academic journals, the <italic>International Journal of Human
 Resource Management</italic> and the Asia Pacific Business Review, the
 authors identify common research topics in recent years, examine the use
 of types of theories and compare and assess the most prevalently used
 research methodologies. This analysis shows that recent research on
 management and HR in China has several characteristics -- a wide range of
 topics are covered, the theories used are predominantly western and most
 employ non-probability sampling and are descriptive in nature. The
 recognition of these characteristics provides a platform for considering
 future research and developing appropriates stances in the area. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 133-153 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380601016984 
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Author-Name: Gilmar Masiero 
Author-X-Name-First: Gilmar 
Author-X-Name-Last: Masiero 
Title: Book reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 155-162 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380601086714 
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Author-Name: WAN-SOON KIM 
Author-X-Name-First: WAN-SOON 
Author-X-Name-Last: KIM 
Author-Name: YOU-IL LEE 
Author-X-Name-First: YOU-IL 
Author-X-Name-Last: LEE 
Title: Challenges of Korea's Foreign Direct Investment-Led Globalization: Multinational Corporations' Perceptions 
Abstract:
  Following the economic and financial crisis of 1997, the Korean
 government has made attempts to move the economy towards a neoclassical
 economic growth paradigm based on inward foreign direct investment (FDI),
 and seemingly replacing the old strategic model of state-led development,
 which has been dominant for over three decades. Notwithstanding the
 government's significant efforts and the IMF's praise of Korea's financial
 crisis recovery as &#x2018;remarkable&#x2019;, the FDI-led globalization
 strategy and the government behaviour are still often perceived as
 inconsistent, inefficient, unpredictable and xenophobic by many in the
 international business community. This article presents insights into
 those prevailing perceptions through interviews conducted with 47 senior
 executives of foreign companies and various foreign chambers of commerce
 in Korea between 2005 and 2006. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 163-181 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701223001 
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Author-Name: Emmanuel Cleeve 
Author-X-Name-First: Emmanuel 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cleeve 
Title: Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the UK Electronic Industry: The Eclectic Approach 
Abstract:
  This article analyses the combined effects of Japanese firms' ownership
 and location advantages on the size of foreign direct investment (FDI).
 The size of FDI is measured by two proxies, the firm's employment level
 and its total assets. Econometric models are estimated. The estimated
 regression models show that the parent company's firm-specific resources
 and the external economies in the located region determine the flow of FDI
 at the time of entry of Japanese electronic firms in the UK. This result
 shows that empirical analysis on FDI flows should combine both the
 ownership and location advantages, as suggested by Dunning's eclectic
 paradigm. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 183-200 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380601039994 
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Author-Name: Ruth Rios-Morales 
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rios-Morales 
Author-Name: Louis Brennan 
Author-X-Name-First: Louis 
Author-X-Name-Last: Brennan 
Title: Ireland's Foreign Direct Investment Competitive Advantage and Japanese Outward Foreign Direct Investment 
Abstract:
  This article addresses Ireland's record in attracting foreign direct
 investment (FDI). FDI has been identified as one of the key factors that
 has spurred the growth of the Celtic Tiger. An adaptation of Porter's
 Diamond is offered to explain the determinants of Ireland's competitive
 advantage in attracting FDI. The overall trends in FDI inflows to Ireland
 are considered. The study then focuses on Japanese FDI into Europe and
 Ireland in particular. The pattern of Japanese FDI flows into Ireland is
 analysed in the context of Ireland's determinants of FDI competitive
 advantage. Future considerations around Ireland's model of competitive
 advantage are addressed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 201-231 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380601133219 
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Author-Name: Li Li 
Author-X-Name-First: Li 
Author-X-Name-Last: Li 
Author-Name: Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen 
Author-X-Name-First: Wilhelm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Barner-Rasmussen 
Author-Name: Ingmar Bj&#xF6;rkman 
Author-X-Name-First: Ingmar 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bj&#xF6;rkman 
Title: What Difference Does the Location Make?: A Social Capital Perspective on Transfer of Knowledge from Multinational Corporation Subsidiaries Located in China and Finland 
Abstract:
  This article proposes that MNC subsidiaries located in economically
 highly developed countries will transfer more knowledge to other corporate
 units than will subsidiaries located in less developed countries. The
 direct effect of subsidiary location is tested, as well as the interaction
 effects of location and social capital, on outward knowledge transfer from
 subsidiaries to other MNC units. The analysis is based on a sample of 164
 MNC subsidiaries located in Finland (an economically highly developed
 country) and China (a less developed country). Results indicate that
 subsidiaries located in Finland tend to engage more actively in outward
 knowledge transfer than do their peer units located in China. The
 conclusion is therefore that this negative
 &#x2018;country-of-origin&#x2019; effect increases the need for promoting
 trust and shared vision among individuals and units in the MNC. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 233-249 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380601133185 
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Author-Name: I-CHIEH HSU 
Author-X-Name-First: I-CHIEH 
Author-X-Name-Last: HSU 
Author-Name: CAROL YEH-YUN LIN 
Author-X-Name-First: CAROL 
Author-X-Name-Last: YEH-YUN LIN 
Author-Name: JOHN J. LAWLER 
Author-X-Name-First: JOHN J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: LAWLER 
Author-Name: SE-HWA WU 
Author-X-Name-First: SE-HWA 
Author-X-Name-Last: WU 
Title: Toward a Model of Organizational Human Capital Development: Preliminary Evidence from Taiwan 
Abstract:
  This article seeks to explore the black box mediating between human
 resource management practices and firm performance. It is hypothesized
 that high performance work systems develop organizational human capital,
 which in turn, positively affect firm performance. Two organizational
 antecedents are also hypothesized to lead to the implementation of high
 performance work systems. They are a top management value that sees human
 resources and human resource management practices as major sources of
 competitive advantage, and organizational strategy that seeks to
 differentiate by product or service innovation. These hypotheses were
 tested by analysing questionnaires from 62 human resource managers and 206
 engineers in 77 information technology companies. Research findings
 suggest that organizational human capital (employee competencies and
 commitment) mediates the relationship between high performance work
 systems and firm performance. Top management human resource values and
 organizational strategy have a joint effect on the implementation of high
 performance work systems. This study is exploratory and findings are not
 conclusive. The implications and limitations of this study are discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 251-275 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701233547 
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Author-Name: Nicolette de Sausmarez 
Author-X-Name-First: Nicolette 
Author-X-Name-Last: de Sausmarez 
Title: The Potential for Tourism in Post-crisis Recovery: Lessons from Malaysia's Experience of the Asian Financial Crisis 
Abstract:
  The impact of crises on a national economy can be severe and it is
 essential that recovery is rapid and complete. This article argues that
 tourism may be an ideal focus for the recovery effort, as it is resilient
 and has many links into other sectors. Based on data collected from
 interviews with senior policy makers in Malaysia, the performance of
 tourism in four key areas is explored in the context of the Malaysian
 response to the Asian financial crisis. It is concluded that on balance,
 tourism is worthy of special consideration as a vehicle for post-crisis
 recovery. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 277-299 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380601045587 
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Author-Name: Sylvano D. Mahiwo 
Author-X-Name-First: Sylvano D. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mahiwo 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 301-309 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701216948 
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Author-Name: YIFEI SUN 
Author-X-Name-First: YIFEI 
Author-X-Name-Last: SUN 
Author-Name: MAXIMILIAN VON ZEDTWITZ 
Author-X-Name-First: MAXIMILIAN 
Author-X-Name-Last: VON ZEDTWITZ 
Author-Name: DENIS FRED SIMON 
Author-X-Name-First: DENIS 
Author-X-Name-Last: FRED SIMON 
Title: Globalization of R&D and China: An Introduction 
Abstract:
  In this introduction, we discuss the recent changes in multinational
 corporations' (MNCs) research and development (R&D) strategies and China's
 rising role in this new development. Significant changes include: 1) More
 and more corporations have started overseas R & D operations; 2) the
 missions of many overseas R&D facilities have shifted from the traditional
 supplementing and supporting roles to become critical and strategic
 components of MNCs' global R&D networks; and 3) MNC overseas R&D
 operations have expanded their geographic reach to carefully selected
 developing countries. China has benefited from such changes and has become
 one major attraction for such R&D facilities due to its rich endowment of
 low-cost and well- trained scientists and engineers as well as its fast
 growing domestic market and burgeoning foreign investment in
 manufacturing. The explosion of foreign R&D investment has also been
 accompanied by the rapid growth of China's domestic investment in R&D. The
 growth in both domestic and foreign investment in R&D implies that China
 will improve its position in global economic and technological
 competition. However, it is unclear to the rest of the world about the
 implications of China's rising R&D and whether or not China can capture
 the value from the presence of foreign R&D centres. We conclude that
 issues related to China's science and technology development in general
 and foreign R&D in China in particular warrant more research in the
 future. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 311-319 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701291867 
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Author-Name: KATHLEEN A. WALSH 
Author-X-Name-First: KATHLEEN A. 
Author-X-Name-Last: WALSH 
Title: China R&D: A High-Tech Field of Dreams1 
Abstract:
  This study highlights the rapid pace at which new commercial research and
 development (R&D) centres are being established by foreign investors in
 the People's Republic of China (PRC). It recounts the motivations behind
 this growing trend, subtle changes in this trend over time, some lessons
 learned, and asks what it could mean for future Asia-Pacific relations.
 The essay emphasizes China's distinct role in attracting R&D through its
 extensive investment in municipal services, infrastructure and regulatory
 reforms as well as policy incentives that have helped to spur ever-greater
 levels of foreign R&D investment over the past decade. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 321-335 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701291883 
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Author-Name: ERIK BAARK 
Author-X-Name-First: ERIK 
Author-X-Name-Last: BAARK 
Title: Knowledge and Innovation in China: Historical Legacies and Emerging Institutions 
Abstract:
  The purpose of this study is to provide a critical and historically
 grounded perspective on the institutional fabric for knowledge generation
 and innovative activities in Chinese society. Utilizing theoretical and
 methodological insights from social epistemology, it explores legacies of
 traditional Chinese perceptions of the utility of scientific knowledge,
 the balance of exploitation/exploration, the prestige of innovation, and
 the division of labour in knowledge production and application. It is
 argued that these legacies have continued to shape emerging contemporary
 institutions of knowledge and innovation. They contribute to tensions
 between the search for knowledge and requirements of power; they bias
 innovative activities towards exploitation; and they constrain creative
 entrepreneurship in the transitional innovation system. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 337-356 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701291917 
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Author-Name: Jian Gao 
Author-X-Name-First: Jian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gao 
Author-Name: Gary H. Jefferson 
Author-X-Name-First: Gary H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jefferson 
Title: Science and Technology Take-off in China?: Sources of Rising R&D Intensity 
Abstract:
  China's ratio of research and development (R&D) spending to its gross
 domestic product (GDP) more than doubled from 0.6 per cent in 1996 to 1.4
 per cent in 2005. This study documents the pattern of science and
 technology (S & T) take-off, characterized by an abrupt increase in the
 R&D to GDP ratio. This abrupt increase, observed in many of the now
 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries,
 typically drives R&D intensity from below 1 per cent to the range of 2--3
 per cent. The question addressed in this work is whether China has begun a
 similar S & T take-off. The study reviews several conditions identified in
 the endogenous growth literature that drives R&D intensification and notes
 their emergence in China during the past decade. It also speculates why
 China's R&D intensification appears to be starting at such a low level of
 income per capita. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 357-371 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701291933 
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Author-Name: Yun-Chung Chen 
Author-X-Name-First: Yun-Chung 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen 
Title: The Upgrading of Multinational Regional Innovation Networks in China 
Abstract:
  Theories of globalization of innovation assume a hierarchical structure
 of location in the global division of innovation, with advanced innovative
 activities in the advanced economies and routine ones in the developing
 economies. This study attempts to explain why multinational corporations
 (MNCs) have localized a wide spectrum of innovative activities to China
 since 1995, which range from process innovation and product innovation to
 basic research. By comparing the dynamic transformation of two MNCs'
 regional innovation networks (RIN) in China -- namely Motorola and
 Microsoft -- this essay argues that the innovation upgrading process can
 be better understood through examining the interaction between the MNC
 subsidiary innovation centres and the local institutions. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 373-403 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701291941 
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Author-Name: YIFEI SUN 
Author-X-Name-First: YIFEI 
Author-X-Name-Last: SUN 
Author-Name: KE WEN 
Author-X-Name-First: KE 
Author-X-Name-Last: WEN 
Title: Uncertainties, Imitative Behaviours and Foreign R&D Location: Explaining the Over-concentration of Foreign R&D in Beijing and Shanghai within China 
Abstract:
  This study examines the location of foreign research and development
 (R&D) establishments in China and reveals that such facilities are overly
 concentrated in Shanghai and Beijing, the two first- tier cities. We argue
 that the spatial concentration of R&D in Shanghai and Beijing is more
 intense than what can be expected based on the spatial concentration of
 foreign investment, science and technology resources and general economic
 activities. The spatial concentration is also greater than what is
 observed in more developed countries. This degree of concentration cannot
 be convincingly explained by the conventional, rational choice model that
 relies mostly upon factors such as market size, labour costs and
 infrastructure, among others. Our analysis suggests that site location
 decisions are also the product of imitative behaviours among decision
 makers faced with uncertainties and multiple risks, particularly in a
 transitional economy such as China's. We further discuss the implications
 for second-tier cities in competition for foreign R&D investment,
 suggesting that these cities should aggressively market their cities to
 foreign investors in order to reduce the perceived risks undermining their
 ability to attract R&D. We also speculate that as foreign investors become
 more knowledgeable about the rest of China, more companies will begin to
 establish R&D facilities in such second-tier cities. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 405-424 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701291966 
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Author-Name: Yifei Sun 
Author-X-Name-First: Yifei 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sun 
Author-Name: Ke Wen 
Author-X-Name-First: Ke 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wen 
Title: Country Relational Distance, Organizational Power and R&D Managers: Understanding Environmental Challenges for Foreign R&D in China 
Abstract:
  This study examines the challenges of foreign research and development
 (R&D) in China, based on interviews with 32 senior R&D managers. It
 confirms the findings from previous research that many barriers still
 exist in China for foreign R&D, and such barriers include institutional
 environment, infrastructure and labour management. Among the three
 categories, issues related labour management, such as increasing labour
 cost and mobility, lack of experience and creativity and cultural
 differences among the research staff, prove to be most challenging for
 management, while China's institutions and infrastructure do not seem to
 pose big problems for foreign companies. This study also finds that
 responses from R&D managers are not consistent, and the differences could
 be largely explained by three types of factors: relational distance
 between the parent country and China, the strength and experience of
 foreign companies, and the manager's personal experience and closeness
 with China. Further research is needed to explore these issues due to the
 small sample size of this study. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 425-449 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701291982 
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Author-Name: John W. Medcof 
Author-X-Name-First: John W. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Medcof 
Title: Subsidiary Technology Upgrading and International Technology Transfer, with Reference to China 
Abstract:
  This paper reviews the research on technology upgrading in the
 subsidiaries of transnational corporations and the research on the
 development of Chinese high technology firms. On the basis of this it
 develops fresh policy options for government intent upon facilitating
 international technology transfer to their jurisdictions. Technology
 upgrading is the use of increasingly complex technologies in products and
 processes, and the development of the managerial and organizational
 capabilities needed to leverage those technologies effectively. Technology
 upgrading by the subsidiaries of transnational corporations can contribute
 to the economic development of the host region and is often driven by the
 entrepreneurial activities of subsidiary management. The upgrading process
 involves collaborating/lobbying with suppliers, headquarters and sister
 subsidiaries. Economic development policy should foster subsidiary
 technology upgrading as part of initiatives to increase international
 technology transfer. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 451-469 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701292006 
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Author-Name: Denis Fred Simon  
Author-X-Name-First: Denis Fred Simon 
Author-X-Name-Last:  
Title: Whither Foreign R&D in China: Some Concluding Thoughts on Chinese Innovation 
Abstract:
  The purpose of this article is to highlight the impact of a new range of
 field-work driven scholarly research regarding foreign R&D in China on the
 field of Chinese innovation studies. The field of China innovation studies
 is positioned for a major take-off with the opening up and broadening of
 the field to a new generation of scholars and experts, including the
 growing participation and contributions of Chinese nationals from the
 People's Republic of China (PRC). With the continued opening of China to
 the outside world has come also increased scholarly access which is
 allowing for research on issues that heretofore was constrained due to the
 limited availability of information as well as political and national
 security sensitivities. The field also is benefiting from the increased
 visibility being given to innovation matters by the Chinese government and
 the rise in the number of foreign R&D centres that have been established
 by foreign companies. New &#x2018;internally-focused&#x2019; questions
 related to R&D spending, the cultural and historical setting for
 innovation, and the institutional structure are being addressed with some
 promising results. In addition, a whole new series of
 &#x2018;externally-focused&#x2019; questions also are beginning to
 dominate the research agenda as more and more foreign firms seek to take
 advantage of China's improved climate for overseas business as well as the
 growing number of scientists and engineers at the higher end of the
 Chinese talent pool. The more we seem to find out, however, the more we
 realize we need to know to truly understand China's technological
 potential. That said, it is increasingly clear that foreign influence is
 having an important shaping effect on the nature of the PRC's R&D system,
 especially with respect to the strategic role played or potentially being
 played by returned scholars and experts whose more cosmopolitan
 perspectives serve as a real asset in building bridges between Chinese
 traditional attitudes and modes of behaviour towards new knowledge
 creation and the current institutional constraints on China's innovation
 trajectory since 1949. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 471-480 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701292030 
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Author-Name: RONALD V. KALAFSKY 
Author-X-Name-First: RONALD V. 
Author-X-Name-Last: KALAFSKY 
Title: Export Dynamics, Strategies and Performance within Japan's Machine-Tool Industry 
Abstract:
  Despite increased global market competition, Japan remains a leading
 producer of metal-cutting machinery. Exporting plays an important role in
 firm-level strategies, an approach that has occurred with much success in
 many of Japan's capital goods sectors. This article examines the dynamics
 of exporting within Japan's machine-tool sector in the context of recent
 industry changes and in terms of evolving product make-up. Evidence from a
 recent series of interviews mainly conducted in 2006 suggests that firms
 use a variety of strategies to succeed in export markets, with an emphasis
 on increased precision and service. These strategies continue to keep many
 Japanese producers in prominent market positions, despite spatial
 redistributions of world manufacturing activities. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 481-500 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701397961 
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Author-Name: KA WAI CHAN 
Author-X-Name-First: KA WAI 
Author-X-Name-Last: CHAN 
Author-Name: THOMAS A. WYATT 
Author-X-Name-First: THOMAS A. 
Author-X-Name-Last: WYATT 
Title: Quality of Work Life: A Study of Employees in Shanghai, China 
Abstract:
  This study examines Quality of Work Life (QWL) in China in terms of how
 their work lives satisfy eight basic needs of employees and how the
 satisfaction of each individual need in their work life affects employees'
 job satisfaction, affective commitment, turnover intention, life
 satisfaction and general well-being. A total of 319 questionnaires were
 collected from eight organizations in Shanghai, China. Based on the need
 satisfaction theory and spillover theory in the QWL literature, hypotheses
 are derived and tested. Results confirm hypotheses regarding the
 relationship between perceived QWL and all the dependent variables.
 Multiple regression analyses confirm using levels of satisfaction of six
 different individual needs as significant predictors of the five dependent
 variables. Esteem need satisfaction is found to be the most important for
 life satisfaction and turnover intention while four needs (esteem,
 actualization, economics and family, and health and safety) predict
 general well-being. Knowledge and health and safety need predict affective
 commitment. Three needs (economic and family, health and safety, and
 knowledge) are important for job satisfaction. Being recognized and
 appreciated for one' s work is found to be a strong predictor of how
 satisfied employees in Shanghai feel with regard to their lives.
 Limitations of the study and ideas of future research are discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 501-517 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701250681 
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Author-Name: GANG WEI 
Author-X-Name-First: GANG 
Author-X-Name-Last: WEI 
Title: Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance and Company Performance in China 
Abstract:
  Using a sample of 276 China-listed companies from 1999 to 2002, this
 study finds that the relationship between state-owned shareholding and
 corporate performance is not U-shaped, or inverted U-shaped but is in
 effect non-linear (for the period concerned); when the proportion of
 state-owned share is relatively small, there is no negative correlation.
 However, when the proportion is above 50 per cent, state-owned
 shareholdings have significantly negative impacts on company performance.
 It is also found that when non-state-owned shareholdings are relatively
 small, they have a significantly positive effect on company performance.
 In addition, major corporate governance measures, such as the proportion
 of independent directors and independent supervisory directors, size of
 board, managers' incentives and audit committee, have no significant
 effect on a firm's performance. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 519-545 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701300130 
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Author-Name: Chyan Yang 
Author-X-Name-First: Chyan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang 
Author-Name: Yau-De Wang 
Author-X-Name-First: Yau-De 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang 
Author-Name: Han-Jen Niu 
Author-X-Name-First: Han-Jen 
Author-X-Name-Last: Niu 
Title: Does Industry Matter in Attributing Organizational Learning to its Performance?: Evidence from the Taiwanese Economy 
Abstract:
  Challenges in the global market and sensitive cross-Straits relations
 negatively influence Taiwanese industries. Continuous learning is the way
 to respond to the challenges posed by the rise of China in the world
 economy. Learning is the process by which knowledge is refreshed. A
 learning organization is a more competitive organization. Many researchers
 have discussed the relationship between organizational learning and
 business performance, but few of them have explored the issue in practice.
 This article provides a more thorough assessment of the link between
 organizational learning and organizational performance for industry
 comparisons. It also aims to determine the status of Taiwan's industries
 with regard to organizational learning. The findings of the study
 demonstrate that applying organizational learning influences corporate
 performance; however, only high-tech and financial firms have consistently
 applied the organizational learning concept throughout their
 organizations. Our investigation may offer new insights into
 organizational learning, and enable leaders and scholars alike to develop
 strategies to enhance competitiveness. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 547-563 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701376767 
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Author-Name: KU-HO LIN 
Author-X-Name-First: KU-HO 
Author-X-Name-Last: LIN 
Author-Name: ISABELLA CHANEY 
Author-X-Name-First: ISABELLA 
Author-X-Name-Last: CHANEY 
Title: The Influence of Domestic Interfirm Networks on the Internationalization Process of Taiwanese SMEs 
Abstract:
  This study investigated how domestic interfirm networks contribute to a
 better understanding of the internationalization process of Taiwanese
 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the automobile and textiles
 sectors. The rapid growth of business networks in Taiwan's newly
 internationalizing firms provides an appropriate context in which to study
 the emergence and evolution of such networks. Findings from the in-depth
 case studies indicate that domestic interfirm networks are a major factor
 in the decision to internationalize. Furthermore, the benefits of assured
 orders in an unknown international market coupled with the availability of
 market information from other network partners can be a potential source
 of competitive advantage for the internationalized SME. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 565-583 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701345499 
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Author-Name: JENIFER PIESSE 
Author-X-Name-First: JENIFER 
Author-X-Name-Last: PIESSE 
Author-Name: NITAWAN ISRASENA 
Author-X-Name-First: NITAWAN 
Author-X-Name-Last: ISRASENA 
Author-Name: COLIN THIRTLE 
Author-X-Name-First: COLIN 
Author-X-Name-Last: THIRTLE 
Title: Volatility Transmission in Asian Bond Markets: Tests of Portfolio Diversification 
Abstract:
  The 1997 Asian crisis illustrated the need to develop local bond markets
 to reduce vulnerabilities to future mismatches in currency and maturity.
 This article examines a regional initiative -- the Pan-Asian Bond Index
 Fund -- and tests the implications for portfolio diversification. Intra-
 and inter-regional transmission of bond market volatilities between Hong
 Kong, Singapore and South Korea and from the United States and Japan is
 investigated. The results show that since Hong Kong and Singapore are
 highly integrated into global capital markets, the prospects of
 diversification of investment become undermined. The study provides
 evidence to assist policy makers in designing bond-index funds as a
 strategy for portfolio diversification to promote regional bond markets. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 585-607 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701314677 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 609-616 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 13 
Year: 2007 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701551963 
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Author-Name: John Ritchie 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ritchie 
Title: Economic Governance, Accountability and Accounting Change in East Asia 
Abstract:
  The development of economic governance is now thought to require the
 remaking of respective accountabilities along with significant
 corresponding accounting change. On the basis of key discourses about a
 particular &#x2018;critical&#x2019; period in East Asia's recent history,
 this article considers whether certain regional and individual country
 accountabilities were actually remade and whether the role of accounting
 changed accordingly. It finds that the preferred strategies governing
 economic recovery after the East Asian crisis were partial and
 incompletely realized. It concludes that &#x2018;higher order&#x2019;
 governance has been unexpectedly problematic and requires more East Asian
 sourced research in future. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 171-189 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701425754 
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Author-Name: Colin Chi-Jyun Cheng 
Author-X-Name-First: Colin Chi-Jyun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng 
Author-Name: Eric C. Shiu 
Author-X-Name-First: Eric C. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shiu 
Title: Preconditions for Product Re-innovation in Taiwan: Evidence from High-Technology Firms 
Abstract:
  The phenomenon of product re-innovation has often characterized Taiwanese
 high-technology firms over the last decade. However, the literature
 reflects surprisingly little effort to understand their preconditions.
 Based on extant knowledge and 68 field interviews with managers in diverse
 departments and firms of high-technology industries in Taiwan in mid-2006,
 the authors provide a foundation for future research by developing
 research propositions that relate to preconditions for product
 re-innovation. Managerial and research implications are discussed and
 suggestions are made for future research. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 191-211 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701412414 
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Author-Name: Millissa F. Y. Cheung 
Author-X-Name-First: Millissa F. Y. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheung 
Author-Name: Monica C. C. Law 
Author-X-Name-First: Monica C. C. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Law 
Title: Relationships of Organizational Justice and Organizational Identification: The Mediating Effects of Perceived Organizational Support in Hong Kong 
Abstract:
  In this study a model was developed to examine through the mediator of
 perceived organizational support (POS) how distributive, interpersonal and
 informational justice affects the extent to which employees identify with
 an organization. This model was tested on 159 employees of several service
 organizations. Results indicated that the positive effects of
 interpersonal justice and informational justice on organizational
 identification were fully mediated by POS. Unexpectedly, distributive
 justice was unrelated to POS, but directly linked to organizational
 identification. Results were discussed in terms of their implications for
 research on organizational justice, POS and organizational identification. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 213-231 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701430879 
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Author-Name: Noushi Rahman 
Author-X-Name-First: Noushi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rahman 
Title: Resource and Risk Trade-offs in <italic>Guanxi</italic>-based IJVs in China 
Abstract:
  Many western firms are trying to conduct business in the People's
 Republic of China, and one of the prevalent approaches has been through
 the formation of international joint ventures (IJVs). While extant
 literature suggests that firms should focus on developing
 <italic>guanxi</italic> (that is, a form of political economic connection)
 to succeed in these IJVs, it is argued in this article that the effects of
 <italic>guanxi</italic> are mixed. Using resource contribution and
 risk-based perspectives of IJVs, eight propositions are offered that link
 <italic>guanxi</italic> and relative risks when IJVs are formed to access
 different kinds of resources. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 233-251 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701398431 
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Author-Name: Jacky F. L. Hong 
Author-X-Name-First: Jacky F. L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong 
Author-Name: Robin S. Snell 
Author-X-Name-First: Robin S. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Snell 
Title: Power Inequality in Cross-cultural Learning: The Case of Japanese Transplants in China 
Abstract:
  This article considers power inequality in the context of cross-cultural
 organizational learning. A qualitative study of five Japanese subsidiaries
 operating in the People's Republic of China revealed that the Japanese had
 invested considerable effort into replicating and reinforcing the
 corporate values, norms, policies and collective learning practices from
 their home country. Through control of organizational resources and
 through all-embracing culture transformation programmes, they had
 leveraged their dominant power to standardize the social construction of
 collective learning processes and impose these upon the local Chinese. It
 is noted that these programmes raise the spectre of de-culturalization,
 namely, removal of Chinese identity and cloning of Japanese identity, and
 pass opportunities to implement alternative programmes based on
 libertarian education philosophies that could drive a bilaterally
 negotiated approach to cross-cultural integration. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 253-273 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701314750 
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Author-Name: JIM HOARE 
Author-X-Name-First: JIM 
Author-X-Name-Last: HOARE 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 275-284 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802002791 
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson 
Author-Name: Philippe Debroux 
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debroux 
Title: Innovation in Japan: An Introduction 
Abstract:
  Because of the depth and scope of its innovation system, Japan is a
 reference country in terms of developments in the management of
 innovation. Japan remains an ambitious country, and, according to recent
 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) statistics,
 maintains its position at the top of rankings for research and development
 (R&D) expenditure. By international comparisons, the Japanese
 &#x2018;national innovation system&#x2019; (NIS) is distinctive, both in
 terms of its historical development, and of its likely future shape. This
 introductory discussion outlines some of the distinctive features of
 Japanese-style innovation, connecting with the contributions that make up
 this timely and wide-ranging collection. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 285-291 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116740 
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Author-Name: Martin Hemmert 
Author-X-Name-First: Martin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hemmert 
Title: Innovation Management of Japanese and Korean Firms: A Comparative Analysis 
Abstract:
  The innovation management of Japanese and Korean firms is analysed from a
 comparative perspective. A review of aggregated statistical data reveals
 that corporate research and development (R&D) in Korea is concentrated to
 a higher extent on a smaller number of firms and industries than in Japan.
 A broad analysis by managerial field shows that high investment into the
 development of new technologies and the adoption of advanced R&D
 management practices are common among Japanese and Korean firms. At the
 same time, however, various differences set them apart. Japanese firms
 tend to be conservative and Korean firms tend to be risk taking in their
 technology strategies. Korean firms rely to a higher extent on external
 technology from overseas than Japanese firms. Japanese firms focus on the
 early involvement of suppliers in R&D activities, whereas early design
 activities have a high priority in Korean firms. Finally, the transition
 from stable, seniority oriented towards flexible and performance oriented
 human resource management in innovation-related areas is more rapid in
 Korea than in Japan. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 293-314 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116757 
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Author-Name: Kathryn Ibata-Arens 
Author-X-Name-First: Kathryn 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ibata-Arens 
Title: Comparing National Innovation Systems in Japan and the United States: Push, Pull, Drag and Jump Factors in the Development of New Technology 
Abstract:
  What jump-starts technology commercialization, venture capital
 investment, and new firm formation in new technology industries? What are
 the most effective ways to encourage start-ups and to connect fledgling
 firms to critical resources? National policies targeting life science (for
 example, biotechnology and medical devices) in Japan and the USA are
 compared in the context of their national innovation systems (NIS)
 supporting (and hindering) new technology-based entrepreneurship as a
 whole. Japan has embarked on an unprecedented bet on the future potential
 of life science, investing nationally and locally in building up R&D and
 commercialization infrastructure and stimulating new business creation
 through its Cluster Initiative and other policies. At the same time, while
 the USA until now has been at the forefront in new technology
 entrepreneurship, national policy is currently faltering. Through an
 analysis of best practices in national and regional innovation systems one
 can get a sense of important push (for example, policy stimuli), pull
 (market demand), drag (capital and institutional weaknesses) and jump
 (targeted community-level strategies) factors underlying the ability of
 certain locales and countries to create competitive advantages in new
 technology industries. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 315-338 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116765 
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Author-Name: KAZUYUKI MOTOHASHI 
Author-X-Name-First: KAZUYUKI 
Author-X-Name-Last: MOTOHASHI 
Title: Growing R&D Collaboration of Japanese Firms and Policy Implications for Reforming the National Innovation System1 
Abstract:
  Japan's innovation system is often characterized as one dominated by
 in-house research and development (R&D) by large firms, but recently, more
 and more firms are involved in R&D collaborations due to the vigorous
 international innovation competitions and the increasing complexity of
 R&D. This study examines the role of small and medium sized enterprises
 (SMEs) in this change, by performing quantitative analyses using RIETI's
 R&D External Collaboration Survey. First, it is found that SMEs have
 gained high R&D productivity through university industry collaborations
 (UICs). Absorptive capacity theory suggests large firms with internal R&D
 resources are good at UIC activities as well. However a growing trend of
 UICs is found in small firms or new technology-based firms (NTBFs), which
 focus on focused R&D such as specific product development projects.
 Furthermore, these types of small firms play an important role as partners
 of large firms' R&D collaborations. For large enterprises that are
 increasingly selecting and focusing on areas of in-house R&D, there is a
 great incentive to collaborate with NTBFs with unique technologies. In
 this sense, NTBFs play a central role in changing Japan's national
 innovation system from an in-house system to a network based one. Policy
 implications for accelerating this change are also discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 339-361 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116773 
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Author-Name: RUTH TAPLIN 
Author-X-Name-First: RUTH 
Author-X-Name-Last: TAPLIN 
Title: Japanese Intellectual Property and Employee Rights to Compensation 
Abstract:
  Japan is inventing its way out of economic inertia that has existed for
 at least a decade. It is making some of the most radical changes in
 history to its assessment of valuing intangible assets and changing its
 attitudes to litigation. The speed of change in the field of intellectual
 property (IP) is occurring at a furious pace and in some cases surpassing
 that in western countries. Recent landmark decisions concerning employees'
 rights to invention, which have resulted in large payouts by Japanese
 companies to their former inventors, all point to change propelled by the
 need to be globally competitive. Because of these changes, there is a
 determination to make proceedings for those wishing to patent and license
 in Japan less cumbersome and to defend the patents of Japanese companies.
 This has been achieved by the introduction in 2005 of a bespoke patent
 court and a series of groups and associations that Japanese companies can
 join in order to collaborate in monitoring IP infringements among their
 East Asian neighbours. The recent decisions on employees' rights to
 compensation made in the Japanese courts coupled with patent examination
 acceleration is encouraging increased activity by Japanese inventors
 making Japan globally competitive economically. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 363-378 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116781 
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Author-Name: YOSHITAKA OKADA 
Author-X-Name-First: YOSHITAKA 
Author-X-Name-Last: OKADA 
Title: From Vertical to Horizontal Inter-Firm Cooperation: Dynamic Innovation in Japan's Semiconductor Industry 
Abstract:
  In the 1990s, Japanese semiconductor manufacturers lost international
 competitiveness, failing to maintain their technological leadership. Their
 innovative dynamics in the old techno-governance structure based on
 vertical intra- and inter-firm cooperation faced limitations; they became
 entrapped in a DRAM-based technological trajectory. Faced by disrupting
 contingencies, how did they change relations with firm- and
 technology-related actors in ways sufficient to develop a new
 techno-governance structure? Through their micro-level strategies they
 shifted from vertical intra- and inter-firm relations to horizontal ones,
 while through their macro-level strategies they developed coordinating
 mechanisms with technology-related actors in order to consolidate
 innovative capability for developing the system LSI. These strategies
 resulted in a complex mix of modularized-product-based competition and
 cooperation in addition to reviving collective projects, some running even
 without government subsidy. Such developments, though characterized as
 new, remain an extension of the Japanese institutional inheritance;
 namely, an emphasis on a strategic mix of cooperation and competition, but
 with a revised understanding of cooperation. Thus, this paper analyzes how
 institutions restrict innovative dynamics through techno-governance
 structure, while they also transform path-dependently as actors struggle
 to develop a new structure to cope with threatening contingencies. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 379-400 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116799 
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Author-Name: CORNELIA STORZ 
Author-X-Name-First: CORNELIA 
Author-X-Name-Last: STORZ 
Title: Innovation, Institutions and Entrepreneurs: The Case of &#x2018;Cool Japan&#x2019; 
Abstract:
  The Japanese innovation system is said to possess distinct weaknesses.
 One indicator is that in most new key industries, Japan is
 underrepresented on the world market. Given Japan's success until the
 beginning of the 1990s, this development was quite unexpected and has
 induced comprehensive reforms of the Japanese innovation system.
 Apparently, those institutions that were responsible for the economic
 success of the 1980s now hinder Japan's ability to adapt to and create new
 industries. This paper argues that while some reforms of the Japanese
 innovation system may be necessary, a paradigm change is not. Mainly one
 argument is provided for a more optimistic stance towards the
 sustainability of Japan's competitiveness: the plasticity of innovation
 systems. With reference to one new and &#x2018;cool&#x2019; industry, the
 Japanese game software sector, the relevance of the concept of plasticity
 is illustrated. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 401-424 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116823 
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Author-Name: MASANOBU TSUKAGOSHI 
Author-X-Name-First: MASANOBU 
Author-X-Name-Last: TSUKAGOSHI 
Title: The Expected Roles of Business Angels in Seed/Early Stage University Spin-offs in Japan: Can Business Angels act as Saviours? 
Abstract:
  University Spin-offs (USOs) have increasingly been sought after as a
 means of innovation breakthrough in Japanese academic society. To support
 their success, various financing options have been provided in their
 seed/early stages from institutional venture capital, governments and
 corporations. Non-financial support, however, is often limited in their
 early development stage when such support is most critical. This study
 reveals a &#x2018;gap&#x2019; between the needs of Japanese USOs for
 non-financial support and the capacity of existing investors to supply
 such support. It argues that business angels in Japan, possessing similar
 characteristics and investment profiles to those in the USA, could play a
 critical role in filling such a gap and so better direct Japanese USOs to
 success. This paper concludes with the suggestion that an organizational
 approach towards matching universities and business angels is appropriate
 in the still traditional Japanese society. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 425-442 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116864 
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Author-Name: PHILIPPE DEBROUX 
Author-X-Name-First: PHILIPPE 
Author-X-Name-Last: DEBROUX 
Title: Innovation in Japan: What Role for University Spin-offs? 
Abstract:
  Japanese public authorities are concerned that Japanese industry is
 losing its competitive advantage in high technology industries. Moreover,
 there is a strong concern about the hollowing out of the local industrial
 basis during a period where the population is ageing and there is a need
 for the development of new fiscal resources locally. Public authorities
 still count on large companies to be the main source of innovation.
 However, the economic model of innovation and product development has
 reached its limit. For the first time since the 1950s there is a strong
 belief that innovative start-ups in manufacturing industries and/or having
 R&D activities that can lead to possession of high value patents need to
 play an important role in the industrial structure. The perception exists
 that Japan lost its competitiveness with the USA (and is likely to have
 similar problems also with China and India in the coming years) precisely
 because it had fallen behind in terms of creating the type of R&D-oriented
 companies that would create knowledge-intensive employment, develop global
 branding strategies and manage efficiently tangible and intangible assets.
 In this context, national and regional universities are expected to play
 an active role as providers of knowledge and technologies in collaboration
 with public administration and business. This could be achieved as usual
 through traditional means such as technology transfers together with
 commissioned and common research for and with private companies. However,
 since the beginning of the 2000s, university spin-offs (USOs) are
 beginning to play an increasingly significant role in the revival of
 Japanese economy in terms of attracting venture capital and promoting
 innovation. This article will describe and analyze the situation of the
 university spin-offs in Japan: the importance and origin of the
 phenomenon, and the characteristics and performance of those spin-offs. It
 will identify the obstacles they encounter and the opportunities they have
 in the current Japanese business environment, and assess the impact of the
 public policy supporting them. Finally, it will propose a possible
 scenario of their evolution in view of the domestic and international
 changes in the business environment. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 443-460 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116880 
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Author-Name: KEITH JACKSON 
Author-X-Name-First: KEITH 
Author-X-Name-Last: JACKSON 
Author-Name: PHILIPPE DEBROUX 
Author-X-Name-First: PHILIPPE 
Author-X-Name-Last: DEBROUX 
Title: Emerging Patterns and Enduring Myths of Innovation in Japan: Concluding Thoughts 
Abstract:
  The studies presented in this collection have outlined some of the
 significant and emerging changes in the patterns of innovation in Japan,
 illustrating with examples from across diverse industries and business
 sectors, and developing arguments from a number of internal and external
 perspectives. This concluding contribution highlights aspects of the human
 dimension informing the enduring myths and emerging patterns of innovation
 in Japan. It develops from the premise that innovation as a managed
 process proceeds -- and succeeds or fails -- through consideration of the
 individual and collective efforts of people. The people in this case are
 Japanese; the focus is on how they interact as employees, as managers, as
 inventors and as entrepreneurs. The emphasis is on how their combined
 efforts and imagination serve to shape what management scholars and
 business analysts describe as the emerging and enduring &#x2018;national
 innovation system&#x2019; of Japan. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 461-467 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802116922 
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Author-Name: Rosalie L. Tung 
Author-X-Name-First: Rosalie L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tung 
Title: Human Capital or Talent Flows: Implications for Future Directions in Research on Asia Pacific 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 469-472 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802037714 
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Author-Name: Ling Liu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ling 
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu 
Title: Local Government and Big Business in the People's Republic of China -- Case Study Evidence from Shandong Province 
Abstract:
  China has implemented comprehensive industrial policies that originally
 had their origins in the command economy. It is argued in this case study
 that one characteristic of industrial policies in China involves
 government intervention at all levels, namely central, provincial,
 municipal, county, township and village. This article presents an in-depth
 examination of the role of provincial government in pursuing industrial
 polices and in constructing big businesses during the reform period. It
 draws the conclusion that even in the World Trade Organization (WTO) era,
 it is still feasible for provincial governments to manage the local
 economy and promote big businesses by allowing local firms to enjoy both
 economies of scale and subsidies. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 473-489 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701458284 
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Author-Name: Huan Zou 
Author-X-Name-First: Huan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zou 
Author-Name: Paul Simpson 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Simpson 
Title: Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in China: An Industry Panel Study, 1991--2005 
Abstract:
  Employing a panel database, this article investigates empirically the
 behaviour, at an industry level, of cross-border mergers and acquisitions
 (M&As) in the People's Republic of China for the period 1991--2005. The
 study reports that many of the cross-border M&As over the past decades in
 China have been driven by broad fundamental factors, such as industry size
 and profitability. Moreover, technological intensity is significantly
 associated with the level of acquisition activity, indicating the tendency
 that intangible resources and intellectual capability favour more
 acquisition into China. It is found that deregulation, as a specific
 industry shock, affects acquisition activities significantly. The
 findings, it is concluded, have important managerial and policy
 implications. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 491-512 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701437460 
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Author-Name: Peter Y C Ng 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter Y C 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ng 
Author-Name: Margaret Nowak 
Author-X-Name-First: Margaret 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nowak 
Author-Name: Alma Whiteley 
Author-X-Name-First: Alma 
Author-X-Name-Last: Whiteley 
Title: Cooperative Goals in the Chinese Work Environment: A Hong Kong Case Study 
Abstract:
  This research seeks to develop an understanding of how cooperative
 teamwork among Chinese employees impacts upon the customer perception of
 service in the Hong Kong ship-repair industry. The research model was
 based on the &#x2018;Theory of Cooperation and Competition&#x2019;, a
 western-derived theory. The model used included the Chinese values of
 power distance, collectivism and conformity. The results suggested the
 need to explore alternative processes that Chinese people may engage in in
 managing their conflict. We question whether the &#x2018;goals&#x2019; or
 &#x2018;ends&#x2019; based approach to the operation of teams inherent in
 the Theory of Cooperation and Competition, is valid in the Chinese context
 where &#x2018;process&#x2019; and &#x2018;relationship&#x2019; are
 pivotal. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 513-533 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701628860 
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Author-Name: Yvonne Stedham 
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne 
Author-X-Name-Last: Stedham 
Author-Name: Jeanne H. Yamamura 
Author-X-Name-First: Jeanne H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yamamura 
Author-Name: Steven Chih-Chien Lai 
Author-X-Name-First: Steven Chih-Chien 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lai 
Title: Business Ethics in Japan and Taiwan: Relativist and Utilitarian Perspectives 
Abstract:
  Perceptions of risk associated with an international investment decision
 are affected by the decision maker's understanding of ethical issues
 within a country. This study provides insights into the foundation for
 ethical judgments by investigating whether and how Japanese and Taiwanese
 graduate business students differ in assessing the ethical content of
 business scenarios. Considering cultural characteristics of the two
 countries, differences in ethical judgments were expected. The results
 show that when basing ethical judgments on relativistic and utilitarian
 criteria, the Japanese tend to judge the scenarios as significantly more
 unethical than the Taiwanese. Theoretical and practical implications of
 the findings are presented. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 535-551 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380801987554 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Book Reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 553-565 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802361924 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Special issue on Management and Business in South East Asia 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 566-566 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802362062 
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Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Special issue on Chinese Management 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 567-567 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 14 
Year: 2008 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802348715 
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Author-Name: Elizabeth Howard 
Author-X-Name-First: Elizabeth 
Author-X-Name-Last: Howard 
Title: The transformation of retailing in Asia Pacific 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-11 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399270 
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Author-Name: Allan Fels 
Author-X-Name-First: Allan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fels 
Title: The regulation of retailing -- lessons for developing countries 
Abstract:
  This review deals with the history of the regulation of retailing in
 developed countries and considers the lessons for developing countries in
 Asia Pacific. Developed countries have had a somewhat relaxed attitude to
 the build up of concentration in retailing, especially grocery retailing.
 Australia's experience provides an example. Once a high degree of
 concentration has been established, and with it considerable buyer and
 seller power by retail chains, significant policy problems have arisen. In
 developing countries, society is generally served by increasing the level
 of efficiency in the process of distribution. However, there comes a
 tipping point when retail chains reach a position of dominance with
 effects on competition. There are also other issues relating to the effect
 on local shops for both employment and access. Emerging regulation in
 several countries is considered. The difficulties experienced in developed
 countries need to be avoided. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 13-27 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 3 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399296 
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Author-Name: Yong-Gu Suh 
Author-X-Name-First: Yong-Gu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Suh 
Author-Name: Elizabeth Howard 
Author-X-Name-First: Elizabeth 
Author-X-Name-Last: Howard 
Title: Restructuring retailing in Korea: the case of Samsung-Tesco 
Abstract:
  This study deals with the restructuring of retailing in Korea during the
 last decade. The retail sector was a closed market, lagging the advances
 in the manufacturing sector, until the later 1990s. The retail market in
 Korea has become rapidly internationalized particularly due to the entry
 of European multinational retailers. More specifically, we investigate the
 market entry and growth strategies of Tesco. International firms have
 differed in their approaches and the joint-venture strategy of Tesco and
 especially its explicit attention to organizational culture is examined.
 While other international firms have now quit the country, the
 joint-venture firm has become the second biggest in a rapidly growing
 sector. Retail firms developing in the future in Korea or elsewhere in the
 region may need to consider similar strategies. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 29-40 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 8 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399312 
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Author-Name: Toshiyuki Yahagi 
Author-X-Name-First: Toshiyuki 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yahagi 
Author-Name: Malobi Kar 
Author-X-Name-First: Malobi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kar 
Title: The process of international business model transfer in the Seven-Eleven group: US - Japan - China 
Abstract:
  This study takes a broader view of internationalization in retailing
 within the context of the cross-border transfer of business models based
 on the case of Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd. The authors acknowledge that it
 is imperative to take a broader process based view of internationalization
 in a continually consumer driven global economy, with increasing
 convergence of information and communication technologies which enable
 effective management of large networked retail firms. Such a process based
 view of internationalization has implications through all the stages in
 the core value chain of the retailer, from sourcing through to logistics,
 store operations, property management to customer relationships. The
 research demonstrates how the internationalization of Seven-Eleven Japan
 Co. Ltd entailed across-the-board continuous adaptation covering all three
 systems of retail store formats and operating systems, product development
 and procurement, and supply chains. Accordingly, the study makes a
 contribution to the standardization versus localization debate in
 internationalization literature by applying the concept of
 &#x2018;continuous creative adaptation&#x2019; to the case study. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 41-58 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399338 
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Author-Name: Shuguang Wang 
Author-X-Name-First: Shuguang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang 
Title: Foreign retailers in post-WTO China: stories of success and setbacks 
Abstract:
  This study revisits the foreign retailers in the post-WTO China with two
 objectives: (1) to analyze the market penetration and performance of the
 major foreign retailers; and (2) to examine their varying corporate
 strategies. Market penetration of the foreign retailers has taken place in
 two directions simultaneously: from the eastern coastal region to the
 western interior, and from large urban centers to second- and third-tier
 cities. None of the foreign retailers in China has passed through the
 complete model described by Dawson (2003) and their levels of market
 penetration and performance vary greatly. Clearly, the Western retailers,
 which possess the most resources and advanced information technologies and
 do business in new retail formats, are taking the lead in penetrating the
 Chinese market. The Southeast Asian retailers have also expanded with
 impressive results, but their staying power is unclear. Although the
 Japanese retailers received the least negative publicity, they have made
 the least inroad in penetrating the Chinese market. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 59-77 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 2 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399353 
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Author-Name: Randall Shannon 
Author-X-Name-First: Randall 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shannon 
Title: The transformation of food retailing in Thailand 1997--2007 
Abstract:
  Prior to the economic crash of 1997, Thailand had been one of the fastest
 growing economies in the world. A number of foreign retailers invested in
 the market, which became easier to do after this date due to relaxed
 ownership restrictions. Rapid expansion ensued which led to complaints and
 attempts at regulation. This study reviews the food retail scene in
 Thailand, highlighting what has happened in the last decade in terms of
 how retailers have adapted to cultural differences in consumer behaviour,
 competition and government regulation. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 79-92 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399379 
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Author-Name: Jos Gamble 
Author-X-Name-First: Jos 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gamble 
Title: Demanding customers in the Chinese context 
Abstract:
  This research explores the unexpectedly demanding nature of local
 customers in foreign invested retail stores in China. Data are drawn from
 interviews conducted with over 200 local and expatriate staff at UK and
 Japanese-invested stores. The study briefly outlines China's retail
 sector, provides case study examples of &#x2018;demanding&#x2019;
 customers and then suggests factors that might account for these
 characteristics. In particular, it highlights the extent to which China's
 marketplace is characterized by low trust. Finally, the work notes that
 China's demanding customers influence the nature of firms' service
 provision and have positive consequences for staff training and skills
 upgrading. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 93-105 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399395 
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Author-Name: Lai Ngun Sun 
Author-X-Name-First: Lai Ngun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sun 
Author-Name: Robert Kay 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kay 
Author-Name: Matthew Chew 
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chew 
Title: Development of a retail life cycle: the case of Hong Kong's department store industry 
Abstract:
  This essay identifies and analyses the life cycle trend of the department
 store industry in Hong Kong. The main research question is whether its
 development follows a pattern that can be explained by retail life cycle
 theory. The tracing of its life cycle trend line is the main contribution.
 Methodologically, the trend line is plotted on the basis of triangulating
 a number of quantitative and qualitative data sets. Quantitative data sets
 used include time series longitudinal data constructed from government
 statistics, while qualitative data consist of historical data from
 archival documents, and semi-structured interviews of retailing
 professionals. The significant findings are that Hong Kong's department
 store industry approximates the pattern described in retail life cycle
 theory and that it has in recent years entered a stage of maturity. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 107-121 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 11 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399429 
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Author-Name: Hendrik Meyer-Ohle 
Author-X-Name-First: Hendrik 
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyer-Ohle 
Title: Two Asian malls: urban shopping centre development in Singapore and Japan 
Abstract:
  While the development of shopping centres has reached a certain degree of
 saturation in the US and in Europe, shopping centre development in Asia is
 progressing rapidly. This study looks at this development by introducing
 two recently opened urban shopping malls, one in Singapore and one in
 Tokyo. The opening of both malls has received a lot of attention, with
 both malls being seen as milestones in the shopping centre development of
 their respective countries. This study explores the factors underlying
 this development and concludes that factors that need to be taken into
 account are the redevelopment of city spaces, the emergence of strong
 shopping centre developers, and especially the emergence of powerful
 tenant chain operators, many of which handle multiple brands and have
 begun operating store networks across Asia. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 123-135 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 5 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399445 
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Author-Name: Hans Peter Holst 
Author-X-Name-First: Hans Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Holst 
Title: Cultural perspectives on the development of the retail trade, East and West 
Abstract:
  This essay examines how historical and cultural factors have influenced
 the current position of the retail trade, in the cultures and economies of
 South Asia and, in particular, Malaysia. The importance of history and
 cultural context in understanding the globalization of business is well
 accepted (Warner and Rowley 2006) but historical studies of commerce have
 generally focused on long distance trade, not on retail trade. Throughout
 history, elites have typically held trade and traders in low regard,
 especially retail traders operating in the mainstream market. It was not
 until the twentieth century that retail trade became generally recognized
 as a positive social force. While different cultures have conditioned
 trade entrepreneurs in different ways, hostile cultural attitudes have
 acted to depress the entrepreneurial spirit of retail traders in the
 region, restrict the retail services available to consumers and -- given
 the relatively limited development of local retailing -- reduce the
 ability to compete with international retailers today. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 137-149 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 5 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399452 
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Author-Name: Elizabeth Howard 
Author-X-Name-First: Elizabeth 
Author-X-Name-Last: Howard 
Title: Conclusion 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 151-152 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802399478 
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Author-Name: Gilmar Masiero 
Author-X-Name-First: Gilmar 
Author-X-Name-Last: Masiero 
Title: Book reviews 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 153-159 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802548371 
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Author-Name: Christopher Wright 
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wright 
Author-Name: Chung-Sok Suh 
Author-X-Name-First: Chung-Sok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Suh 
Author-Name: Christopher Leggett 
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher 
Author-X-Name-Last: Leggett 
Title: If at first you don't succeed: globalized production and organizational learning at the Hyundai Motor Company 
Abstract:
  This article reviews the development of a global production system
 through a cross-case analysis of the establishment of Hyundai Motor
 Company's five major overseas production facilities. It concludes that
 establishtying a global production network can be a catalyst for
 organizational learning and the development of new competencies; in
 particular, that the complexities and uncertainties of operating in
 unfamiliar economic and cultural contexts provide a powerful impetus to
 increasing a firm's absorptive capacity. The article identifies the
 strategies that enabled the Hyundai Motor Company to learn from its
 initial failures in overseas production. It focuses on the localization of
 production, the internal transfer of experienced staff, the codification
 of previous experience and the use of aggressive goal-setting. The
 analysis suggests that organizational resilience, that is the ability to
 rebound from initial failure, is a further important aspect in the process
 of organizational learning. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 163-180 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701698418 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Author-Name: Asokkumar Malakolunthu 
Author-X-Name-First: Asokkumar 
Author-X-Name-Last: Malakolunthu 
Title: Technological intensities and economic performance: a study of foreign and local electronics firms in Malaysia 
Abstract:
  This article compares technological intensities (TI) and economic
 performance of foreign and local electronics firms in Malaysia. The
 results show that foreign firms enjoyed higher labour productivity, wages
 and export intensity than local firms, though technological intensities
 between both sets of firms were similar. The econometric results show a
 strong and positive relationship between labour productivity and
 technological intensity in all the samples. The higher coefficient of TI
 in the local sample compared to the foreign sample shows that productivity
 in local firms is driven much more from in-house technological effort at
 host-sites than in foreign firms who can access technology from their
 parent plants. However, the relationship between TI (contributed by
 differences in R&D intensity) and export-intensity in the local sample is
 negative demonstrating that much of such effort is devoted to
 inward-oriented production. Reversing the relationship also produced the
 same negative relationship in the local sample. Skills intensity enjoyed a
 positive relationship with TI with similar coefficients. The positive and
 significant relationship between wages, and R&D and TI shows that the more
 technology-intensive local firms pay higher wages to attract human
 capital. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 181-197 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701668700 
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Author-Name: A.B. Sim 
Author-X-Name-First: A.B. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sim 
Title: Contextual perspectives of turnaround in Malaysian firms 
Abstract:
  There is limited research on turnaround in the Asian context,
 particularly from a contextual perspective. This article reports the
 findings of an exploratory study of turnaround strategies and management
 at the level of the firm in Malaysia using a case study approach. The
 contextual impact along dimensions such as different ethnic/cultural
 background, ownership types and role of government has been examined in
 seven case studies of Malaysian firms. The findings reveal some
 differences among the firms, as well as turnaround characteristics similar
 to those reported in recent literature on East Asian versus western
 turnaround. These findings are discussed and propositions for future
 research made. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 199-216 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701830052 
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Author-Name: Li Dong 
Author-X-Name-First: Li 
Author-X-Name-Last: Dong 
Author-Name: Keith W. Glaister 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith W. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Glaister 
Title: Antecedents of perceived national and corporate culture differences: evidence from Chinese international strategic alliances 
Abstract:
  We investigate the determinants of managers' perceptions of national and
 corporate culture differences, using data obtained from Chinese partner
 managers of international strategic alliances. An expected positive
 relationship is found between the extent to which the managers have
 experienced culture-related management impediments and their perceptions
 of national and corporate culture differences. An expected negative
 relationship is found between the extent to which the Chinese partner
 firms have adopted cultural management policies and the perception of
 national culture difference, but is not found for the perception of
 corporate culture difference. The authors find no support for the expected
 negative relationship between cultural sensitivity and the perception of
 national and corporate culture differences. Adoption of cultural
 management policies moderates the relationship between the extent to which
 managers have experienced culture-related management impediments and their
 perception of corporate culture difference, but not their perception of
 national culture difference. It was also found that the degree of cultural
 sensitivity moderates the relationship between the extent to which the
 Chinese managers have experienced culture-related management impediments
 and their perceptions of national and corporate culture differences. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 217-241 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802361304 
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Author-Name: Rob Dekkers 
Author-X-Name-First: Rob 
Author-X-Name-Last: Dekkers 
Title: Endogenous innovation in China: the case of the printer industry 
Abstract:
  The study shows that the Chinese printer industry needs a large
 transition to move from imitation towards leadership by innovation.
 International companies have developed a strong footprint while Chinese
 companies have not yet adopted or developed adequate practices for
 innovation. The practices at one Chinese company highlight the challenges:
 implementation of innovation strategies, generation of innovative
 concepts, project management of product development and management of
 quality. Additionally, Chinese companies could profit from life-cycle
 perspectives for their own development. Finally, the policy to encourage
 endogenous innovation should be adapted to create a more dynamic national
 innovation system. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 243-264 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802396466 
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Author-Name: Michael Hitchcock 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hitchcock 
Author-Name: Simone Wesner 
Author-X-Name-First: Simone 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wesner 
Title: Vietnamese values, networks and family businesses in London 
Abstract:
  The article explores the so-called Confucian values associated by
 Hofstede and Bond (1993) with competitive advantage in business and
 investigates the role of &#x2018;trust&#x2019; and &#x2018;trusted
 networks&#x2019; amongst the Vietnamese of London. It investigates the
 extent to which distinctive cultural attributes can be detected in the
 ways this Overseas Vietnamese community has adapted to London, and how the
 Vietnamese either resemble or differ from another migrant community with
 whom they share a common history, namely the Overseas Chinese. The study
 explores the extent of Confucian influence on core values and how these
 may account for the relative success of Vietnamese businesses in London.
 The findings support the idea that the cultural inheritance of the
 Vietnamese has conferred a competitive advantage in business activity, but
 this is not exclusively Confucian. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 265-282 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/10438590701719032 
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Author-Name: Sierk A. Horn 
Author-X-Name-First: Sierk A. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Horn 
Author-Name: Adam R. Cross 
Author-X-Name-First: Adam R. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cross 
Title: Japanese management at a crossroads? The changing role of China in the transformation of corporate Japan 
Abstract:
  This introduction to the special issue, &#x2018;Cross-cultural management
 practices in East Asia: lessons for Japanese MNEs&#x2019;, argues that
 better understanding is needed of how the economic rise of China is
 influencing the transformation of corporate Japan. After examining key
 trends in the evolution of Sino-Japanese business relations, we consider
 potential triggers of corporate transformation under the headings of
 marketing and distribution, inter-corporate networks and human resources
 management. Each of these areas is discussed in the context of increasing
 engagement of Japanese firms with the Chinese economy and the ability of
 Japanese firms to transfer sources of competitive advantage to this
 emerging market. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 285-308 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802667221 
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Author-Name: P.J. Buckley 
Author-X-Name-First: P.J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Buckley 
Title: The rise of the Japanese multinational enterprise: then and now 
Abstract:
  Japanese multinational enterprises (MNEs) have evolved since the1980s
 when they first came to prominence. The rise and degree of their success
 are not uniform stories and Japanese MNEs vary greatly by size, sector and
 administrative heritage. Their degree of integration with world capital
 markets is low and management styles and innovation systems are
 idiosyncratic. Pressures on Japanese MNEs to increase flexibility and
 openness have resulted in unusual hybrid structures. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 309-321 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802667247 
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Author-Name: A. Delios 
Author-X-Name-First: A. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Delios 
Author-Name: P.W. Beamish 
Author-X-Name-First: P.W. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Beamish 
Author-Name: X. Zhao 
Author-X-Name-First: X. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao 
Title: The evolution of Japanese investment in China: from toys to textiles to business process outsourcing 
Abstract:
  The nature of Japanese firms' international activity in China underwent
 substantive change between 1995--2006. Japanese companies now compete in
 many more regions in China and have shifted their investment strategies in
 various provinces and municipalities to reflect new competitive realities.
 This creates substantial opportunities and challenges to scholars and
 practitioners alike. The challenge is to develop a nuanced understanding
 of sub-national variations in Japanese firms' strategies in China. The
 opportunities come from deepening research in three areas of scholarly
 endeavour: (1) subsidiary development and multinational firm strategy; (2)
 institutions and international business; and (3) offshoring, outsourcing
 and international business theory. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 323-345 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802667296 
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Author-Name: T. Goydke 
Author-X-Name-First: T. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Goydke 
Title: The transformation of Japan Post into a global player 
Abstract:
  The privatisation of Japan Post has been a cornerstone of recent Japanese
 government reform policy. However, little scholarly attention has been
 given to the expansion of Japan Post into the global express delivery
 market. This study compares the privatisation and internationalisation of
 Japan Post with Deutsche Post to 2007. Similarities and differences in the
 strategies in Germany and Japan both with respect to the privatisation
 process as well as to international expansion strategies are examined and
 discussed. Special focus is placed on the activities of Japan Post and DHL
 in China and the Asia-Pacific region. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 347-368 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802667320 
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Author-Name: F. Hatani 
Author-X-Name-First: F. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hatani 
Title: Pre-clusterization in emerging markets: the Toyota group's entry process in China 
Abstract:
  Drawing on network analysis and informing the internationalization
 process of Japanese firms, this study introduces an ad hoc entry strategy,
 termed &#x2018;pre-clusterization&#x2019;. Unlike conventional keiretsu
 firms, competitive suppliers in a well-integrated network can enter a new
 market and begin clustering in a location that the core firm targets
 before the full entry of the core firm. The process of pre-clusterization
 is illustrated using a case study of the Toyota Group in China. A number
 of testable propositions are presented. Findings reveal the importance of
 strategic collective actions when coping with intensive competition and
 uncertainty in emerging market contexts. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 369-387 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802667353 
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Author-Name: S.A. Horn 
Author-X-Name-First: S.A. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Horn 
Title: Product adoption and innovation diffusion: the case of Japanese marketing to China 
Abstract:
  Along with the growing prominence of China in corporate strategy and
 decision-taking, Japanese firms are increasingly aligning their activities
 to accommodate the shift towards a customer-led market environment and the
 advent of a major consumer market on Japan's doorstep. This study shows
 how Japanese firms adjust their marketing to changes in Chinese
 consumption patterns and address the impact of geographical and
 socioeconomic variables on innovation diffusion. By taking a fresh look at
 the marketing challenges amidst latent consumer ethnocentrism and
 cosmopolitanism, this study generates fresh insights into the
 reconfiguration of Japanese marketing and retailing activities in this
 emergent market. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 389-409 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802667361 
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Author-Name: T. Marukawa 
Author-X-Name-First: T. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Marukawa 
Title: Why Japanese multinationals failed in the Chinese mobile phone market: a comparative study of new product development in Japan and China 
Abstract:
  This industry case study examines the challenges experienced by Japanese
 MNEs as they transfer sources of competitive advantage to foreign markets.
 Despite holding certain technological advantages, Japanese mobile
 telephone manufacturers have performed poorly in the Chinese market. This
 is because the capabilities required differ between Japan and China: in
 Japan, handsets are sold as a part of a package that bundles together
 handsets and telephony services but in China they are sold as independent
 commodities. Japanese MNEs have the capability to develop sophisticated
 handsets according to the requirements of Japanese service operators, but
 such capability is not useful in China. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 411-431 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802667387 
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Author-Name: J. Felfe 
Author-X-Name-First: J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Felfe 
Author-Name: W.H. Yan 
Author-X-Name-First: W.H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yan 
Title: The impact of workgroup commitment on organizational citizenship behaviour, absenteeism and turnover intention: the case of Germany and China 
Abstract:
  In Western cultures, high correlations have been found between
 commitment, turnover and performance. While most studies only consider
 organizational commitment, this study compares the influence of commitment
 to the workgroup on relevant outcomes (organizational citizenship
 behaviour, absenteeism, turnover intention) in different cultural
 contexts. Data were collected from German and Chinese employees. As
 expected, results indicate that workgroup commitment is more predictive in
 a collectivistic than in an individualistic context. Moreover, the
 relationships between components and foci of commitment were stronger in a
 collectivistic context. The results are discussed in the light of
 cross-cultural human resources management issues. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 433-450 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802667411 
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Author-Name: H. Itagaki 
Author-X-Name-First: H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Itagaki 
Title: Competitiveness, localization and Japanese companies in China: realities and alternate approaches 
Abstract:
  Japanese multinational enterprises have traditionally been criticized for
 lagging behind Western companies in the localization of management
 practices, especially at managerial level. This has been ascribed to
 Japanese MNEs initiating offshore activities later than Western
 counterparts. Such reasoning cannot be applied to the case of China, where
 the &#x2018;starting line&#x2019; was almost the same for all foreign
 firms. Drawing on case study evidence of Japanese firms in China, this
 study offers an alternate explanation for the lag in localization in
 respect of production methods and work style, and identifies a number of
 possible solutions for Japanese MNEs. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 451-462 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802667502 
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Author-Name: Adam R. Cross 
Author-X-Name-First: Adam R. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cross 
Author-Name: Sierk A. Horn 
Author-X-Name-First: Sierk A. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Horn 
Title: The changing role of China in the transformation of corporate Japan 
Abstract:
  This conclusion to the special issue, &#x2018;Cross-cultural Management
 Practices in East Asia: Lessons for Japanese MNEs&#x2019;, examines how
 Japanese firms are responding to, and are affected by, increasing
 engagement with the Chinese economy. In addition to the three specific
 themes identified <italic>a priori</italic> to be of greatest concern to
 the transformation of corporate Japan (namely marketing and distribution,
 inter-corporate networks and human resources management), two additional
 themes can be discerned. These relate to institutional evolution and the
 challenges of localization. It is concluded that Japanese firms can be
 shown to demonstrate flexibility in their engagement with China within
 this analytical framework. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 463-476 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802667536 
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Author-Name: Geert Hofstede 
Author-X-Name-First: Geert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hofstede 
Title: Business goals for a new world order: beyond growth, greed and quarterly results 
Abstract:
  Around 1998, junior managers and professionals in 17 countries and
 regions rated the importance of a number of personal goals for their
 country's successful business leaders. Across countries, dominant goals
 were growth, continuity, short-term profits and personal wealth. Goal
 profiles differed among countries however. The US profile presented the
 most extreme stress on growth, personal wealth, and short-term results. In
 hindsight, these findings predicted the 2008 economic crash. Out of the
 ruins of the present system a new order is bound to emerge, less dominated
 by the USA. Goal profiles for the emerging economies of India, Brazil,
 China and Germany are shown to predict where the new world order may
 differ from the old one: a longer term view, less fascination with growth
 and personal wealth, and more responsibility towards society. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 481-488 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903102029 
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Author-Name: Qi Wei 
Author-X-Name-First: Qi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wei 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Changing patterns of rewards in Asia: a literature review 
Abstract:
  The Asian growing economic importance has led to some important changes
 and developments in human resource management, such as rewards. The
 purpose of this article is to review the literature of rewards in Asia
 within the field of management. The study examines papers published in 33
 leading international academic management journals between 1990--2007. A
 summary of the topics analysed, methodologies used, main themes developed,
 and future research directions is presented. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 489-506 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802492919 
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Author-Name: Teck-Yong Eng 
Author-X-Name-First: Teck-Yong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Eng 
Title: Manufacture upgrade and interfirm relationship development: the case of electronics firms in the Pearl River Delta 
Abstract:
  Despite significant economic benefits of manufacture upgrade from
 original equipment manufacturing, through to original design manufacturing
 to own brand manufacturing, research on interfirm relationship development
 during the process of manufacture upgrade has remained underdeveloped.
 This article examines different types of interfirm relationships and their
 impact on manufacture upgrade using case studies of electronics firms
 located in the Pearl River Delta. The findings suggest that three
 iterative processes support relationship development: resource seeking,
 learning and networking. These processes influence relationship
 development for both vertical and horizontal relations through trust-based
 personal relationships. In particular, the insights provided by relational
 view of interfirm relationships appear to complement and support economic
 goals of governance mechanisms. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 507-525 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 9 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802461419 
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Author-Name: Byung Il Park 
Author-X-Name-First: Byung Il 
Author-X-Name-Last: Park 
Author-Name: Ax&#xE8;le Giroud 
Author-X-Name-First: Ax&#xE8;le 
Author-X-Name-Last: Giroud 
Author-Name: Keith W. Glaister 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith W. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Glaister 
Title: Acquisition of managerial knowledge from foreign parents: evidence from Korean joint ventures 
Abstract:
  This paper contributes to the literature on intra- and inter-firm
 knowledge transfer by examining knowledge acquisition by Korean
 international joint ventures from their foreign parents. A conceptual
 model is presented which identifies the factors that have been found to
 influence knowledge transfer, organised into variables related to the
 local recipient firm, the foreign sender firm and the relationship between
 the two. The model is examined by means of a series of multiple
 regressions using a sample of 128 Korean international joint ventures. We
 find that: (1) the international joint ventures intent to learn and
 international experience; (2) the level of trust between parents and their
 business relatedness; and (3) the active managerial engagement of the
 foreign parent are the most important factors explaining the level of
 knowledge acquisition within the international joint ventures. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 527-545 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802630757 
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Author-Name: Ka Wai Chan 
Author-X-Name-First: Ka Wai 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan 
Author-Name: Jia Jun Wu 
Author-X-Name-First: Jia Jun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu 
Title: The mediating role of communication satisfaction in relational demography -- a study in Macao, SAR context 
Abstract:
  Although demographic diversity has been found to increase interpersonal
 attraction and trust, some research has suggested that the effect is only
 temporary. This study investigates the mechanism of relational demography
 on supervisor satisfaction by examining the mediating role of an
 underlying attribute -- communication satisfaction. The results
 demonstrate that communication satisfaction fully mediates the
 relationship between hometown diversity and satisfaction with a
 supervisor. Hometown diversity acts as a stepping stone to increase
 satisfaction at the beginning of the relationship. However, in the long
 run, communication satisfaction, which serves as a deep-level factor,
 increases satisfaction with supervisor. Implications are discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 547-564 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 2 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380902844498 
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Author-Name: Tran Quang Trung 
Author-X-Name-First: Tran Quang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Trung 
Author-Name: Fredric William Swierczek 
Author-X-Name-First: Fredric William 
Author-X-Name-Last: Swierczek 
Title: Skills development in higher education in Vietnam 
Abstract:
  The purpose of this study is to explore the status quo of skills
 development in universities in Vietnam, and to identify the factors that
 have impacts on skills development. A survey of 251 department managers
 was carried out to explore employers' needs. Two other surveys including
 717 final-year students and 1838 students in other years from four
 universities were conducted to analyze graduate competencies and skill
 delivery in every particular course. Skill delivery and graduate
 competencies are generally below standard, especially interpersonal skills
 for effective teamwork. Skills could be effectively developed through
 group assignments and learning approaches such as case studies, group
 discussions, and software practice. Understanding course objectives and
 course contents can also positively elaborate skill delivery. In addition
 to school activities, part-time experiences have been shown to enhance
 graduate competencies. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 565-586 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2008 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802364175 
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Author-Name: Jane Nolan 
Author-X-Name-First: Jane 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nolan 
Title: Reforming the financial sector: the next step in China's development 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 587-591 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380902781690 
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: Business in Asia 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 593-594 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380902781716 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: China's New Confucianism 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 594-595 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 15 
Year: 2009 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380902781708 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Whither management in South-East Asia? Directions and themes 
Abstract:
  The region of South-East Asia has received less attention than East Asia
 in the literature. Yet, it is important for several reasons. Not only does
 it possess huge markets for products (with over 400 million people in just
 the four countries we focus on here), but it also has rich sources of raw
 materials and goods in their own right. In addition, it has important
 &#x2018;off-shoring&#x2019; sites for both Western and other Asian
 companies. In this collection of essays, we explore recent developments
 across a broad spectrum of economic systems, business enterprises and
 management behaviours in the region. Many diverse facets of these fields
 of study are covered. There are several interesting dichotomies presented;
 for example, between international/national; socialist/capitalist;
 public/private ownership; large/small firm size; and so on. The upshot is
 a set of illustrative studies which, if not strictly a
 &#x2018;sample&#x2019;, offer an insightful &#x2018;perspective&#x2019; on
 where the cutting-edge of management research is heading, as well as
 seeing the region in a reasonably balanced context. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-17 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903500032 
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Author-Name: E.H.S. Andriesse 
Author-X-Name-First: E.H.S. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Andriesse 
Author-Name: B.J. van Helvoirt 
Author-X-Name-First: B.J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: van Helvoirt 
Title: Regional business systems and private sector development in Southeast Asia 
Abstract:
  This contribution applies the &#x2018;comparative business system
 approach&#x2019; to three sub-national settings in Southeast Asia in order
 to unravel patterns of private sector development. In each setting, the
 behaviour of small and medium enterprises is shaped by a distinct business
 system. The nature and functioning of regional business systems in
 Malaysia seems to be influenced by national institutions, in Thailand and
 the Philippines by regional factors and the insertion in (global) value
 chains. Furthermore, the findings indicate that the enabling or disabling
 nature of these institutions have a significant impact on inclusiveness.
 Finally, we use these findings to propose four refinements for policies
 that are aimed at stimulating inclusive private sector development. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 19-36 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802630815 
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Author-Name: Sari Sitalaksmi 
Author-X-Name-First: Sari 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sitalaksmi 
Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: The transformation of human resource management in Indonesian state-owned enterprises since the Asian Crisis 
Abstract:
  Indonesia is facing a rapid institutional change arising from the 1997
 Asian Crisis, and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) were forced to undertake
 a transformation to survive in the increasing market competition and to
 revive their roles as the engine of economic growth. This included
 measures to tackle the increasingly vital human-related issues, namely
 human resource management (HRM). This research focuses on the dynamic
 relationships between the SOEs and their internal and external
 stakeholders in the post-1997 Asian Crisis. It addresses three main
 issues. First is to investigate the change within the Indonesian
 institutions and the influence on the firms. Second is to examine the
 response of the firms as captured in their firms' transformation
 initiatives in the area of HRM. Third is to elaborate the implications for
 theory and practices regarding transitional economy in general and HRM
 changes in particular. The results indicate that the transformation of
 SOEs has been determined by the firms' relationships with both their
 internal and external stakeholders. Following the Asian Crisis, Indonesia
 witnesses a drastic change of the HR practices toward greater market
 orientation and the pervasiveness of &#x2018;best practices&#x2019;. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 37-57 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380902853705 
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Author-Name: Sow Hup Chan 
Author-X-Name-First: Sow Hup 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan 
Title: The influence of leadership expertise and experience on organizational performance: a study of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia 
Abstract:
  This research examines the top leadership performance on a replication of
 the Grameen Bank Approach in Malaysia. The objective is to identify
 whether there is a relationship between the leadership's expertise and
 experience on the organization's performance in achieving the
 organization's mission. It is noted that change of leadership resulted in
 unstable efficiencies in the microfinance organization. Leadership with
 expertise and experience achieved positive organizational outcome, as
 measured through indicators such as outreach and operating efficiency. The
 limitations of the research and areas for further investigation are
 presented. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 59-77 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802503566 
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Author-Name: May-Chiun Lo 
Author-X-Name-First: May-Chiun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lo 
Author-Name: T. Ramayah 
Author-X-Name-First: T. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ramayah 
Author-Name: Hii Wei Min 
Author-X-Name-First: Hii Wei 
Author-X-Name-Last: Min 
Author-Name: Peter Songan 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Songan 
Title: The relationship between leadership styles and organizational commitment in Malaysia: role of leader--member exchange 
Abstract:
  Building upon the &#x2018;social exchange theory&#x2019; notion, this
 study hypothesized the moderating impact of leader--member exchange (LMX)
 on the relationship between two leadership styles and organizational
 commitment of employees. One hundred and fifty-six Malaysian executives
 voluntarily participated in this study. Though the hypotheses for direct
 effects received low to moderate support for transformational leadership
 styles, the moderating hypothesis received substantial support, with a
 stronger relationship particularly in the case of professional respect
 dimension of LMX. Implications of the findings, limitations of the study
 and directions for future research are suggested. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 79-103 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903355676 
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Author-Name: Yap Yin Choo 
Author-X-Name-First: Yap Yin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Choo 
Title: The density of retailers in Malaysia 
Abstract:
  The predictability of factors discussed under the Social Optimality Model
 by Flath and Nariu (1996) in explaining the density of retailers in
 Malaysia are explored. The empirical result shows that except for
 population density, all factors are in accord with the predictions of the
 model. In addition, the factors that led to a decline in the number of
 small-scale retailers and expansion of large-scale retailers are explored,
 and the study concludes with policies to deal with this phenomenon. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 105-122 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802270612 
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Author-Name: Kartinah Ayupp 
Author-X-Name-First: Kartinah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ayupp 
Author-Name: William Kong 
Author-X-Name-First: William 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kong 
Title: The impact of task and outcome interdependence and self-efficacy on employees' work motivation: an analysis of the Malaysian retail industry 
Abstract:
  This study investigates the relationship between task and outcome
 interdependence and self-efficacy on employees work motivation in
 Malaysia, by looking at one of the state's retail industries as a case in
 point. The study focused on two forms of interdependence, namely task
 interdependence (works execution) and outcome interdependence
 (compatibility of co-workers' performance), while work motivation looked
 at employees' cooperation and collective effort. The retail industry was
 chosen because of its importance to the Malaysian economy and the fact
 that interdependence job setting is common among supermarkets and
 department stores. The results show a significant and positive support
 regarding the relationship between outcome interdependence and
 self-efficacy towards employees work motivation. Interdependence and
 self-efficacy components possess motivational potential towards employees
 work behaviour, such as the effort and cooperation level that they choose
 to contribute to their company. Furthermore, initiated task
 interdependence is found to have a significant relationship with
 employees' cooperative manner. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 123-142 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701517048 
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Author-Name: G. Sivalingam 
Author-X-Name-First: G. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sivalingam 
Title: Network governance in Malaysia's telecommunications industry 
Abstract:
  The focus of this study is on unravelling the emerging network governance
 structure in the mobile phone sector as a result of the liberalization of
 the industry in Malaysia. Although there is competition and
 self-regulation after liberalization, the industry is regulated by the
 newly set up Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, which in
 turn is accountable to the minister. Technological interdependence
 requires networking among the competing firms and self-regulation, and
 hence the emerging governance structure is more accurately described as
 network governance rather than hierarchical governance or neo-liberal
 governance. The firms, the government and consumer groups participate in
 decision-making. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 143-159 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903020551 
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Author-Name: Vimolwan Yukongdi 
Author-X-Name-First: Vimolwan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yukongdi 
Title: A study of Thai employees' preferred leadership style 
Abstract:
  This study examined the perceived and preferred style of leadership among
 employees in Thai organizations. Data were collected from a sample of
 employees in manufacturing firms. Correlation analysis and analysis of
 variance techniques were employed to examine the relationships between
 preferred leadership style, perceived leadership style, influence in
 decision-making, satisfaction with participation and job satisfaction. The
 results showed that the most <italic>preferred</italic> style of leader
 for employees was the consultative manager, followed by participative,
 paternalistic, whilst the least preferred leader was an autocratic
 manager. On the other hand, the largest proportion of employees
 <italic>perceived</italic> their managers to be consultative, followed by
 paternalistic, autocratic and participative. In addition, employees who
 perceived their managers to be more democratic also reported a higher
 level of influence in decision-making, greater satisfaction with
 participation and job satisfaction. Implications for theory and practice
 are discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 161-181 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903168962 
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Author-Name: Sajid Anwar 
Author-X-Name-First: Sajid 
Author-X-Name-Last: Anwar 
Author-Name: Lan Phi Nguyen 
Author-X-Name-First: Lan Phi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen 
Title: Foreign direct investment and economic growth in Vietnam 
Abstract:
  By making use of a recently released panel dataset that covers 61
 provinces of Vietnam from 1996--2005, this study examines the link between
 foreign direct investment and economic growth. Our analysis, which is
 based on a simultaneous equations model, reveals that in overall terms a
 mutually reinforcing two-way linkage between FDI and economic growth
 exists in Vietnam. However, this is not the case for each and every region
 of Vietnam. The results presented in this study suggest that the impact of
 foreign direct investment on economic growth in Vietnam will be larger if
 more resources are invested in education and training, financial market
 development and in reducing the technology gap between the foreign and
 local firms. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 183-202 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/10438590802511031 
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Author-Name: Trang T.M. Nguyen 
Author-X-Name-First: Trang T.M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen 
Author-Name: Tho D. Nguyen 
Author-X-Name-First: Tho D. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen 
Title: Learning to build quality business relationships in export markets: evidence from Vietnamese exporters 
Abstract:
  A firm's competitive advantage can be created through keeping long-term
 relationships with customers. To achieve successful long-term
 relationships, partners have to develop and maintain quality relationships
 with each other, especially in international markets. In this study, we
 examine the role of learning orientation in relationship quality between
 exporters in a transition economy, Vietnam, and their foreign importers.
 We also investigate the mediating role of exporter ethnocentrism. A test
 based on a random sample of 297 exporters in Vietnam indicates that
 learning orientation is a key factor that assists exporters in building
 quality relationships with their importers. In addition, learning
 orientation lessens the degree of exporter ethnocentrism, a behaviour
 which prohibits exporters to build quality relationships with their
 importers. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 203-220 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802280009 
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Author-Name: Anne Ngoc Vo 
Author-X-Name-First: Anne Ngoc 
Author-X-Name-Last: Vo 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: The internationalization of industrial relations? Japanese and US multinational companies in Vietnam 
Abstract:
  This study examines the interaction between &#x2018;home&#x2019; and
 &#x2018;host&#x2019; country in influencing the industrial relations (IR)
 of multinational company (MNC) subsidiaries. Using US and Japanese MNCs in
 Vietnam, we investigate the transfer of their IR into a developing host
 country where the environment is centralized, highly regulated, but weak.
 Investigating the IR reform, trade union structure, leadership, resources,
 expected roles and responsibilities and the constraints trade unions meet,
 we point out that the roles of Vietnamese trade unions are limited to
 administrative functions and the provision of welfare-type services for
 employees. Given this, MNCs drop their home practices and cooperate with
 unions and paternalistic strategies towards employees. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 221-238 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903080282 
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Author-Name: Hoc Le Hieu 
Author-X-Name-First: Hoc 
Author-X-Name-Last: Le Hieu 
Author-Name: Quang Truong 
Author-X-Name-First: Quang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Truong 
Title: Internationalization and its impacts on the standardization/adaptation mode of operations: a study of two Italian firms in Vietnam 
Abstract:
  This study uses a comparative case study approach to analyze the
 internationalization process of two Italian firms and to identify its
 impacts on their manufacturing plants operations in Vietnam. The results
 indicate that the internationalization of operations of the two firms
 shows a combination of both standardization (transfer) and adaptation even
 though the degree of transfer and adaptation differs between the two
 studied firms. It further illustrates that not only the local conditions,
 but also the involvement and commitment of the head office in the
 operations of the local plants play significant roles in determining
 whether firms should standardize or adapt their operations in foreign
 markets. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 239-257 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802697111 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Management in South-East Asia: key findings, conclusions and prospects 
Abstract:
  This collection has examined management and business in a selection of
 countries in the South-East Asia region -- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
 and Vietnam -- and covered a variety of topics and areas. The coverage
 dealt with a diverse and complex range of research experiences in
 organizations in the four countries which were included. This set of
 empirical studies, we believe, significantly adds to the literature in the
 broad business and management areas. The key findings and conclusions of
 the collection are presented here, along with some pointers to the future. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 259-267 
Issue: 1-2 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903500016 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: China's chimera: miracle or mirage in the &#x2018;Middle Kingdom&#x2019;? 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 269-271 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.483761 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Chinese management at the crossroads: setting the scene 
Abstract:
  The &#x2018;Middle Kingdom&#x2019; has come a long way in the last few
 decades, its economy has burgeoned and its prosperity has flourished.
 Chinese management has evolved greatly too but is now at the
 &#x2018;crossroads&#x2019;, as the People's Republic of China celebrates
 the 60th anniversary of the &#x2018;Liberation&#x2019; led by Mao Zedong
 and the 30th anniversary of the economic reforms launched by his
 successor, Deng Xiaoping. In this symposium, we review its past legacy,
 its evolution to date, as well as its options, covering a wide range of
 management topics. As ownership of its enterprises has opened-up and has
 become more fragmented, state-owned firms arguably no longer dominate the
 scene, nor does their management model. Being a manager has also become
 more complex and diversified, as well as more professional. The Party has
 proclaimed the &#x2018;Harmonious Society&#x2019; as the route to
 reconciling economic performance with social justice. This edited
 collection asks what are the next steps and will assess the current
 directions in which Chinese managers are developing, as its economy now
 has to cope with a slowdown in the face of global uncertainty. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 273-284 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903516574 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: Labour and management in the People's Republic of China: seeking the &#x2018;harmonious society&#x2019; 
Abstract:
  This study examines the challenges facing China's increasingly complex
 labour-management relations system vis-a-vis the new economic, political
 and social environment it faces and how it is adapting to the new concept
 of the &#x2018;harmonious society&#x2019; -- to which the new Chinese
 leadership now aspires. The contribution concludes that the changes in the
 labour-management relations system reflect the impact of globalization on
 enterprise diversity as well as the increasing important position of trade
 unions to coordinate labour relations and protect worker's rights and
 interests. There will be another &#x2018;Long-March&#x2019; needed for
 both party/state and other civil groups in China to reach a new social
 equilibrium. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 285-298 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380802478900 
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Author-Name: Anton Kriz 
Author-X-Name-First: Anton 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kriz 
Author-Name: Byron Keating 
Author-X-Name-First: Byron 
Author-X-Name-Last: Keating 
Title: Business relationships in China: lessons about deep trust 
Abstract:
  Trust is acknowledged as a central tenet of business relationships. Yet
 for all the attention it receives, rarely has trust been investigated in
 the Chinese business setting. This study uses an emic approach to unearth
 some within-culture &#x2018;truths&#x2019; about Chinese notions of trust
 in business exchange. The findings of this research suggest that deep
 trust (<italic>xinren</italic>), which is driven by reciprocal help and
 emotional bonding, is critical for doing business in China. A conceptual
 framework is provided to assist Western businesspersons to better
 understand the Chinese concept of trust as well as the interplay between
 its key antecedents. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 299-318 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903065580 
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Author-Name: Li Xue Cunningham 
Author-X-Name-First: Li Xue 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cunningham 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Small and medium-sized enterprises in China: a literature review, human resource management and suggestions for further research 
Abstract:
  As the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has
 increased, it has been accompanied by an increase in the amount of
 research attention paid to them. This has been the case in Asia, and also
 China. However, this work concentrates mainly on entrepreneurship, small
 business development and government support. Moreover, the fact is that in
 terms of issue focus, it is finance, marketing and ownership rather than
 people management that are the central themes of the discussion. However,
 there are some studies of human resource management (HRM) in SMEs in
 China. Our study here provides a broad review of prior work, and the
 results highlight some important issues for the study of HRM in SMEs and
 call for the development of more sophisticated theoretical models and more
 longitudinal research. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 319-337 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903115948 
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Author-Name: Jie Shen 
Author-X-Name-First: Jie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shen 
Title: Employees' satisfaction with HRM in Chinese privately-owned enterprises 
Abstract:
  This study investigated the levels of employees' satisfaction with human
 resource management (HRM) practices in Chinese privately-owned
 manufacturing enterprise, and differences in satisfaction between employee
 groups. It emerges that while the levels of employees' satisfaction with
 performance appraisals, staffing and pay were between high and moderate,
 levels of satisfaction regarding training and development were low.
 Employees' satisfaction levels with HRM varied according to personal
 characteristics including gender, age, education, position, working years
 and registration status. The implications of the research findings with
 regard to the avenue for further research and HRM improvement in the
 private sector have been discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 339-354 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380902846659 
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Author-Name: Fang Lee Cooke 
Author-X-Name-First: Fang Lee 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cooke 
Author-Name: Qiaoling He 
Author-X-Name-First: Qiaoling 
Author-X-Name-Last: He 
Title: Corporate social responsibility and HRM in China: a study of textile and apparel enterprises 
Abstract:
  Issues related to corporate social responsibility (CSR) have been the
 subject of growing debate across an increasingly wide range of disciplines
 in social sciences and business and management studies. China has been
 facing mounting pressure to take CSR issues seriously especially vis a vis
 environmental issues and labour standards. However, issues related to CSR
 and human resource management (HRM) in China remain under-explored. This
 study investigates how managers of textile and apparel firms perceive CSR
 issues, what actions they are taking and what implications these may have
 for institutional bodies that seek to promote CSR in the country. The
 study concludes that firms tend to adopt a business case approach to CSR,
 focusing on the market rather than their employees. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 355-376 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380902965558 
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Author-Name: Mingqiong Zhang 
Author-X-Name-First: Mingqiong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang 
Author-Name: Chris Nyland 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nyland 
Author-Name: Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Cherrie Jiuhua 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title:  <italic>Hukou</italic>-based HRM in contemporary China: the case of Jiangsu and Shanghai 
Abstract:
  Based on case studies of 12 firms, this research documents how the
 hukou-based human resource management (HRM) system in contemporary China
 informs six human resource management functions. It is shown that the
 system has generated a division between urbanites as core employees and
 rural migrants as peripheral workers. Rural workers tend to suffer from
 job and wage discrimination and have less access to training, welfare
 benefits, social insurance, and promotion than urban-hukou holders. The
 hierarchical nature of this division reflects the fact that human resource
 management policy and practice in China is a product of the larger
 institutional environment and lends support to the theoretical notion of
 &#x2018;socially embedded HRM&#x2019;. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 377-393 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380902944009 
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Author-Name: Xin Guo 
Author-X-Name-First: Xin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Guo 
Author-Name: Angus Duff 
Author-X-Name-First: Angus 
Author-X-Name-Last: Duff 
Author-Name: Mario Hair 
Author-X-Name-First: Mario 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hair 
Title: The antecedents and consequences of commitment in bank--corporate relationships: evidence from the Chinese banking market 
Abstract:
  This study draws on the exchange relationships literature to create a
 model of what motivates corporate customers to continue their
 relationships with their primary banking services providers. The study
 reports the results of a questionnaire survey administered to financial
 managers (<italic>N</italic>&#xA0;=&#xA0;259) in China. Results provide
 evidence for the existence of a number of antecedents and consequences of
 commitment in bank--corporate relationships. Notably, service quality is
 found to be a significant antecedent of affective commitment, which in
 turn leads to cooperation and continuance intentions. Implications for
 bank management are discussed along with avenues for future research. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 395-416 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903080357 
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Author-Name: Jane Nolan 
Author-X-Name-First: Jane 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nolan 
Title: The influence of western banks on corporate governance in China 
Abstract:
  This study draws on in-depth qualitative interviews to investigate the
 variety of institutional forces which influence the adoption of western
 corporate governance mechanisms in Chinese banks. Following path
 dependency models of institutional change it was shown that cognitive and
 normative institutions, including a &#x2018;who you know&#x2019; or guanxi
 credit culture, mean that the practical influence of western banks on
 corporate governance reforms was perceived to be ineffectual in most
 cases. Given the failure of western credit-rating systems in the sub-prime
 crisis, it is likely that this perception will increase in the future. The
 majority of western actors believed that the main reason Chinese banks
 seek to co-operate with western institutions was to enhance the legitimacy
 of the Chinese bank in the global financial environment, rather than to
 actively change existing governance mechanisms. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 417-436 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903315092 
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Author-Name: Michael Webber 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael 
Author-X-Name-Last: Webber 
Author-Name: John Benson 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson 
Title: Intangible management and enterprise success in the Chinese transitional economy 
Abstract:
  China has undergone extensive reform of its business system in its rapid
 transition to a market economy. In this process, the success of
 enterprises has depended heavily on changing structural conditions, such
 as the transformation of ownership and market competition, on the ability
 of management to adapt to new labour and product markets, and on new ways
 of getting workers to commit to the enterprises' goals. This study
 explores enterprise success by modelling organizational performance as a
 function of intangible management practices, either directly or through
 their effects on employee satisfaction, all within the context of
 transition. The findings of the research demonstrate that employee
 satisfaction is influenced by some forms of intangible management; that
 enterprise success is conditioned by employee satisfaction, by some
 measures of transition and by a range of intangible management practices. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 437-460 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903282458 
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Author-Name: Neng Jiang 
Author-X-Name-First: Neng 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jiang 
Author-Name: Paul A. Kattuman 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul A. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kattuman 
Title: Intensity of competition in China: profitability dynamics of Chinese listed companies 
Abstract:
  How intense is market competition in the Chinese economy? We extend to
 China, the literature that measures the intensity of market competition in
 terms of the persistence of firm profitability from year to year. The
 fundamental notion is that intense competition will quickly evaporate any
 short run quasi-rents enjoyed by any company, and force each to revert to
 its own &#x2018;normal&#x2019; level of profitability, as determined by
 its command over various strategic resources. We examine the extent to
 which deviations from their expected values of profitability tend to be
 corrected among quoted companies in China. Our estimates, based on Chinese
 listed companies over the 11-year period to 2005, find that the rate of
 mean reversion in profitability is 55%. This suggests an intensely
 competitive market. We also find that the state owned enterprises (SOEs)
 have a higher propensity to revert to their expected profitability, at the
 average rate of 76%, suggesting that they are subject to more intense
 competitive pressure. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 461-481 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380902949321 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Managers, markets and the globalized economy in China: epilogue 
Abstract:
  In this Epilogue to the Symposium, we look at the conclusions we can draw
 from our <italic>tour d'horizon</italic> of managers, markets and the
 globalized economy in the People's Republic of China. We have seen that,
 since the late 1970s, industrial ownership has significantly opened-up and
 become more fragmented, that the state-owned enterprises are arguably no
 longer the dominant mode in the economy and indeed neither is their
 management model. Managing, we also noted, has become more complex and
 diversified, as well as more professional. This edited collection has thus
 shown how China's managers now have to operate in a more market-driven
 context if somewhat bounded by the parameters of the &#x2018;harmonious
 society&#x2019;. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 483-491 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903557164 
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Author-Name: Henry F.L. Chung 
Author-X-Name-First: Henry F.L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chung 
Title: Analysing marketing customization strategies in Australasian firms: a framework for services and goods exporters 
Abstract:
  Previous studies suggest that services and goods marketers can share
 internationalization and market entry frameworks. Very little research has
 investigated any similarity of marketing customization frameworks of
 services and goods exporters. This study has proposed a common
 customization framework, which was examined using the experiences of 101
 services and goods firms operating in a highly different environment. It
 was found that the marketing environment--marketing strategy framework for
 service and good exporters was mostly similar, but that the extent of the
 influence of selected factors was stronger for service firms. The
 framework of marketing strategy--performance was confirmed to be mostly
 similar. The results of this study suggest that, after
 internationalization and market entry mode theories, a common marketing
 customization framework can probably be identified across selected
 services and goods sectors. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 505-525 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903036573 
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Author-Name: Neil Towers 
Author-X-Name-First: Neil 
Author-X-Name-Last: Towers 
Author-Name: Yi Song 
Author-X-Name-First: Yi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Song 
Title: Assessing the future challenges in strategic sourcing commodity from China: a case-study analysis 
Abstract:
  There has been an increasing trend of global sourcing garment supply from
 South-East Asia but the challenges confronting retailers sourcing
 commodity and seasonal garments from countries such as China are less well
 understood. A supplier evaluation model developed from the Kaufmann and
 Hedderich (2005) framework assesses the delivery, flexibility, cost,
 quality, reliability and culture sourcing challenges from China using a
 case study approach of a UK-based garment sourcing company using a fuzzy
 logic method. The results have identified that the highest challenges
 include unforeseen risk in delivery process, rigid negotiability, language
 barriers and Chinese-style business customs. The most important challenges
 are improvement, sourcing location, languages barriers, unforeseen
 delivery risks and customer services. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 527-544 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903068071 
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Author-Name: Edward F. Murphy 
Author-X-Name-First: Edward F. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Murphy 
Author-Name: Bahaudin G. Mujtaba 
Author-X-Name-First: Bahaudin G. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mujtaba 
Author-Name: Terrell Manyak 
Author-X-Name-First: Terrell 
Author-X-Name-Last: Manyak 
Author-Name: Jatuporn Sungkhawan 
Author-X-Name-First: Jatuporn 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sungkhawan 
Author-Name: Regina Greenwood 
Author-X-Name-First: Regina 
Author-X-Name-Last: Greenwood 
Title: Generational value differences of baby boomers in Thailand 
Abstract:
  Researchers are expanding our knowledge of cultural value systems by
 exploring the diverse values that are held by different generations in
 various countries. The majority of these studies have focused on Western
 countries with little attention being given to cross cultural differences.
 This point is particularly true of Asian countries such as Thailand. To
 fill this research gap, this study explores the generational value
 differences of baby boomers in Thailand using the Rokeach Value Survey
 (RVS). The initial comparison is with the United States, which is the most
 studied country, and then concludes with observations on how Thailand's
 generational cultures contrast to the findings of similar studies
 throughout the world using the same RVS instrument. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 545-566 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903503762 
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Author-Name: Cao Hao Thi 
Author-X-Name-First: Cao Hao 
Author-X-Name-Last: Thi 
Author-Name: Fredric William Swierczek 
Author-X-Name-First: Fredric William 
Author-X-Name-Last: Swierczek 
Title: Critical success factors in project management: implication from Vietnam 
Abstract:
  This study will assess successful project performance based on key
 project factors. The indicators of project success are cost, time,
 technical performance and customer satisfaction as used in previous
 studies. The sample consisted of 239 project members and managers
 currently involved in infrastructure projects in Vietnam. Regression
 analysis was used to test five hypotheses developed from theories on
 project success. Three groups of factors including manager competencies,
 member competencies and external stability have significant positive
 relationships to the success criteria. The completion and implementation
 stages in the project life cycle are also positively related to success.
 The implementation stage of a project moderates both the effects of
 external stability and organization support on success. The implication
 for project managers is that implementation is the key stage in
 determining the success of projects. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 567-589 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903322957 
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Author-Name: Irene Hon-fun Poon 
Author-X-Name-First: Irene Hon-fun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Poon 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Change in Asia: a review of management theory and research related to human resources 
Abstract:
  Many competing hypotheses have been advanced to account for human
 resource management (HRM) change. The present review examines the
 theoretical development and empirical study in HRM change in Asia in the
 early twenty-first century (2000--2006). Three research themes common to
 HRM change are discussed: (1) change context is about the issues of forces
 facilitating or hindering HRM change; (2) change process includes pace,
 sequence and magnitude of HRM change progress; and (3) change direction is
 about resultant change outcome. Comparisons of HRM change are made within
 Asian economies as well as between Asia and other regions. It is concluded
 that the interplay among different perspectives can produce a wide variety
 of more complex understanding of change context while a longitudinal
 approach can add value to explain dynamic process and resultant direction. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 591-607 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903499987 
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Author-Name: Jim E. Hoare 
Author-X-Name-First: Jim E. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoare 
Title: Asian diplomacy: the foreign ministries of China, India, Japan, Singapore, Thailand 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 609-610 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903399419 
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Author-Name: Philippe Debroux 
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debroux 
Title: Changing Japanese capitalism: societal coordination and institutional adjustment 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 611-612 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903145960 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Human capital management in Malaysia: local & foreign perspectives 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 613-614 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903327006 
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Author-Name: Michael Webber 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael 
Author-X-Name-Last: Webber 
Author-Name: John Benson 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson 
Title: Corrigendum 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 615-615 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 16 
Year: 2010 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.528212 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Whither Japan? Economy, management and society 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-5 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.519559 
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Author-Name: Xiaoqing Li 
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaoqing 
Author-X-Name-Last: Li 
Author-Name: David Faulkner 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Faulkner 
Author-Name: Yanni Yan 
Author-X-Name-First: Yanni 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yan 
Title: The strategic stages of China--UK educational alliances: an empirical study 
Abstract:
  Driven by globalization, strategic alliances have emerged in a wide range
 of industries; higher education is not excluded, although we still lack
 sufficient understanding of this emerging field. By empirically
 investigating 10 China--UK educational alliances, this paper reveals the
 specific characteristics and different conditions that prevail in
 strategies in educational alliances. In particular it identifies the
 choice of forms of educational alliances in the formation stage,
 localization of the alliances in the operation stage, and the direction of
 development in the evolution stage. Hence, it hopes to enrich existing
 theories and provide some clear insights of the attitudes and actions that
 need to be taken by practitioners for them to succeed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 7-24 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903565027 
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Author-Name: Sabrina Islam 
Author-X-Name-First: Sabrina 
Author-X-Name-Last: Islam 
Author-Name: M. Yunus Ali 
Author-X-Name-First: M. Yunus 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ali 
Author-Name: Manjit Singh Sandhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Manjit Singh 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sandhu 
Title: Partner selection criteria in international joint ventures: perspectives of foreign investors from Asian NIEs of Malaysia and India 
Abstract:
  This study aimed to explore the partner selection criteria employed by
 foreign investors from the newly industrializing economies of Malaysia and
 India when forming international joint ventures in other newly
 industrializing economies and developing countries. Geringer's (1991)
 typology of task-related and partner-related selection criteria was used
 as a basis for determining the partner selection criteria employed by
 foreign investors from newly industrializing economies. The influence of
 issues such as past association, trust, communication, control and culture
 as well as the relevance of theories including the bargaining power
 theory, transaction cost theory and organizational learning theory on
 newly industrializing economies firms' partner selection process were also
 examined. This qualitative study revealed that newly industrializing
 economies firms' partner selection criteria are often influenced by firm
 characteristics, country and industry related factors as well as one or
 more of the examined issues and theories. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 25-43 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.520491 
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Author-Name: Sow H. Chan 
Author-X-Name-First: Sow H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan 
Author-Name: Mazanah Abdul Ghani 
Author-X-Name-First: Mazanah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Abdul Ghani 
Title: The impact of microloans in vulnerable remote areas: evidence from Malaysia 
Abstract:
  Microfinance is not a panacea, and the extent to which the very poor are
 being served remains unclear. This study examines whether microfinance
 programmes reach the intended target in vulnerable remote villages, and
 whether the borrowers improve their lives through microfinance.
 Seventy-two borrowers from three villages were studied. Remote villagers
 living below the poverty line were reached. Ninety-three per cent of the
 borrowers observed an increase in income, assets and spending on family
 members. Improvement on non-income aspects was also reported. The findings
 suggest that small loans can encourage the development of (1) rural
 enterprise, (2) skills and confidence in rural women and (3) social
 standing of rural women. The study concludes that microfinance is an
 empowering tool in vulnerable remote areas. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 45-66 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903495621 
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Author-Name: Pauline Stanton 
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline 
Author-X-Name-Last: Stanton 
Author-Name: Alan Nankervis 
Author-X-Name-First: Alan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nankervis 
Title: Linking strategic HRM, performance management and organizational effectiveness: perceptions of managers in Singapore 
Abstract:
  Strategic human resource management (SHRM) theory is predicated on the
 assumption that effective human resource management (HRM) processes have
 the capacity to contribute significantly to organizational effectiveness,
 expressed in terms of productivity, flexibility, effectiveness,
 efficiency, return on investment, competitiveness, and ultimately,
 profitability. Earlier research studies have explored the overall
 value-adding potential of HRM processes as a whole. Few have focused on
 the links between strategic HRM, performance management systems and
 organizational effectiveness, and even fewer have examined these
 relationships in Southeast Asia. This paper addresses this gap in the
 literature by examining the perceptions of a split sample of senior
 managers in Singapore. It reveals an interesting gap between their
 rhetoric and the realities of their performance management systems, and
 suggests future research directions. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 67-84 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381003790382 
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Author-Name: Taehee Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Taehee 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Author-Name: Sangyoon Park 
Author-X-Name-First: Sangyoon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Park 
Author-Name: Kyungro Chang 
Author-X-Name-First: Kyungro 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang 
Title: Antecedents of organizational citizenship behaviours among part-time employees of service organizations in Korea 
Abstract:
  This study investigates the antecedents of organizational citizenship
 behaviours by using data consisting of 196 part-time instructors drawn
 from six sport centres in the Republic of Korea. The results of a
 structural equation analysis suggest that job satisfaction has a positive
 effect on organizational and occupational commitment, occupational
 satisfaction has a positive effect on organizational and occupational
 commitment, organizational commitment has a positive effect on
 organizational citizenship behaviours (OCBs) and a negative effect on
 turnover intentions, and turnover intentions has a negative effect on
 OCBs. The effect of occupational commitment on both turnover intentions
 and OCBs was not significant. This research addresses a number of
 important issues in the management of human resources (i.e. part-time
 workers) in service organizations; that is, this study examines how
 part-time employees' satisfaction and commitment with respect to their
 jobs, occupations or organizations are related to their OCBs; this
 relationship is arguably one the most important issues facing service
 organizations today. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 85-101 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.495198 
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Author-Name: Thang Ngoc Nguyen 
Author-X-Name-First: Thang Ngoc 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen 
Author-Name: Quang Truong 
Author-X-Name-First: Quang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Truong 
Author-Name: Dirk Buyens 
Author-X-Name-First: Dirk 
Author-X-Name-Last: Buyens 
Title: Training and firm performance in economies in transition: a comparison between Vietnam and China 
Abstract:
  This paper provides a comparative analysis on the role of training and
 its impact on firm performance in some economies in transition in Asia.
 The starting point is an examination of country contexts and training, and
 how these have shaped organizational approaches to human resource (HR)
 training. The paper also reviews the results of recent studies that have
 investigated the relationship between training and firm performance in
 Vietnam and China. The review results show that training is positively
 related to firm performance and reveals some convergence of HR training in
 both countries. On the basis of this, some caveats on HR training
 development in the future in these two countries are given. The paper ends
 with theoretical and practical implications. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 103-119 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381003773982 
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Author-Name: Philippe Debroux 
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe 
Author-X-Name-Last: Debroux 
Title: The &#x2018;big bang&#x2019; in Japanese higher education 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 121-122 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903399401 
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Author-Name: Jane Nolan 
Author-X-Name-First: Jane 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nolan 
Title: The political economy of Asian transition from communism 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 122-124 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903399427 
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Author-Name: Wes E. Harry 
Author-X-Name-First: Wes E. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Harry 
Title: Adventures in management: a saga of managing in a developing country 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 124-127 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903399435 
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Author-Name: Wes Harry 
Author-X-Name-First: Wes 
Author-X-Name-Last: Harry 
Title: Maid to order in Hong Kong: version 2: stories of migrant workers 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 127-129 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381003790887 
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Author-Name: Jim E. Hoare 
Author-X-Name-First: Jim E. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoare 
Title: Critical security in the Asia-Pacific 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 129-131 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381003790895 
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson 
Title: Small firms and innovation policy in Japan 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 131-134 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381003790903 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: China in search of a harmonious society 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 134-134 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.527457 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Author-Name: Thiruchelvam Kanagasundram 
Author-X-Name-First: Thiruchelvam 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kanagasundram 
Author-Name: Keun Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Keun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Title: Introduction: Governance and coordination modes in driving innovation and learning 
Abstract:
  This work presents a theoretical assessment of technological and economic
 catch up theories. Consistent with evolutionary postulations of technology
 and technical change, which are sector- and industry-specific, embedded by
 locational institutions and organizations, and integrated in global
 networks, non-linear in its emergence and movement, and subsumed in the
 nature of micro, meso and macro interactions, it provides the anchor for
 the elucidation of the East Asian experiences discussed in this volume. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 135-141 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.533509 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Title: Ownership, R&D and export intensities of automotive parts firms in East Asia 
Abstract:
  This study examines ownership differences in R&D and export intensities
 in a sample of auto-parts firms from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the
 Philippines and Taiwan. The influence of national institutions and
 meso-organizations is evident from the higher firm-level R&D intensity in
 countries with stronger high-tech infrastructure than those with weaker
 infrastructures regardless of ownership differences. The results show that
 foreign firms rely much more on home plants to undertake R&D. The pooled
 regressions show higher R&D intensities in local rather than in foreign
 firms, thus demonstrating the importance of national policy regimes.
 Export-orientation was highly correlated with R&D intensities in the local
 sample, which shows the influence both ways of firm-level efforts to raise
 technological intensity levels to compete in export markets, as well as
 the impact of the latter on the former. The results also show that foreign
 firms are much more export-oriented than local firms. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 143-160 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.533505 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Author-Name: Xin-Xin Kong 
Author-X-Name-First: Xin-Xin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kong 
Author-Name: Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi 
Author-X-Name-First: Jebamalai 
Author-X-Name-Last: Vinanchiarachi 
Title: Moving up in the global value chain in button manufacturing in China 
Abstract:
  This study traces the transformation of Qiaotou city from a button
 distribution centre to a composite and advanced button manufacturing
 cluster accounting for 65% of world button production in 2006. It argues
 that button sales originated in entrepreneurial initiative that expanded
 through market-based armslength transactions as hundreds of stalls
 mushroomed in Qiaotou. The transformation of Qiaotou from the late 1990s
 into a composite cluster including designing, new material and product
 development took place when the local government took advantage of the
 rapid manufacturing growth to stimulate collaborative links between
 government, the firms and universities to support the appropriation of
 research synergies. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 161-174 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.533508 
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Author-Name: Kong-Rae Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Kong-Rae 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Title: Public research system under the people's participatory government of Korea 
Abstract:
  This study aims at investigating the public research system under the
 people's and the participatory government (1998--2007) in Korea. It
 critically examines the reforms carried out on Government Research
 Institutes (GRIs) by the people's participatory government. The reform
 included the separation of the GRIs from their ministries in 1999
 following complaints that GRIs enjoyed little autonomy as ministries
 intervened too much in their research activities. The separation of GRIs
 from their subordinate ministries was a policy decision taken to activate
 and increase the performance and efficiency of GRIs. Under the research
 councils introduced by the people's participatory government R&D
 performance (measured by publications and patent applications) of GRIs
 improved strongly. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 175-192 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.533503 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Author-Name: Vanthana Nolintha 
Author-X-Name-First: Vanthana 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nolintha 
Author-Name: Latdavanh Songvilay 
Author-X-Name-First: Latdavanh 
Author-X-Name-Last: Songvilay 
Title: Garment manufacturing in Laos: clustering and technological capabilities 
Abstract:
  This study examines the impact of systemic pillars on technological
 capabilities in garment manufacturing in Laos. The evidence shows that
 garment manufacturing employment rose strongly over the period 2000--2006
 but has been confined to low value added activities because of low
 technological capabilities. While acknowledging the importance of
 employment creation, this work argues that the systemic pillars in Laos
 must be strengthened for firms to introduce superior technological
 capabilities to sustain their competitiveness. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 193-207 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.533507 
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Author-Name: Lim Ee Shiang 
Author-X-Name-First: Lim 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ee Shiang 
Author-Name: Shyamala Nagaraj 
Author-X-Name-First: Shyamala 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nagaraj 
Title: Impediments to innovation: evidence from Malaysian manufacturing firms 
Abstract:
  This work investigates the impediments to innovation faced by Malaysian
 manufacturing firms and whether they differ between firms that eventually
 engage in innovation activities and firms that do not. The shortcomings
 and obstacles encountered are assessed. Complementarities between the
 obstacles are also evaluated. The data are taken from the National Survey
 of Innovation 2000--2001 carried out in 2003 and the results show that
 firms which are engaged in innovation activities are more likely to face
 impediments. The level of importance of obstacles and the way the
 obstacles combine to impede innovation activities are also different for
 the two groups. Policies to encourage innovation should consider the
 different needs of firms that are engaged in innovation activities and
 firms that are not. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 209-223 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.533502 
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Author-Name: Divina M. Edralin 
Author-X-Name-First: Divina M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Edralin 
Title: Training and development practices of large Philippines companies 
Abstract:
  This study aims to determine the current training and development
 experiences and the emerging best practices of large corporations in the
 manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors in the Philippines. The
 findings reveal that the most frequently cited importance of training is
 that it helps improve job performance. Companies implement technical
 training slightly more than behavioral training. The most often used
 training method is the lecture, combined with the usage of new
 technologies such as the CD-ROM, the Internet, and the company
 intranet/portal. Adequate resources like budget and expertise are provided
 for the delivery of training and development programmes. The
 implementation of extensive continuing training and development
 programmes, not only for the improvement of technical competence, but for
 the development of cultural behavior and values congruent with that of the
 company's core values and philosophy, is one of their emerging best
 practices that stimulate innovation. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 225-239 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.533501 
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Author-Name: P. Intarakumnerd 
Author-X-Name-First: P. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Intarakumnerd 
Author-Name: Cristina Chaminade 
Author-X-Name-First: Cristina 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chaminade 
Title: Innovation policies in Thailand: towards a system of innovation approach? 
Abstract:
  The issue of the rationale for public intervention under the system of
 innovation (SI) perspective has recently received increasing attention
 from scholars and practitioners. However, with few exceptions, this
 literature has been based on the analysis of innovation policies and
 innovation systems in industrialized countries neglecting almost
 completely the specific policy dilemmas that arise from the weak and
 fragmented innovation systems that characterize developing countries. In
 the last few years, a growing number of developing countries have adopted
 the SI approach officially in their innovation policy. Yet, there has not
 been an adequate attempt to systematically analyze how (and if) this has
 been done in practice. This study attempts to shed some light on this
 issue by analyzing the innovation policy of Thailand. It suggests that
 while the innovation system approach might be officially adopted by a
 government, the practice follows old innovation paradigms and hardly
 addresses systemic problems. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 241-256 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.533504 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Title: Epilogue: Implications from industrializing East Asia's innovation and learning experiences 
Abstract:
  This conclusion provides a summary of the learning and innovation
 experiences of selected East Asian economies, as well as using the
 evidence to draw implications for theory and policy. The cross-country
 East Asian study of automotive parts provided the starting block that
 underscored the importance of the embedding institutions and organizations
 in driving innovation and learning in firms. Although local firms showed
 higher R&D intensity levels than foreign firms thus reflecting the
 significance of home country advantages, intensity levels were higher in
 countries with a stronger high-tech infrastructure regardless of ownership
 differences. The subsequent cases address broad macro innovation policies,
 for example in Thailand and Korea, and micro economic and technological
 catch up successes such as those in the button city of Qiaotou. Contrary
 to the neoclassical logic of leaving it to the markets, the evidence
 amassed shows that a combination of markets, government and cooperation
 has been instrumental in successful innovation and learning outcomes in
 East Asia. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 257-262 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.533500 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Publishing in an era of &#x2018;publish or perish&#x2019;: SSCI status 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 263-264 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.592660 
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Author-Name: Masud Chand 
Author-X-Name-First: Masud 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chand 
Author-Name: Rosalie L. Tung 
Author-X-Name-First: Rosalie L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tung 
Title: Global competitiveness, consumer choice and &#x2018;country of origin&#x2019; effect: an exploratory East--West study 
Abstract:
  As protectionist sentiments rise in many countries in light of the
 2008--2009 financial crisis, it is more important than ever to understand
 the potential role of homophily on the country of origin (COO) effect in
 consumer purchases and how it can impact trade and investment. This study
 examines these attitudes using a sample of 139 university students from
 different ethnic backgrounds in Vancouver (Canada), one of the most
 culturally diverse cities in North America. The results confirm the
 importance of ethnicity in affecting attitudes toward different countries,
 including the impact of political/cultural ties and current/historical
 events on their formation. Variations among different ethnic groups were
 found, however. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 265-280 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903520154 
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Author-Name: Yuan   George Shan 
Author-X-Name-First: Yuan   George 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shan 
Author-Name: Ron P. McIver 
Author-X-Name-First: Ron P. 
Author-X-Name-Last: McIver 
Title: Corporate governance mechanisms and financial performance in China: panel data evidence on listed non financial companies 
Abstract:
  The objective of this paper is to provide empirical evidence on the
 influence of corporate governance characteristics and corporate ownership
 concentrations on the financial performance of Chinese companies. This is
 based on analysis of a panel data set covering the years 2001 to 2005. The
 characteristics considered are the ratios of independent directors and
 professional supervisors on the companies' two boards, and the level of
 concentration in and type of ownership of the companies. Our chosen
 performance metric is Tobin's <italic>Q</italic>. We find that ownership
 concentration in general is a significant factor in determining firm
 performance. The degree of board independence is significant, but it only
 appears to have a positive impact on performance in larger companies. The
 expertise of the supervisory board is not a significant determinant of
 corporate financial performance in China. Our findings support a continued
 focus on making improvements to the operation and effectiveness of China's
 institutions of corporate governance. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 301-324 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903522325 
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Author-Name: Xiaoni Ren 
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaoni 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ren 
Author-Name: Deborah Foster 
Author-X-Name-First: Deborah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Foster 
Title: Women's experiences of work and family conflict in a Chinese airline 
Abstract:
  Established literature on work--family conflict concentrates on the
 experiences of women and organizational equalities policies in Western
 contexts. This article examines the experiences of women working in a
 Chinese airline. Drawing on questionnaires and interviews with female
 employees and managers, we explore work--family conflict and gendered
 organizational perceptions of women's needs. Our findings suggest that
 work rather than family-related factors are the most influential causes of
 conflict for Chinese women in our case study. Cultural and social factors
 that shape familial relationships prove important in explaining these
 differences, but we also highlight the significant role played by gendered
 organizational culture. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 325-341 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903462159 
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Author-Name: Gordon   C.K. Cheung 
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon   C.K. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheung 
Author-Name: Chak   Yan Chang 
Author-X-Name-First: Chak   Yan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang 
Title: Cultural identities of Chinese business: networks of the shark-fin business in Hong Kong 
Abstract:
  From a global standard, shark-fin consumption certainly violates
 international norms on bio-diversity and endangers the existence of the
 shark species. Furthermore, the commercial shark-fin industry generates
 additional adverse environmental impacts. Nevertheless, shark-fin
 consumption has served an important role in the cultural aspect of Chinese
 &#x2018;foodway&#x2019;. More importantly, the business relations and
 networks behind this industry have never been comprehensively studied. In
 so doing, this paper employs first hand interviews with the traders and
 processors, as well as official statistics from the government of Hong
 Kong, to come up with one of the most comprehensive and in-depth pieces of
 research on the business relations and the cultural aspects of shark-fin
 business in Hong Kong. In addition, we will explore the theoretical as
 well as the cultural dimensions of shark-fin business in trying to
 question the meaning of Chinese business networks. One of the key findings
 of this piece of research is that the collective activities of shark-fin
 consumption, business relations and networks are embedded along the
 historically, socially and culturally constructed Chinese identity. The
 implication is that such orchestration between culture and business can
 have far-reaching consequences to other Chinese businesses. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 343-359 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903461623 
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Author-Name: Ngan Collins 
Author-X-Name-First: Ngan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Collins 
Author-Name: Alan Nankervis 
Author-X-Name-First: Alan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nankervis 
Author-Name: Sari Sitalaksmi 
Author-X-Name-First: Sari 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sitalaksmi 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Labour--management relationships in transitional economies: convergence or divergence in Vietnam and Indonesia? 
Abstract:
  Western labour--management relationships (both formal and informal),
 their respective rights, obligations and negotiating frameworks, have been
 well- established, understood, and supported by a complex set of
 associated legislation for decades. However, in many developing countries,
 including Vietnam and Indonesia, historical, socio-cultural, ideological
 or political factors constrained the development of such formalized
 employee relations until very recent times. This paper explores the
 different paths taken by Vietnam and Indonesia towards a modern employee
 relations system, with its concomitant positive and adverse consequences. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 361-377 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.577143 
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Author-Name: Gilmar Masiero 
Author-X-Name-First: Gilmar 
Author-X-Name-Last: Masiero 
Title: An East Asian model for Latin American success: the new path/China shifts gears: automakers, oil, pollution, and development 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 379-384 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903145952 
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Author-Name: Vincent Edwards 
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent 
Author-X-Name-Last: Edwards 
Title: Employment reform and employment relations in Vietnam 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 387-388 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.481419 
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Author-Name: J. E. Hoare 
Author-X-Name-First: J. E. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoare 
Title: The Korean economic system: governments, big business and financial institutions 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 388-390 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.481422 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Management training and development in China revisited 
Abstract:
  In this paper, the topic of management training and education in China is
 revisited. Following the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping, a
 system of management training &#x2018;with Chinese characteristics&#x2019;
 was sought. Assistance was forthcoming from not only the USA but also
 Canada, the EU and Japan, amongst others. Business schools now flourish
 and MBA courses abound. However, in the long-run, exogenous influences as
 much as indigenous ones still prevail. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 397-402 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.592078 
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Author-Name: Robert Taylor 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor 
Title: International business in China vis a vis the global economic crisis: introduction 
Abstract:
  Chinese management is in transition, as China increasingly becomes a
 major economic player in international business. While not completely
 immune from the effects of the ongoing global economic crisis, China is
 still contributing to world economic growth. The Chinese Communist Party
 leaders have staked their legitimacy on rising living standards and
 consequently foreign policy is economically driven, reflecting in its
 practice both the &#x2018;realist&#x2019; and &#x2018;liberal&#x2019;
 views of international relations theory. China, as the workshop of the
 world, has benefited from foreign direct investment but protectionist
 barriers in Western countries are forcing a move from labour intensive to
 high tech products. To remain competitive, Chinese industry must move up
 the value chain, a process that requires innovation leading to independent
 product development. Here, however, and, more especially in service
 sectors like banking, foreign investors can still find lucrative
 opportunities. Finally, as China's outward investment advances, a
 distinctly Chinese management style may evolve, as we shall see in this
 Symposium, combining native and foreign elements. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 403-410 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.546625 
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Author-Name: Johannes Schaaper 
Author-X-Name-First: Johannes 
Author-X-Name-Last: Schaaper 
Author-Name: Shuji Mizoguchi 
Author-X-Name-First: Shuji 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mizoguchi 
Author-Name: Hiroyuki Nakamura 
Author-X-Name-First: Hiroyuki 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nakamura 
Author-Name: Seiki Yamashita 
Author-X-Name-First: Seiki 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yamashita 
Title: Control of French and Japanese subsidiaries in China: implementing control mechanisms before and after the global economic crisis 
Abstract:
  The central research question investigated herein involves why and how
 multinational firms implement various instruments and mechanisms to
 maintain control over their subsidiaries in China. During 2005--2007, the
 authors interviewed expatriate managers in charge of 12 French and 10
 Japanese subsidiaries in China. The interviews show that multinational
 companies base their subsidiary control policy on four main control
 dimensions: the share of capital, expatriation, the training of local
 employees and the formalization of the organizational structure. A
 thematic content analysis of the 22 interviews provides deeper insight
 into the way, and the reasons why, multinational companies implement these
 four control dimensions. Since the subject companies all sell globally,
 this study also considers the effects of the global economic crisis of
 2008--2009 on their control policies. Specifically, in early 2010, a
 sample of expatriate managers commented on the impact of the global
 economic crisis on their activities in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as
 on the corporate implementation of the four control dimensions. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 411-430 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.546626 
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Author-Name: Jean-Louis Mucchielli 
Author-X-Name-First: Jean-Louis 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mucchielli 
Author-Name: Pei Yu 
Author-X-Name-First: Pei 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu 
Title: MNC's location choice and agglomeration: a comparison between US and European affiliates in China 
Abstract:
  US and European multinational corporations encounter greater cultural
 barriers than Asian multinational corporations when investing in China,
 and the global economic recession further raises their location risks.
 Using data from the &#x2018;2007 Fortune 500&#x2019; list, we conduct
 conditional logit estimations to test the main determinants of the choices
 made by 457 US and 537 European manufacturing affiliates located in China
 during the period 1995--2007, just prior to the economic crisis. Our main
 finding is that market size, production costs, agglomeration effects and
 geographical location impact significantly on both US and European firms'
 choices. Agglomeration is the preferred strategy of the sample firms. We
 also show that the host sector's technological intensity has a greater
 impact on US firms than on European ones. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 431-453 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.546627 
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Author-Name: Lingfang Fayol-Song 
Author-X-Name-First: Lingfang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fayol-Song 
Title: Reasons behind management localization in MNCs in China 
Abstract:
  During recent years, the Chinese market has witnessed a large wave of
 management localization in multinational companies established there. The
 current world economic crisis even accentuates this tendency. Management
 localization is not a random operation. Our empirical qualitative research
 indicates five categories of reasons why companies encourage this
 practice: to reduce management cost, to resort to local competences, to
 replace the lack of appropriate expatriates, to develop and retain local
 talents, and also to maintain good relations with local government.
 Corresponding partly to the results observed in previous studies, the five
 categories of reasons nevertheless reveal certain differences linked to
 the particularities of the Chinese context. The impact of each category of
 reason is not without importance, both for company performance and the
 motivation of local managers. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 455-471 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.546642 
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Author-Name: Jacques Jaussaud 
Author-X-Name-First: Jacques 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jaussaud 
Author-Name: Xueming Liu 
Author-X-Name-First: Xueming 
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu 
Title: When in China &#x2026; The HRM practices of Chinese and foreign-owned enterprises during a global crisis 
Abstract:
  Human resource management practices change rapidly in China, at the
 initiative of both multinational corporations and local enterprises. Yet
 multinational corporations have greater experience transferring their
 practices across various cultural and institutional contexts. Thus,
 despite some differences, local environment considerations and mimetic
 mechanisms lead to the convergence of practices between multinational
 corporations and local enterprises. The ongoing global crisis context also
 affects both types of firms similarly, though its effects do not reach the
 same level of influence as the enforcement of a new labour law, which
 began in January 2008. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 473-491 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.546643 
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Author-Name: Robert Taylor 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor 
Title: China's labour legislation: implications for competitiveness 
Abstract:
  China's labour legislation, exemplified by a series of laws passed since
 1994 and culminating in the Labour Contract Law implemented in 2008,
 reflects the Chinese Communist Party leadership's commitment to the
 creation of a &#x2018;harmonious society&#x2019;. The stated key to the
 achievement of such goals is the encouragement of domestic consumption vis
 a vis the global economic crisis. Such attempts to alter consumption
 structure and income distribution are integral to state employment policy.
 In addition, this contribution will examine a number of government
 initiatives, for instance, moves to promote more high-tech manufacturing
 as well as tertiary sectors and concomitant greater mobility, which in
 turn demand a better educated workforce. Thus, the main concern of this
 contribution is to discuss the extent to which recent labour legislation
 is being successfully implemented in the various categories of enterprise:
 state, domestic private and foreign invested international businesses.
 Brief case studies will be cited relating to areas subject to collective
 bargaining by trade unions. In summary, the contribution's main topic is
 the extent to which enterprise employment practices in China are being
 influenced by labour legislation. The central hypothesis to be explored is
 whether labour legislation and the enhanced role of trade unions are
 shifting the balance of bargaining power in favour of employees. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 493-510 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.546645 
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Author-Name: Yi Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Yi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Author-Name: Richard Lynch 
Author-X-Name-First: Richard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lynch 
Author-Name: Zhongqi Jin 
Author-X-Name-First: Zhongqi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jin 
Title: Playing the game of catching-up: global strategy building in a Chinese company 
Abstract:
  Despite growing interest in emerging Chinese multinational corporations
 (MNCs), most previous studies have focused on the strategic content and
 end results of their internationalization strategies. There has been
 little or no research on the process by which some Chinese companies are
 beginning to build integrated global strategies. The purpose of this
 contribution is to identify issues with regard to the benefits,
 difficulties, the learning process and the adaptation associated with
 companies arriving much later than their well-established competitors in
 the context of the global television manufacturing industry. This research
 adopts a qualitative approach to examine the way that the Chinese company,
 TCL, has attempted to build a global strategy behind such rivals as
 Samsung and Panasonic over a period of 10 years. The findings show that a
 catch-up company may struggle to obtain the benefits of an integrated
 global strategy and may face greater difficulties than the existing
 players, particularly in learning to adjust to the company's new strategic
 direction. However, latecomers experience shorter learning processes than
 their well-established rivals, facilitated by advances in technology and
 by a better understanding of the globalization process. The evidence
 suggests that the development of existing resources, the learning of new
 skills and innovation by such companies will be important in the game of
 catch-up. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 511-533 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903549781 
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Author-Name: Robert Taylor 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor 
Title: International business in China vis a vis the global economic crisis: epilogue 
Abstract:
  In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, prior to the Western impact,
 China was a major commercial power in Southeast Asia. In recent decades,
 China has begun to play a role in business networks in the context of
 growing Asian economic integration. The emergence of a sizeable middle
 class in the region, including China, provides cross-border commercial
 opportunities. There has been a division of labour in production in the
 region, that is, vertical specialization. China also possesses a quantity
 of rare earth metals, offering potential bargaining power. In addition,
 however, Chinese territorial claims in the country's quest for natural
 resources have incited apprehension among neighbours. The Chinese leaders
 have sought to mitigate conflict, at the same time protecting their core
 interests in Asian regional arenas like APEC and ASEAN related bodies.
 Simultaneously, China's naval outreach is designed to prevent interdiction
 of the shipping lanes through which the country's trade passes. As China's
 economic influence in the region grows, it could impact on Asian
 management systems. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 535-539 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.546648 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Capitalism with Chinese characteristics: entrepreneurship and the state/The everyday impact of economic reform in China/Jingji Xue: the history of Western economic ideas into China, 1850--1950 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 541-543 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903448398 
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Author-Name: Brian Brewer 
Author-X-Name-First: Brian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Brewer 
Title: China urbanizes: consequences, strategies, and policies 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 543-545 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.481420 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: China in search of a harmonious society 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 546-546 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.525019 
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Author-Name: Vincent Edwards 
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent 
Author-X-Name-Last: Edwards 
Title: Contemporary issues shaping China's civil aviation policy 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 546-547 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.527451 
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Author-Name: Fang   Lee Cooke 
Author-X-Name-First: Fang   Lee 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cooke 
Title: The China price: the true cost of Chinese competitive advantage 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 547-548 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.527453 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Hainan-state, society, and business in a Chinese province 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 548-549 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.527455 
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Author-Name: Paul Gentle 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gentle 
Title: Beijing: from Imperial capital to Olympic city 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 549-551 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 17 
Year: 2011 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.527456 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Development in China: position and nationhood in Asia and the world 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-6 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.591653 
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Author-Name: Dilip   K. Das 
Author-X-Name-First: Dilip   K. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Das 
Title: How did the Asian economy cope with the global financial crisis and recession? A revaluation and review 
Abstract:
  In the initial stages, Asian economies remained insulated from the global
 financial crisis of 2007--09 and there seemed to be a possibility that
 Asia would find easy passage through it. But an outward-oriented group of
 economies could not possibly be immune from the crisis for long, and as
 the crisis intensified, Asian economies, too, found themselves getting
 affected. This article delves into why the Asian economies were only
 moderately affected in the early stages of the global financial crisis,
 but, subsequently, the stock markets and currencies in the region came
 under strong downward pressure. The majority of the Asian economies,
 particularly the newly industrialized economies (NIEs), experienced sharp
 GDP contractions. The decoupling theory lost its relevance. However, the
 Asian economies came up with strong and timely countercyclical responses
 and were the first to recover from the global financial crisis. They not
 only spearheaded the global recovery, but contributed significantly to it. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 7-25 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.601584 
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Author-Name: Michael Minkov 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael 
Author-X-Name-Last: Minkov 
Author-Name: Vesselin Blagoev 
Author-X-Name-First: Vesselin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Blagoev 
Title: What do Project GLOBE's cultural dimensions reflect? An empirical perspective 
Abstract:
  There is an ongoing controversy about what Project GLOBE's cultural
 dimensions measure. GLOBE's work has been criticized by various authors,
 most recently by McCrae and associates, who view some of GLOBE's scales as
 unfounded national stereotypes. Further, GLOBE has disregarded the
 difference between personal values and prescribed norms for others. This
 paper validates some of GLOBE's dimensions empirically. However, at least
 two -- humane orientation and performance orientation -- do not generate
 convincing nomological networks. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 27-43 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.496292 
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Author-Name: Jie Shen 
Author-X-Name-First: Jie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shen 
Author-Name: Brian D'Netto 
Author-X-Name-First: Brian 
Author-X-Name-Last: D'Netto 
Title: Impact of the 2007--09 global economic crisis on human resource management among Chinese export-oriented enterprises 
Abstract:
  This research study examines the impact of the 2007--09 global economic
 crisis on human resource management (HRM) practices among export-oriented
 enterprises in China's coastal regions. Data were obtained from 184 firms
 in the first phase of the study, using a structured questionnaire. In the
 second phase, in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18
 firms. The findings of our study indicate that
 &#x2018;retrenchment&#x2019; was the most common HRM strategy adopted. The
 global economic crisis affected all major HRM functions, but had the
 weakest impact on performance management. While retrenchment played an
 important role in cost reduction, organizational downsizing and workforce
 casualization are likely to have had a negative impact on long-term
 competitiveness and sustainability. We discuss here some effective HR
 strategies, such as talent acquisition, employee involvement and
 maintenance of employee compensation, which organizations can adopt to
 tide over an economic recession. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 45-64 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.601163 
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Author-Name: Millissa   F.Y. Cheung 
Author-X-Name-First: Millissa   F.Y. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheung 
Author-Name: Wei-ping Wu 
Author-X-Name-First: Wei-ping 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu 
Title: Leader-member exchange and employee work outcomes in Chinese firms: the mediating role of job satisfaction 
Abstract:
  This study investigates the mediating role of job satisfaction in the
 relationships between leader-member exchange (LMX) and employee work
 outcomes in Chinese firms, namely, organizational commitment and intention
 to leave. Based on the data collected from the four manufacturing firms
 based in China, the hierarchical regression analyses strongly support our
 theoretical predication that job satisfaction fully mediates the
 relationships between LMX and employees&#x2019; organizational commitment
 and intention to leave. The theoretical and practical implications of
 these findings are discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 65-81 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.535346 
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Author-Name: Ying   Han Fan 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying   Han 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan 
Author-Name: Gordon Woodbine 
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Woodbine 
Author-Name: Glennda Scully 
Author-X-Name-First: Glennda 
Author-X-Name-Last: Scully 
Title:  <italic>Guanxi</italic> and its influence on the judgments of Chinese auditors 
Abstract:
  A major objective of this study is to develop a guanxi scale with two
 dimensions, favour-seeking guanxi and, for the first time, a rent-seeking
 guanxi, based on Ang and Leong's (2000) guanxi scale and Su and
 Littlefield's (2001) classifications of guanxi orientations. The
 relationship between Chinese auditors' guanxi orientations and their
 ethical judgments is also reported. A survey methodology was used in this
 study and 519 useable respondents were included. Results of this study
 show these two guanxi dimensions are relatively independent. It was also
 found that Chinese auditors' favour-seeking guanxi orientations were
 positively associated with their ethical judgments but their rent-seeking
 guanxi orientations negatively impacted on their ethical judgments. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 83-97 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2011 
Month: 2 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.550124 
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Author-Name: Hooi   Lai Wan 
Author-X-Name-First: Hooi   Lai 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wan 
Author-Name: Mohamed Sulaiman 
Author-X-Name-First: Mohamed 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sulaiman 
Author-Name: Azura Omar 
Author-X-Name-First: Azura 
Author-X-Name-Last: Omar 
Title: Procedural justice in promotion decisions of managerial staff in Malaysia 
Abstract:
  Previous research indicates that procedural justice in promotion
 decisions has affected employees' organizational commitment, intent to
 leave and career satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to examine
 the effect of procedural justice in promotion decisions on managers'
 commitment, specifically organizational commitment, intent to leave,
 career satisfaction and job performance in multinational companies in
 Malaysia. Data were obtained from a sample of managers with more than 10
 years of service in the organization through in-depth interviews. The
 findings show that perceived procedural injustice in promotion decisions
 have an unfavourable impact on employee commitment, job performance and
 career satisfaction. The intent to leave is also higher, especially among
 young managerial staff. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 99-121 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380903424167 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Culture and leadership across the world: the GLOBE book of in-depth studies of 25 societies 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 123-124 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.559082 
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Author-Name: Yu-Hsu   (Sean) Hsu 
Author-X-Name-First: Yu-Hsu   (Sean) 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hsu 
Title: Innovation in Japan: emerging patterns, enduring myths 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 124-126 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.481423 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Human capital management in Malaysia: local & foreign perspectives 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 127-128 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.527450 
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Author-Name: J.   E. Hoare 
Author-X-Name-First: J.   E. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoare 
Title: Foreign direct investment in post-crisis Korea: european investors and &#x2018;mismatched globalization&#x2019; 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 128-130 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.527452 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Nothing to envy: real lives in North Korea 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 130-131 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.533822 
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: Workers and intellectuals: NGOs, trade unions and the Indonesian labour movement 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 131-133 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.527458 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Trade unions in China: the challenge of labour unrest 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 133-134 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.592347 
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Author-Name: Mark Metzler 
Author-X-Name-First: Mark 
Author-X-Name-Last: Metzler 
Title: Introduction: Japan at an inflection point 
Abstract:
  Japan, inadvertently, has become the outstanding forerunner in a new set
 of global developments that can be described under the three headings of
 <italic>deflation</italic>, <italic>downsizing</italic>, and
 <italic>demography</italic>. New &#x2018;lessons from Japan&#x2019; are to
 be discovered here, and these are not only admonitory ones. Far from it,
 for recent Japanese practice exemplifies the new &#x2018;choose and
 focus&#x2019; strategies that can make an era of general, quantitative
 business slowdown into one of remarkable sectoral and qualitative
 development. The implications touch upon wide domains of activity,
 particularly strategic planning and finance. This introduction surveys
 some relevant and under-appreciated features of this recent history, in
 order to understand and project a few main lines of present and
 near-future developments in connection with the contributions that make up
 this special issue. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 135-147 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.561650 
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Author-Name: W.   Miles Fletcher 
Author-X-Name-First: W.   Miles 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fletcher 
Title: Dreams of economic transformation and the reality of economic crisis in Japan: Keidanren in the era of the &#x2018;bubble&#x2019; and the onset of the &#x2018;lost decade,&#x2019; from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s 
Abstract:
  This study examines the dynamics of the development of Japan's notorious
 &#x2018;lost decade&#x2019; from 1990--2003. This economic downturn marked
 the end of four decades of strong economic growth and is still affecting
 the Japanese economy today. While previous studies have focused on
 government policies to explain the nation's slow response to this crisis,
 the attitudes of the Japanese business community merit more attention. For
 example, the leaders of Keidanren, the powerful representative of big
 business in Japan, defined a set of economic challenges facing Japan in
 the late 1980s and neoliberal solutions that blinded them to the
 significance of the economic bubble that developed at that time and its
 subsequent collapse. Since then, Keidanren's prescriptions for reviving
 the Japanese economy have remained essentially the same. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 149-165 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.561651 
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Author-Name: Ulrike Schaede 
Author-X-Name-First: Ulrike 
Author-X-Name-Last: Schaede 
Title: From developmental state to the &#x2018;New Japan&#x2019;: the strategic inflection point in Japanese business 
Abstract:
  Between 1998--2006, Japan's political economy underwent a strategic
 inflection point, anchored on legal changes so profound that they are
 irreversible. These reforms sought to enable large companies to shift from
 the post-war priority on sales and market share toward a new focus on
 profitability. The arrival of powerful low-cost Asian competitors in
 assembled goods, and a drastic change in the shareholder structure in
 Japan brought the end of the &#x2018;developmental state&#x2019; approach
 and necessitated repositioning into innovative, high-margin sectors. The
 congruence model posits that a successful shift in critical tasks requires
 a realignment of formal organization, people and culture. For Japan's
 highly diversified companies, to compete as efficient innovators meant
 making clear choices what businesses to compete in, and then to
 restructure to focus on winning in those few businesses. For Japan as a
 country, the shift in formal organization came through a wholesale change
 in the underlying approach to law-making and regulation, as well as
 corporate law. The 1990s were not so much a &#x2018;lost decade&#x2019;
 for Japan as one of renewal and repositioning. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 167-185 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.561653 
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Author-Name: Peter von Staden 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: von Staden 
Title: Fettered by the past in the march forward: ideology as an explanation for today's malaise in Japan 
Abstract:
  Japan's &#x2018;lost decade&#x2019; of the 1990s is more than 10 years of
 economic downturn. The fact that a further decade later the malaise
 continues suggests that this is more than just an extended bad patch.
 Measures have been implemented to revitalize the economy however, the
 Japanese economy continues to wither. Why is this the case? This is an
 historical institutionalist's argument drawn from D.C. North's work that
 reform measures fall short of their aims if they are not underpinned by a
 complementary ideology. And, effectively, Japan is a case in point.
 Japanese-language records of debates between policy makers in 1999, after
 a decade of reform, show that they continued hold to a &#x2018;mental
 model&#x2019; of a political economy that was of the preceeding high
 growth period and, indeed, much further in Japan's past. Such key figures
 as Prime Minister Obuchi Keiz&#x14D; argued both for the inculcation of
 greater market competition and, at the same time, lamented the loss of
 Japan's former &#x2018;virtuous capitalism&#x2019;. In other words,
 fettered by the past, they prepared Japan for the future. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 187-202 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.561654 
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Author-Name: Bruno Amann 
Author-X-Name-First: Bruno 
Author-X-Name-Last: Amann 
Author-Name: Jacques Jaussaud 
Author-X-Name-First: Jacques 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jaussaud 
Title: Family and non-family business resilience in an economic downturn 
Abstract:
  As widely documented in academic literature, family businesses perform
 better and enjoy a sounder financial structure than non-family businesses,
 a trend that applies to Japan as well, which is the context of this paper.
 Therefore, conventional wisdom suggests that family businesses should
 recover better or more easily from an economic downturn and persist in
 their stronger performance. This study tests this hypothesis, especially
 in reference to the current global economic crisis, by drawing lessons
 from the Asian crisis of 1997, for which relevant data are available. The
 study pertains specifically to the case of Japanese family and non-family
 companies. The empirical investigation uses a matched pair methodology,
 which allows for strong controls of size and industry variables. The
 sample consists of 98 carefully selected pairs (one family and one
 non-family) of firms that are of the same size and from the same industry.
 According to the results, family businesses achieve stronger resilience
 both during and after an economic crisis, compared with non-family
 businesses. They resist the downturn better, recover faster, and continue
 exhibiting higher performance and stronger financial structures over time. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 203-223 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.537057 
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Author-Name: Sophie Nivoix 
Author-X-Name-First: Sophie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nivoix 
Author-Name: Pascal Nguyen 
Author-X-Name-First: Pascal 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen 
Title: Characteristics of R&D expenditures in Japan's pharmaceutical industry 
Abstract:
  Characterized by a high level of R&D expenditure, pharmaceutical firms
 are also subject to specific risks that are reflected in their financial
 policies. In contrast to other firms, whose investments are directly
 related to internal cash flows, Japanese pharmaceutical companies do not
 appear to rely on this source of funds to undertake R&D investments. Our
 analysis reveals that R&D expenses largely depend on the firm's size and
 the strength of its balance sheet. More precisely, high levels of debt
 appear to hold back R&D expenditure, especially when debt has a short-term
 maturity. These results highlight the importance of funding risky
 investments with the adequate type of capital to avoid putting firms in
 financial distress. Despite the risk, R&D investments seem to be justified
 by the fact that they are generally associated with higher sales growth.
 However, the difficult conditions prevailing in Japan's pharmaceutical
 industry make these benefits less visible. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 225-240 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.540120 
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Author-Name: Jun Ishikawa 
Author-X-Name-First: Jun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ishikawa 
Title: Leadership and performance in Japanese R&D teams 
Abstract:
  This study examined the relative influence of transformational and
 gatekeeping leadership on team performance in a study of researchers
 working in industrial R&D teams in Japan. Potential effects of both
 internal and external communication and group norms for consensus were
 studied as possible mediating influences on the leadership-performance
 relationship. Results found that, while both forms of leadership enhanced
 communication processes within and between groups, only gatekeeping
 leadership served to reduce group norms for consensus. As a result, team
 cultures became somewhat more accepting of expressions of divergent
 opinions and new ideas from various team members, an important factor in
 R&D innovation and performance. By contrast, transformational leadership
 served to create team cultures in which divergence from group norms by
 various members was discouraged, leading to fewer innovative ideas and no
 performance increment. Results are discussed both in the context of the
 unique Japanese work environment and in the larger context of leadership
 processes across regions and cultures. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 241-258 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.532907 
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Author-Name: Naoki Ando 
Author-X-Name-First: Naoki 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ando 
Title: The ownership structure of foreign subsidiaries and the effect of institutional distance: a case study of Japanese firms 
Abstract:
  This study investigates how institutional distance between a home country
 and a host country affects the ownership structure of foreign
 subsidiaries. Using a sample consisting of foreign subsidiaries of
 Japanese firms, the effect of institutional distance on the ownership
 structure of foreign subsidiaries is tested. The results indicate that
 Japanese firms reduce equity shares in foreign subsidiaries as
 institutional distance increases. The study also finds that
 internationally experienced Japanese firms tend to have large equity
 ownership in institutionally distant countries. In addition, this study
 shows that complementing host country experience with international
 experience further mitigates uncertainty arising from institutional
 distance. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 259-274 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2010.502315 
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Author-Name: W.   Miles Fletcher 
Author-X-Name-First: W.   Miles 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fletcher 
Author-Name: Peter   W. von Staden 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter   W. 
Author-X-Name-Last: von Staden 
Title: Epilogue: retrospect and prospects: the significance of the &#x2018;lost decades&#x2019; in Japan 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 275-279 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.561659 
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson 
Title: Innovation and change in Japanese management 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 281-286 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.626993 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: China strategy: Harnessing the power of the world's fastest-growing economy 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 286-287 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.626966 
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Author-Name: Inju Yang 
Author-X-Name-First: Inju 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang 
Title: The changing face of Korean management 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 287-290 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.626992 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: The ACFTU and Chinese industrial relations 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 290-291 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.630211 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Ancient Chinese thought, modern Chinese power 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 291-292 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.623384 
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Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: The Asian economy: Spearheading the recovery from the global financial crisis 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 292-294 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.617213 
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Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Gordon Redding 
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding 
Title: Building human and social capital in Pacific Asia 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 295-301 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.591655 
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Author-Name: Penelope   B. Prime 
Author-X-Name-First: Penelope   B. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Prime 
Author-Name: Vijaya Subrahmanyam 
Author-X-Name-First: Vijaya 
Author-X-Name-Last: Subrahmanyam 
Author-Name: Chen   Miao Lin 
Author-X-Name-First: Chen   Miao 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lin 
Title: Competitiveness in India and China: the FDI puzzle 
Abstract:
  Given their growth records, large markets, and reformed economic systems,
 both China and India appear to be equally likely candidates for foreign
 direct investment (FDI). Yet, China has received substantially more FDI.
 The literature comparing FDI in these two countries is small, and does not
 provide conclusive evidence to explain this puzzle. Applying the Porterian
 framework of the competitiveness of nations to compare China and India, we
 garner evidence that differences in demand, factor conditions and firm
 strategy, structure and rivalry are not sufficient to explain the
 differential in the two countries' FDI flows. Differences in related and
 supporting industries, as well as Porter's other two factors -- government
 and chance -- are more compelling. We identify China's early entry into
 East Asian production networks in the 1980s as a key factor pushing China
 ahead of India in terms of FDI. We argue that this coincidental mix of
 timing and geography (Porter's &#x2018;chance&#x2019; factor), pushed
 forward in China by the establishment of special economic zones, gave
 China a sustainable competitive advantage for the following two decades.
 What is implied from these findings is that China's FDI sources have been
 much larger and heavily slanted towards East Asia and manufacturing, while
 India, having missed this particular historical phase, needed to find an
 alternate route to development and global competitiveness. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 303-333 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2011 
Month: 6 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.605673 
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Author-Name: Chee-Heong Quah 
Author-X-Name-First: Chee-Heong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Quah 
Title: Can Japan or China replace the US as the monetary anchor for Hong Kong and Macau? 
Abstract:
  This contribution attempts to examine the relative importance of the US,
 Japan and China to Hong Kong and Macau, two effective dollar-based
 currency boards today, by evaluating the economic potentiality of Japan or
 China as an alternative monetary anchor country against the US. The
 assessment is made according to the criteria prescribed by the optimum
 currency areas (OCA) theory. In addition to that, a subsidiary analysis is
 done to evaluate in general the suitability of their fixed exchange rate
 regimes, regardless of the anchor country. Amidst the existing dollar
 linked arrangement and the rising dominance of China, significant evidence
 suggests that Japan, despite its lacklustre domestic conditions, might be
 at least as good a monetary anchor as the US for Hong Kong. In the
 meantime, China seems to be a more promising monetary anchor alternative
 for Macau. The features of Hong Kong and Macau also appear to broadly and
 endogenously support their fixed exchange rates, but not all the features
 of Macau, a HK-dollar-based currency board, are consistently symmetrical
 with those of Hong Kong. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 335-354 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.608822 
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Author-Name: Ricardo Bustillo 
Author-X-Name-First: Ricardo 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bustillo 
Author-Name: Andoni Maiza 
Author-X-Name-First: Andoni 
Author-X-Name-Last: Maiza 
Title: An analysis of the economic integration of China and the European Union: the role of European trade policy 
Abstract:
  Building a stable industrial relationship with the main emergent
 countries has become a priority for developed nations. In order to measure
 the advances that have taken place in the commercial and industrial
 integration between China and the EU, the present study analyses bilateral
 processing trade figures. The results reveal a lack of increased
 industrial bilateral cooperation in comparison with other world regions
 and, therefore, the need for gradual changes in commercial policy to avoid
 conflict in this bilateral relationship. The EU considers that China has
 obtained more benefits from their bilateral cooperation. Nevertheless,
 European authorities should understand that China is neither the problem
 of nor the solution to European competitiveness difficulties. New
 cooperation channels must be sought in order to arrive at a better mutual
 understanding in the future. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 355-372 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.626990 
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Author-Name: Louise Curran 
Author-X-Name-First: Louise 
Author-X-Name-Last: Curran 
Author-Name: Soledad Zignago 
Author-X-Name-First: Soledad 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zignago 
Title: Trade in East Asia in ASEAN+3: Structure and dynamics of intermediates and final-goods trading activity by technology 
Abstract:
  In the light of opposing views in the literature on the nature and
 dynamics of trade within the East Asian region, this study seeks to
 clarify the extent to which East Asian business activity is regionally
 oriented through an analysis of trade flows over the 1994--2007 period. It
 concludes that trade in the region is not yet strongly home region
 oriented, although imports are increasingly regionally sourced. Supply
 chains seem to be more regionally integrated than final product markets.
 There are striking differences depending on technology, especially among
 trade in high-, medium- and low-tech goods. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 373-389 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.628865 
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Author-Name: Ray Collins 
Author-X-Name-First: Ray 
Author-X-Name-Last: Collins 
Author-Name: Ximing Sun 
Author-X-Name-First: Ximing 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sun 
Author-Name: Chong   Guang Li 
Author-X-Name-First: Chong   Guang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Li 
Title: Are supply-chain relationships more influenced by buyer-supplier relationships or the business environment of the country itself? Evidence from the &#x2018;China-Australia&#x2019; trading relationship 
Abstract:
  In doing business with China, poor supply chain performance is reported
 as being caused by either poor relationships between firms in China or the
 business environment in which firms in China have to operate. This
 research paper explores the relative importance of these two factors for
 food supply chains from Australia to China. Results are based on surveys
 of 84 importers, wholesalers and retailers in China and 22 Australian
 exporters and wholesalers. They show that the country itself had a greater
 influence than firm to firm relationships. Firms exporting food to China
 should therefore keep supply chains as short as possible to minimize the
 uncertainties associated with the business environment. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 391-405 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.624359 
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Author-Name: Victor Zheng 
Author-X-Name-First: Victor 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zheng 
Author-Name: Tsai-man Ho 
Author-X-Name-First: Tsai-man 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ho 
Title: Contrasting the evolution of corporate governance models: A study of banking in Hong Kong 
Abstract:
  The sub-prime mortgage crisis, the bankruptcies of important US banks,
 and many originally family controlled enterprises coming under non-family,
 CEO-type leadership during the 2008 global credit crunch led many people
 to rethink the relationship between risk management and family businesses.
 One of the foci was on the doctrine of separation of ownership. This paper
 attempts to compare and examine the evolution of corporate governance in
 the banking business in Hong Kong by using two key financial institutions
 based there. By contrasting the evolution of corporate governance,
 management style and pattern of succession, we can see that although they
 developed under the same business environment and legal framework, the
 East-West business culture and ideology led them to choose different
 ownership structures and ways of succession, which ultimately determined
 their different developmental trajectories. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 407-423 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.626156 
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Author-Name: R.   M. Steers 
Author-X-Name-First: R.   M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Steers 
Author-Name: C.   J. Sanchez-Runde 
Author-X-Name-First: C.   J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sanchez-Runde 
Author-Name: L. Nardon 
Author-X-Name-First: L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nardon 
Title: Culture, cognition, and managerial leadership 
Abstract:
  Much of the research on global leadership focuses on specific traits that
 managers and leaders should possess. While the literature acknowledges the
 importance of cultural differences in influencing both leadership and
 followership, it largely ignores differences in cognitive processes that
 can influence how attitudes are developed and behaviours are manifested in
 local environments as they relate to leadership. With this in mind, this
 paper examines the role of culture and cognitive processes in leader
 behaviour, and works to explain why such differences exist across regions.
 The example of China is used to illustrate the validity of this approach.
 Implications for research, theory development, and management practice are
 discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 425-439 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.640537 
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Author-Name: Dilip K. Das 
Author-X-Name-First: Dilip K. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Das 
Title: The Asian economy: current state of play and future prospects 
Abstract:
  The global financial crisis, the so-called great world recession and
 recovery have had a serious impact on the Asian and global economies.
 Together, they managed to engender significant transformation in the
 contours of both the Asian and global economies. For instance, Asian
 economies presently depend less on markets in the advanced industrial
 economies and, due to their enlarging markets, can and did make a
 substantive contribution to the global recovery. They spearheaded the
 economic recovery from the global financial crisis. The post-crisis Asian
 economy is the third pole of the global economy. Significantly, the
 emerging market economies of Asia did not magnify the external shock this
 time and performed more like the advanced industrial economies. After a
 robust recovery in 2010, growth became somewhat subdued in 2011.
 Projections show that economic performance in the region in 2012 will not
 be very different from that in 2011 (see WB [World Bank] 2012). 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 441-447 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.687618 
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Author-Name: Geert Hofstede 
Author-X-Name-First: Geert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hofstede 
Title: Foreword 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 449-450 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.695533 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Dave Ulrich 
Author-X-Name-First: Dave 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ulrich 
Title: Introduction: setting the scene for leadership in Asia 
Abstract:
  Leadership continues to be an on-going focus of scholarship, despite its
 contested definitions, meanings and nature. The Asian region has become an
 important area of inquiry with its rapid and enormous economic growth and
 potential, size, and population. Our work will accomplish multiple
 purposes. We will better understand how leadership processes and practices
 are both different and the same in countries within Asia. We will help
 managers learn how to become better leaders by recognizing and adopting
 successful practices. As a result, we hope to move beyond the overly
 dominant and ethnocentric Western leadership literature and explore Asian
 leadership on the basis of differing cultural foundations. Through
 innovative Asian leadership practices, we anticipate that Asia will not
 only export products and services, but in the near term will also export
 leadership processes and practices. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 451-463 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.694726 
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Author-Name: Paul McDonald 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: McDonald 
Title: Confucian foundations to leadership: a study of Chinese business leaders across Greater China and South-East Asia 
Abstract:
  This study examines the degree to which Confucian ideology is evident in
 the practices of modern Chinese business leaders. Based on a review of the
 literature, the study uncovers evidence of four historical influences:
 Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism and Legalism along with one modern influence,
 Communism. In relative terms, Confucianism is the most dominant
 ideological influence and the one that most distinguishes the fundamentals
 of Asian business leadership from those of the West. A conceptual model of
 the archetypal Confucian business leader is developed and then applied to
 the content analysis of a recent biographical database of 200 Chinese
 business leaders. Four exemplars of Confucian leadership in the modern
 business context are described, one each from Mainland China, Hong Kong,
 Taiwan and Malaysia/Singapore. It is proposed that this study has
 scholarly and pedagogical implications, including demonstrating the
 relevance of traditional Asian thought to extend Western-centric theories
 of leadership and identifying Asian leadership exemplars to enhance
 current business school curricula. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 465-487 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.693770 
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Author-Name: Morgen Witzel 
Author-X-Name-First: Morgen 
Author-X-Name-Last: Witzel 
Title: The leadership philosophy of Han Fei 
Abstract:
  This work discusses the ideas on leadership that are to be found in the
 works of Han Fei, the pre-eminent philosopher of Legalism in ancient
 China. It describes the fundamental Legalist principles of
 <italic>fa</italic>, <italic>shi</italic> and <italic>shu</italic> and the
 &#x2018;two handles&#x2019; of reward and punishment which were the
 primary means by which leaders controlled organizations. The work
 discusses the various elements of Han Fei's ideas on leadership including
 the nature of leadership, the duties and responsibilities of the leader
 and the relationships between leaders and subordinates. It concludes by
 noting some themes of Legalism that have echoes in other theories of
 leadership and suggests some implications for future thinking about
 leadership. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 489-503 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.690941 
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Author-Name: Catherine L. Wang 
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang 
Author-Name: Ding   Ding Tee 
Author-X-Name-First: Ding   Ding 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tee 
Author-Name: Pervaiz K. Ahmed 
Author-X-Name-First: Pervaiz K. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ahmed 
Title: Entrepreneurial leadership and context in Chinese firms: a tale of two Chinese private enterprises 
Abstract:
  We focus on entrepreneurial leadership styles and context in Chinese
 firms. Drawing on exploratory case study evidence from two Chinese
 high-tech private enterprises, we find that the interaction of multilevel
 factors (i.e. philosophical traditions and cultural values,
 organizational, personal and transitional factors) forms a complex and
 dynamic context of entrepreneurial leadership in Chinese firms. Benevolent
 leadership rooted in Confucianism is an overarching leadership style,
 whilst transactional and transformational leadership styles (which find
 parallel with Legalism and Daoism) are contingent upon a range of factors,
 especially the entrepreneurial leader's personal background and the firm's
 strategic focus and developmental stage. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 505-530 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.690257 
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Author-Name: Uma Jogulu 
Author-X-Name-First: Uma 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jogulu 
Author-Name: Lesley Ferkins 
Author-X-Name-First: Lesley 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferkins 
Title: Leadership and culture in Asia: the case of Malaysia 
Abstract:
  This study advances prior theoretical research by investigating the
 influence of cultural forces in our understanding of leadership. The
 research provides new insights by linking transformational and
 transactional leadership to the Malaysian cultural environment. Using a
 quantitative approach by administering the multifactor leadership
 questionnaire MLQ-5x-short, 138 usable responses were analysed. Findings
 indicate that cultural foundations contribute significantly to
 transformational leadership behaviours to facilitate the creation of a
 harmonious leader--subordinate relationship. Furthermore, this study
 contributes to an understanding of how specific leaders' behaviours are
 affected by cultural forces, and reveals leadership attributes that are
 contingent upon dynamic environmental conditions. The study extends beyond
 the obvious, and reveals subtle yet important culture-specific
 differences. The Malaysian managers, regardless of gender, show a
 preference for leading within the transformational leadership framework.
 This has led us to infer that cultural forces do indeed play an important
 role in determining leadership styles. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 531-549 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.690301 
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Author-Name: J.   Stewart Black 
Author-X-Name-First: J.   Stewart 
Author-X-Name-Last: Black 
Author-Name: Allen   J. Morrison 
Author-X-Name-First: Allen   J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Morrison 
Title: The Japanese global leadership challenge: what it means for the rest of the world 
Abstract:
  The rise of the modern Japanese economy in general and of Japanese
 multinational corporations (MNCs) in particular has been well documented.
 However, as the Japanese economy has struggled and as emerging markets
 including China have taken off, interest in Japanese multinational firms
 has slid. This is unfortunate, because the relative failure of Japanese
 MNCs to adapt to a more complex, global marketplace can provide lessons
 for the rest of the world, particularly MNCs from emerging markets. The
 purpose of this work is to examine why Japanese firms succeeded first at
 home and then in exports, but overall failed to move successfully into
 international operations and globalization. This work is informed by
 examining the relative performance of Japanese firms on several databases,
 such as the Fortune Global 500 and United Nations Conference on Trade and
 Development (UNCTAD), and through in-depth case studies -- one of which we
 share here. Our research found that many of the factors that helped
 Japanese firms succeed at home and with exports became stumbling blocks as
 they set up operations overseas and later tried to globally integrate
 their increasingly complex worldwide operations. Specifically, their
 efforts to transplant into foreign operations methods that worked
 domestically and with exports created huge unanticipated negative
 consequences. In particular, the reliance of Japanese firms on
 home-country expatriates combined with their failure to identify and
 develop local talent or to promote non-Japanese leadership talent to
 regional and global positions severely hurts their ability to globalize
 their operations and grow their non-Japanese revenue, especially when
 compared to North American and European multinational firms. We review the
 huge challenges this posed not only on Japanese affiliates in general but
 on the people at senior leadership positions at home and abroad in
 particular. Understanding the psychology of both Japanese and foreign
 managers is critical to gaining insights into how and why so many Japanese
 multinational firms derailed over the past decade. We review not only the
 conditions that led to the failure of so many Japanese firms, but also the
 actions they need to take to regain their place on the global stage.
 Finally, our research offers a cautionary tale for multinational firms
 from emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China. Many firms
 from these countries are in situations that are similar to those of Japan
 30 years ago. Failure to learn the lessons from the Japanese global
 leadership challenge could increase the chances that in not learning from
 history they are doomed to repeat it. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 551-566 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.690300 
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Author-Name: Nandani Lynton 
Author-X-Name-First: Nandani 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lynton 
Author-Name: Schon Beechler 
Author-X-Name-First: Schon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Beechler 
Title: Using Chinese managerial values to win the war for talent 
Abstract:
  China's rising importance as an economic and political power makes it
 crucial for Western business to understand what drives Chinese managers
 and leaders. For foreign investors in China, this is even more important
 as they compete for increasingly scarce managerial talent. This
 contribution uses original research, including in-depth interview and
 survey data, to examine the values of two generations of Chinese business
 managers. We use these data to help understand employees' motivations and
 how multinational corporations (MNCs) can more effectively design human
 resource management systems to attract, retain and leverage talent in
 China. The piece concludes by suggesting successful strategies for
 attracting, managing and retaining staff in MNCs in China and winning the
 war for talent. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 567-585 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.690942 
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Author-Name: Haina Zhang 
Author-X-Name-First: Haina 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang 
Author-Name: André M. Everett 
Author-X-Name-First: André M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Everett 
Author-Name: Graham Elkin 
Author-X-Name-First: Graham 
Author-X-Name-Last: Elkin 
Author-Name: Malcolm H. Cone 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cone 
Title: Authentic leadership theory development: theorizing on Chinese philosophy 
Abstract:
  As an emerging paradigm, authentic leadership has attracted increasing
 interest. Our study contributes to developing authentic leadership theory,
 from a sociological and philosophical perspective, using a case study
 methodology in the Chinese context. Using interviews and observations in
 eight Chinese organizations, we examine the Western authentic leadership
 model and develop a theory of authentic leadership in the Chinese context.
 Chinese authentic leaders concentrate on being authentic to &#x2018;the
 self&#x2019;, consistent with the Western literature, but place even
 greater emphasis on being authentic to &#x2018;the context&#x2019; of
 daily practice. Thus, we propose a new authentic leadership model that
 dynamically integrates the two categories of authenticity, supported by
 evidence derived in the Chinese context. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 587-605 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.690258 
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Author-Name: Jonathan Michie 
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Michie 
Author-Name: Vissanu Zumitzavan 
Author-X-Name-First: Vissanu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zumitzavan 
Title: The impact of &#x2018;learning&#x2019; and &#x2018;leadership&#x2019; management styles on organizational outcomes: a study of tyre firms in Thailand 
Abstract:
  This study examines the relationship between managers' learning and
 leadership styles on the one hand, and organizational outcomes on the
 other. Small retail tyre firms in north-east Thailand are taken as a case
 study. Questionnaires were distributed to managers covering demographics,
 learning styles, leadership styles and organizational effectiveness.
 Follow-up interviews gathered further, more detailed, data. The
 questionnaire results suggested that leadership styles do indeed impact
 upon organizational outcomes. Learning styles were also found to impact
 upon organizational outcomes. Specifically, the reflector and pragmatist
 learning styles and the transformational and transactional leadership
 styles were found to be the most effective. The impact of learning styles
 was found to be mediated by leadership styles. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 607-630 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.694724 
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Author-Name: Min Wu 
Author-X-Name-First: Min 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu 
Author-Name: Xu Huang 
Author-X-Name-First: Xu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Huang 
Author-Name: Simon C. H. Chan 
Author-X-Name-First: Simon C. H. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan 
Title: The influencing mechanisms of paternalistic leadership in Mainland China 
Abstract:
  In leadership research, Western leaderships are quite dominant while
 insufficient attention has been paid to Eastern leaderships, including
 Chinese leadership. Paternalistic leadership, an indigenous Chinese
 leadership, is prevalent in Chinese society given that it has been bounded
 by the cultural tradition. Yet, it is necessary to further explore the
 divergent influencing mechanisms of paternalistic leadership in Mainland
 China. The primary objective of this research was to replicate and
 empirically test a model on paternalistic leadership and
 in-role/extra-role performance by using trust-in-supervisor as the
 mediating variable. With the data of 239 supervisor--subordinate dyads
 collected from a textile firm in Mainland China, we conducted statistic
 analysis of structural equation modelling, multi-level analysis and so on
 by applying Amos 5.0 and SPSS 12.0. The results showed that
 trust-in-supervisor completely mediated the relationship between
 supervisors' authoritarian leadership and subordinate's in-role/extra-role
 performance, and trust-in-supervisor completely mediated the relationship
 between supervisors' moral leadership and subordinate's in-role/extra-role
 performance, whereas trust did not mediate the relationship between
 supervisors' benevolent leadership and subordinate's in-role/extra-role
 performance. Overall, by investigating the influencing mechanisms of the
 three elements of paternalistic leadership in the Chinese context, the
 current research not only adds a cultural perspective to paternalistic
 leadership literature but also advances our knowledge of the underlying
 psychological processes that paternalistic leadership works. The research
 confirms that paternalistic leadership is applicable in the context of
 business organizations in Mainland China. Since prior research has
 provided little theoretical guidance on the effect of paternalistic
 leadership on performance, this research contributes to the literature by
 identifying and examining the social exchange and social identity
 mechanisms of trust-in-supervisor. It highlights the great significance of
 trust-in-supervisor in explaining paternalistic leader effectiveness and
 leader--employee relationships in Mainland China. It explains how the
 three elements of paternalistic leadership have the differential effects
 upon subordinate's trust-in-supervisor, and it provides some cultural
 insights on paternalistic leadership. The results of the current research
 also shed light on how practicing managers may foster appropriate
 leadership styles in order to facilitate subordinates' in-role/extra-role
 performance. The results indicate that moral leadership and benevolence
 leadership are positively related to trust-in-supervisor, while
 authoritarian leadership is negatively related to trust-in-supervisor.
 Hence, supervisors who wish to obtain subordinates' trust and trigger
 their motivation would better abandon authoritarian leadership and adopt
 moral leadership and benevolent leadership instead. When subordinates have
 unsatisfactory in-role performance and extra-role performance, supervisors
 need to look into the details for the solutions, especially, in the areas
 of &#x2018;trustworthiness&#x2019; and &#x2018;paternalistic
 leadership&#x2019;. In addition, human-oriented human resource practice is
 advocated, and leadership programme could be developed accordingly for
 business organizations in Mainland China. This research also highlights
 the fact that further research should be conducted in order to advance our
 knowledge of paternalistic leadership. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 631-648 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.690940 
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Author-Name: Christopher Selvarajah 
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher 
Author-X-Name-Last: Selvarajah 
Author-Name: Denny Meyer 
Author-X-Name-First: Denny 
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyer 
Author-Name: Dy Davuth 
Author-X-Name-First: Dy 
Author-X-Name-Last: Davuth 
Title: The effect of cultural modelling on leadership profiling of the Cambodian manager 
Abstract:
  Management research has predominantly focused on national studies of
 large nations, while smaller nations have been largely ignored. In
 addition, although Confucian Asia has been extensively studied, dharmic
 Asia and the Mekong region have not. This study, therefore, considers
 Cambodia, using the conceptual framework of Selvarajah <italic>et
 al.</italic> (Selvarajah, C., Duignan, P., Nuttman, C. and Suppiah, C.,
 1995. In search of the Asian leader: An exploratory study of dimensions
 that relates to excellence in leadership. <italic>Management international
 review: Journal of international business</italic>, 35 (1), 29--34), which
 has been previously used to understand a variety of eastern and western
 leadership behaviours. This study on Cambodia, similar to previous
 studies, has demonstrated the importance of cultural context when
 considering leadership behaviour. In Cambodia, the influence of religion
 and its turbulent past make this a particularly interesting study of
 managerial leadership and the implications to management and theory
 development are discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 649-674 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.690256 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Dave Ulrich 
Author-X-Name-First: Dave 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ulrich 
Title: Conclusion: lessons learned and insights derived from leadership in Asia 
Abstract:
  In this piece, we present some broad conclusions about leadership in Asia
 in terms of answering the question of what drives effective leadership in
 Asia? We do this in terms of addressing questions of relevance and impact
 of: country context, company culture, personal competence. We then outline
 the implications of this in terms of theory, research and practice. We
 then go on and end our piece by noting some important points for both
 managers and academics, and the future of leadership in Asia. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 675-681 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 18 
Year: 2012 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.694725 
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Author-Name: Connie Zheng 
Author-X-Name-First: Connie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zheng 
Title: Critiques and extension of strategic international human resource management framework for dragon multinationals 
Abstract:
  This paper aims at critiquing several existing strategic international
 human resource management frameworks and discusses their inadequacy to
 apply directly to emerging multinational companies, especially those
 generated from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. To
 complement the existing strategic international human resource management
 frameworks, key variables relevant to emerging economies are identified
 and an extended model with reference to emerging multinational companies
 is developed with several research propositions. It is believed that the
 proposed model would better capture the current development of
 multinationals in transition, and alert emerging international managers to
 address several people management challenges in the global context. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-15 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.632987 
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Author-Name: Geng Cui 
Author-X-Name-First: Geng 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cui 
Author-Name: Hongyan Liu 
Author-X-Name-First: Hongyan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu 
Author-Name: Xiaoyan Yang 
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaoyan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang 
Author-Name: Haizhong Wang 
Author-X-Name-First: Haizhong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang 
Title: Culture, cognitive style and consumer response to informational vs. transformational advertising among East Asians: Evidence from the PRC 
Abstract:
  Existing literature suggests that people's cognitive styles vary
 significantly across nations and cultures, and that East Asians emphasize
 holistic information processing and are more receptive to transformational
 advertising than people in the West. Yet, both theoretical rationale and
 empirical evidence of the effect of cognitive style on consumers'
 advertising responses are lacking. This study proposes a
 congruency-activation model and adopts a three by two experimental design
 to examine Chinese consumers' attitude towards different advertisements.
 The results indicate that Chinese consumers prefer transformational and
 integrated ads to informational ads under both low and high involvement
 conditions. Protocol analysis shows that Chinese consumers engage in more
 affective processing than cognitive thoughts. Thus, marketers should
 consider the effect of the cognitive style of indigenous consumers when
 devising international advertising strategies. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 16-31 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.626967 
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Author-Name: Weiyue Wang 
Author-X-Name-First: Weiyue 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang 
Author-Name: Hongwei He 
Author-X-Name-First: Hongwei 
Author-X-Name-Last: He 
Author-Name: Yan Li 
Author-X-Name-First: Yan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Li 
Title: Animosity and willingness to buy foreign products: Moderating factors in decision-making of Chinese consumers 
Abstract:
  This study examines empirically how Chinese consumers evaluate and
 respond to foreign products made in Japan. Specifically, it examines the
 moderating effects of materialism and susceptibility to normative
 influence on the effects of country-specific animosity on willingness to
 buy foreign products. The results confirm that the effect of consumers'
 animosity is subject to both consumers' personal values (for example,
 materialism) and social influences (susceptibility to normative
 influence). In terms of willingness to buy foreign products, the negative
 effect of economic animosity is alleviated by consumers' materialism,
 whereas that of war animosity is strengthened by consumers' susceptibility
 to normative influence. In turn, evidence from this study suggests
 implications for marketing strategies in developing countries. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 32-52 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.640133 
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Author-Name: Fue Zeng 
Author-X-Name-First: Fue 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zeng 
Author-Name: Shengping Shi 
Author-X-Name-First: Shengping 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shi 
Author-Name: Ji Li 
Author-X-Name-First: Ji 
Author-X-Name-Last: Li 
Author-Name: Susanna Y.F. Lo 
Author-X-Name-First: Susanna Y.F. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lo 
Author-Name: Hong Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Hong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: Strategic symbiotic alliances and market orientation: an empirical testing in the Chinese car industry 
Abstract:
  Based on social capital theory, we test the effect of market orientation
 on the stability of strategic symbiotic alliances in China. It is
 predicted that firms' market orientation has a positive effect on social
 capital, which, in turn, has a positive effect on the stability of the
 large--small symbiotic alliances. Moreover, social capital also has a
 positive effect on the sharing of resources among the partners, which
 should also influence the stability of the alliance. This paper concludes
 with a discussion of the implications for academics and practitioners of
 the research. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 53-69 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.664950 
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Author-Name: Katsuki Aoki 
Author-X-Name-First: Katsuki 
Author-X-Name-Last: Aoki 
Author-Name: Thomas   Taro Lennerfors 
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas   Taro 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lennerfors 
Title: Whither Japanese <italic>keiretsu</italic>? The transformation of vertical <italic>keiretsu</italic> in Toyota, Nissan and Honda 1991--2011 
Abstract:
  Drawing on institutional theory, this paper discusses the transformation
 of vertical <italic>keiretsu</italic> in the Japanese automotive industry
 from 1991 to 2011. By investigating the cases of Toyota, Nissan, and
 Honda, the paper empirically contributes to the debate on whither the
 Japanese economy is heading. Long-standing relationships to suppliers and
 exclusiveness have changed significantly in Nissan, while remaining stable
 in Toyota and Honda. New competition-based elements and more open support
 systems have been added to earlier governance mechanisms such as power and
 <italic>anshin</italic> (security). We argue that the studied
 <italic>keiretsu</italic> since the 1990s follows diverse and complex
 trajectories of hybridization, and we suggest that the Japanese economy is
 developing similarly. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 70-84 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.652832 
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Author-Name: Louise Patterson 
Author-X-Name-First: Louise 
Author-X-Name-Last: Patterson 
Author-Name: Brandon Walcutt 
Author-X-Name-First: Brandon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Walcutt 
Title: Korean workplace gender discrimination research analysis: a review of the literature from 1990 to 2010 
Abstract:
  The publishing of research on gender discrimination issues in the Korean
 workplace in English began in 1990 and has been steadily growing in scope,
 quantity and popularity. This research reviews 52 papers on Korean
 workplace gender discrimination issues that were published in the
 literature from 1990 to 2010. The goal of this study is to provide
 scholars, HR practitioners and policy-makers in Korea with a reference
 compilation of specific key characteristics for the previous studies in
 this field of knowledge, allowing them faster and more complete access to
 the past literature. Notable findings include persisting, though
 decreasing, levels of workplace discrimination and an increasing interest
 in the field of knowledge by both female and male scholars, especially
 over the past decade. More recently, studies have acknowledged the legal
 progress made by the Korean government in reducing gender issues, but have
 also identified many limitations in the scope and implementation of the
 various laws. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 85-101 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.697774 
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Author-Name: Aminu Mamman 
Author-X-Name-First: Aminu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mamman 
Author-Name: Nabil Baydoun 
Author-X-Name-First: Nabil 
Author-X-Name-Last: Baydoun 
Author-Name: Mohamed Sulaiman 
Author-X-Name-First: Mohamed 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sulaiman 
Author-Name: Ishak Ismail 
Author-X-Name-First: Ishak 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ismail 
Title: Globalization and its consequences: Malaysian managerial perspectives and implications 
Abstract:
  With the aid of a multi-disciplinary literature review and a sample of
 165 managers and professionals, this study investigated the perception of
 the impact of globalization in Malaysia. The study revealed that a
 significant percentage of the respondents subscribe to the hegemonic view
 of globalization as a system that is closed to other political, economic
 and value systems. However, they also see the benefits of globalization in
 terms of the transfer of good business practices as well as the flow of
 foreign direct investment (FDI). The views of respondents vary between
 ethnic groups, with the Chinese tending to be more enthusiastic about the
 positive impact of globalization while the Malays tend to be more
 concerned about its negative impact. The theoretical and practical
 implications of the study are discussed. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 102-128 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2011 
Month: 8 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.606648 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Factory Girls: voices from the heart of modern China 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 129-130 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.659958 
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson 
Title: Challenges of human resource management in Japan 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 130-135 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.644164 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Workers' democracy in China's transition from state socialism/The Chinese worker after socialism/<italic>China's trade unions: how autonomous are they?</italic>/Understanding labor and employment law in China 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 135-139 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.644165 
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Author-Name: Fred Mear 
Author-X-Name-First: Fred 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mear 
Title: Building big business in Russia: the impact of informal corporate governance practices 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 139-140 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.672674 
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Author-Name: Vincent Edwards 
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent 
Author-X-Name-Last: Edwards 
Title: Crisis management in Chinese organizations, benefiting from the changes/Governance of life in Chinese moral experience, the quest for an adequate life 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 140-142 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.690219 
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: China's changing workplace: dynamism, diversity and disparity 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 142-143 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.693766 
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Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: China strategy: harnessing the power of the world's fastest-growing economy 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 143-144 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.693767 
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Author-X-Name-First: Jim   E. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoare 
Title: Changing power relations in northeast Asia: implications for relations between Japan and South Korea 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 144-146 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.693768 
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Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gentle 
Title: A concise history of Hong Kong/Colonial legacy: a Hong Kong Chinese's view of the British heritage 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 146-150 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.693769 
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Author-X-Name-First: Xue   Cunningham 
Author-X-Name-Last: Li 
Title: Management training and development in China: educating managers in a globalized economy 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 150-151 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.695617 
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Author-Name: John Child 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Child 
Title: A history of management thought 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 151-153 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.732310 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: The global economy in crisis: towards a new paradigm? 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 157-161 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.794605 
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Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Burgess 
Author-Name: Julia Connell 
Author-X-Name-First: Julia 
Author-X-Name-Last: Connell 
Title: Asia and the Pacific region: change and workforce adjustments post-GFC 
Abstract:
	      Although an extensive literature has been developed on the
 global financial crisis (GFC) in the USA and Europe, thus far there has
 been less attention paid to the rest of the world. Consequently, this
 collection addresses this deficiency by considering the impact of the GFC
 on selected Asian and Pacific economies. Topics include both macro and
 micro approaches to labour market adjustment post-GFC. The countries
 included are Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea and Singapore. It is
 concluded that as the GFC is still continuing, so are the issues related
 to adjustment, vulnerability and the impact on the Asia Pacific region.    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 162-170 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.767633 
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Author-Name: Byoung-Hoon Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Byoung-Hoon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Author-Name: Jung-Min Nam 
Author-X-Name-First: Jung-Min 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nam 
Title: What drives Korean firms to downsize under the global financial crisis? 
Abstract:
	      Drawing upon the Korea Workplace Panel Survey (KWPS) data,
 this study examines how Korean firms responded to the global financial
 crisis (GFC), and in particular, what factors induced Korean firms to
 adopt downsizing actions. Analysis reveals that Korean firms are driven to
 implement downsizing due to experience with prior episodes of redundancy
 action, rather than due to economic considerations of business
 difficulties. The institutionalized norm of downsizing in the common
 cognitive mode of management was found to be an unstable entity influenced
 by the social pressure of public opinion, and particularly challenged by
 the oppositional force of the anti-downsizing point of view.	       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 171-185 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.767634 
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Author-Name: Alan R. Nankervis 
Author-X-Name-First: Alan R. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nankervis 
Title: &#x2018;Building for the future?&#x2019; Government and industry responses to the challenges of talent management in China following the GFC 
Abstract:
	      China suffered minimal fallout from the global financial
 crisis due to its burgeoning economy and &#x2018;socialism with Chinese
 characteristics&#x2019; political strategy. However, despite this, its
 industries face enormous human resource management (HRM) challenges
 associated with the country's rapid economic growth. Principal amongst
 these HRM challenges is the need to attract and retain crucial talent. It
 is likely that if Chinese industry is unsuccessful in these endeavours,
 the future economic growth of China may be stalled, resulting in more
 serious long-term outcomes. This paper explores these challenges together
 with some possible solutions and future research directions.	       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 186-199 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.767635 
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Author-Name: Chie Yorozu 
Author-X-Name-First: Chie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yorozu 
Author-Name: Leo McCann 
Author-X-Name-First: Leo 
Author-X-Name-Last: McCann 
Author-Name: John Hassard 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hassard 
Author-Name: Jonathan Morris 
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Morris 
Title: Japan, corporate organizational reform and the global financial crisis: the case of Shinsei Bank 
Abstract:
	      Japanese firms are renowned for being change-averse, even
 after financial crises. On the basis of a case study of Shinsei Bank, a
 highly symbolic example of radical attempted change, this paper explores
 the difficulties of reconciling two very different socio-economic models
 -- Japanese and American. An interview-based study of current and former
 Shinsei bankers suggests that Japan's &#x2018;refusal to change&#x2019; is
 more to do with understandable employee reactions rather than a
 problematic strategic &#x2018;dysfunction&#x2019;. While perhaps an
 extreme example, the Shinsei case highlights how difficult it is to see
 beyond a scenario of measured and evolutionary change in Japan after the
 global financial crisis.	   
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 200-216 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.767636 
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Author-Name: Peter Waring 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter 
Author-X-Name-Last: Waring 
Author-Name: John Lewer 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewer 
Title: The global financial crisis, employment relations and the labour market in Singapore and Australia 
Abstract:
	      This article examines the impact of the global financial
 crisis (GFC) on two Asia-Pacific countries -- Singapore and Australia.
 After briefly outlining the origins and effect of the GFC in each country,
 it explores the responses to the crisis from government and policy-makers.
 The article uses a case study methodology, drawing on key macroeconomic
 and labour market statistics, statements by trade unions, employer
 associations and governments and related agencies as well as published
 expert commentary and analysis. The article argues that, along with
 extensive stimulus measures, tripartite efforts and labour market
 interventions contributed to the resilience observed in both cases.	    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 217-229 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.767637 
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Author-Name: Ashish Malik 
Author-X-Name-First: Ashish 
Author-X-Name-Last: Malik 
Title: Post-GFC people management challenges: a study of India's information technology sector 
Abstract:
	      This paper analyses the impact of the global financial crisis
 (GFC) on human resource management (HRM) practices in India's information
 technology (IT) industry. The findings support the presence of a hard
 approach to HRM. Despite the negative impact of the GFC, there was
 evidence of growth in certain IT services. The specific positive and
 negative impacts include firms' unethical and opportunistic behaviour in
 performance management, pay freezes, reduced billing and employee turnover
 rates, increased competition, addition of new service areas and
 improvisations to firms' business models. The short-term outlook for
 managers is to tread with caution. Implications for theory and practice
 are also discussed.	      
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 230-246 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.767638 
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Author-Name: Brendan Boyle 
Author-X-Name-First: Brendan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyle 
Author-Name: Anthony McDonnell 
Author-X-Name-First: Anthony 
Author-X-Name-Last: McDonnell 
Title: Exploring the impact of institutional and organizational factors on the reaction of MNCs to the global financial crisis 
Abstract:
	      This paper analyses some of the factors that impact
 multinational companies' (MNCs) reaction to the global financial crisis.
 This paper reports the results from a large-scale study of its impact on
 MNCs in Australia, considering occurrences of site closures, offshoring,
 outsourcing, labour force reductions, reductions in working hours, salary
 reductions, and reductions in training and travel. Evidence showed that
 MNC reactions varied according to certain institutional and organizational
 effects. For example, MNCs originating from liberal-market economies are
 more likely to have offshored and outsourced production and reduced
 employment. The implications for understanding of MNC behaviour are
 discussed.	     
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 247-265 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.767639 
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Author-Name: Keith Townsend 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Townsend 
Author-Name: Adrian Wilkinson 
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilkinson 
Title: Contingent management plans awaiting a contingency: the GFC and workplace change in the Australian hotels sector 
Abstract:
	      The global financial crisis (GFC) has had a major impact on
 individuals, companies and countries. This paper reviews literature on
 managerial strategies in economic downturns, focusing on corporate
 downsizing. Empirically, the paper examines managerial strategy within one
 sector of the Australian economy -- the luxury hotels sector. While much
 of the Australian economy has survived the GFC well compared with many
 other nations, hotels faced the double burden of reduced international
 travel and reduced domestic corporate demand. In the face of these
 concerns, we examine the way that managers at three different
 organizations attempted to ameliorate the impact the GFC would have on
 their business, while maintaining a positive experience for as much of
 their contingent labour as possible.	       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 266-278 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.767640 
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Author-Name: John Burgess 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Burgess 
Author-Name: Julia Connell 
Author-X-Name-First: Julia 
Author-X-Name-Last: Connell 
Title: The Asia Pacific region: leading the global recovery post-GFC? 
Abstract:
	      In this article, some broad conclusions are presented
 concerning the global financial crisis (GFC) and change in the Asia
 Pacific region to date, with a particular focus on change and adjustments
 to the labour market. In terms of whether the Asia Pacific region is
 leading the global recovery post-GFC, a number of comparisons are made
 between the Asia Pacific region, the USA and the European Union that have
 been prominent in the articles included here in order to answer that
 question. Lastly, implications for research and practice are outlined.     
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 279-285 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.767641 
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Author-Name: John Wong 
Author-X-Name-First: John 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wong 
Title: A China-centric economic order in East Asia 
Abstract:
	      East Asia (EA) is conventionally defined to comprise China
 and Japan, the four newly industrialized economies (NIEs) of South Korea,
 Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, and the Association of Southeast Asian
 Nations (ASEANs) economies. The EA region is well known for its dynamic
 economic growth through the past 50 years. The first wave of EA's high
 growth was led by Japan, and it soon spread to the four NIEs and some
 ASEAN economies. This marks the first rise of EA or EA-I. Japanese
 economists used to explain such a phenomenon as the &#x2018;flying geese
 pattern&#x2019;. The second wave of EA's high growth was led by China, and
 it is currently spreading into the whole of the EA region. The second rise
 of EA or EA-II is economically much more formidable than EA-I because of
 China's vast economic scale compounded by its high rates economic growth.
 The China-led EA-II today accounts for 24.4% of global GDP (higher than
 the US share of 21.5%), as compared to 15.2% of the Japan-led EA-I.
 Increasingly, China's economy operates not just as an engine of growth for
 the EA region but also a catalyst for regional economic integration. After
 the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, global economic gravity has clearly
 shifted to EA. However, individual EA economies are still beset by
 problems of structural imbalance. Above all, the future of EA-II
 critically depends on the continuing economic rise of China, i.e. the
 ability of China's economy to sustain its dynamic economic growth without
 falling into the &#x2018;middle-income trap&#x2019;. EA economic growth
 has been taking place in the kind of regional order that is, from time to
 time, undermined by bilateral discord and regional conflict. China as the
 region's largest economy will no doubt continue to lead the region's
 economic growth and shape the pattern of economic relations among the EA
 economies. Increasingly trade and investment in the region are gravitating
 towards China. However, for a long time, China will not be able to shape
 the region's geo-political landscape. China's message of &#x2018;peaceful
 rise&#x2019; has not been unequivocally accepted in the region. China's
 overall relations with other EA economies will continue to be &#x2018;hot
 in economics and cold in politics&#x2019;. The growing political and
 strategic role of the USA has further complicated China's relations with
 other EA economies in the region. For years to come, China's geo-political
 leverage in the region will remain limited as opposed to its expanding
 geo-economic influence. The existing regional order in EA will, therefore,
 continue to be marred by uncertainty and instability. It is still a long
 way from the East Asian Community, which is to be based on not just
 sustainable economic growth and increasing integration, but also
 harmonious political and security relations.	       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 286-296 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.739358 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: &#x2018;Whither the Chinese Economy?&#x2019; 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 297-299 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.678111 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: China at work 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 299-301 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.665634 
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Author-Name: Stephen Chi-Tsun Huang 
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen Chi-Tsun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Huang 
Author-Name: Kuen-Hung Tsai 
Author-X-Name-First: Kuen-Hung 
Author-X-Name-Last: Tsai 
Title: Exploring the drivers of new product success for businesses in Asia: a meta-analysis 
Abstract:
	      Even though a large amount of research has investigated how
 different factors impact new product performance in different contexts,
 little attention has been paid to exploring the drivers of new product
 success for businesses in Asia. This study therefore focuses on this issue
 by using a meta-analytic approach to aggregate the empirical findings of
 studies published before 2011. By controlling several contextual factors
 (product type, unit of analysis and time), the results from generalized
 least-squared analyses show that the predictor--performance relationships
 are stronger for Asian firms when the predictors are market orientation,
 marketing synergy, technological synergy, product advantage, product
 innovativeness, cross-functional integration, top management support,
 pre-development proficiency, technological proficiency, market potential
 and technological turbulence. In addition, the results also reveal that
 most of the performance effects of the predictors are different between
 low-technology and high-technology products.	       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 303-319 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/00346764.2013.774190 
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Author-Name: Lien Le Monkhouse 
Author-X-Name-First: Lien Le 
Author-X-Name-Last: Monkhouse 
Author-Name: Bradley R. Barnes 
Author-X-Name-First: Bradley R. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Barnes 
Author-Name: Thi Song Hanh Pham 
Author-X-Name-First: Thi Song 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hanh Pham 
Title: Measuring Confucian values among East Asian consumers: a four country study 
Abstract:
	      This study aims to make a conceptual and empirical
 contribution by developing and operationalizing suitable scales to capture
 certain Confucian values (face saving, humility, group orientation,
 hierarchy and reciprocity) that can influence East Asian consumers. Based
 on the pertinent literature, focus group discussions with extended East
 Asian families and East Asian scholar interviews, we develop and validate
 our measures on data from over 400 respondents across four East Asian
 cities (Tokyo, Hanoi, Beijing and Singapore). Despite some variance, our
 findings signal that East Asians are highly influenced by such traditional
 values. Several implications are extracted and future research directions
 suggested.	     
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 320-336 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.732388 
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Author-Name: Siriyupa Roongrerngsuke 
Author-X-Name-First: Siriyupa 
Author-X-Name-Last: Roongrerngsuke 
Author-Name: Andreas Liefooghe 
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas 
Author-X-Name-Last: Liefooghe 
Title: Attracting gold-collar workers: comparing organizational attractiveness and work-related values across generations in China, India and Thailand 
Abstract:
	      This study aimed to develop our understanding of how
 generational differences in work-related values interact with those
 attributed to a national culture by investigating workers' perception of
 organizational attractiveness in India, China and Thailand. The results
 show significant differences between different generations within cultures
 and between the same generations across cultures. By developing an
 impression of cultural and generational value sets from the ground up, we
 hope to have captured the current state of the acculturation processes in
 those countries, which may be useful for similar studies as well as to
 help HR managers in making specific recommendations regarding their
 recruitment and talent development initiatives in that part of the world.  
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 337-355 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.747784 
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Author-Name: Christopher Selvarajah 
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher 
Author-X-Name-Last: Selvarajah 
Author-Name: Denny Meyer 
Author-X-Name-First: Denny 
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyer 
Author-Name: Jerome Donovan 
Author-X-Name-First: Jerome 
Author-X-Name-Last: Donovan 
Title: Cultural context and its influence on managerial leadership in Thailand 
Abstract:
	      In this paper, we explore excellence in leadership in
 Thailand, a nation that has strong roots in Theravada Buddhism. Summated
 scales and a structural model were constructed to explain the
 relationships between the excellences in leadership constructs. A sample
 frame of 401 Thai managers employed in organizations in Bangkok, North
 Thailand, and East Thailand participated in this research. The findings
 suggest that there are strong cultural factors such as non-confrontation,
 respect, and deference for authority mediating the perceptions of Thai
 managers with regards to perceptions of an excellent leader. Age and
 gender are also demonstrated as key differentiating factors in the
 perceptions of Thai managers.		
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 356-380 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.714630 
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Author-Name: Helena Varkkey 
Author-X-Name-First: Helena 
Author-X-Name-Last: Varkkey 
Title: Malaysian investors in the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze 
Abstract:
	      This paper analyses the regionalization of Malaysian oil palm
 plantation firms into Indonesia. These firms have been implicated in
 starting fires to clear land for planting, which has resulted in
 transboundary haze. This paper argues that these Malaysian investors have
 been able to burn with impunity, despite the dire consequences of haze on
 their home country, because of the close patronage relationships and
 vested interests of the Malaysian government elites in these companies.
 Because of this, the home government is inclined to protect and defend the
 actions of these firms in Indonesia against such allegations, while the
 Malaysian public continues to suffer the haze. 	 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 381-401 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.748262 
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Author-Name: Jianhong Zhang 
Author-X-Name-First: Jianhong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang 
Author-Name: Chaohong Zhou 
Author-X-Name-First: Chaohong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhou 
Author-Name: Arjen van Witteloostuijn 
Author-X-Name-First: Arjen van 
Author-X-Name-Last: Witteloostuijn 
Author-Name: Haico Ebbers 
Author-X-Name-First: Haico 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ebbers 
Title: What does the Chinese market need? An empirical study of the determinants of Chinese imports, 1996--2008 
Abstract:
	      This study provides an in-depth analysis of the determinants
 of import demand in China through a multilevel approach. Using
 disaggregated data over 1996--2008 and a dynamic panel model, we find that
 the Chinese import market is predominantly characterized by quality
 competition. However, the nature of the competition varies across
 different industries. In line with theory, quality plays an important role
 in industries that are characterized by the potential for quality
 improvement and product differentiation, whereas price is key in
 industries in which quality and product differences are rather small.
 Moreover, private consumption expenditure is more influential than other
 categories of expenditures. Additionally, variables that can influence the
 relative price of import products, such as the exchange rate, tariffs and
 the domestic price index, also have an impact on import demand.	  
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 402-420 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.699249 
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Author-X-Name-First: Dilip K. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Das 
Title: Management education in Asia: an invigorating growth 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 421-425 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.748269 
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Author-X-Name-First: Dilip K. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Das 
Title: The Dynamics of Asian Financial Integration: Facts and Analysis. Edited by M.B. Debereux, P. R. Lane, C.Y. Park and S.J. Wei. London and New York: Routledge, 2011, &pound;105.00, hardback, 316 pp. ISBN978-0-415-59551-3 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 426-427 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.777199 
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Author-X-Name-First: Felix 
Author-X-Name-Last: Reimann 
Title: Tiger management: Korean companies on world markets, by Martin Hemmert, Abingdon, Routledge, 2012, pp. 200 (pbk), &pound;23.70, ISBN-10: 0415537207, ISBN- 13: 978-0415537209 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 427-430 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.778079 
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Author-X-Name-First: Gordon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding 
Title: Governance in Pacific Asia: political economy and development from Japan to Burma 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 430-432 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.789657 
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Author-X-Name-First: Alan R. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nankervis 
Title: Disruptive innovation in Chinese and Indian businesses: the strategic implications for local entrepreneurs and global incumbents 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 432-433 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.797152 
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: Managers and management in Vietnam: 25 years of economic renovation (Doi moi) 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 433-434 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.798956 
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Author-X-Name-First: M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Author-Name: C. Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: C. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Demystifying Chinese management: introduction 
Abstract:
				 The Chinese economy has dramatically
 changed in its nature over the last three decades or so. It has moved from
 being a command economy into market socialist system over the period and
 has morphed from an economy dominated by state-owned enterprises to an
 economy with a wide range of ownership forms, both public and private. In
 turn, its managers, managing and management have correspondingly undergone
 a major 'sea change'. This edited collection attempts to 'demystify' a
 number of these developments in Chinese management and to highlight recent
 research on strategic issues and challenges vis-�-vis realizing the
 managerial version of the so-called 'Chinese Dream' in a wide range of
 business enterprises in China and overseas.		       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 435-443 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.832919 
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Author-Name: Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan 
Author-X-Name-First: Bernadette 
Author-X-Name-Last: Andreosso-O'Callaghan 
Author-Name: J�rn-Carsten Gottwald 
Author-X-Name-First: J�rn-Carsten 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gottwald 
Title: How red is China's red capitalism? Continuity and change in China's financial services sector during the global crisis 
Abstract:
				 Chinese capitalism cannot be captured by
 theoretical frameworks and concepts such as the 'Varieties of Capitalism'
 approach. Despite its integration into the world economy and the financial
 crises, the country has kept a stable Leninist basis of formal
 institutions. The case of financial services shows: (i) a resilience of
 the sector to the 'Great Financial Crisis' of 2008 and (ii) the use of the
 crisis as an opportunity. Examining the control of Chinese financial
 services shows that private interests and the regulatory authorities are
 intimately linked to the state apparatus and that there is no radical
 break in sight with China's unique blend of party state-led capitalism.    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 444-460 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.823711 
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Author-Name: Peihua Fan 
Author-X-Name-First: Peihua 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan 
Author-Name: Qiaozhuan Liang 
Author-X-Name-First: Qiaozhuan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Liang 
Author-Name: Heng Liu 
Author-X-Name-First: Heng 
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu 
Author-Name: Mingjun Hou 
Author-X-Name-First: Mingjun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hou 
Title: The moderating role of context in managerial ties--firm performance link: a meta-analytic review of mainly Chinese-based studies 
Abstract:
				 Through a meta-analysis of 7748 firm
 samples reported in 29 studies (21 Chinese-based studies and 8 other
 country-based studies), we test the prediction of resource-based theory
 and institutional theory in the context of managerial ties--firm
 performance relationship. We examine whether contextual factors, including
 culture type (individualism vs. collectivism), industry setting
 (manufacturing vs. service), firm size (small and medium enterprises
 (SMEs) vs. non-SMEs), and measurements influence the managerial ties--firm
 performance link. Meta-analysis findings illustrate a positive and
 significant effect between managerial ties and firm performance, and
 business ties have a stronger positive effect on firm performance than
 political ties. The contextual moderators of cultural type, industry
 setting and firm size partially explain significant variance in effect
 sizes across studies. The result of meta-regression also suggests that the
 importance of political ties will decline over time. Finally, our analysis
 suggests that the measurement of managerial ties is not the reason for
 previous inconsistent findings in managerial ties--firm performance link.
 Drawing on these findings, we propose practical implications to managers
 and future research directions to scholars.			
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 461-489 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.739370 
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Author-Name: Zilan Cen 
Author-X-Name-First: Zilan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cen 
Author-Name: Rongchang Cai 
Author-X-Name-First: Rongchang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cai 
Title: 'Impression management' in Chinese corporations: a study of chairperson's statements from the most and least profitable Chinese companies 
Abstract:
				 The purpose of this study is to
 investigate whether 'impression management' exists in Chinese corporate
 annual reports. Despite flourishing in the Western context, the literature
 regarding impression management has not yet received any significant
 development pertinent to China and its cultural norms. The following
 question is raised: do the most profitable Chinese listed companies
 disclose information in their chairmen's statements in a way that is
 significantly different from those of least profitable companies? The
 results indicate impression management motives do underlie chairman's
 statements in the Chinese context in a number of ways, as we suggest in
 this contribution.		       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 490-505 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.811825 
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Author-Name: Fangrong Li 
Author-X-Name-First: Fangrong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Li 
Author-Name: Daniel Z. Ding 
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel Z. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ding 
Title: The effect of institutional isomorphic pressure on the internationalization of firms in an emerging economy: evidence from China 
Abstract:
				 This study uses institutional theory to
 explore the driving force for internationalization of firms in emerging
 economies. It posits that the internationalization practices of firms are
 driven not only by efficiency consideration, but also by the desire to
 conform to institutional isomorphic pressures exerted by the social
 environment. The impact of three types of institutional isomorphic
 pressures -- coercive pressure, mimetic pressure and normative pressure --
 on the intensity of internationalization is investigated. Analysis using
 survey data collected from 174 Chinese firms shows that all three
 institutional pressures have positive and significant effects on the
 intensity of internationalization. We also examine the interaction between
 institutional pressure and firm capability. Results suggest that firm
 capabilities enhance the effect of coercive pressure on
 internationalization, and weaken the effect of normative pressure on
 internationalization.			
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 506-525 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.807602 
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Author-Name: Di Fan 
Author-X-Name-First: Di 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan 
Author-Name: Mike Mingqiong Zhang 
Author-X-Name-First: Mike Mingqiong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang 
Author-Name: Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Cherrie Jiuhua 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: International human resource management strategies of Chinese multinationals operating abroad 
Abstract:
				 Strategic international human resource
 management (SIHRM) is crucial for the effective leveraging of human
 resources in organizations to achieve the desired business strategies.
 There is a rich collection of studies on western multinational
 corporations (MNCs) in China, but few studies that explore the SIHRM of
 Chinese MNCs operating overseas. This study utilizes cross-level, in-depth
 interviews to analyse SIHRM of three large Chinese multinationals. The
 paper contributes to literature by addressing two contextual SIHRM issues,
 namely the characteristics of the SIHRM for Chinese multinationals and how
 their SIHRM orientation facilitates their international investment and
 operation. The findings indicate that organizational transformation is the
 starting point for latecomers matching their international HRM strategies.
 Their SIHRM approaches, such as forming learning organizations, reliance
 on host-country nationals, reconciling both home and host-country effects
 and promoting 'best practices', facilitate their international operations. 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 526-541 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.821804 
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Author-Name: Ping Lv 
Author-X-Name-First: Ping 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lv 
Author-Name: Monica Plechero 
Author-X-Name-First: Monica 
Author-X-Name-Last: Plechero 
Author-Name: Rakesh Basant 
Author-X-Name-First: Rakesh 
Author-X-Name-Last: Basant 
Title: International competitive strategy choices: comparing firms in China and India 
Abstract:
				 This study investigates the types of
 international competitive strategies (ICS) followed by Chinese and Indian
 firms. Using firm-level primary data, the contribution analyses the
 factors that affect ICS choices and whether these factors differ between
 the two countries. It argues that firms' resources and capabilities
 influence firms' propensity to choose a specific ICS and that the
 strategies differ in relation to firms' location, sector and destination
 market as well.		      
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 542-558 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.815442 
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Author-Name: Seong-Jin Choi 
Author-X-Name-First: Seong-Jin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Choi 
Author-Name: Jiangyong Lu 
Author-X-Name-First: Jiangyong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lu 
Title: Returnee faculty members, network position and diversification strategy: an analysis of business schools in China 
Abstract:
				 This paper builds on resource-based and
 network theories to pose an integrative framework for understanding
 diversification strategy of MBA curricula in Chinese business schools.
 Using a data set collected from 41 schools offering MBA degrees, we find
 that returnee faculty members exhibit a curvilinear effect on curricular
 diversification. We also find that network centrality moderates the
 relationship between returnee faculty members and diversification in those
 educational institutions with insufficient returnee faculty members who
 can nonetheless achieve synergies by utilizing their network connections.
 These results not only offer explanations on how organizations in
 developing countries can overcome limited internal resources disadvantages
 but also provide specific insights into how business schools in China can
 offset the challenges of improving their education programmes. 	    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 559-577 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.739361 
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Author-Name: Kazuyuki Motohashi 
Author-X-Name-First: Kazuyuki 
Author-X-Name-Last: Motohashi 
Title: The role of the science park in innovation performance of start-up firms: an empirical analysis of Tsinghua Science Park in Beijing 
Abstract:
				 This study empirically analyses the
 determinants of start-up firms in the Tsinghua Science Park in Beijing
 using survey data. More than 50% of firms are software and Internet
 related with CEOs has a strong technological background. It is found that
 firms that have their internal innovations grounded in their own
 competitive advantage show better innovation performance, while formal
 research and development collaboration with Tsinghua University plays only
 a marginal role. However, they benefit from informal connections with
 faculty members and access to students. Human resource management services
 by the Science Park management company are highly appreciated by tenant
 businesses. Finally, networking activities among tenants are found to be
 weak.			   
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 578-599 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.673841 
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Author-Name: Qijun Jiang 
Author-X-Name-First: Qijun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jiang 
Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: Confronting the crisis of food safety and revitalizing companies' social responsibility in the People's Republic of China 
Abstract:
				 In recent years, China has experienced
 many crises related to food safety which have challenged the legitimacy of
 food production companies and damaged the reputation of relevant state law
 enforcement agencies, as well as influenced consumer confidence. Based on
 recent interviews with 20 food and drink production companies in the
 Shanghai region, this paper aims to address a key research question: what
 are the institutional and organizational factors that influence the
 production systems in general and the quality and safety of products in
 particular? The outcome of this research indicates that the pressure to
 minimize costs driven by price competition, changing consumer
 expectations, as well as a lack of enforcement of state regulation, cause
 companies to struggle to stay afloat and impede their commitment to social
 responsibility.		    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 600-616 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.789659 
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Author-Name: C. Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: C. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: M. Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Strategic challenges and issues for Chinese managers and management in the global economy: conclusions 
Abstract:
				 The contributions to this symposium on
 'Demystifying Chinese Management' have attempted to tackle new strategic
 issues and challenges <italic>vis-�-vis</italic> the newly diversified
 ownership and management system which has occurred since Deng's economic
 reforms. It is clear that when we try to 'make sense' of management in the
 People's Republic of China, we must take into account the degree to which
 Chinese management has become distinctive, with an adaptation of exogenous
 knowledge to local circumstances and a relative degree of 'convergence'
 involving a synthesis of 'local', 'glocal' and 'global' forms. 	    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 617-624 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 19 
Year: 2013 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.832918 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: The changing contours of Korean management and business 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-8 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.859424 
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Author-Name: Yung-Ho Cho 
Author-X-Name-First: Yung-Ho 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cho 
Author-Name: Gyu-Chang Yu 
Author-X-Name-First: Gyu-Chang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu 
Author-Name: Min-Kyu Joo 
Author-X-Name-First: Min-Kyu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Joo 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Changing corporate culture over time in South Korea 
Abstract:
				 Corporate culture change is an interesting
 topic, not least since cultures are often seen as deeply ingrained and
 slow moving. Here we look at the example of the large, diversified
 conglomerates in South Korea -- the chaebol. This is partly because of
 their strong corporate cultures, importance in the country's economic
 development and growth and growing public and political backlash against
 what are seen as overly powerful institutions. We find that over the
 decade from one crisis, the 1997 Asian financial crisis, to the next, the
 2008 global financial crisis, there has indeed been change between and
 within chaebol corporate cultures. However, this is not as straightforward
 as it seems and the situation in and after 2011 has become even more
 complex, mainly due to changes in the global environment.		    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 9-17 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.755321 
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Author-Name: Louise Patterson 
Author-X-Name-First: Louise 
Author-X-Name-Last: Patterson 
Author-Name: Brandon Walcutt 
Author-X-Name-First: Brandon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Walcutt 
Title: Explanations for continued gender discrimination in South Korean workplaces 
Abstract:
				 This paper investigates potential
 explanations for the continued gender discrimination in South Korean
 workplaces despite decades of gender policy reforms and improved education
 for women. Making use of both primary and secondary data sources, the
 institutional theory, the voluntary compliance regulatory enforcement
 strategy and the typology of regulatory noncompliance provide a framework
 from which four explanations regarding the origin and nature of Korean
 firm equal opportunity (EO) compliance issues are derived. Identified
 through data analysis, explanations include a lack of legal enforcement, a
 weak punishment system, a tacit acceptance of the status quo by women,
 organizational cultural issues stemming from the traditional Korean
 mind-set that allow gender discrimination and a general lack of knowledge
 about EO regulations by many companies. Reforms and paradigm changes
 addressing these gender policy compliance issues could yield considerable
 social benefits in reducing the scope and quantity of gender
 discrimination in Korean workplaces.			
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 18-41 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.818805 
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Author-Name: Haiying Kang 
Author-X-Name-First: Haiying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang 
Author-Name: Jie Shen 
Author-X-Name-First: Jie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shen 
Title: International human resource management policies and practices of South Korean MNEs: a review of the literature 
Abstract:
				 This paper systematically reviews the
 literature on international human resource management (IHRM) policies and
 practices of South Korean multinational enterprises (MNEs). It reveals
 that South Korean MNEs adopt an ethnocentric staffing approach, but are
 increasingly using more host-country nationals (HCNs). Korean MNEs pay
 great attention to language training for expatriates, and there is an
 emphasis on international experience when selecting expatriates. South
 Korean MNEs tend to adopt home-oriented selection procedures and criteria,
 performance appraisal and reward-and-compensation schemes for HCNs. A
 range of training and development programmes are provided to HCNs in order
 to develop more local managers. However, studies concerning IHRM of South
 Korean MNEs are scarce and only a few expatriate-related IHRM issues have
 been empirically examined. As a result, how South Korean MNEs manage IHRM
 and what is the rationale of their IHRM policies and practices remain
 largely unknown. This review paper calls for more empirical research and
 discusses the implications for future research.		     
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 42-58 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.711670 
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Author-Name: Taehee Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Taehee 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Author-Name: Kyungro Chang 
Author-X-Name-First: Kyungro 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang 
Title: Turnover intentions and organizational citizenship behaviours in Korean firms: the interactional effects of organizational and occupational commitment 
Abstract:
				 This study investigated the effects of the
 organizational commitment and occupational commitment of employees in
 Korean firms on their turnover intentions and organizational citizenship
 behaviours. In addition, using the interactional effect analysis, this
 study examined the interactional effects of the two types of commitment on
 turnover intentions and organizational citizenship behaviours. A total of
 209 employees in nine different firms participated in this study. The
 results revealed that organizational commitment had a negative effect on
 turnover intentions, while occupational commitment had a positive effect.
 In addition, organizational commitment had a positive effect on
 organizational citizenship behaviours, whereas occupational commitment did
 not have any noticeable effect thereupon. Both organizational commitment
 and occupational commitment showed certain overall interactional effects
 regarding organizational citizenship behaviours as well as turnover
 intentions.			 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 59-77 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.640538 
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Author-Name: Sven Horak 
Author-X-Name-First: Sven 
Author-X-Name-Last: Horak 
Title: Antecedents and characteristics of informal relation-based networks in Korea: <italic>Yongo</italic>, <italic>Yonjul</italic> and <italic>Inmaek</italic> 				 
Abstract:
				 Although there has been a large amount
 written about Chinese <italic>Guanxi</italic> networks, a detailed debate
 concerning Korean informal relation-based networks is by comparison
 under-represented in the international business literature. This paper
 introduces and distinguishes between three forms of informal
 relation-based networks in Korea: (1) <italic>Yongo</italic>, (2)
 <italic>Yonjul</italic> and (3) <italic>Inmaek</italic>.
 <italic>Inmaek</italic> describes a social network in general, while
 <italic>Yongo</italic> networks draw primarily on existing kinship-,
 university/school- and regional origin-based ties. Contrary to
 <italic>Yongo</italic> ties, <italic>Yonjul</italic> ties exist for a
 purpose, often to secure personal gains and benefits. In all three forms,
 kinship-, university/school- and regional origin-based ties play primary,
 but not exclusive, roles. A better understanding of Korean informal
 relation-based networks helps contribute to the advancement of knowledge
 about the anatomy of informal institution, as well as to the growing field
 of indigenous management research, by identifying and analysing an
 influential contextual factor in Korea. In addition, it underlines
 important implications for management practices in Korea.		    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 78-108 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.791567 
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Author-Name: Peter J. Buckley 
Author-X-Name-First: Peter J. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Buckley 
Author-Name: Byung Il Park 
Author-X-Name-First: Byung Il 
Author-X-Name-Last: Park 
Title: Realised absorptive capacity, technology acquisition and performance in international collaborative formations: an empirical examination in the Korean context 
Abstract:
				 The research objectives of this paper are
 twofold. First, it attempts to identify the critical factors facilitating
 the acquisition of technology from foreign partner firms and performance
 enhancement in international collaborative formations. Second, it compares
 these factors across Western and Japanese sub-samples. A new concept,
 realised absorptive capacity, is employed to achieve these objectives.
 Using a sample collected through a questionnaire-based survey, our results
 show that trust and communication are critical components in transforming
 new knowledge, while active managerial involvement of the foreign firm and
 the participation of foreign expatriates are the keys to applying it for
 business operations. In particular, components consisting of the ability
 to exploit new knowledge (i.e. active managerial involvement of foreign
 firm, participation of foreign expatriates and provision of training) are
 closely associated with performance enhancement. In addition, our results
 confirm that there clearly exist different patterns of learning mechanisms
 and incompatible behaviours in improving performance between the two
 sub-samples. Based on the results, the authors suggest implications and
 future research avenues.		      
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 109-135 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.779126 
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Author-Name: Ronald V. Kalafsky 
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald V. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kalafsky 
Author-Name: Douglas R. Gress 
Author-X-Name-First: Douglas R. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gress 
Title: Go big or stay home? Korean machinery firms, trade fair dynamics and export performance 
Abstract:
				 With heightened global competition, many
 manufacturers export as a process by which to increase sales and expand
 into new markets. South Korean manufacturers export in order to expand
 outside of a small domestic market, but confront the constraints of many
 exporters (especially smaller firms), including access to market
 intelligence and geographically distant prospective customers. This
 article examines efforts by machine tool manufacturers to minimize the
 friction of distance involved with exporting through the use of
 international trade fairs. Analytical emphases are placed on the influence
 of individual export destinations and on the role of firm size
 <italic>vis-�-vis</italic> firm export intensities and overall export
 strategies and motivations.			    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 136-152 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.814227 
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Author-Name: Michael C. McDermott 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael C. 
Author-X-Name-Last: McDermott 
Title: Interstate competition in the US South for South Korean auto investments: a US perspective 
Abstract:
				 Multinational corporations (MNCs)
 recognize the importance of optimizing their international site-selection
 decision(s). Similarly, host regions recognize the potential economic
 benefits of securing 'greenfield' investment projects. Thus, there is
 intense intra-regional competition to secure 'trophy investments'. The
 extant research offers little insight to the very final stages of the
 site-selection negotiation process. No previous study has examined in
 detail the final stages of international site-selection negotiations
 involving South Korean MNCs. This paper focuses on the role of US
 government officials and Southern state stakeholders seeking to secure
 investments by Hyundai Motors and Kia Motors. It offers an exploratory
 eclectic theory to explain site-selection decisions.			 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 153-173 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.817727 
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Author-Name: Chinmay Pattnaik 
Author-X-Name-First: Chinmay 
Author-X-Name-Last: Pattnaik 
Author-Name: Jeoung Yul Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Jeoung Yul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Title: Distance and divestment of Korean MNC affiliates: the moderating role of entry mode and experience 
Abstract:
				 In this study, we examine the impact of
 cross-national distance on the divestment of foreign affiliates. On the
 basis of the nine dimensions of cross-national distance (Berry et al.
 2010. "An Institutional Approach to Cross-National Distance." Journal of
 International Business Studies 41 (9): 1460-1480), we empirically examine
 the impact of each measure of distance on the divestment of affiliates.
 Using a data set of 1697 multinational corporations (MNCs) headquartered
 in Korea and their 2435 affiliates in 67 host countries from 2000 to 2010,
 we find that distance created by economic, financial, political,
 administrative, cultural, demographic, knowledge and global connectedness
 leads to the divestment of foreign affiliates. We also find that the
 positive relationship between cross-national distance and affiliate
 divestment is likely to become stronger when an MNC enters the host
 country through a joint venture and weaker for affiliates with greater
 experience in the host country.		     
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 174-196 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.815454 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Context and implications for Korean management and business 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 197-207 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.859428 
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Author-Name: Michael Minkov 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael 
Author-X-Name-Last: Minkov 
Author-Name: Vesselin Blagoev 
Author-X-Name-First: Vesselin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Blagoev 
Title: Is there a distinct Asian management culture? 
Abstract:
				 In this article, we ask 'is there an Asian
 management culture?'. This question is of significant practical and
 methodological relevance. Our conclusion, based on a wide review of the
 literature at hand, is quite unequivocal: we argue that there is no one
 single Asian management culture that distinguishes the Asian countries
 from those of the rest of the world.			   
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 209-215 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.839136 
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Author-Name: Hong-Youl Ha 
Author-X-Name-First: Hong-Youl 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ha 
Author-Name: Swinder Janda 
Author-X-Name-First: Swinder 
Author-X-Name-Last: Janda 
Title: Brand personality and its outcomes in the Chinese automobile industry 
Abstract:
				 The purpose of this study is to understand
 the relationship between 'brand personality' and key outcomes in the
 Chinese automobile industry. A secondary aim of the study is to look at
 whether or not these relationships hold across purchasers and
 non-purchasers. The major conclusion is that while brand personality
 dimensions are somewhat consistent across both purchasers and
 non-purchasers, the brand personality outcomes differ somewhat between the
 groups. First, brand personality plays a critical role in improving
 perceived quality and creating brand trust, a key finding given the
 intensely competitive nature of the Chinese automobile industry. Second,
 perceived quality plays an important role in mediating the relationship
 between brand personality and brand commitment for both groups. Third,
 perceived quality does not affect brand trust for the purchaser group. In
 the context of Chinese automobile industry, increasing the level of
 perceived quality of a particular brand requires convincing non-purchasers
 that the brand is valuable, and that the information being provided is
 useful. Fourth, since the relationship between perceived quality and brand
 trust was found to be non-significant, future research studies may wish to
 focus on obtaining a better understanding of Chinese cultural perspectives
 to shed further light on why perceived quality and brand trust are not
 related for the automobile purchaser group.			     
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 216-230 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.841022 
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Author-Name: Yang Qi 
Author-X-Name-First: Yang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Qi 
Author-Name: Liu Ming-Xia 
Author-X-Name-First: Liu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ming-Xia 
Title: Ethical leadership, organizational identification and employee voice: examining moderated mediation process in the Chinese insurance industry 
Abstract:
				 This study examines the link between
 ethical leadership and employee voice behaviour by focusing on the
 mediating role of organizational identification and the moderating role of
 organizational trust. The results of distinctive data from 293
 supervisors-follower pairs in an insurance group from the People's
 Republic of China reveal that ethical leadership positively relates to
 employee voice behaviour, and that organization identification fully
 mediates the positive influence of ethical leadership on employee voice
 behaviour. We also found that organization trust moderates the
 relationship between the organization identification and employee voice.
 Furthermore, the mediating effect between ethical leadership and employee
 voice is moderated by organizational trust, that is to say moderated
 mediation. We discuss implications of these findings for research and
 practice.			   
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 231-248 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.823712 
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Author-Name: Florian Kohlbacher 
Author-X-Name-First: Florian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kohlbacher 
Author-Name: Michael Prieler 
Author-X-Name-First: Michael 
Author-X-Name-Last: Prieler 
Author-Name: Shigeru Hagiwara 
Author-X-Name-First: Shigeru 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hagiwara 
Title: Japan's demographic revolution? A study of advertising practitioners' views on stereotypes 
Abstract:
				 This article presents results from a
 survey of advertising practitioners in Japan focusing on their opinions
 about the communication objectives and stereotypes, specifically the
 effectiveness of older spokespersons, their general views on older models
 in advertising and the effectiveness of older models by product category.
 We find that these opinions are rather positive. The intention to use a
 larger number of older models is affected by the perceived effectiveness
 of older spokespersons and the expected increase in older models and
 client interest. When targeting an older audience, older spokespersons are
 seen as particularly effective for the product category of health/medical,
 but for a general audience it is financial services/insurance. Regardless
 of product category, they are perceived more effective when targeting an
 older versus a general audience and when targeting aged 50-64 versus 65
 plus.			    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 249-268 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.841451 
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Author-Name: Pauline Stanton 
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline 
Author-X-Name-Last: Stanton 
Author-Name: Hana Thi Pham 
Author-X-Name-First: Hana Thi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Pham 
Title: Managing employee performance in an emerging economy: perceptions of Vietnamese managers 
Abstract:
				 This qualitative study explores employee
 performance management (PM) in Vietnam from the perspectives of Vietnamese
 managers in three case study organizations: a state-owned enterprise, a
 joint venture and a private Vietnamese company. Findings suggest that
 western PM practices and techniques are being utilized in all three
 organizations and that PM is seen as an essential and strategic component
 of human resource management policy. These findings suggest an increasing
 awareness of PM in Vietnamese enterprises and a desire to improve
 competitiveness by developing a highly skilled and high-performing
 workforce.			  
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 269-285 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.825975 
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Author-Name: Dilip K. Das 
Author-X-Name-First: Dilip K. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Das 
Title: Growth, integration and trends in equity markets in Asia 
Abstract:
				 The objective of this paper is to examine
 the growth and development in the Asian financial markets and then focus
 on equity-market developments in the Asian economies. Asian equity markets
 have grown exponentially over the last two decades. The trauma of the
 Asian crisis crystallized transformations in Asia's financial
 architecture. Equity markets were, in turn, no exceptions. Despite these
 problems, these markets slowly began expanding again. Attracted by rapid
 and sustained regional growth in Asia, international institutional
 investors and fund managers began investing in Asian equities. This
 inexorably led to an increase in market capitalization. However, growth in
 the equity markets was far from steady and uniform. This paper has dwelt
 on the performance of important equity markets in Asia and highlighted the
 diversity in them.		       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 286-301 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.841068 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: 'China's "Open Door"', Malcolm Warner 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 302-304 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.760931 
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Author-Name: Connie Zheng 
Author-X-Name-First: Connie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zheng 
Title: The morality of dragon's offsprings 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 304-308 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.840428 
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Author-Name: Vincent Edwards 
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent 
Author-X-Name-Last: Edwards 
Title: New models of human resource management in China and India 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 308-310 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.790606 
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Author-Name: Karolina Wysoczanska 
Author-X-Name-First: Karolina 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wysoczanska 
Title: China, oil and global politics 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 310-312 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.799857 
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: Managers and management in Vietnam: 25 years of economic renovation (doi moi) 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 312-313 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.832916 
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Author-Name: Tuukka Toivonen 
Author-X-Name-First: Tuukka 
Author-X-Name-Last: Toivonen 
Title: Female entrepreneurship in east and south-east Asia: opportunities and challenges 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 313-317 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.832897 
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Author-Name: Charles Gould 
Author-X-Name-First: Charles 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gould 
Title: Foreword 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 321-321 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.937588 
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Author-Name: Jonathan Michie 
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Michie 
Title: Differing forms of capital: setting the scene for mutuality and co-operation in the Asia Pacific Region 
Abstract:
				 The post-2008 global financial crisis
 rekindled the spotlight on alternative forms of corporate organization,
 including mutuals and co-operatives. These are the focus for this
 collection. We explain and cover such organizational forms across
 north-east Asia (China, Taiwan, South Korea) and south-east Asia (Vietnam,
 Papua New Guinea, Malaysia) and a range of sectors, from agriculture to
 bakeries to health. We also provide a tabular overview of the collection's
 content and proffer some implications and pointers to the future for both
 research and theory.		       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 322-329 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.937912 
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Author-Name: Andrea Bernardi 
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bernardi 
Author-Name: Mattia Miani 
Author-X-Name-First: Mattia 
Author-X-Name-Last: Miani 
Title: The long march of Chinese co-operatives: towards market economy, participation and sustainable development 
Abstract:
				 This work presents a history of the
 co-operative firm in China from its origins in the early twenth century.
 The aim is to describe how in its evolution, the Chinese Co-operative
 Movement has diverged from the western notion of a co-operative. To
 understand the similarities and the divergence, we will consider a number
 of economic and cultural factors, including the etymology of the Chinese
 and English words for 'co-operative', the Confucian culture and the
 influence of the political contingencies. We argue that contemporary
 Chinese economic transition would benefit from the presence of a strong,
 western style, co-operative sector but that the contribution of the
 co-operative sector towards sustainability cannot take place unless a
 civil society develops as well.		   
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 330-355 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.931044 
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Author-Name: Andrea Bernardi 
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bernardi 
Author-Name: Anna Greenwood 
Author-X-Name-First: Anna 
Author-X-Name-Last: Greenwood 
Title: Old and new Rural Co-operative Medical Scheme in China: the usefulness of a historical comparative perspective 
Abstract:
				 This work compares the health cooperatives
 f&ecirc;ted in Maoist China in the 1960s to the New Rural Medical
 Co-operative Scheme (NRCMS) that has been operating in China since 2002.
 Organizational and ideological similarities between the old and new
 co-operative medical schemes are described. By mapping continuities and
 discontinuities in the way the co-operative organizational model has been
 deployed under different contexts, we argue for the usefulness of blending
 historical method and organizational analysis as a means of understanding
 some of the challenges of contemporary Chinese social policies. Using this
 technique of historical comparison, this work concludes that the NRCMS,
 despite being different in orientation, is still affected by political
 influences, and organizational traits, evident within its former
 incarnation. This acknowledgement, we argue, has important implications
 for policy and practice today. 		     
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 356-378 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.922820 
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Author-Name: Hong Lan 
Author-X-Name-First: Hong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lan 
Author-Name: Ying Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Author-Name: David Ness 
Author-X-Name-First: David 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ness 
Author-Name: Ke Xing 
Author-X-Name-First: Ke 
Author-X-Name-Last: Xing 
Author-Name: Kris Schneider 
Author-X-Name-First: Kris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Schneider 
Title: The role and characteristics of social entrepreneurs in contemporary rural cooperative development in China: case studies of rural social entrepreneurship 
Abstract:
				 Rural communities in China have
 experienced rapid changes in recent years under the government's policy of
 'new countryside development'. Remarkably, there has been an increase in
 social entrepreneurship led by village leaders and capable individuals
 with an entrepreneurial spirit. This research is based on in-depth
 interviews with several of these social entrepreneurs in multiple villages
 in <italic>Yunnan</italic> and <italic>Zhejiang</italic> provinces in
 China. It aims to explore the key issues related to the role of social
 entrepreneurship and leadership in developing rural cooperatives. The
 findings suggest that there are multiple key characteristics of social
 entrepreneurship in the process of rural cooperative development. The
 research findings have implications for rural community development in
 transitional economies in terms of developing social entrepreneurship
 capabilities.			   
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 379-400 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.929300 
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Author-Name: Anne Cox 
Author-X-Name-First: Anne 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cox 
Author-Name: Viet Le 
Author-X-Name-First: Viet 
Author-X-Name-Last: Le 
Title: Governmental influences on the evolution of agricultural cooperatives in Vietnam: an institutional perspective with case studies 
Abstract:
				 Using an institutionalist approach as the
 main framework, this research examines the evolution of Vietnamese
 agricultural cooperatives over the last six decades through four distinct
 phases - the voluntary collectivization period of 1954-1975, the
 compulsory collectivization period of 1975-1981, the de-collectivization
 period of 1981-1997 and the neo-collectivization period since 1997. Based
 on two case studies, this research examines the role of the Vietnamese
 government in the development of Vietnamese agricultural cooperatives. It
 argues that a stable legal environment and appropriate government support
 are extremely important for the successful development of cooperatives. In
 terms of theoretical contribution, the study calls for an integration of
 the notion of institutional dynamics into the current 'static'
 institutionalism and emphasizes the need to analyse institutions'
 influences at central, local and organizational levels to understand the
 formation and development of organizations. It also offers some policy
 implications that are relevant to the development of cooperatives in other
 economies.			   
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 401-418 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.931045 
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Author-Name: Elena Garnevska 
Author-X-Name-First: Elena 
Author-X-Name-Last: Garnevska 
Author-Name: Harold Joseph 
Author-X-Name-First: Harold 
Author-X-Name-Last: Joseph 
Author-Name: Tanira Kingi 
Author-X-Name-First: Tanira 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kingi 
Title: Development and challenges of cocoa cooperatives in Papua New Guinea: case of Manus province 
Abstract:
				 In Papua New Guinea (PNG), cooperatives
 have a long and dynamic history, and since 2000 they have been promoted by
 the government as a vehicle for economic and social development. There
 have been few studies on cooperatives in PNG and no prior research into
 cocoa cooperatives. This study explores the development and challenges of
 cocoa cooperatives in PNG. Cooperatives were mainly formed as a response
 to governmental initiatives as well as to provide access to processing
 facilities, overcome market difficulties, reduce unemployment and improve
 living conditions. Cooperatives and collectives among farmers and growers
 are important mechanisms in fostering social and economic development in
 PNG. Problems associated with land tenure insecurity, small land holdings,
 lack of access to capital, poor rural infrastructure, among others, have
 been reduced with farmer collectives and cooperatives across the Pacific
 countries. This paper outlines the role that cooperatives, and cocoa
 cooperatives in particular, have had in rural development in the Manus
 province of PNG.		       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 419-438 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.931046 
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Author-Name: Li-Chung Chang 
Author-X-Name-First: Li-Chung 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang 
Author-Name: Chao-Tung Wen 
Author-X-Name-First: Chao-Tung 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wen 
Author-Name: Yeg-Ming Chang 
Author-X-Name-First: Yeg-Ming 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang 
Author-Name: Pei-How Huang 
Author-X-Name-First: Pei-How 
Author-X-Name-Last: Huang 
Title: Growth pattern of an employee-owned business: a narrative inquiry concerning the new venture creation experience of Wowprime in Taiwan 
Abstract:
				 The current private- and
 shareholder-ownership pattern has found its limits. The aim of this
 research is to explore a growth pattern of employee-owned business
 adopting the narrative inquiry approach. The findings show that there are
 four growth stages: the 'family-owned', the 'family- and manager-owned',
 the 'family-, manager-, and staff-owned' and the 'family-, manager-,
 staff- and franchisee-owned' stages. This study explains why the pattern
 is becoming an important part of the business environment around the world
 and why mutual ownership can better grasp opportunities and turn
 environmental threats into new opportunities. This study contributes to
 advancing the understanding of the ownership pattern from private
 (family), to shareholder (manager) to employee.		  
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 439-460 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.929401 
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Author-Name: Dongmin Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Dongmin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Author-Name: Junghoon Moon 
Author-X-Name-First: Junghoon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Moon 
Author-Name: Jongpyo Cho 
Author-X-Name-First: Jongpyo 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cho 
Author-Name: Hyoung-Goo Kang 
Author-X-Name-First: Hyoung-Goo 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang 
Author-Name: Jaeseok Jeong 
Author-X-Name-First: Jaeseok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jeong 
Title: 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 
Abstract:
				 This study introduces the transformation
 process of a company's non-market strategy from corporate social
 responsibility to creating shared value (CSV). The proposed framework
 depicts supplier relationship management (SRM) activity, through the case
 of a Korean bakery franchise, using non-market strategies as a tool for
 SRM. The analysis explains the backgrounds of the transformation and the
 ramifications of the changes on SRM actions, such as mutual firm
 foundations, long-term contracts, and temporal relations. A mutual firm is
 suggested as the representative form of CSV activity within a triple helix
 innovation that would create business and social value, ultimately
 achieving regional resilience. 		    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 461-483 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.929301 
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Author-Name: Azmah Othman 
Author-X-Name-First: Azmah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Othman 
Author-Name: Norma Mansor 
Author-X-Name-First: Norma 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mansor 
Author-Name: Fatimah Kari 
Author-X-Name-First: Fatimah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kari 
Title: Assessing the performance of co-operatives in Malaysia: an analysis of co-operative groups using a data envelopment analysis approach 
Abstract:
				 This study assesses the performance of
 co-operatives in Malaysia by evaluating 56 out of the 70 co-operative
 groups. The productivity and efficiency of the groups were evaluated in
 the first- and second-stage analysis by employing the data envelopment
 analysis and Tobit regression model. Despite the financial and
 non-financial support by the federal government and perceived significant
 role played by the co-operatives in the country's development, the
 findings indicate that the performance of co-operatives have not been
 satisfactory. Only 19.6% of the groups under study were found to be
 efficient and the 'big co-operatives' that comprise less than 2% of total
 co-operatives in the country dominated among the successful ones. The
 results endorse the general perception that co-operatives in Malaysia are
 facing challenges necessitating immediate attention.			    
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 484-505 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.933065 
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Author-Name: Jonathan Michie 
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Michie 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Mutuality in the Asia Pacific region 
Abstract:
				 Co-operatives, mutuals and employee-owned
 businesses play an important role in the economies and societies of a
 number of Asia Pacific countries. They have a long history, and an
 evolving and interesting future. The case of China is perhaps particularly
 significant, as the co-operatives there are operating still within the
 context of state control, and it is not clear how they might develop in
 the future. Were China to decide that the co-operative and mutual
 corporate form had an important role to play alongside state, personal and
 shareholder-ownership models, then given the significant role of China in
 the global economy, this could have a major impact on the type of
 corporate diversity the world's economy enjoys in future years. These
 'alternative' corporate forms include consumer co-operatives and producer
 co-operatives, as well as financial mutuals and employee ownership. There
 have been calls for this broadly defined mutual sector to become the most
 dynamic part of the global economy by the end of this decade. In the
 context of the Asia Pacific, this looks an attractive proposition in terms
 of promoting corporate diversity and delivering sustainable development
 and regional resilience.		       
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 506-511 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.937922 
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Author-Name: Jean SK Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Jean SK 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Author-Name: Luh Luh Lan 
Author-X-Name-First: Luh Luh 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lan 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Why might females say no to corporate board positions? The Asia Pacific in comparison 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 513-522 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.907689 
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Author-Name: Jakob Lauring 
Author-X-Name-First: Jakob 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lauring 
Author-Name: Jan Selmer 
Author-X-Name-First: Jan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Selmer 
Title: Global mobility orientation and the success of self-initiated expatriates in Greater China 
Abstract:
 We investigated 640 self-initiated expatriate academics residing in
 Greater China. We examined whether their inherent demographic
 characteristics (age/gender) and acquired demographic characteristics
 (marital status/seniority) differentiated their work outcomes regarding
 job adjustment, time to proficiency, performance and satisfaction. We also
 explored the associations between global mobility orientation and these
 four work outcomes and examined to what extent the demographic
 characteristics differentiated the relationships. Results support most
 hypothesized differences. We found that a global mobility orientation was
 associated with all the work outcomes, except satisfaction. For inherent
 demographic characteristics, we found support for our hypotheses that for
 individuals with less successful demographics (younger, male), there was a
 stronger relationship between global mobility orientation and the work
 outcomes.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 523-540 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.847607 
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Author-Name: Naoki Ando 
Author-X-Name-First: Naoki 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ando 
Author-Name: Daniel Z. Ding 
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel Z. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ding 
Title: An integrative institutional approach to MNC performance in China 
Abstract:
 This study adopts an integrative approach that incorporates the
 resource-based view and institutional theory in its analyses of the
 performances of multinational corporations in China. Firm-specific
 resources have been assumed as a unique source of competitive advantages
 when firms go overseas. However, differences in institutional environments
 between the host country and the home country can negatively affect the
 competitiveness generated by resource exploitation. Empirical analysis
 using the data consisting of 209 Japanese firms operating in China finds
 that while the exploitation of firm-specific resources improves their
 performance, institutions in China moderate the positive impact on
 performance.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 541-557 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.900234 
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Author-Name: Jeoung Yul Lee 
Author-X-Name-First: Jeoung Yul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee 
Author-Name: Jooyoung Kwak 
Author-X-Name-First: Jooyoung 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kwak 
Author-Name: Kyoung Ae Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Kyoung Ae 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Title: Subsidiary goals, learning orientations, and ownership strategies of multinational enterprises: evidence from foreign direct investments in Korea 
Abstract:
 This paper investigates the links among subsidiary goals, learning
 orientations, and ownership strategies of multinational enterprises
 (MNEs). The authors hypothesize that an MNE's ownership strategy is
 determined by subsidiary goals and learning orientations. Furthermore,
 interactions between learning orientations and subsidiary goals are
 predicted to influence the ownership strategy. Based on 723 foreign
 subsidiaries of MNEs operating in Korea, our findings suggest that when
 MNE foreign subsidiaries influence ownership choice, market-seeking goals
 and resource-seeking goals have a stronger fit with the exploitation
 orientation than with the exploration orientation. In contrast, the
 category of knowledge-seeking goals has a stronger fit with exploration
 than with exploitation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 558-577 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.859427 
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Author-Name: Chung-Sok Suh 
Author-X-Name-First: Chung-Sok 
Author-X-Name-Last: Suh 
Author-Name: Yue Wang 
Author-X-Name-First: Yue 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang 
Author-Name: Myung Hyun Nam 
Author-X-Name-First: Myung Hyun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nam 
Author-Name: Xiao Zhang 
Author-X-Name-First: Xiao 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang 
Title: Sequential internationalization, heterogeneous process and subsidiary roles: the case of Hyundai Motor Company-super-* 
Abstract:
 This paper proposes a new conceptual model to better understand the
 internationalization process of firms, especially those from rapidly
 developing East Asian economies. The model is illustrated through a
 comprehensive analysis of the internationalization process of Hyundai
 Motor Company (HMC). A comparative case analysis of the development of
 HMC's five major foreign subsidiaries shows both capability building
 through sequential investment from the headquarters' perspective and
 heterogeneous development of operational knowledge at the subsidiary
 level. The research emphasizes the importance of the post-FDI phase of
 subsidiary development to the study of firm internationalization, and
 highlights the process of decision-making and learning as the key to
 understanding the sequence of investments in subsidiaries.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 578-602 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2012.732330 
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Author-Name: Simon Fry 
Author-X-Name-First: Simon 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fry 
Author-Name: Bernard Mees 
Author-X-Name-First: Bernard 
Author-X-Name-Last: Mees 
Title: Culture as grand theory in East Asian employment relations 
Abstract:
 Considerable emphasis has often been placed on cultural factors in
 explaining the peculiarities of East Asian employment relations. By
 comparison with workplace relations in the West, East Asian employment
 relations are characterized by low rates of unionization and collective
 bargaining, and a relative absence of industrial disputation. A critique
 of notions of culture found in employment-relations scholarship is
 presented which draws on long-established conceptualizations developed in
 historical, post-colonial, anthropological and cultural studies. Most of
 the peculiarities of East Asian workplace relations can be adequately
 accounted for through manners other than invoking a grand theory of
 culture.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 603-617 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.892767 
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Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: The ACFTU and Chinese industrial relations 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 618-619 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.777563 
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Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
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Author-Name: James Hunter 
Author-X-Name-First: James 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunter 
Title: 3.11: disaster and change in Japan 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 619-621 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.927982 
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Author-Name: Xinhua Wittmann 
Author-X-Name-First: Xinhua 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wittmann 
Title: Understanding management in China: past, present and future 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 621-622 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 20 
Year: 2014 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.885231 
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Author-Name: Hongyi Lai 
Author-X-Name-First: Hongyi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lai 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Managing China's energy sector: between the market and the state 
Abstract:
 As China has now become the largest energy consumer in the world, its
 energy sector has understandably huge domestic and global implications. In
 this <italic>Special Issue</italic>, which is an interdisciplinary one,
 comprising a set of eight in-depth empirical studies by leading
 international experts in the field, we set out to examine the management
 of the transformation of China's conventional and renewable energy
 sectors, with special attention to state-business relations and their link
 to the market.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 1-9 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.939887 
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Author-X-Name-First: Elspeth 
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomson 
Author-Name: Augustin Boey 
Author-X-Name-First: Augustin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Boey 
Title: The role of oil and gas in China's energy strategy: an overview 
Abstract:
 China is well endowed with energy resources, having large quantities of
 coal, oil, gas and hydropower, as well as tremendous solar, wind and
 biomass energy potential. It even has its own uranium. To date, the
 country has relied mainly on coal and hydropower to generate its
 electricity and on oil to power its vehicles. However, with climate change
 and consequent rising sea levels, increased incidence of drought, intense
 storms, etc., China, having become the world's largest emitter of
 CO<sub>2,</sub> is under strong international pressure to re-examine its
 energy strategy and find ways to reduce its carbon emissions. Thus, the
 government plans to greatly increase its use of natural gas in power
 generation. Gas emits less than half the CO<sub>2</sub> that coal emits.
 It is argued here that over the next 20 years, massive imports of gas via
 pipeline and liquefied natural gas tankers, combined with the development
 of unconventional gas reserves in the country may partly substitute for
 the large quantities of coal currently being used to generate electricity,
 but will not likely completely replace them. As for transport fuels,
 China, like all other countries, has little choice but to continue relying
 on oil regardless of whether it is imported or China develops its own
 large-scale shale oil operations. There is no alternate fuel of the same
 density available at the same or better price. The use of biofuels and
 electric/hybrid vehicles will not supplant the use of gasoline or diesel
 in the near future. Thus, the role of oil and gas in China's energy
 strategy are set to remain very significant over the next 20 years.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 10-25 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.939890 
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Author-Name: Christopher M. Dent 
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Dent 
Title: China's renewable energy development: policy, industry and business perspectives 
Abstract:
 China has been at the forefront of the recent global expansion of
 renewable energy (RE) activity. This study examines how the country has
 achieved its position as the world's largest producer and exporter of RE
 products, and biggest power generator from renewables. More specifically,
 it explores the main motives driving RE development in China, how this is
 embedded in broader new development thinking on realising 'ecological
 civilization' goals, evolving government policies on strategic planning on
 renewables and the complex multi-layered landscape of China's RE business
 where various types of state-owned enterprises collaborate and compete
 among each other alongside a now large number of private companies,
 especially in equipment manufacturing.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 26-43 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.939892 
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Author-Name: Janet Xuanli Liao 
Author-X-Name-First: Janet Xuanli 
Author-X-Name-Last: Liao 
Title: The Chinese government and the national oil companies (NOCs): who is the principal? 
Abstract:
 China has conducted six government reforms over the past three decades to
 separate government functions from the major industries. These reforms
 enabled a number of national oil companies (NOCs) to be established in the
 1980s, and the NOCs were further listed in the international stock markets
 in the new century. However, due to the incomplete government and
 enterprise reforms, the government has not been very successful in playing
 a role as the 'principal' to make the NOCs as an 'agent' to manage China's
 petroleum industry on its behalf. A sensible government-NOCs relationship
 may be created by either further removing the NOCs' political functions,
 and strengthening China's energy market mechanism, or by establishing a
 Super-Energy Ministry that can assert fundamental authority over the NOCs,
 and manage the energy sector.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 44-59 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.939893 
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Author-Name: Tyler M. Rooker 
Author-X-Name-First: Tyler M. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rooker 
Title: Corporate governance or governance by corporates? Testing governmentality in the context of China's national oil and petrochemical business groups 
Abstract:
 Like other industrial sectors with significant - 'pillar' - importance in
 China's overall economy and development, oil and petrochemicals are
 governed by state-owned business groups. In this context, 'corporate
 governance' of these groups is of fundamental interest. This study probes
 corporate governance of 31 national oil and petrochemical business groups
 by examining their structure, development and business activities in the
 period from 2007 to 2011. The post-1998 restructuring of China's
 qiyejituan business groups, their related party transactions and related
 party corporate finance all yield insight into how property rights are
 decisive in how corporate governance based on governmentality - or the
 interrelation of corporate, state and social relations - is structured.
 This study sheds light on how China's big business policy and governance
 of the state-business interface progresses in a socialist market economy.
 It has clear implications international trade and investment as well as
 multinational corporations doing business with China.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 60-76 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.939895 
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Author-Name: Hongyi Lai 
Author-X-Name-First: Hongyi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lai 
Author-Name: Sarah O'Hara 
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah 
Author-X-Name-Last: O'Hara 
Author-Name: Karolina Wysoczanska 
Author-X-Name-First: Karolina 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wysoczanska 
Title: Rationale of internationalization of China's national oil companies: seeking natural resources, strategic assets or sectoral specialization? 
Abstract:
 The bulk of the existing literature emphasized that China's companies
 sought strategic assets (technology, brands and access to markets) through
 internationalization in order to overcome latecomers' comparative
 disadvantage, while some studies suggested that these firms went after
 natural resources to address China's rising oil imports. The third
 argument (which we coin the 'sectoral strength' hypothesis) suggested that
 the upstream firms in extractive business would seek natural resources,
 whereas downstream ones would seek strategic assets. In this study, we
 examine the rationale of main overseas investment deals ('going out') of
 China's two largest national oil companies during 2002-2010 which were
 also China's top two non-financial firms with the largest outward
 investment stocks during 2004-2010. We conclude that these deals can be
 best explained by the 'sectoral specialisation' hypothesis supplemented
 with a consideration for strategic assets.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 77-95 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.939896 
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Author-Name: Gang Chen 
Author-X-Name-First: Gang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen 
Title: From mercantile strategy to domestic demand stimulation: changes in China's solar PV subsidies 
Abstract:
 Through scrutinizing China's industrial subsidies towards its solar
 photovoltaic (PV) sector from a theoretical perspective constructed by
 Michael Porter on the government's role in forging national comparative
 advantages, this study tries to capture recent dynamics in China's state
 capitalism, which has been evolving from a mercantile stage in which most
 subsidies were designed to influence factor conditions and supporting
 industries, to a new stage of domestic demand with more subsidies aimed at
 reshaping domestic demand conditions to absorb redundant manufacture
 capacity. China has emerged as the world's largest solar panel producer,
 but compared to its fast-expanding wind power market that has congenital
 advantages in attracting policy support, China's domestic solar PV market
 has been underdeveloped and failed to absorb a large part of its inflated
 production capacity. Empirical evidences have shown that in sync with the
 state's recent policy shift to domestic demand from export-orientated
 mercantile strategy, the government's role in supporting the solar PV
 industry has been transforming from subsidizing the production side to
 subsiding the demand side. As solar PV power generation is approaching the
 breaking point of grid parity with existing subsidies and feed-in tariffs,
 China could witness its PV installed capacity grow exponentially in the
 near future.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 96-112 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.939897 
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Author-Name: Douglas R. Gress 
Author-X-Name-First: Douglas R. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gress 
Title: Enrolling in global networks and contingencies for China's solar PV industry 
Abstract:
 This study tests the contention in the Asian business systems literature
 that interacting with global managers and increasing experience via
 international education are ways by which Asian firms enroll in global
 networks, thus potentially leading to changes in their broader network
 contingencies. Chinese solar PV firms are examined given the
 competitiveness of Chinese products in the global marketplace and the
 importance being placed on solar energy domestically as China confronts
 increasing pressure to protect its environment and control pollution while
 meeting mounting energy needs. Results indicate an emphasis on extra-firm
 institutional network relationships both within and outside of China for
 all firms, characteristic of a bourgeoning energy sector. A unique result
 is that buyer-supplier networks are spatially influenced by extra-local
 managerial education. Enrolling in wider networks also matters as firms
 with internationally educated managers have more non-mainland Chinese
 managers, which mitigates traditional management practices at home.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 113-129 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.939898 
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Author-Name: Jin Fan 
Author-X-Name-First: Jin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan 
Author-Name: Yanrui Wu 
Author-X-Name-First: Yanrui 
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu 
Author-Name: Xiumei Guo 
Author-X-Name-First: Xiumei 
Author-X-Name-Last: Guo 
Author-Name: Dingtao Zhao 
Author-X-Name-First: Dingtao 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao 
Author-Name: Dora Marinova 
Author-X-Name-First: Dora 
Author-X-Name-Last: Marinova 
Title: Regional disparity of embedded carbon footprint and its sources in China: a consumption perspective 
Abstract:
 Carbon emission reduction could be achieved through extensive cooperation
 between relevant groups such as businesses, governments and consumers.
 Generally, carbon emissions stem from consumer behaviour. To tackle the
 increasingly serious energy crisis and climate change in China, it is thus
 vital to control carbon emissions generated by the country's urban
 consumers. From a consumption perspective, we utilize a self-organizing
 feature map model to analyse the spatial differentiation of per capita
 embedded carbon footprint (ECF) in urban China. We found that the spatial
 differentiation is significant with the per capita ECF of the east coastal
 area at a high level and that per capita disposable income is the key
 factor affecting ECF. Based on these findings, potential business
 opportunities to develop low-carbon products are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 130-146 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.939899 
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Author-Name: Hongyi Lai 
Author-X-Name-First: Hongyi 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lai 
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Transformation of China's energy sector: trends and challenges 
Abstract:
 The conclusions presented here sum up the contributions in the
 <italic>Special Issue</italic> regarding the managing of China's energy
 sector, particularly regarding the demand and profile of energy as well as
 the marketization of the sector. Strategic, organizational and policy
 issues relevant to the main theme are set out. Both demand and supply
 scenarios for the nation's energy are seen as in flux, as the economy
 slackens and dependence on imports rises. Unprecedented levels of urban
 environmental pollution and steady growth of energy consumption in the
 wake of a rising living standard have brought the issue to
 headline-prominence as never before. China's rapidly increasing renewable
 energy will not change its heavy reliance on coal and a lesser extent oil
 in the coming decade. After decades of transformation, China's energy
 sector now operates in a domestic market characterized by strong
 governmental influence and monopolistic state firms. Abroad, China's firms
 are exposed to heavier market pressure and competition. While the state's
 policies have succeeded in ensuring energy supplies and propelling China's
 renewable energy manufacturers into global prominence and opening up
 domestic market, much room for improvement exists in the competitiveness
 of the domestic market and domestic energy firms, transparency of pricing
 and the effectiveness of regulation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 147-153 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.939900 
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Author-Name: Miia Parnaudeau 
Author-X-Name-First: Miia 
Author-X-Name-Last: Parnaudeau 
Title: Why the interactions between state- and private-controlled banks matter in the unsuccessful reforms of the Chinese banking industry 
Abstract:
 Despite significant reforms of the banking system, the existing market in
 which Chinese banks operate is reminiscent of a cartel. On the basis of
 illustrations relying on 'game theory', the interactions between the
 credit allocations of state banks and private-controlled banks are
 highlighted. The very particular status of public banks creates serious
 barriers to the convergence of credit allocations towards more transparent
 and more cautious practices. This work intends to discuss a new model in
 which, in the existing system, 'win-win-win' solutions may still appear
 under some conditions.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 155-169 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.963446 
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Author-Name: Ronald Busse 
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald 
Author-X-Name-Last: Busse 
Author-Name: Linyan Sun 
Author-X-Name-First: Linyan 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sun 
Author-Name: Valerie Zhu 
Author-X-Name-First: Valerie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu 
Title: Comparing value orientations of German and Chinese managers: impacts of demographic and business-related factors 
Abstract:
 This article investigates the impact of demographic and business-related
 factors on universal values through surveying a large sample of German and
 Chinese managers. ANOVA analyses indicate that especially the factors age,
 job tenure and business sectors have substantially large and significant
 effects on basic human value orientations of German managers. For Chinese
 business leaders, the educational level and job tenure are the most
 relevant factors affecting their value priorities, while the factor age
 has lower impacts. Consistently with Schwartz (2006b), who postulates a
 pan-cultural consensus regarding value priorities, the findings of this
 study reveal a broad basis of similarities between both countries'
 managers. However, distinctions evolve; the factor company location has
 impacts on Chinese managers' but not on German managers' values. This
 indicates a distinctive Chinese intra-cultural variety which may have
 arisen from the heterogeneity of Chinese culture, whereas the relatively
 low degree of intra-cultural variety in Germany is likely to result from
 the homogeneity of German culture. Whether the diverse geographic sizes of
 both countries have impacts on the degree of intra-cultural diversity is
 an issue which may be debated.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 170-187 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.891400 
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Author-Name: Guillermo Cardoza 
Author-X-Name-First: Guillermo 
Author-X-Name-Last: Cardoza 
Author-Name: Gaston Fornes 
Author-X-Name-First: Gaston 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fornes 
Author-Name: Ping Li 
Author-X-Name-First: Ping 
Author-X-Name-Last: Li 
Author-Name: Ning Xu 
Author-X-Name-First: Ning 
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu 
Author-Name: Song Xu 
Author-X-Name-First: Song 
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu 
Title: China goes global: public policies' influence on small- and medium-sized enterprises' international expansion 
Abstract:
 Despite small- and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) significant
 contribution to China's social and economic development, very little has
 been written about the influence that public policies (i.e. public funding
 priorities and regulatory measures) may have on the first stage of
 international expansion of Chinese SMEs. To help fill this gap, the
 article analyses five main factors related to public policies and services
 affecting Chinese SMEs' internationalization: access to public financial
 resources; participation of the government in ownership; access to public
 procurement contracts; adverse regulatory and inconsistent legal
 frameworks; and public assistance on information and knowledge about
 markets. The main conclusion is that SMEs appear to base their
 international expansion on private capabilities, rather than on support
 from the government; in addition, the perceived barriers for the
 international expansion of these firms may be mainly internal, rather than
 institutional.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 188-210 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.876183 
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Author-Name: Haiying Kang 
Author-X-Name-First: Haiying 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang 
Author-Name: Jie Shen 
Author-X-Name-First: Jie 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shen 
Title: Transfer or localize? International reward and compensation practices of South Korean multinational enterprises in China 
Abstract:
 International reward and compensation has received little academic
 attention, but past research was mainly conducted in advanced Western
 economies. This study explores the extent to which multinational
 enterprises (MNEs) from an emerging economy, South Korea, transfer reward
 and compensation practices from business headquarters to a transitional
 economy, China and the determining factors for transfer. Using a
 qualitative approach to analysing 10 South Korean MNEs in China, this
 study reveals that the sample companies adopt home-oriented focal reward
 and compensation policies and practices (including base pay and
 performance-based pay) and an integrative approach to peripheral
 components (including allowances and benefits) for expatriates. However,
 the companies adopt an integrative approach to focal components of reward
 and compensation and a localized approach to peripheral components for
 host country nationals (HCNs). These findings indicate that Korean MNEs
 adopt different approaches to reward and compensation for expatriates and
 HCNs, as well as to focal and peripheral components of reward and
 compensation practices. The transfer of reward and compensation is due to
 the dominance effect resulting from the fact that the home economy is
 relatively more advanced than the host economy. On the one hand, the
 tendency to localize reward and compensation results from contextual
 differences between host and home nations, such as economic development,
 living costs and compensation traditions.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 211-227 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.940743 
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Author-Name: Sung-Kyu Sohn 
Author-X-Name-First: Sung-Kyu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Sohn 
Author-Name: Il-Hang Shin 
Author-X-Name-First: Il-Hang 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shin 
Author-Name: Sorah Park 
Author-X-Name-First: Sorah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Park 
Title: Implementation of interorganizational cost management and its infrastructure: the case of a Korean 'Chaebol' firm 
Abstract:
 In this paper, purchasing innovation in the case of a distribution company
 is analysed from an interorganizational cost management (IOCM)
 perspective. In this company, purchasing costs play an important strategic
 role. This study suggests that a new practice of IOCM is necessary that is
 suitable for Korea's economic circumstances, including the
 family-controlled conglomerates (Chaebols) that dominate the entire
 economic system. The strong need to reduce purchasing costs within
 Chaebols and the Korean government policy that promotes joint growth of
 large and small firms are crucial factors in the successful implementation
 of IOCM practices. We also discuss the infrastructure that enables
 effective IOCM in the long term, thereby adding new findings to academic
 research in the area, and practical implications of this benchmark case
 for other companies planning purchasing innovations.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 228-250 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.928105 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Keynes and China: 'Keynesianism with Chinese characteristics' 
Abstract:
 This article examines the relationship between the British economist,
 Keynes and his influence on China. It is divided into three sections,
 respectively, covering the early, middle and later periods of this link.
 The early section deals with his initial interest in the 'Middle Kingdom';
 the next one deals with the translation of his main works and the
 diffusion of his ideas in Republican China and the last deals with the
 influence of his thinking in the People's Republic of China after 1978, up
 to the present time, vis a vis the notion of 'Keynesianism with Chinese
 characteristics'.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 251-263 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.905096 
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Author-Name: Timo Heroth 
Author-X-Name-First: Timo 
Author-X-Name-Last: Heroth 
Title: Understanding Chinese Society 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 264-265 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.777565 
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Author-Name: Gian Casadio 
Author-X-Name-First: Gian 
Author-X-Name-Last: Casadio 
Title: When China rules the world: the end of the Western world and the birth of a new global order 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 265-266 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.777560 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: The China Fallacy: How the US can benefit from China's rise and avoid another Cold War 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 266-267 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.794535 
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Author-Name: Eva Hanada 
Author-X-Name-First: Eva 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hanada 
Title: EU-Japan relations, 1970-2012 - from confrontation to Global Partnership 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 267-270 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.869427 
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson 
Title: Japan in world history 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 270-276 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.869888 
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Author-Name: Steven Rosefielde 
Author-X-Name-First: Steven 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rosefielde 
Title: China versus the West: the global power shift of the 21st century 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 277-278 
Issue: 2 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 4 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.800388 
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: Japanese multinationals in the post-bubble era: new challenges and evolving capabilities 
Abstract:
 Since the bursting of Japan's bubble economy, from 1990 onwards, Japanese
 multinational companies (MNCs) have faced new competitive challenges and
 questions about the management practices on which they had built their
 initial success in global markets. Japanese engagement in the
 international economy has undergone a number of phases. In the period
 before the Second World War, Japanese companies learnt from foreign MNCs
 in trading, shipping, and manufacturing, frequently through strategic
 alliances, and leveraged their capabilities to succeed in overseas and
 largely Asian markets. In the immediate post-war decades, during the
 Japanese 'economic miracle', there were notable examples of MNC investment
 in raw materials and labour intensive production, but both inward and
 outward foreign direct investment were not significant. Japanese companies
 achieved leadership in management and technology, in order to support a
 strategy of export-orientated industrialization. Changes in government
 policies in the developed economies of the US and Western Europe forced
 leading Japanese manufacturers to convert themselves into MNCs and to
 transfer their home-grown capabilities to overseas subsidiaries. The
 period after 1990 marked declining Japanese competitiveness and it asked
 questions about the ability of Japanese MNCs to be more responsive and
 global in their strategies, organization and capabilities.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 279-294 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1020648 
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Author-Name: Pierre-Yves Donz� 
Author-X-Name-First: Pierre-Yves 
Author-X-Name-Last: Donz� 
Title: Global value chains and the lost competitiveness of the Japanese watch industry: an applied business history of Seiko since 1990 
Abstract:
 An applied business history approach offers particular insights into the
 lost competitiveness of the Japanese watch company Seiko and its causes.
 Although Seiko was the world's largest firm in the watch industry in the
 mid-1980s, the company experienced a huge decrease in sales during the
 next decade and became unable to compete effectively against Swiss watch
 companies that had repositioned themselves in luxury business. The focus
 on the evolution of global value chains (GVC) in the industry, which saw a
 shift from producer-driven GVC to buyer-driven GVC, highlights a major
 change in the 1990s. Seiko did not change its strategy despite this
 paradigm shift and has continued to run its foreign subsidiaries according
 to the producer-driven model.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 295-310 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1020192 
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Author-Name: Derek Lehmberg 
Author-X-Name-First: Derek 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lehmberg 
Title: Do Japanese electronics firms still follow traditional vertical integration strategies? Evidence from the liquid crystal display industry 
Abstract:
 In the past, Japanese electronics firms have been known for following
 vertical integration strategies. Such strategies are consistent with
 Japanese managerial preferences, traditional relationships, and
 institutions in Japan. However, changes in the technological and
 competitive environment have resulted in increasing vertical
 specialization in the electronics industry outside of Japan. This paper
 examines whether and to what extent Japanese information technology and
 consumer electronics firms involved in active matrix Liquid Crystal
 Display production implemented and maintained integration strategies.
 While focusing on one industry, this paper aims to shed further light on
 changing attitudes and practices in Japanese management relating to
 strategy and internationalization.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 311-332 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1020194 
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald 
Author-Name: Jiangfeng Lai 
Author-X-Name-First: Jiangfeng 
Author-X-Name-Last: Lai 
Title: Strategic capabilities and the emergence of the global factory: Omron in China 
Abstract:
 Omron Shanghai provides a detailed case study of a multinational
 subsidiary's long-term evolution. The study assesses three streams of
 international business literature that emphasize the seemingly competing
 roles of parent firm strategy, national institutions or local management
 in the development of subsidiaries. It looks at each business function
 separately to reveal which capabilities were effectively transferred from
 Japan to China. In tracing Omron Shanghai's development from international
 joint venture into wholly owned enterprise and then global factory, it is
 the strategic intent of the parent multinational corporations that emerges
 as the consistent formative influence on management practices and
 capabilities.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 333-363 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1020647 
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Author-Name: Jacky F.L. Hong 
Author-X-Name-First: Jacky F.L. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong 
Author-Name: Robin Stanley Snell 
Author-X-Name-First: Robin Stanley 
Author-X-Name-Last: Snell 
Title: Boundary-crossing and the localization of capabilities in a Japanese multinational firm 
Abstract:
 We conducted a case study to explore the challenges encountered by a
 foreign subsidiary of a Japanese multinational firm when localizing its
 organizational capabilities in China. Drawing on the concepts of
 boundaries and boundary-crossing, we identify pragmatic and cultural
 knowledge boundaries, which denied opportunities for the host-country
 employees to contribute their local expertise to augment the firm's core
 capabilities within the domains of research and development and
 operational protocols. However, within those domains that were regarded as
 complementary to or peripheral to the firm's core capabilities,
 host-country employees were granted more scope to cross the associated
 pragmatic boundaries.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 364-382 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1020193 
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Author-Name: Jean-Pascal Bassino 
Author-X-Name-First: Jean-Pascal 
Author-X-Name-Last: Bassino 
Author-Name: Marion Dovis 
Author-X-Name-First: Marion 
Author-X-Name-Last: Dovis 
Author-Name: Pierre van der Eng 
Author-X-Name-First: Pierre 
Author-X-Name-Last: van der Eng 
Title: Do Japanese MNCs use expatriates to contain risk in Asian host countries? 
Abstract:
 We investigate the impact of host-country risk on the expatriation
 strategies of multinational firms, using data on Japanese subsidiary firms
 in manufacturing industries in 13 host countries in Asia. We find that
 country risk is negatively correlated with the degree of expatriation and
 that, rather than host-country risk, firm-specific factors (particularly
 capital intensity, ownership share of parent firms in subsidiaries and the
 age of the venture) explain most of the variation in the degree to which
 subsidiaries rely on Japanese expatriates. Contrary to previous studies,
 the capital intensity of production is a key explanatory firm-specific
 variable that correlates positively with the degree of expatriation.
 Japanese multinational companies do not rely on expatria127=tes to off-set
 host-country risk, but to mitigate risk to parent investment in
 subsidiaries.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 383-402 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1022426 
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Author-Name: Megan Min Zhang 
Author-X-Name-First: Megan Min 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang 
Title: Cross-national distance and insidership within networks: Japanese MNCs' ownership strategies in their overseas subsidiaries 
Abstract:
 This study investigates the controversial question about how
 cross-national distance influences MNCs' equity ownership in their
 overseas subsidiaries. Prior studies adopted aggregated constructs and
 time-invariant measures of cross-national distance, failing to capture the
 complexity of the phenomenon. Moreover, although 'insidership' within
 business networks may moderate the foreignness that MNCs confront in
 overseas markets, prior studies have not incorporated it into analysis.
 The present study confirms the explanatory power of multiple dimensions of
 cross-national distance and MNCs' insidership within networks. It also
 shows that cross-national distance and insidership within relevant works
 strengthen or weaken each other's influences on Japanese ownership
 strategies.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 403-423 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1020649 
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Author-Name: Sumati Varma 
Author-X-Name-First: Sumati 
Author-X-Name-Last: Varma 
Author-Name: Richa Awasthy 
Author-X-Name-First: Richa 
Author-X-Name-Last: Awasthy 
Author-Name: Kalpana Narain 
Author-X-Name-First: Kalpana 
Author-X-Name-Last: Narain 
Author-Name: Rishika Nayyar 
Author-X-Name-First: Rishika 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nayyar 
Title: Cultural determinants of alliance management capability - an analysis of Japanese MNCs in India 
Abstract:
 This study examines the role of national and organizational culture in
 alliance management in the context of three prominent joint ventures
 between India and Japan, which reached diverse alliance outcomes. It uses
 the case study method as a tool for an initial rich exploratory analysis
 (Yin 2013) of alliance management capabilities that may later be tested on
 a larger dataset. The study finds that <italic>national and organizational
 culture</italic> is both important factors of alliance management
 capability. It highlights the specific role of <italic>trust, consensus in
 decision-making, communication and relationship building as key
 constituents of alliance management capability.</italic> This paper thus
 contributes to an important strand of literature on alliance management in
 the context of two important Asian players from the developed and emerging
 markets. Its focus on cultural factors as determinants of alliance
 management helps to establish a managerial blueprint leading to positive
 alliance outcomes for such ventures in future and to establish a roadmap
 for increased interaction between India and Japan.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 424-448 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1022332 
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald 
Author-X-Name-First: Robert 
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald 
Author-Name: Chris Rowley 
Author-X-Name-First: Chris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley 
Title: How have Japanese multinational companies changed? Competitiveness, management and subsidiaries 
Abstract:
 Evidence on the strategies and capabilities of Japanese multinational
 companies (MNCs) and their subsidiaries points to aspects of established
 management practices (typically home-grown) that complicate or inhibit
 adaptation to the demands of global competition since the 1990s. Japanese
 MNCs have had to respond, amongst other trends, to the switch from
 production to buyer-driven global value chains, cross-border vertical
 specialization, global factory strategies and strategic alliances and
 cooperative relationships. Amongst the factors that might affect the
 ability of Japanese MNCs to make competitive and organizational
 transitions are: parental MNC intent and capability in the cross-border
 transfer of management practices; the impact of host country risk on
 investment, ownership and entry strategies; measures of institutional
 difference and the gap in economic development between home and host
 nations; parent firm-subsidiary and subsidiary-subsidiary power relations
 and knowledge boundaries; and the evolution of insider networks that might
 overcome institutional and cultural distances within an MNC.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 449-456 
Issue: 3 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 7 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1023493 
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Author-Name: Changsu Kim 
Author-X-Name-First: Changsu 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim 
Author-Name: Donghyun Park 
Author-X-Name-First: Donghyun 
Author-X-Name-Last: Park 
Title: Emerging Asian MNCs 
Abstract:
 Developed countries traditionally account for the lion's share of outward
 foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational corporations (MNCs).
 More recently, however, developing countries are emerging as a significant
 source of outward FDI and globally influential MNCs. The central objective
 here is to analyze and compare the main issues facing emerging Asian MNCs
 today with the main issues which faced developed-country MNCs
 30&nbsp;years ago. Our basic hypothesis is that the two groups of MNCs
 significantly differ due to both exogenous and endogenous factors.
 Particularly important are differences in motivation and behaviour,
 ownership patterns, ownership-specific advantages and the institutional
 infrastructures of their home countries.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 457-463 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.900274 
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Author-Name: Paul Gentle 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gentle 
Title: On China 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 551-552 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.778059 
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Author-Name: Paul Gentle 
Author-X-Name-First: Paul 
Author-X-Name-Last: Gentle 
Title: America's response to China: a history of Sino-American relations / Affluence and influence: economic inequality and political power in America 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 552-555 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.832915 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Pragmatic strategy: eastern wisdom, global success / Chinese leadership / Thoughts on economic development in China / The history of ancient Chinese economic thought 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 555-557 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.899772 
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner 
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm 
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner 
Title: Traditional Chinese thinking on HRM practices: heritage and transformation in China 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 557-558 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.894817 
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson 
Author-X-Name-First: Keith 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson 
Title: Natural disaster and nuclear crisis in Japan: response and recovery after Japan's 3/11 / After the great East Japan earthquake: political and policy change in post-Fukushima Japan 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 565-573 
Issue: 4 
Volume: 21 
Year: 2015 
Month: 10 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2013.876753 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Author-Name: Fukunari Kimura 
Author-X-Name-First: Fukunari 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kimura 
Author-Name: Sothea Oum 
Author-X-Name-First: Sothea 
Author-X-Name-Last: Oum 
Title: Host-site institutions, production networks and technological capabilities 
Abstract:
 This article examines critically the literature on industrial policy,
 regional production specialization, global production sharing, global
 value chains and global production networks to analyse technological
 capability development in clothing, automotive and semiconductor firms in
 China and Southeast Asia. Host-site institutional support and regional
 production linkages were identified as having a strong influence on
 firm-level technological capabilities. The article then provides the
 justification and the structure of the automotive, clothing and
 semiconductor industries, which are characterized by strong international
 division of labour.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 3-20 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990208 
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Author-Name: Yan Sheng Li 
Author-X-Name-First: Yan Sheng 
Author-X-Name-Last: Li 
Author-Name: Xin Xin Kong 
Author-X-Name-First: Xin Xin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kong 
Author-Name: Miao Zhang 
Author-X-Name-First: Miao 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang 
Title: Industrial upgrading in global production networks: the case of the Chinese automotive industry 
Abstract:
 This article examines the development of China's automotive industry. The
 evidence shows that integration in global production networks has
 stimulated upgrading of technological capabilities among automotive firms.
 However, the competitiveness and intra-industry analyses show mixed
 results. Although intra-industry trade in automotive products has improved
 since 2000, the trade competitiveness of completely built-up vehicles has
 largely remained in low value-added activities. Nevertheless, firm-level
 evidence shows that the industry has undergone considerable upgrading,
 albeit in low value-added activities. Trade integration and host-country
 institutional support have been the prime driving forces of technological
 upgrading in the automotive industry in China.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 21-37 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990203 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Author-Name: Rafat Beigpoor Shahrivar 
Author-X-Name-First: Rafat Beigpoor 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shahrivar 
Author-Name: Abdusy Syakur Amin 
Author-X-Name-First: Abdusy Syakur 
Author-X-Name-Last: Amin 
Title: Host-site support, foreign ownership, regional linkages and technological capabilities: evidence from automotive firms in Indonesia 
Abstract:
 This study analyses the influence of host-site institutional support,
 foreign ownership and regional production linkages on firm-level
 technological capabilities using data from automotive firms in Indonesia.
 The results show that host-site institutional support and foreign
 ownership are positively correlated with technological capabilities. In
 addition, regional linkages show a significant and positive link on
 technological capabilities. However, regional linkages and foreign
 ownership explain more strongly technological capabilities than host-site
 institutional support in automotive firms in Indonesia. This evidence
 suggests that the supporting high-tech environment require further
 strengthening to stimulate higher technological capabilities in the
 automotive industry in Indonesia.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 38-47 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990207 
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Author-Name: Rene E. Ofreneo 
Author-X-Name-First: Rene E. 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ofreneo 
Title: Auto and car parts production: can the Philippines catch up with Asia? 
Abstract:
 The Philippines pioneered the establishment of automotive assembly in
 South-east Asia in the 1950s. But Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia lead
 the region since the 1990s. The foremost reasons for the decline are
 policy incoherence and unchecked inflows of smuggled cars, which are
 reflected in the erosion of the domestic automotive components supply
 base. Japanese assemblers are increasingly sourcing them from abroad
 through global production networks (GPNs), which have also made the
 Philippines a global producer of selected auto parts. Institutional
 support is necessary for the Philippines to take advantage of GPNs to
 catching up with the leading countries.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 48-64 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990212 
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Author-Name: Patarapong Intarakumnerd 
Author-X-Name-First: Patarapong 
Author-X-Name-Last: Intarakumnerd 
Author-Name: Kriengkrai Techakanont 
Author-X-Name-First: Kriengkrai 
Author-X-Name-Last: Techakanont 
Title: Intra-industry trade, product fragmentation and technological capability development in Thai automotive industry 
Abstract:
 Thailand's automotive industry has evolved from a small
 import-substituting industry to a vibrant exporting one. It has
 contributed significantly and increasingly to the economy and
 intra-industry trade in Southeast Asia. The country also has experienced
 'qualitative' change from simple production to technologically
 sophisticated activities. The evidence amassed illustrates that firm
 strategy and collaboration with other actors in the national innovation
 system were the most important drivers of technological upgrading in the
 industry. Local automotive part suppliers in particular had to become
 'active' learners by collaborating with other partners beyond their own
 multinational buyers to compete in export markets.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 65-85 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990214 
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Author-Name: Miao Zhang 
Author-X-Name-First: Miao 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang 
Author-Name: Xin Xin Kong 
Author-X-Name-First: Xin Xin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kong 
Author-Name: Santha Chenayah Ramu 
Author-X-Name-First: Santha Chenayah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ramu 
Title: The transformation of the clothing industry in China 
Abstract:
 This article examines the transformation of clothing manufacturing in
 China with a focus on institutional support, technological upgrading and
 global production chains. Evidence shows that reforms and integration into
 global production chains have rapidly expanded China's exports but these
 have also driven the relocation abroad of Chinese clothing firms. Global
 integration has motivated clothing firms to upgrade through learning,
 adoption and innovation. Hence, despite improvements in technological
 capabilities the share of clothing value-added in manufacturing has
 gradually declined. Also, China has increasingly faced industrial
 structural change from clothing to the capital goods, real estate and
 high-tech sectors.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 86-109 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990204 
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Author-Name: Vanthana Nolintha 
Author-X-Name-First: Vanthana 
Author-X-Name-Last: Nolintha 
Author-Name: Idris Jajri 
Author-X-Name-First: Idris 
Author-X-Name-Last: Jajri 
Title: The garment industry in Laos: technological capabilities, global production chains and competitiveness 
Abstract:
 This article examines the relationship between institutional support and
 regional production linkages, and technological capabilities and firm
 performance in the garment industry in Laos. The evidence shows that
 garment firms in Laos have achieved considerable technological upgrading,
 and that firm performance and technological capabilities are determined by
 export intensity. Firms' technological capabilities are determined by the
 quality of host-site institutional support, while foreign firms have
 invested little to upgrade human capital in Laos. In addition, firms of
 all ownership structure have invested little in R&D in Laos.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 110-130 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990209 
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Author-Name: Tin Htoo Naing 
Author-X-Name-First: Tin Htoo 
Author-X-Name-Last: Naing 
Author-Name: Su-Fei Yap 
Author-X-Name-First: Su-Fei 
Author-X-Name-Last: Yap 
Title: Multinationals, technology and regional linkages in Myanmar's clothing industry 
Abstract:
 Myanmar's clothing industry has played a pivotal role in generating
 employment and exports. This article makes a contribution to the
 explication of the role of supporting institutions in the development of
 clothing manufacturing in Myanmar. The statistical analysis show that
 technological intensity is not correlated with labour productivity and
 export intensity, which may be a consequence of the infancy of the
 industry and the use of old technologies in Myanmar. Also, the Probit
 estimations show that regional linkages matter in labour productivity and
 export intensities but not with technological intensities in the clothing
 industry in Myanmar.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 131-149 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990211 
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Author-Name: Xin Xin Kong 
Author-X-Name-First: Xin Xin 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kong 
Author-Name: Miao Zhang 
Author-X-Name-First: Miao 
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang 
Author-Name: Santha Chenayah Ramu 
Author-X-Name-First: Santha Chenayah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Ramu 
Title: China's semiconductor industry in global value chains 
Abstract:
 This paper examines how global production networks have benefited
 technological upgrading in the semiconductor industry in China. The
 evidence shows that trade has impacted positively on technological
 capabilities. The empirical evidence shows that 93%of firms were engaged
 in incremental innovation activities, while 87%in new product development
 in 2012. The mean R&D intensity was 6.3%. State-owned enterprises showed
 the lowest mean of 5.3%. The mean share of R&D personnel in workforce was
 28.2%. Government support (90%) and collaboration with universities and
 research institutes (87%) have been pertinent in firms' participation in
 R&D activities.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 150-164 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990205 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Author-Name: Yap Xiao Shan 
Author-X-Name-First: Yap Xiao 
Author-X-Name-Last: Shan 
Title: Institutional support, regional trade linkages and technological capabilities in the semiconductor industry in Malaysia 
Abstract:
 This article examines the relationship between host-site institutional
 support and regional trade linkages on firm-level technological
 capabilities in the semiconductor industry in Malaysia. An evolutionary
 perspective was used to measure technological capabilities using knowledge
 embodied in machinery, organization, processes and products. The results
 show that host-site institutional support and regional trade linkages were
 correlated with technological upgrading. The relationship between
 host-site institutional support and technological upgrading was stronger
 than that between regional trade linkages and technological upgrading. The
 results show that host-site institutional support is more important than
 regional integration in influencing firms' capacity to upgrade their
 technological capabilities.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 165-179 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990210 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Author-Name: Yap Xiao Shan 
Author-X-Name-First: Yap 
Author-X-Name-Last: Xiao Shan 
Title: Institutional support, technological capabilities and domestic linkages in the semiconductor industry in Singapore 
Abstract:
 This article examines the relationships between host-site institutional
 support and firm-level technological upgrading, and between technological
 upgrading and domestic production linkages in the semiconductor industry
 in Singapore. An evolutionary perspective was used to measure
 technological capabilities using knowledge embodied in machinery,
 organization, processes and products. The results show that host-site
 institutional support is important for technological upgrading, and
 technological capabilities are positively correlated with domestic
 linkages. Also, domestic linkages rather than regional linkages were
 correlated with technological upgrading, which is a consequence of
 Singapore's sophisticated infrastructure compared to its neighbours in
 South-east Asia.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 180-192 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990213 
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah 
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah 
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah 
Author-Name: Fukunari Kimura 
Author-X-Name-First: Fukunari 
Author-X-Name-Last: Kimura 
Author-Name: Sothea Oum 
Author-X-Name-First: Sothea 
Author-X-Name-Last: Oum 
Title: Epilogue: implications for promoting firm-level technological capabilities 
Abstract:
 This conclusion draws theoretical and policy implications for
 technological capability building from the host-site institutional support
 and production linkage experiences in China and Southeast Asia. While
 connecting with production chains have been instrumental in the
 integration of developing sites in global markets, sites that managed
 upgrading from low to high value-added activities in the automotive,
 clothing and semiconductor industries relied strongly on institutional
 support at host sites. Hence, the global value chain approach is useful in
 understanding integration in the capitalist world economy. However, only
 sites with effective industrial policy successfully transformed
 subsequently to designing and R&D activities.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review 
Pages: 193-200 
Issue: 1 
Volume: 22 
Year: 2016 
Month: 1 
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.990206 
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Author-Name: Yui-Tim Wong
Author-X-Name-First: Yui-Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Wong
Title: Trust, job security and subordinate–supervisor guanxi: Chinese employees in joint ventures and state-owned enterprises
Abstract: 
 This study presents a model that links the constructs of trust in supervisor and trust in organizations with job security and subordinate–supervisor guanxi, and examines their effects on turnover intention and organizational citizenship behaviour. To test the hypotheses, two data-sets of 294 joint venture employees and 253 state-owned enterprise employees in China were analysed. The results of LISREL supported the proposed model. Due to the different HRM practices in joint ventures and state-owned enterprises, several major differences had been found in this study. The findings provide practical implications for managing employees in both Chinese joint venture and state-owned enterprises.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 638-655
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1384207
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Author-Name: Hsu-Huei Huang
Author-X-Name-First: Hsu-Huei
Author-X-Name-Last: Huang
Author-Name: Chin-Yin Chan
Author-X-Name-First: Chin-Yin
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: Firms’ performance following the initial resignation of independent directors: evidence from Taiwan
Abstract: 
 This study investigates the operating performance of firms listed on the Taiwan stock exchange following the initial resignation of independent directors. The results show that the firms’ operating performance following the resignation of these directors has not only deteriorated, but is also significantly below the industry average. In addition, firms with a relatively severe agency problem, including firms that have lower insider or institutional shareholdings, receive audit opinions other than unqualified opinions or change their auditors prior to the resignation of the independent directors, tend to perform more poorly following the resignation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 714-729
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1423721
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Author-Name: Guangchao Charles Feng
Author-X-Name-First: Guangchao Charles
Author-X-Name-Last: Feng
Author-Name: Yuting Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Yuting
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Qiuyu Hu
Author-X-Name-First: Qiuyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Hu
Author-Name: Hong Cheng
Author-X-Name-First: Hong
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng
Title: Performance of China’s advertising agencies: a time series cross-sectional analysis
Abstract: 
 Although China has been the world’s second largest advertising market after the United States in terms of advertising spending since 2006, the performance of advertising agencies in China and the factors that contribute to this performance have been understudied. However, by incorporating the structure-conduct-performance model and agency theory into the integrative framework and conducting a time series cross-sectional analysis, we determine that the degree of concentration in the advertising agency industry and number of regulations in the advertising industry have had significant negative effects on the financial performance of agencies. In addition, agencies with mainly foreign capital have performed better than those with only Chinese capital. Agencies adopting strategies of initial public offering (IPOs) or engaging in name changes and mergers have performed better than those that have done nothing. Implications are also discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 656-674
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1427936
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Author-Name: Baiyin Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Baiyin
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Title: Research on the influence mechanisms of job characteristics on millennial employee well-being
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 730-731
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1453998
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Entrepreneurship in China: the emergence of the private sector
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 746-747
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1463627
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Author-Name: Ari Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Ari
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Youkyoung Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Youkyoung
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Family firms and corporate social performance: evidence from Korean firms
Abstract: 
 This study examines the effects of family firms on the corporate social performance of Korean firms and analyses how their effect varies depending on the presence of family CEOs or chaebols. Based on the agency theory, we find that family firms exhibit lower corporate social performance. In particular, there is no difference in the performance of related stakeholders, such as society, consumers, environment, and employees, compared to non-family firms, but corporate governance registers as low performance. We further find that family firms managed by family CEOs show lower corporate social performance, whereas chaebol firms show higher corporate social performance.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 693-713
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1473323
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Politeia in person: a civic Eros cookbook for human beings’ economic prosperity
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 732-733
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1477233
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Title: Reshaping India in the new global context
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 734-735
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1477286
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Author-Name: Peihua Fan
Author-X-Name-First: Peihua
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan
Title: China goes global: the impact of Chinese overseas investment on its business enterprises
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 735-738
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1482850
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Author-Name: Dilip K. Das
Author-X-Name-First: Dilip K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Das
Title: China’s global political economy: managerial perspective
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 739-740
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1482856
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Cool Japan: case studies from Japan’s cultural and creative industries
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 740-744
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1485895
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Title: The Chinese strategic mind
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 745-746
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1485897
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Author-Name: Pablo Cardona
Author-X-Name-First: Pablo
Author-X-Name-Last: Cardona
Author-Name: Ivan Malbašić
Author-X-Name-First: Ivan
Author-X-Name-Last: Malbašić
Author-Name: Carlos Rey
Author-X-Name-First: Carlos
Author-X-Name-Last: Rey
Title: Institutions, paradoxes, and compensation logics: evidence from corporate values of the largest Chinese and US companies
Abstract: 
 This study introduces the concept of Institutional Compensation Logics, which suggests that organizations can dynamically balance coexisting local and global logics, through a process known as the ‘paradox of embedded action’. Through this process, managers can gradually adapt institutional logics to the global environment, even if their actions, intentions, and rationality are embedded in the very logics that they wish to change. We propose that one important way they do that is by designing corporate values that challenge the organization’s local values. To test this approach, we use the mission-based corporate values’ framework and analyse the corporate values of a sample from the largest Fortune companies in the two most influential world economies: China (PRC) and the United States (US). Our study also helps advance the understanding of how espoused values are related to cultural values, often in paradoxical ways, thus supporting a negative relationship between espoused organizational and cultural values.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 602-619
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1491513
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Author-Name: Marina Anna Schmitz
Author-X-Name-First: Marina Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Schmitz
Author-Name: Fabian Jintae Froese
Author-X-Name-First: Fabian Jintae
Author-X-Name-Last: Froese
Author-Name: Anna Katharina Bader
Author-X-Name-First: Anna Katharina
Author-X-Name-Last: Bader
Title: Organizational cynicism in multinational corporations in China
Abstract: 
 Organizational cynicism is a pejorative attitude toward the employing organization induced by mistrust, disillusion, and various negative experiences. Based on cognitive dissonance theory we develop and test a theoretical model of how perceived cultural differences lead to organizational cynicism which in turn results in greater turnover intentions among host country nationals (HCN) employed in foreign subsidiaries of multinational corporations. Furthermore, we argue that the negative effect of perceived cultural differences can be mitigated by localization, i.e. replacement of expatriates by local staff. Survey results from HCN employees in foreign subsidiaries in China confirm the expected relationships.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 620-637
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1492203
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Author-Name: Shane W. Mathews
Author-X-Name-First: Shane W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mathews
Author-Name: Masahiro Maruyama
Author-X-Name-First: Masahiro
Author-X-Name-Last: Maruyama
Author-Name: Yuka Sakurai
Author-X-Name-First: Yuka
Author-X-Name-Last: Sakurai
Author-Name: Ralf Bebenroth
Author-X-Name-First: Ralf
Author-X-Name-Last: Bebenroth
Author-Name: Edwina Luck
Author-X-Name-First: Edwina
Author-X-Name-Last: Luck
Author-Name: Hsiu-Li Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Hsiu-Li
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Edward Franco
Author-X-Name-First: Edward
Author-X-Name-Last: Franco
Title: Internet resources and capabilities: Japanese SME risk-taking, industry and performance
Abstract: 
 This study investigates how Internet-related resources and capabilities are influencing performance in Japanese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We use a structural equation modelling approach to test these relationships between Internet readiness, Internet capability, risk-taking perceptions and performance within Japanese SMEs (350 SMEs). Unlike other counterpart countries, such as South Korea, Japanese SMEs have been relatively slow in implementing Internet technologies into business practice. However, the results indicate that if Japanese SMEs allocate appropriate resources and deploy Internet capabilities these firms will benefit with performance gains. Further, we find that both the perception of risk-taking and the industry in which the firm operates are key factors in either inhibiting or enhancing the firm’s ability to leverage Internet-related capabilities for firm performance.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 675-692
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1492690
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Author-Name: Mohammed Y. A. Rawwas
Author-X-Name-First: Mohammed Y. A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Rawwas
Author-Name: Yanfang Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Yanfang
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Baochun Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Baochun
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Author-Name: Basharat Javed
Author-X-Name-First: Basharat
Author-X-Name-Last: Javed
Title: A comparison between North and South business ethics: the concepts of Renzhi and Fazhi in China
Abstract: 
 The purpose of this study is to compare the ethical standards of business practitioners of Northern provinces of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) who follow the ‘rule by man’ (i.e. the Renzhi system) versus those of southern provinces who follow the ‘rule by law’ (i.e. the Fazhi system). Our Shanghai survey represented the south Chinese sample, and our Shijiazhuang mailing represented our north Chinese sample. We received 95 completed responses for the former and 102 completed responses for the latter. Our results found that the south Chinese practitioners were more likely to be idealistic, possessed virtue epistemic traits and were more sensitive to ethical practices than north Chinese practitioners were.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 585-601
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1495381
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Title: Business ethics and the role of context: institutionalism, history and comparisons in the Asia Pacific region
Abstract: 
 The role of business ethics is important and key to organizations and management. To what extent business ethics are actually new or fashionable or universally applicable is an interesting question. Business ethics can usefully use the explanatory power of New Institutionalism and Modes of Exchange as Asia has been a rich ground of contests between competing economic and ethical views of how economic norms and institutions are organized. Explaining the evolutionary similarities and differences of institutionalizing business ethics in this region was the context of history and comparisons to better ground business ethics literature, both empirically and theoretically.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 353-365
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129814
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Author-Name: John Lie
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Lie
Title: Political economy and business ethics
Abstract: 
 In contemporary discussions of business ethics in particular and political economy in general, three important factors are often given short shrift: history, power and critique. Present-oriented studies that elide the place of power and the role of critique risk becoming ideological justifications for the status quo.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 366-373
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129773
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Author-Name: Chris Baumann
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Baumann
Author-Name: Hamin Hamin
Author-X-Name-First: Hamin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hamin
Author-Name: Seung Jung (SJ) Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Seung Jung (SJ)
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Title: Work ethic formed by pedagogical approach: evolution of institutional approach to education and competitiveness
Abstract: 
 The literature establishes that education drives competitiveness and economic performance, but the extent education impacts ‘work ethic’ remains untested. Our study analyses panel data from 10 countries to ascertain the pedagogical approach’s role in forming work ethic. The model explains 10–37% of work ethic, suggesting the pedagogical approach in education does influence work ethic. Given East Asia’s recent performance economically and educationally, Western countries soon turn to that region to understand how education systems instil work ethic through discipline and focus on academic performance. Asia and the West need to consider the role educational institutions play towards countries’ economic objectives.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 374-396
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129767
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Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Youngran Koh
Author-X-Name-First: Youngran
Author-X-Name-Last: Koh
Title: The state as a regulator of business ethics in Edo Japan: the Tokugawa authority structure and private interests
Abstract: 
 Throughout human history, institutions have remained very resilient. However, as this study finds, political institutions have been far more persistent than economic institutions or modes of exchange. From various sources, we can discern that economic institutions have adopted four different modes (manorial, market, entrepreneurial and mercantile) interchangeably without any predetermined sequence. Whereas the big ideas of capitalism, socialism or social democracy were not influential in institutionalizing stable economic institutions, business interests that affected the microeconomic decisions (or state interventions in the private sector) frequently changed the malleable economic institutions. Contrary to the stable political institutions, business ethics qua institutional ideas therefore changed frequently to justify one mode of exchange over another. As we find in this contribution, Japanese ethical discourses during the Edo period intended to justify individual and group interests within the realm of the state apparatus that resulted in changes in the economic institutions. Based on public archives on economic policies during the Edo period, we find that the central and local governments routinely or even whimsically changed their economic policies along the four modes exchange that John Lie proposed two decades ago. Whenever state policies were changed from one mode of exchange to another, they came with justifiable ethical support. Business ethics was therefore subsumed under business interests.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 397-410
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129774
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Author-Name: Peter von Staden
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: von Staden
Title: A sociocognitive approach to business ethics: lessons from early industrializing Japan
Abstract: 
 Understanding transgression of business ethics in developed Western economies is different from that in developing economies where the institutional matrix that frames the market and transactions is in the process of fundamental change. This is particularly so when entrenched historical practices of close business and government interaction continue into the new era. In this environment the study of ethical forbearance may be more illuminating than transgression. Seen from a New Institutional Economics’ perspective on the sociocognitive, our empirical study of Shibusawa Eiichi and Dan Takuma shows that ideology can play an important role in shaping ethical business practice.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 411-421
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129775
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Author-Name: Sangsoon Kang
Author-X-Name-First: Sangsoon
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang
Author-Name: Joohee Choi
Author-X-Name-First: Joohee
Author-X-Name-Last: Choi
Title: Confucian business ethics in Korea: pre-modern welfare state
Abstract: 
 From the start, the Choseon state had vigorously engaged in relieving people’s famine by establishing a granary system dedicated to that purpose. The reason was its allegiance to the Confucian minben ideal. As the granary system proved ineffective, however, it adopted a new taxation/granary system that relied much on market exchange. Paradoxically, the new system greatly enhanced the importance of state granary system as a means of implementing its redistributive policies, the role of market exchange in that process remaining subordinate. The reinforced state granary system was to perform multiple, potentially conflicting, functions and was allowed to develop a strong tendency towards path dependence and to incur high transaction costs behind such a development lay ideological and institutional factors. The Choseon state’s commitment to a physiocratic ideal and to Confucianism called for the creation and maintenance of the prodigious granary system. However, the institutional shortcomings built into the organization that was supposed to manage the system finally led the people to question the legitimacy not only of the system but even of the state itself.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 422-438
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129771
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Author-Name: Sou Hwan Kang
Author-X-Name-First: Sou Hwan
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang
Author-Name: Gil-Sung Park
Author-X-Name-First: Gil-Sung
Author-X-Name-Last: Park
Title: Overcoming ethical issues through symbolic management, cultivating proponents and storytelling: the institutionalization of Korea’s horseracing industry
Abstract: 
 This study explores how business organizations taper their ethical problems and garner positive images as a result of the managing organizational legitimacy, especially in the case of the Korea Racing Authority (KRA). KRA adopted various strategies with a full understanding of the message, ‘legitimacy matters’, including organizational ‘repositioning’ in the market from the gambling to the leisure industries. This study focuses on the three strategic elements of acquiring legitimacy in Korea’s horseracing industry in order to highlight symbolic management, cultivating agents and storytelling for propounding its existence as an ethical and socially beneficial institution. The result of the KRA’s acquisition of legitimacy is the reshaping of its identity and the massive growth of sales and loyal followers.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 439-451
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129772
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Author-Name: Keith Howard
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Howard
Title: The institutionalization of Korean traditional music: problematic business ethics in the construction of genre and place
Abstract: 
 The world of kugak, Korean traditional music, has today assumed a timeless quality. It is an important part of Korea’s national identity, sponsored by the state both to key institutions and through the elevation of iconic genres to Important Intangible Cultural Property status. This paper uses the lens of new institutionalism to explore the construction of kugak and its not-for-profit status within a formal institution, the National Gugak Centre. By distinguishing the modes of exchange of Korean musical practice past and present, and through a comparison with arts organizations elsewhere, the paper questions whether kugak can survive without state support and whether it can be introduced into the marketplace.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 452-467
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129769
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Author-Name: Bronwen Dalton
Author-X-Name-First: Bronwen
Author-X-Name-Last: Dalton
Author-Name: Marie dela Rama
Author-X-Name-First: Marie dela
Author-X-Name-Last: Rama
Title: Understanding the rise and decline of shareholder activism in South Korea: the explanatory advantages of the theory of Modes of Exchange
Abstract: 
 The extent to which Korea has become a full-fledged neoliberal state has been subject to debate. We argue that the recent rise and fall of shareholder activism in Korea is related to the coexistence of neoliberal and developmental state characteristics. Uncertainty as to ‘the rules of the game’ during this uneven transition has provided the chaebol with an opportunity to defuse the radical potential of shareholder activism. Through an analysis of media reports, this article argues there is a relationship between the rise of fall shareholder activism in Korea and a retreat from neoliberalism. It then discusses advantages of the theory of Modes of Exchange to make sense of these developments.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 468-486
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129768
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Author-Name: Hannah Jun
Author-X-Name-First: Hannah
Author-X-Name-Last: Jun
Title: Corporate governance and the institutionalization of socially responsible investing (SRI) in Korea
Abstract: 
 The past few decades have seen a marked increase in socially responsible investing (SRI), an investment strategy that incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the decision-making process. While there has been substantial investment and research in predominantly advanced economies, we have seen striking growth in key Asian markets in recent years, suggesting broader proliferation of more responsible corporate and investment practices. Because socially responsible investors take both financial and social considerations into account when allocating investments, this raises questions about the viability of SRI as an investment strategy and motivations behind individuals and institutions engaging in it. To investigate this further, this study analyses the emergence of the SRI market in South Korea given very public corporate governance concerns following the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s and recent visibility of SRI investments by the country’s largest institutional investor, the National Pension Service (NPS). This study contributes to corporate governance and new institutionalist theory by highlighting that the need to address gaps in corporate governance has served as an important motivation for investment and research institutions to enhance socially responsible investments in Korea. Supported by anecdotal evidence from leading members of the local SRI community, this study suggests that while we have seen the primacy and evolution of existing institutions in the SRI market, SRI growth has been buttressed by the emergence of new institutions, such as research organizations and the Korean Sustainability Investing Forum, and reinforcement by international institutions in the form of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, global indexes and international CSR guidelines. As such, this study provides a more nuanced understanding of SRI’s emergence in Korea by highlighting institutional layering and dynamics that have led to changes in the local market while eschewing the idea that the emergence of SRI was simply the result of a deliberate effort to ‘westernize’ institutions. Indeed, in Korea’s case, while SRI is a borrowed concept, its primary function has been to address corporate governance issues rather than to generate superior financial returns. In addition to theory-building, findings also highlight practical implications, including opportunities for more rigorous corporate social performance analysis and investment advisory, greater market coordination and awareness-building, and the need to monitor corporate social performance and financial performance going forward.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 487-501
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129770
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Author-Name: Jin Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Jin
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Wonho Jang
Author-X-Name-First: Wonho
Author-X-Name-Last: Jang
Title: Educational inequality among Chinese urban schools: the business ethics of private schools
Abstract: 
 This study explores the institutional history of the urban school system in Chinese cities and tries to explicate the complex social, economic, political and institutional forces over recent decades that help to create such a divergent pattern among urban schools. To do so, it first reviews the origins of modern Chinese education, market reform in 1980s and 1990s, an increase of migrant workers in big cities, and subsequent institutional changes in Chinese urban schools. A key characteristic of Chinese urban schools is unequal provision of public education between legal residents and migrant workers. The state has played a crucial role in the change of Chinese urban schools by allowing private schools for the children of migrant workers. Private schools, focusing on a manufacturing model of reducing costs and streamlining the education production process, are highly profitable businesses. However, the business ethics run contrary to the values of public education, ignoring necessary educational conditions and the bond between teachers and students in the process of education. Private schools for migrant students, therefore, stand in sharp contrast to the good public schools that are mainly for city residents.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 502-515
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129776
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Title: Relinquishing business ethics from a theoretical deadlock: the requirement for local grounding and historical comparisons in the Asia Pacific region
Abstract: 
 Non-Western cases of business ethics require additional caveats in arriving at generalizations. The theoretical trap of conceiving Asian corporations as business ethics ‘ignorant’ or unfriendly derives from the lack of historical understanding of Asian cases. This collection used both historical and contemporary cases of Japan, Korea and China to show that these three Asian cases have tried to balance their traditional norms and values of business ethics with those from the West. The key to the understanding of Asia is that all three countries have historically pursued ethical mandates in running private corporations, although corruptive practices were also rampant during different historical periods. Further studies of business ethics for non-Western cases are necessary to devise methodological and theoretical alternatives to the Western-centric perspectives. In this volume, we analysed how new institutionalism and modes of exchange fared in their attempt to explain Asian business ethics. From our results, it is indicated that historical methods must accompany any analysis of business ethics.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 516-521
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1129813
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Author-Name: Sudhanshu Joshi
Author-X-Name-First: Sudhanshu
Author-X-Name-Last: Joshi
Author-Name: Manu Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Manu
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Title: Social capital in the Asia Pacific: examples from the services industry
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 457-458
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1551289
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Author-Name: Chang Bum Ju
Author-X-Name-First: Chang Bum
Author-X-Name-Last: Ju
Author-Name: Hong-Youl Ha
Author-X-Name-First: Hong-Youl
Author-X-Name-Last: Ha
Title: An empirical analysis of the stage model of Business-to-Business relationships in South Korea: a longitudinal study
Abstract: 
 In this study, we develop and evaluate a framework for investigating the relationship between firm performance and exit intentions—that is, when the termination of Business-to-Business (B2B) relationships involves both conflict and cooperation. This study adds to extant research by demonstrating the importance of temporal changes; the proposed framework highlights the change processes in B2B relationship exit intentions. At time point T, the results suggest that the long-term relationship stage is stable. At time point T + 1, we find that the final relationship stage is dynamic. We demonstrate that several structural-temporal relationships among the investigated links (i.e. conflict-cooperation, conflict-firm performance, and cooperation-firm performance) decrease.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 367-391
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1551987
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Author-Name: Kyunghoon Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Kyunghoon
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: Using partially state-owned enterprises for development in Indonesia
Abstract: 
 The Indonesian government, under Joko Widodo, has begun to actively use partially state-owned enterprises (PSOEs) to achieve its development goals. This government has pursued its plans despite minority shareholders’ dissatisfaction with the shift in PSOEs’ corporate goals towards national development objectives. This paper investigates the state’s influence on PSOEs by analysing the government’s direct and indirect ownership, control of corporate governance and financial systems, and inter-firm relations. The paper demonstrates that the business system, under the government’s strong influence, has enabled Indonesian PSOEs to focus on carrying out development projects and shielded PSOEs from minority shareholders’ demands.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 317-337
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1575660
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Author-Name: Ramya T. Venkateswaran
Author-X-Name-First: Ramya T.
Author-X-Name-Last: Venkateswaran
Author-Name: Abhoy K. Ojha
Author-X-Name-First: Abhoy K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Ojha
Title: Abandon Hofstede-based research? Not yet! A perspective from the philosophy of the social sciences
Abstract: 
 Hofstede’s framework has been immensely popular among practitioners and researchers because of its undeniable practicality. Despite several limitations, the framework has been widely adopted and in continued use. However, recent scholarly critiques have raised serious concerns, even calling for the rejection of the future use of the framework. A deeper analysis is necessary to understand the fundamental considerations in knowledge creation before contemplating an abandonment of a long research tradition. This article systematically examines Hofstede’s framework from a philosophy of science perspective by examining its ontological and epistemological considerations, and related issues, and presents important implications for researchers and managers.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 413-434
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1584487
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Author-Name: Matthias Hennings
Author-X-Name-First: Matthias
Author-X-Name-Last: Hennings
Title: Being young in super-aging Japan. Formative events and cultural reactions
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 435-436
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1589169
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Author-Name: Hwok-Aun Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Hwok-Aun
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Employment and re-industrialisation in post-Soeharto Indonesia
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 436-438
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1589170
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Coaching and mentoring in the Asia Pacific; Coaching and mentoring: practical techniques for developing learning and performance; Management training and development in China: educating managers in a globalized economy
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 438-442
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1589171
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Author-Name: Zelong Wei
Author-X-Name-First: Zelong
Author-X-Name-Last: Wei
Author-Name: Xi Song
Author-X-Name-First: Xi
Author-X-Name-Last: Song
Author-Name: Zohaib Hussain Makhdoom
Author-X-Name-First: Zohaib Hussain
Author-X-Name-Last: Makhdoom
Author-Name: Paike Xie
Author-X-Name-First: Paike
Author-X-Name-Last: Xie
Title: Paradox strategic cognition and ECSR in China: a three-tripod perspective
Abstract: 
 Literature rooted in institutional theory and stakeholder theory offers conflicting views on the relationship between environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR) and financial performance. However, both failed to explain why firms interpret this relationship variously which is subjective to a firm’s strategic cognition. How firms interpret this relationship affects the ECSR decision and implementation. Drawing on the paradox theory, four hypotheses were proposed and examined using data from 170 manufacturing firms in China. This study found paradox strategic cognition positively affects ECSR. Legal enforcement inefficiency, competitive intensity and industrial power weaken the effect of paradox strategic cognition on ECSR.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 392-412
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1590054
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Author-Name: Christopher Selvarajah
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Selvarajah
Author-Name: Tien Dat Le
Author-X-Name-First: Tien Dat
Author-X-Name-Last: Le
Author-Name: Suku Sukunesan
Author-X-Name-First: Suku
Author-X-Name-Last: Sukunesan
Title: The Vietnam project: developing conceptual knowledge on cross-cultural skills for training in SME internationalization
Abstract: 
 This paper explores the importance of cross-cultural skills needed by Vietnamese SMEs (current and potential) exporters across Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). The findings suggest that training needs vary by regions, stage of SME development and cultural context of the region. The study has both theoretical and practical implications. The paper suggests that prior to designing and implementing training, the identification process must involve systematic conceptualization of key export stimuli and be informed by best practice and empirical knowledge. The study endeavours to develop a conceptual framework and propositions for future research.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 338-366
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1598076
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Research handbook of diversity and careers
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 442-450
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1614372
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Author-Name: Kashif Ahmed
Author-X-Name-First: Kashif
Author-X-Name-Last: Ahmed
Title: Japanese outbound acquisitions: explaining what works
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 450-454
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1614374
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Author-Name: Muhammad Afzaal
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad
Author-X-Name-Last: Afzaal
Title: Mapping China’s ‘one belt one road’ initiative
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 454-457
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1614375
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Author-Name: Xin Deng
Author-X-Name-First: Xin
Author-X-Name-Last: Deng
Title: Embedding ‘familiness’ in HRM practices to retain a new generation of migrant workers in China
Abstract: 
 Drawing on social capital theory, social exchange perspective and organizational support theory, the study proposes that ‘familiness’ can be utilized to enhance employees’ organizational commitment. It examines a family business’s practices of embedding it through corporate culture, reward and compensation, training and development and socialization. Using focus groups, interviews and a review of organizational documents in a single case study in China, it argues that family firms can gain comparative advantage by embedding such familiness in their human resource management practices. Decent work conditions, career development and a corporate culture that integrates employees into a large community, it concludes, maybe helpful in attracting and retaining the new generation of migrant workers.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 561-577
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451124
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Author-Name: Tian Gao
Author-X-Name-First: Tian
Author-X-Name-Last: Gao
Author-Name: Bruce Gurd
Author-X-Name-First: Bruce
Author-X-Name-Last: Gurd
Title: Problems and challenges in managing the new generation of doctors in Chinese hospitals
Abstract: 
 The new generation of doctors (doctors born after 1980) now plays a critical role in the Chinese hospital system, as they are the main force in current hospital clinical practice. The rapid changes in the social and economic environment have made the new generation of doctors have a different perspective from previous generations. Content analysis is used in this study to analyze survey research, case studies and related information. The new generation of doctors is confronted with pressures of employment, promotion and social pressures including those caused by tension between doctors and patients, which the previous generation did not face. They are characterized as innovative, pragmatic and self-centred, although the most significant issues are in the hospital environment rather than personal characteristics. Transparent, fair and meticulous management evaluation, reasonable income reflecting their work values and good career development planning, the study concludes, are the key points in the management of the new generation doctors.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 528-542
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451125
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Author-Name: Xuanfang Hou
Author-X-Name-First: Xuanfang
Author-X-Name-Last: Hou
Author-Name: Wenqi Li
Author-X-Name-First: Wenqi
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Qiao Yuan
Author-X-Name-First: Qiao
Author-X-Name-Last: Yuan
Title: Frontline disruptive leadership and new generation employees’ innovative behaviour in China: the moderating role of emotional intelligence
Abstract: 
 This study examines the moderating mediation effect of frontline disruptive leadership on Chinese new generation employees’ innovative behaviour – from the dual perspective of ‘Resource revenue’ and ‘Resource loss’ vis-a-vis the ‘Conservation of Resources’ theory. Data were collected from a sample of 215 Chinese new generation employees and their frontline supervisors, using a longitudinal pairing design, in labour-intensive enterprises. Results indicate that first, frontline disruptive leadership influenced negatively new generation employees’ innovative behaviour via psychological capital; second, emotional intelligence negatively moderated the effect of frontline disruptive leadership on new generation employees’ psychological capital; third, the mediation of psychological capital between frontline disruptive leadership and new generation employees’ innovative behaviour was also negatively moderated by emotional intelligence. This study provides evidence for strengthening Chinese new generation employees’ emotion-management and controlling the disruptive behaviour of frontline disruptive leadership, so as to promote the enhanced innovative performance of new generation employees in China.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 459-471
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451126
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Author-Name: Yufang Huang
Author-X-Name-First: Yufang
Author-X-Name-Last: Huang
Author-Name: Di Fan
Author-X-Name-First: Di
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan
Author-Name: Yiyi Su
Author-X-Name-First: Yiyi
Author-X-Name-Last: Su
Author-Name: Fei Wu
Author-X-Name-First: Fei
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu
Title: High-performance work systems, dual stressors and ‘new generation’ employee in China
Abstract: 
 Received human resource management (HRM) studies have paid much attention to the relationship between high-performance work systems (HPWS) and employees’ attitudes and behaviours, but they lack deep understanding on how such HRM systems work for ‘new generation’ employees and accommodate ‘new generation’ preferences and characteristics. Embracing ‘new generation’ workforce characteristics, we collected two waves of data from 561 employees who were based in 23 Chinese firms. Our findings reveal that, first, HPWS is positively related to ‘new generation’ employees’ engagement; second, hindrance-related stressors partially mediate the relationship between HPWS and ‘new generation’ employee engagement, but the mediation role of challenge-related stressors is not evident; third, procedural justice negatively affects the relationship between HPWS and hindrance-related stressors; finally, HPWS and procedural justice jointly affect ‘new generation’ employee engagement partly through hindrance-related stressors. We conclude that the study not only contributes to the link between HPWS and employee engagement in a ‘new generation’ workforce context, but also argues for the importance of having occupational stress- management for a ‘new generation’ employee workforce.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 490-509
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451127
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Author-Name: Shuang Ren
Author-X-Name-First: Shuang
Author-X-Name-Last: Ren
Author-Name: Yuhua Xie
Author-X-Name-First: Yuhua
Author-X-Name-Last: Xie
Author-Name: Ying Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: New generation employees’ preferences towards leadership style in China
Abstract: 
 The leadership style preferences of China’s ‘new generation’ employees in the workplace are now, more than ever, important issues in the management field. Our theoretical contribution aims to extend the employee involvement and leadership literatures by illustrating the relationships between different styles of leadership preferences from the follower-centric perspective. The findings highlight that Chinese new generation employees’ need for involvement negatively impacts on their preference for directive leadership and positively on their preference for high relationship-oriented leadership (i.e. participative and coaching leadership). Additionally, trust-in-supervisor is found to moderate the relationship between need for involvement and preference for delegating leadership.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 437-458
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451128
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Author-Name: Haibo Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Haibo
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Xiaohui Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaohui
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Jinrong Li
Author-X-Name-First: Jinrong
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Title: Is new generation employees’ job crafting beneficial or detrimental to organizations in China? Participative decision-making as a moderator
Abstract: 
 Chinese ‘new generation’ employees have a strong desire to make self-initiated changes in their jobs (that is to say, job crafting). However, whether such crafting is beneficial or detrimental to their organizations is an issue that remains largely unexplored. To address this question, we employed a ‘social exchange’ framework to build a more nuanced understanding of the boundary conditions favourable versus unfavourable consequences of Chinese new generation employees’ job crafting. Multisource data from 289 pairs of new generation employees and their immediate supervisors reveal a positive relationship between job crafting and leader–member exchange when employees have greater opportunities to participate in decision-making and a negative relationship when employees’ participation in decision-making is low. Via leader–member exchange, therefore, employee job crafting ultimately contributes to the promotion or decline of employees’ task performance, respectively. Our findings provide insights into how new generation employees and their organizations can benefit from their self-initiated changes at work, and these insights have important implications for Chinese new generation employee management.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 543-560
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451129
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Author-Name: Ying Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Title: The challenges of managing ‘new generation’ employees in contemporary China: setting the scene
Abstract: 
 In recent years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has experienced serious labour-management conflict. The majority of Chinese workers today, out of a workforce of around three-quarters of a billion, belong to a ‘new generation’ of employees (xinshengdai yuangong), who have been labelled as the ‘post-1980s’, ‘post-1990s’ and ‘millennial’ phenomena, who see the world differently from the previous generation. They have experienced a ‘sea-change’ in ‘Industrial and Labour Relations’, as well as ‘Human Resource Management’, across the ‘Middle Kingdom’. In this collection, we explore the background of, the challenges to and the importance of this cohort of young workers in the PRC.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 429-436
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451130
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Author-Name: Fangjian Wu
Author-X-Name-First: Fangjian
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu
Author-Name: Guiyao Tang
Author-X-Name-First: Guiyao
Author-X-Name-Last: Tang
Author-Name: Wei Sun
Author-X-Name-First: Wei
Author-X-Name-Last: Sun
Title: Exploring ‘new generation’ employees’ green tactics in environmental protection in China
Abstract: 
 As an emerging group, new-generation employees have attracted increasing interest. Based on the ‘sense-making’ process, this study investigated the new generation’s so-called ‘green’ behaviour in Chinese workplace. Using qualitative interviews, we explored how they weigh different forces and make green behavioural decision. Employing grounded theory, we examined a ‘dual-system’, which was the interactive influence of pro-environmental consciousness and green psychological climate on the new generation’s green behavioural decisions. We also discovered that their behavioural tactics may change over time driven by individual traits, institutional forces and issue characteristics. Our findings contribute to the new generation and green behaviour literature by exploring the behavioural tactics chosen and changed under different conditions.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 510-527
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451131
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Author-Name: Yixuan Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Yixuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Title: Managing Chinese millennial employees and their impact on human resource management transformation: an empirical study
Abstract: 
 Millennials entering work have not only transformed China’s workplaces, but have also brought new challenges for HR managers and opened gaps with older generations of employees. Chinese millennial employees have unique features, partly explained by being born under the one-child policy in China (since 1980). While preliminary research has pointed to significant differences in the needs, aspirations and well-being of millennials compared to previous generations in the workplace, a dearth of deeper research means that we poorly understand Chinese millennials and their impact on human resource management (HRM). To help organizations rethink HRM policies and practices for the millennial generation, this study first explores the characteristics of millennial employees in China. Guided by self-determination theory, it discusses ways to manage Chinese millennial workers and examines how current human resource development can be transformed to respond to the needs of Chinese millennial employees. In the study, survey-data on 519 millennial employees and a subset of 150 in-depth interviews were utilized. Last, we set out the HRM policy implications for Chinese organizations.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 472-489
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451132
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Managing ‘new generation’ employees in China and beyond: summing-up
Abstract: 
 By investigating the ‘new generation’ of Chinese employees under multiple themes in this edited collection, we have set out new and meaningful findings based on empirical research on their characteristics and behaviour. The present ‘cohort’ of workers studied here was born into the economic reform period after 1979 and has been shaped by the ‘socialist market economy’ it introduced, as well as incorporating the subsequent HRM model which followed. In this summing-up, we highlight the key findings of each contribution to this symposium on the new ‘millennial’ cohort of workers in the PRC, as well as identifying future research directions which have implications, not only for China, but even beyond the PRC, for other emerging economies.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 578-584
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1451133
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Whither globalisation and convergence? Asian examples and future research
Abstract: 
 Among the most popular of buzzwords and debated topics for governments, policy-makers and management as well as academia are ‘globalisation’. Under its influence, one implication is that there is ‘convergence’ around a set of universally applicable and transferable beliefs and ‘global’ standards or ‘best’ practices which in turn produce ever more standardization with homogenized and similar nations and practices – the ‘McDonaldisation’ of everything. However, this is not a new idea and needs historical grounding and context. Also, in Asia, we can see globalization differently with not only constraints and alternatives, but even counter trends at both institutional and cultural levels, such as post-1980s ideas of the ‘Japanisation’ of management and industries and now the so-called ‘Korean Wave’ of Korean entertainment and popular culture rolling out over parts of the world. This indicates that globalization’s converging impacts are less all-powerful than is often portrayed and thought.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-9
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1238602
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Author-Name: Kun Su
Author-X-Name-First: Kun
Author-X-Name-Last: Su
Author-Name: Liuchuang Li
Author-X-Name-First: Liuchuang
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Rui Wan
Author-X-Name-First: Rui
Author-X-Name-Last: Wan
Title: Ultimate ownership, risk-taking and firm value: evidence from China
Abstract: 
 This article investigates the relationship among ultimate ownership, risk-taking and firm value using firm-level data from Chinese companies. The results indicate that dominant ultimate controlling shareholders exacerbate the agency problem. The larger the divergence between ultimate shareholder’s control rights and cash flow rights, the stronger motivation is to reduce corporate risk-taking (CRT) to safeguard private benefits. Furthermore, the presence of a dominant ultimate controlling shareholder is harmful to firm value, and the divergence between its control right and cash flow right has a significantly negative effect on firm value. Corporate risk-taking plays a significant mediating effect between ultimate controlling shareholder and firm value. Based on these results based on theory and practice, we propose a number of practical implications for managers.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 10-26
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1152021
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Author-Name: Yi Qu
Author-X-Name-First: Yi
Author-X-Name-Last: Qu
Author-Name: Ting Qu
Author-X-Name-First: Ting
Author-X-Name-Last: Qu
Author-Name: Yaoan Wu
Author-X-Name-First: Yaoan
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu
Title: The role of regional formal institutions and foreign direct investment in innovation in Chinese enterprises
Abstract: 
 China features high degrees of income inequality, regional disparity and regional institutional diversity. With disparities in institutional development across regions, Chinese firms tend to have different levels of innovation as the costs, risks, efficiency and incentives of firms in innovation are affected by the regional institutional building. This article investigates the role of regional formal institutions in the innovation process in Chinese enterprises. It suggests that regional formal institutions (reflected by government support), financial institutions, educational institutions and taxation institutions promote innovation in Chinese firms, while they fail to discover such an impact from legal institutions. Also, regional formal institutions positively moderate Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) spillovers on process innovation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 27-43
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1094293
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Author-Name: Jinkyung Choi
Author-X-Name-First: Jinkyung
Author-X-Name-Last: Choi
Title: The effectiveness of nutritional information on foodservice companies’ corporate social responsibility
Abstract: 
 The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of nutritional information disclosure and healthful menu context in the relationship of nutritional knowledge and consumers’ perceived CSR toward a foodservice company. Furthermore, the relationship among CSR, brand image, attitude and purchase intention was investigated. The study was designed with scenario experimental questionnaires: 3 (different nutritional information levels: no information, calorie only and content with six segments of nutritional information) X 2 (menu context: healthy or unhealthy menu context). Confirmatory factor analyses, structural equation modelling and analysis of variance analysis were used in order to examine the study hypotheses. The results of this study indicate that consumers’ nutritional knowledge helps increase consumers’ perceived CSR which has an impact on brand image, attitude and behavioural intention, however, no moderating effects of nutritional knowledge and healthful menu context were found. Furthermore, purchase intention was significantly affected by CSR, attitude and brand image. Therefore, disclosure of nutritional information and offering healthful menu would help restaurants gain a positive CSR which also would help them to expect consumers’ favourable purchase intention.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 44-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1104820
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Author-Name: David R. Meyer
Author-X-Name-First: David R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyer
Author-Name: George Guernsey
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Guernsey
Title: Hong Kong and Singapore exchanges confront high frequency trading
Abstract: 
 The Hong Kong (HKEx) and Singapore (SGX) exchanges remain conflicted about high frequency trading (HFT), reflecting the environment of private and public sector actors in which the HKEx and SGX operate. Neither exchange has resolved these conflicts, leaving the HFT controversy simmering and limiting the amounts of such trading occurring on their exchanges. Competitor exchanges in Asia, however, are more supportive of HFT. With the aid of technology providers which enable HFT, the HKEx and SGX significantly improved their trading infrastructures. At the same time, these providers developed data centres at other exchanges and built fibre-optic connections which permit low-latency trading across Asia. Traders in Hong Kong and Singapore access these exchanges, potentially undermining the HKEx and SGX.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 63-89
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1157927
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Author-Name: Joohan Ryoo
Author-X-Name-First: Joohan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ryoo
Title: Choosing between internal and external development for innovation projects: antecedents and consequences
Abstract: 
 Unlike alliance proponents, we posited that high-tech small firms (HTSFs) may not prefer interfirm collaboration for innovation activities. Drawing on the transaction cost and corporate entrepreneurship perspectives, we proposed that boundary decisions in innovation activities are determined by the perceived uncertainties of innovation projects and entrepreneurial orientation (EO). We also examined the consequences of collaborative innovation. In a sample of 178 Korean HTSFs in software development, we found that some aspects of perceived uncertainty prevented collaborative innovation, and that EO moderated this effect, enhancing the outcomes of collaborative innovation. We discuss theoretical and practical insights of these findings.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 90-115
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1109818
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Author-Name: Taeyoung Yoo
Author-X-Name-First: Taeyoung
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoo
Title: The performance dimension in symbolic management revisited: the functional role of traditional mechanisms in large Korean firms
Abstract: 
 Symbolic management perspective argues that newly adopted shareholder-oriented mechanisms promote positive market responses, whereas traditional mechanisms assume sociopolitical power struggle for their sustainability. Beyond the dichotomous understanding, this study proposes that the continuation of traditional mechanisms is also attributable to their performance contribution. Using panel data on 100 large Korean firms (1998–2011), this study found that the positive influence of traditional mechanisms such as business group on performance, measured by ROA and R&amp;D intensity, improves market responses, i.e. market capitalization and Tobin’s q. In the process, shareholder-oriented mechanisms, such as foreign ownership, positively moderates the influence of traditional mechanisms. For corporate governance reform, this study suggests that balanced attention should be paid to the performance contribution of traditional mechanisms in interaction with shareholder-oriented mechanisms.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 116-134
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1120418
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Author-Name: Chien-Pang Lin
Author-X-Name-First: Chien-Pang
Author-X-Name-Last: Lin
Author-Name: Ming-Hsiang Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Ming-Hsiang
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Jie Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Jie
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Li Tian
Author-X-Name-First: Li
Author-X-Name-Last: Tian
Title: Corporate giving in Taiwan: agency cost theory vs. value enhancement theory
Abstract: 
 This article examines the determinants of corporate giving (CG) in Taiwan according to agency cost (AC) and value enhancement (VE) theories. Panel regression test results reveal several new and interesting pieces of evidence. First, VE determinants outweigh AC determinants in explaining CG there. Second, the positive link between the current CG ratio (CGR) and the lagged CGR (CGR(-1)) suggests the consistent nature of CG. Third, after the global financial crisis in 2008, the influence of debt leverage on CGR vanished, but the impact of managerial insiders’ shareholdings on CGR became significant. Last, the influences of VE determinants and CGR(-1) on CGR remain during both pre-crisis and post-crisis periods. Moreover, after the crisis, CG was still motivated to create current value for shareholders, and was apparently used as a business strategy to signal companies’ financial or managerial stability.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 135-151
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1149376
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Author-Name: Jane Nolan
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Nolan
Title: The Oxford handbook of management theorists
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 152-153
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1148947
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Author-Name: Ronald Busse
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald
Author-X-Name-Last: Busse
Title: Diversity of managerial perspectives from inside China (managing the Asian century)
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 153-154
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1151699
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Author-Name: Dilip K. Das
Author-X-Name-First: Dilip K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Das
Title: China’s exchange rate regime
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 154-156
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1171477
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: China’s transition from communism – new perspectives
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 156-157
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1149976
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Call for Papers
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 158-159
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1265327
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Corrigendum
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: (i)-(i)
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1221177
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Author-Name: Tachia Chin
Author-X-Name-First: Tachia
Author-X-Name-Last: Chin
Author-Name: Ren-huai Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Ren-huai
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Xuemei Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Xuemei
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Title: ‘Reverse internationalization’ in Chinese firms: a study of how global startup OEMs seek to compete domestically
Abstract: 
 This research investigates whether the global startup original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in China could employ their knowledge-acquisition capability developed via internationalization to compete domestically (i.e. reverse internationalization), facing the recession in developed markets. Results examine that knowledge-acquisition capability can help these firms compete in ‘reverse internationalization’, while the conduct of own brand strategy partially mediates the positive relationship between their capability and domestic performance. We contribute to the literature by identifying the unique ‘Chinese global startup OEMs’, recognizing knowledge-acquisition capability as a high-order dynamic capability for such firms, and introducing a novel entrepreneurial phenomenon we call ‘reverse internationalization’.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 201-219
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1055087
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Author-Name: Wu Wei
Author-X-Name-First: Wu
Author-X-Name-Last: Wei
Author-Name: Xuan Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Xuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Author-Name: Mei Li
Author-X-Name-First: Mei
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Integrating nonmarket and market resources, strategy and performance in Chinese enterprises: a review of the field and a resource-based empirical study
Abstract: 
 The resource-based view (RBV) regards strategy as deploying resources to obtain a competitive advantage. This article adopts such a RBV, by a simultaneous consideration of nonmarket and market factors, and then an empirical analysis of the relationships between such nonmarket and market resources, strategies and performance, focusing specifically on Chinese enterprises. The results test hypotheses related to the integrated strategy and RBV of the firm on linkages of nonmarket and market components. Combining those two views, this study reveals that there is a high and positive correlation between nonmarket and market strategies, while nonmarket strategy has a positive indirect effect on market performance via nonmarket performance. These findings suggest that the RBV is an appropriate theory for addressing the shortcomings in integrated strategy research.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 220-237
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1084140
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Author-Name: Inwon Kang
Author-X-Name-First: Inwon
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang
Author-Name: Shin Han
Author-X-Name-First: Shin
Author-X-Name-Last: Han
Author-Name: Jiwon Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Jiwon
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Lorne Olfman
Author-X-Name-First: Lorne
Author-X-Name-Last: Olfman
Title: An evolutionary perspective of opportunism in high-technology alliance: the evidence from South Korean companies
Abstract: 
 Adopting an evolutionary perspective, we introduce an alternative approach to the opportunism in strategic alliance where the accumulated risks during alliance operation lead to opportunism in alliance. To examine this process, a total of 358 employees from South Korean firms in the high technology sector completed a survey on opportunism in strategic alliance, measuring each firm's perceived risks on the relational and operational issues in alliance and their antecedents and outcomes. Key results show that perceived risks on the relationship between alliance partners cause a passive type of opportunism, whereas perceived risks both on the relationship between alliance partners and on the achievement of alliance objectives cause an active type of opportunism. Specifically, cultural difference showed the largest influence on relational risks, whereas issues in equity involvement showed the largest influence on performance risk. Based on the findings, theoretical and practical implications on the opportunism management in strategic alliance are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 238-261
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1043774
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Author-Name: Seung-yon Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Seung-yon
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Jeoung Yul Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Jeoung Yul
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Renee Boyoung Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Renee Boyoung
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: How do economic, cultural, and global-connectedness distances moderate the effect of customers’ experiences on their intention to revisit non-indigenous restaurants? Evidence from Korean restaurants
Abstract: 
 In this study, we evaluate how the effect of customers' experiences on revisit intention for non-indigenous restaurants can be moderated by economic distance (ED), cultural distance (CD) and global-connectedness distance (GD) between the country of origin for a given non-indigenous restaurant and the customer’s resident country. Surveys were conducted in seven countries across three continents, and the levels of ED, CD and GD between Korea and the seven countries were used as moderators. The findings suggest that the types of food and staff are two elements that should be emphasized in countries that are relatively close to Korea. Conversely, elements like the atmosphere of the restaurant and word of mouth should be emphasized in countries that have greater distances from Korea. Of the three distances considered in the study, GD had the strongest moderating effect on the relationship between customers’ experiences and their intentions to return to the restaurant. As a whole, the results imply that ED, CD and GD are important points of reference when considering prior experience while selecting a target country based on the strength of the restaurant’s experience management.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 262-288
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1071519
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Author-Name: Patarapong Intarakumnerd
Author-X-Name-First: Patarapong
Author-X-Name-Last: Intarakumnerd
Author-Name: Pun-Arj Chairatana
Author-X-Name-First: Pun-Arj
Author-X-Name-Last: Chairatana
Author-Name: Preeda Chaiyanajit
Author-X-Name-First: Preeda
Author-X-Name-Last: Chaiyanajit
Title: Global production networks and host-site industrial upgrading: the case of the semiconductor industry in Thailand
Abstract: 
 Although Thailand’s electronics industry has been considered as one of the strategic sectors, the evidence in this article shows that it is dominated by midstream and downstream activities. Despite accounting for a quarter of electronics exports, semiconductors manufacturing is confined to low value-added activities. The lack of industrial policy has restricted technological upgrading in the industry. Upgrading efforts made by both public and private initiatives have so far failed. The case studies show that firms in Thailand must acquire and develop technological capabilities to stimulate the industry’s transformation from low-to-high value-added activities.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 289-306
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1069545
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Author-Name: Nguyen Dinh Tho
Author-X-Name-First: Nguyen Dinh
Author-X-Name-Last: Tho
Author-Name: Nguyen Thi Mai Trang
Author-X-Name-First: Nguyen Thi Mai
Author-X-Name-Last: Trang
Author-Name: Svein Ottar Olsen
Author-X-Name-First: Svein Ottar
Author-X-Name-Last: Olsen
Title: Brand personality appeal, brand relationship quality and WOM transmission: a study of consumer markets in Vietnam
Abstract: 
 This study investigates the impact of brand personality appeal on both brand relationship quality and word-of-mouth (WOM) transmission in Vietnam. It also examines the role of consumer attitudes towards advertising and public relations on brand personality appeal as well as brand relationship quality. An empirical test with a sample of 477 consumers by means of structural equation modelling reveals that brand personality appeal has a positive impact on both brand relationship quality and WOM transmission and that brand relationship quality has a positive effect on WOM transmission. Furthermore, attitudes towards public relations have positive impacts on both brand personality appeal and brand relationship quality. Finally, attitudes towards advertising have a positive impact on brand personality appeal but not on brand relationship quality.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 307-324
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1076655
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Author-Name: Su-Yol Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Su-Yol
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Responsible supply chain management in the Asian context: the effects on relationship commitment and supplier performance
Abstract: 
 Responsible supply chain management (SCM) in the era of expanding global sourcing can play a critical role in diffusing corporate responsible practices throughout the emerging Asian economies. Thus, this paper aims to examine how responsible SCM can contribute to supplier performance, including environmental, social and operational performances through the improvement of relationship commitment in the Asian context. The hypotheses of this study were tested with the data from 187 South Korean suppliers and 193 Vietnamese suppliers. The paper finds that responsible SCM enhances relationship commitment as well as improves the sustainability performance of suppliers in Asian countries. Relationship commitment plays a critical and mediating role in the relationships between responsible SCM and environmental, social and operational performances. This study also finds that there is a contextual difference between South Korea and Vietnam. The findings of this paper provide implications for supply chain members to integrate environmental and social issues into their SCM practices so as to foster stronger sustainability performance in the global supply chain.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 325-342
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1070012
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Author-Name: Paul Gentle
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Gentle
Title: China's environmental policy and urban development
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 343-344
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2014.970872
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: The Chinese macro economy and financial system
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 344-345
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1085152
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Author-Name: Ronald Busse
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald
Author-X-Name-Last: Busse
Title: Sustainable development and CSR in China – a multi-perspective approach
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 346-347
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1092718
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Author-Name: Ronald Busse
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald
Author-X-Name-Last: Busse
Title: Business leadership development in China
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 347-348
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1113658
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Title:  Special Issue:
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 349-350
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1067422
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Author-Name: Yuliani Suseno
Author-X-Name-First: Yuliani
Author-X-Name-Last: Suseno
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title:  Special Issue:
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 351-352
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2015.1081352
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Acknowledgements
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 161-161
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1311484
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Author-Name: Gordon Redding
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Introduction: human capital as a factor in societal progress
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 163-170
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1289030
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Author-Name: Julie E. Ferguson
Author-X-Name-First: Julie E.
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferguson
Author-Name: Heidi Dahles
Author-X-Name-First: Heidi
Author-X-Name-Last: Dahles
Author-Name: Titi Susilowati Prabawa
Author-X-Name-First: Titi Susilowati
Author-X-Name-Last: Prabawa
Title: The Indonesian tourism industry under crisis: a Bourdieuan perspective on social boundaries among small-scale business owners
Abstract: 
 This study investigates how small-scale business owners in the Indonesian tourism industry seek to overcome the consequences of multiple crises, over a 10-year period. Taking a Bourdieuan perspective, the authors emphasize the context-dependency and quality differences of various forms of capital, and explain how these differences are manifested in boundary work aimed at overcoming major adversity. It is argued that social, economic and cultural capital contributes differently to small-scale business owners’ resilience, either spanning or setting developmental boundaries. This furthers understanding of how small-scale business owners cope with social boundaries and generate innovative opportunities for the development in the aftermath of crises.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 171-191
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1281640
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Author-Name: Nuttawuth Muenjohn
Author-X-Name-First: Nuttawuth
Author-X-Name-Last: Muenjohn
Author-Name: Adela McMurray
Author-X-Name-First: Adela
Author-X-Name-Last: McMurray
Title: Design leadership, work values ethic and workplace innovation: an investigation of SMEs in Thailand and Vietnam
Abstract: 
 This study established a new three-dimensional model identifying the relationship between design leadership, workplace values ethic (WVE) and workplace innovation. Based on an analysis of 696 usable questionnaires distributed among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand and Vietnam, our results revealed that WVE influences leadership behavior. In addition, design leadership has a significant effect on the four dimensions of workplace innovation, thus confirming an interactionist theory perspective. Furthermore, examining the under-researched Thai and Vietnamese SME context, the findings indicated that the relationship between WVE and workplace innovation is mediated by leadership behavior. In this way, the study extends the design leadership, innovation and values literatures.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 192-204
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1281642
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Author-Name: Yuliani Suseno
Author-X-Name-First: Yuliani
Author-X-Name-Last: Suseno
Author-Name: Ashly H. Pinnington
Author-X-Name-First: Ashly H.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pinnington
Title: The war for talent: human capital challenges for professional service firms
Abstract: 
 Professional service firms face particular human capital challenges. This study reflects on the distinctive characteristics of professional service firms through the concepts of knowledge intensity, low capital intensity and professionalized workforce. Based on in-depth interviews with 21 partners of Australian law firms, we provide empirical evidence on the war for talent challenges faced by professional service firms and in particular, law firms. The findings point to talent management challenges including reputation building and maintenance, employee autonomy, knowledge acquisition, revenue and profitability through internationalization, managing knowledge across borders, managing employee mobility, talent acquisition and retention, talent engagement, performance management and developing leadership capability. These challenges are important issues to be considered by professional service firms as they attempt to compete more effectively in global business contexts.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 205-229
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1287830
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Author-Name: Ngan Collins
Author-X-Name-First: Ngan
Author-X-Name-Last: Collins
Author-Name: Sandra Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Tin Hong Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Tin Hong
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: Pauline Stanton
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Stanton
Title: The contribution of human capital to a holistic response to climate change: learning from and for the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Abstract: 
 The Mekong Delta has been identified by the International Panel on Climate Change as one of the three most vulnerable areas in the world as sea levels rise due to climate change. The Vietnam Government has implemented a range of policies to assist migration in order to address these environmental problems. While much research has focused on the environmental causes of, and responses to, climate change there has been less research on the impact of environmentally motivated responses to climate change on labour force and human capital factors. This paper examines the experience of the Vietnam Government in encouraging internal migration from vulnerable agricultural areas to urban industrial cities, to explore the human capital effects of these environmentally motivated response to climate change. The paper first presents the environmental argument for migration in response to climate change, together with examples of what the Vietnam Government has done to encourage migration from the rural (originating) areas to other rural resettlement and city (receiving) areas. It then uses data collected as part of recent study into the impact of government encouragement for internal migration to explore the labour force and human capital impacts in both the originating region and receiving areas. The findings suggest that while there are social and economic advantages there are challenges, including ensuring that job opportunities are available, migrants and appropriate skills, and that labour contracts provide for job security and healthy and safe working result in improved living conditions. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a more integrated approach that acknowledges and addresses associated human capital (skills upgrading) and business development needs and integrates these with environmentally-motivated policies.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 230-242
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1299449
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Author-Name: Kuan-Cheng Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Kuan-Cheng
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Gordon Redding
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding
Title: Collaboration and opportunism as a duality within social capital: a regional ethnic Chinese case study
Abstract: 
 Ethnic networks constitute a form of social capital and are central to the success of many ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia. The paper elucidates how such ethnic networks come to be formed and how they may create value through entrepreneurship. The findings suggest that ethnic networks can be an enabler of business cooperation but have problems stemming from an essentially dual nature that balances the benefits of such cooperation against tensions from self-interest, opportunism and covert dealings. These rarely described opportunistic characteristics are derived from the distinct historical background of ethnic Chinese business in Southeast Asia. The paper advances the existing concept of ethnic Chinese business networking by showing empirically, the workings of a case of the normally intricate phenomena. Three propositions for theory are also developed that highlight implications of the opportunism, and the rules of the game in which human capital is being used.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 243-263
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1299400
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Author-Name: Christopher Selvarajah
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Selvarajah
Author-Name: Denny Meyer
Author-X-Name-First: Denny
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyer
Title: Human capacity development in Indonesia: leadership and managerial ideology in Javanese organizations
Abstract: 
 In this paper, leadership is viewed as a driver for change, showing directions towards a society with high adaptive capacity. This study, in particular, investigates whether the eight ancient principles of Javanese statesmanship (Asta Brata) can be employed as change agents for analysing managerial leadership excellence in Javanese organizations. Factor analysis, regression modelling and structural modelling are used to explain what constitutes leadership excellence in Javanese organizations. These findings based on the perceptions of 312 Javanese managers suggest they favour a paternalistic leadership style that is nurturing but not authoritative. This then calls for institutions that stimulate progressive leadership and entrepreneurial leadership as necessary but not sufficient until tempered with personal quality factors such as trustworthiness, dependable and discerning behaviours, patience and decisive action and acknowledgement of environmental influence.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 264-289
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1299401
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Author-Name: Stephen Blumenfeld
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Blumenfeld
Author-Name: Ashish Malik
Author-X-Name-First: Ashish
Author-X-Name-Last: Malik
Title: Human capital formation under neo-liberalism: the legacy of vocational education training in Australasia and implications for the Asia-Pacific region
Abstract: 
 This appraisal considers the role and impact of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia and New Zealand, and suggests directions such policy might take in other Asia-Pacific countries. It identifies key issues and constraints in making VET more responsive to emerging labour market needs in the region as an important factor in sustaining high economic growth. It focuses on the way in which the demands of the government, industry, trainees, and, in particular, shifts in political ideology that have influenced the education and training sectors in both countries. It addresses points of specific relevance for the delivery of VET in the broader Asia-Pacific context and concludes with a consideration of lessons and experiences of Australia and New Zealand with VET that may hold for other countries in the region in formulating priorities and implementing strategies in meeting their current and emerging needs for skills development.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 290-298
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1306358
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Author-Name: Gordon Redding
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Conclusion: the central role of human and social capital
Abstract: 
 The roles of human and social capital in fostering societal stability and progress are analyzed here in the basis of a series of empirical studies in the Asian region, each illuminating a separate aspect of the overall question: how does culture play a part in the socio-political economy? The studies cover the response of people in the Indonesian tourism industry to radical market changes; the impact of western-inspired management tools on workers in the Thai and Vietnamese industrial complexes; the ways in which credentials play a part in regional professional networking; the impact of worsening environment threats from flooding on workforce location and organizing; the not-always-benign workings of regional business networks of personal reciprocity; and the managerial ideology of many Indonesian companies. Human and social capital are illustrated here as largely invisible but still significant catalysts in the complex dynamics of countries striving to establish their own formulae for prosperity.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 299-305
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1289033
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Title:  Special Issue [2018]:
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 307-308
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1274547
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Author-Name: Johngseok Bae
Author-X-Name-First: Johngseok
Author-X-Name-Last: Bae
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Changes and continuities in South Korean HRM
Abstract: The operating context of South Korean human resource management (HRM) has undergone radical shifts since we wrote our first piece in 1997 for a similar collection to this. This has undoubtedly influenced the practice of HRM. Therefore, the focus of this piece is to compare the current situation with the past and delineate the amount and type of such change vis-à-vis continuity in HRM. The contextual factors and issues, political and economic background, labour market situation, the 1997 Asian financial crisis and ramifications, are analysed. Then future possible scenarios and key issues are outlined.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 76-105
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/1743792X.2003.11878825
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Title: Book reviews
Journal: 
Pages: 196-204
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380012331295326
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: John Benson
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson
Title: Introduction: changes and continuities in Asian HRM
Abstract: A number of significant events have impacted on Asian countries over the period since 1997 and the Asian Crisis. This means that much of what we know about Asia is outdated and may well be irrelevant. It is for this reason that this contribution re-examines a number of Asian countries to explore how human resource management (HRM) has changed over this period. A model that can be used for a comparative analysis of HRM, and one that allows the various levels of change to be assessed, is presented. This is followed by an overview of the volume's contents with the common focus being on the changes that have occurred over this period.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-14
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288680
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: China's HRM revisited: a step-wise path to convergence?
Abstract: This contribution discusses the degree to which changes in human resource management (HRM) have taken place in the China since the Special Issue on HRM in the Asia Pacific Region came out in 1997. At that time, we spoke of ‘relative convergence’ as being the main feature of Chinese HRM; this remains largely the case. As the non-state owned sectors in the Chinese economy expand and state-owned enterprises shrink correspondingly, the impact of World Trade Organization entry will lead to more competition and a greater role for market forces. The greater the impact of these changes on Chinese firms, the more Personnel Management will be replaced by HRM year by year. How rapidly this pragmatic, step-wise path proceeds will depend on how far the new norms become institutionalized and how far managers' as well as workers' mind-sets absorb and integrate them.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 15-31
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288690
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Author-Name: Stephen Chiu
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Chiu
Author-Name: David Levin
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Levin
Title: HRM in Hong Kong since 1997
Abstract: A diverse set of human resource management (HRM) practices became institutionalized during Hong Kong's industrialization from the 1950s through the 1970s within the context of an open economy, a government disinclined to intervene in business decisions or the labour market and a weak trade union movement. Economic restructuring, labour market changes and rising labour costs during the 1980s and 1990s pressured employers to find more effective ways of using their human resources. We focus on how the economic downturn following the Asian Financial Crisis has impacted on employment practices including employment security, compensation, skill formation, work reorganization and employment relations. We discuss changes in the public as well as private sector and argue that reforms in the former are loosening the rigidities of its highly structured internal labour market system. Public sector employment practices are thus likely to converge increasingly with the ‘best practices’ of private sector and overseas government HRM systems.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 32-54
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288700
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Author-Name: John Benson
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson
Author-Name: Philippe Debroux
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe
Author-X-Name-Last: Debroux
Title: Flexible labour markets and individualized employment: the beginnings of a new Japanese HRM system?
Abstract: In an earlier study we reported that human resource management (HRM) in Japan was best characterized by continuity with some changes to assessment and pay practices. It is now over five years since we mapped out the changes taking place in Japanese HRM. This contribution reviews some of the changes over this period and considers the future directions of HRM. The essay commences with a discussion of the important contextual factors and issues underpinning HRM including employer proposals for reform. The next section then explores changes taking place in employment, remuneration and evaluation. This is supplemented by a more general assessment of the key changes occurring in Japanese HRM. The essay concludes with a discussion on why such changes are occurring, whether the changes constitute a convergence towards the Western model and the implications for HRM and theory development.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 55-75
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288710
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Author-Name: Christopher Skene
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Skene
Title: Change and continuity: recent developments in HRM in the Philippines
Abstract: There is a tendency in many country studies to investigate a single sector and to imply that the sector is representative of the whole. In the realm of human resource management practices, the case of the Philippines suggests this is not a helpful approach. This essay suggests that, within the Philippines, there are differences between sectors of the economy. The purpose of this paper is three-fold: to build upon Maragtas Amante's 1997 study on HRM practices in the Philippines, to demonstrate differences in HRM practices in the import substitution industrialization (ISI) and export-oriented industrialization (EOI) sectors and to highlight the changes (if any) that have taken place over the past few years. This study suggests that, over the past few decades there has been a great deal of divergence between the ISI and EOI sectors. However, recently there has been evidence that the ISI sector has been adopting HRM practices that have been more characteristic of those in the EOI sector. The reason for this change is that the regulatory protection the ISI sector once enjoyed is no longer available. In addition, the Asian Financial Crisis has contributed to the change by breaking down union resistence that had previously prevented change in the ISI sector.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 106-128
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288730
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Author-Name: David Wan
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Wan
Title: HRM in Singapore: change and continuity
Abstract: This essay traces the development of human resource management (HRM) in Singapore from the mid 1990s until the present day, with particular reference to the impact of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. In particular, it explores the changes in employment relations since the publication of Yuen (1997). National HRM concerns and strategies to maximize human capital as Singapore transforms itself and the knowledge economy is highlighted. The issue of convergence versus divergence in the management of human resources (HRs) will be touched upon. Current and future HR challenges that are most likely to impact on the country's competitiveness and economic performance are also explored.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 129-146
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288740
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Title: The post-Asian financial crisis: changes in HRM in Taiwanese enterprises
Abstract: The changes in the macro-economic environment, due to the recent Asian crisis, have been an important stimulus to organizational and human resource management (HRM) changes in Taiwanese enterprises. This essay tackles these responses by looking at individual firms, using a case study approach. The pattern of organizational responses introduced in these companies has exhibited a variety of different characteristics. Most have implemented strategies towards enhancing the individual firms' competitiveness. The situation has changed since Chen's research in 1997, marked by differences between a period of economic boom and a period of economic recession. Consequently, key economic indicators and labour market conditions have changed, so HRM practices have evolved too. Generally speaking, the adoption of international standardized HRM practices is one such move that is now becoming more general in Taiwan.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 147-164
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288750
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Author-Name: John Lawler
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Lawler
Author-Name: Vinita Atmiyanandana
Author-X-Name-First: Vinita
Author-X-Name-Last: Atmiyanandana
Title: HRM in Thailand: a post-1997 update
Abstract: This essay updates an earlier study of human resource management (HRM) practices in Thailand, focusing specifically on HRM in the post-1997 Asian financial crisis. HRM in Thailand has undergone gradual, but significant, change, with movement away from more traditional styles of HRM and management rooted in personalism and social relationships, toward more flexible employment systems in which employment opportunities are based on merit and performance rather than connections and personal characteristics. These changes are clearly more pronounced in subsidiaries of multinational corporations, particularly those based in Western countries.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 165-185
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288760
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Author-Name: John Benson
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Conclusion: changes in Asian HRM – implications for theory and practice
Abstract: A number of significant events have impacted on Asian countries over the period sine 1997 and the Asian crisis. This means that much of what we know about Asia is outdated and may well be irrelevant. It is for this reason that this contribution re-examines a number of Asian countries to explore how human resource management (HRM) has changed over this period. A model that can be used for a comparative analysis of HRM, and one that allows the various levels of change to be assessed, is presented. This is followed by an overview of the volume's contents with the common focus on the changes that have occurred over this period.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 186-195
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Year: 2003
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288770
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: On globalization ‘with Chinese characteristics’?
Abstract: 
 This Commentary looks at Globalization ‘with Chinese Characteristics’ (quanqiu hua yu zhongguo tese) as revealed through the lens of President Xi Jinping’s recent speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January, 2017. In this, he sets out a positive role for the PRC in the ‘Globalization’ stakes. He also puts himself forward as ‘Expert’, rather than ‘Red’, in the ongoing polemic on the benefits of further reductions in barriers to doing business. But whether this may be taken at its face value remains to be seen. Whilst the Chinese appear to promote more of ‘Globalization’ and the Americans seem to retreat from the model, the world economic community may well suspend its judgement.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 309-316
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1304400
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Author-Name: Yuming Cui
Author-X-Name-First: Yuming
Author-X-Name-Last: Cui
Title: The internationalization of the RMB: a perspective vis a vis East Asian economic and financial integration
Abstract: 
 The People’s Republic of China has achieved remarkable progress in the internationalization of the RMB by introducing a number of concrete measures to boost the RMB’s status on the world stage since 2009. The ongoing RMB internationalization is being promoted under the background of deepening economic and financial integration in East Asia. In this article, we attempt to analyse RMB internationalization from the perspective of East Asian regional integration. We hypothesize that East Asian regional integration lays a broad foundation for China to push RMB internationalization forward. An internationalized RMB, we argue, will play more important roles in the process of East Asian regionalization. Thus, RMB regionalization could be an important and necessary step of internationalization. The Chinese authorities should not only push the RMB toward internationalization under China’s framework of domestic financial system reform, but they should also integrate RMB internationalization into the process of East Asian economic and financial integration. Therefore, a win–win strategy of RMB internationalization for both China and East Asian countries is needed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 317-335
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1285587
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Author-Name: Han Yu
Author-X-Name-First: Han
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu
Author-Name: Abraham Y. Nahm
Author-X-Name-First: Abraham Y.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nahm
Author-Name: Zengji Song
Author-X-Name-First: Zengji
Author-X-Name-Last: Song
Title: , political connections and resource acquisition in Chinese publicly listed private sector firms
Abstract: 
 In this study, we examined the role of guanxi as entrepreneurs’ resource-obtaining mechanism in private sector firms, using a data-set of 184 publicly listed firms in China. We found that guanxi indeed played a positive role that helped private sector firms gain easier access to resources. We also found that guanxi exerted even a greater positive effect on private sector firms’ resource obtaining compared to entrepreneurs’ political participation, due to being the lifeblood of business conduct and social interaction in Chinese culture.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 336-353
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1161889
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Author-Name: Rong Du
Author-X-Name-First: Rong
Author-X-Name-Last: Du
Author-Name: Lili Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Lili
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Detmar W. Straub
Author-X-Name-First: Detmar W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Straub
Author-Name: Michael B. Knight
Author-X-Name-First: Michael B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Knight
Title: The impact of espoused national cultural values on innovative behaviour: an empirical study in the Chinese IT-enabled global service industry
Abstract: 
 In this article, we explore the different roles that knowledge sharing and exploitative learning play in employees’ innovative behaviour, and investigate the different moderating effects of employees’ espoused national cultural values on the relationship between exploitative learning and innovative behaviour in the Chinese IT-enabled global service firms with different ownerships. We propose a theoretical model to characterize these antecedents of innovative behaviour. A structured research survey was conducted and data were collected from a sample of 484 full-time employees in 3 IT-enabled global service firms in the PRC. Results indicate that knowledge sharing is positively associated with innovative behaviour in multinational corporations and private IT-enabled global service; espoused power distance has a significant positive moderating effect on exploitative learning–innovative behaviour relationship in state-owned and private firms; espoused collectivism has a significant moderating effect only in state-owned firms in China. Last, we explore the implications of our findings for theory and practice of innovation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 354-372
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1156907
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Author-Name: Christopher Selvarajah
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Selvarajah
Author-Name: Denny Meyer
Author-X-Name-First: Denny
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyer
Author-Name: Ratna Roostika
Author-X-Name-First: Ratna
Author-X-Name-Last: Roostika
Author-Name: Suku Sukunesan
Author-X-Name-First: Suku
Author-X-Name-Last: Sukunesan
Title: Exploring managerial leadership in Javanese (Indonesia) organisations: engaging , the eight principles of Javanese statesmanship
Abstract: 
 This study investigates whether the eight ancient principles of Javanese statesmanship (Asta Brata), can be employed as the basis for analysing managerial leadership excellence in Javanese organizations. Factor analysis, regression modelling and structural modelling are used to explain what constitutes leadership excellence in Javanese organizations. These findings based on the perceptions of 312 Javanese managers suggest they favour a paternalistic leadership style that is nurturing but not authoritative. This study highlights the importance of understanding Indonesia’s bapak-ism, or reverence for the leader as a father figure, and its familial orientation of interdependency between management and employees.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 373-395
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1213494
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Author-Name: Seung-Hyun Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Seung-Hyun
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Chang Hoon Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Chang Hoon
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Jeoung Yul Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Jeoung Yul
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: The effect of host country Internet infrastructure on foreign expansion of Korean MNCs
Abstract: 
 This study examines the effect of host country Internet infrastructure on a multinational corporation (MNC) foreign expansion. Using Heckman’s selection model on a sample of 2589 subsidiaries of 487 Korean MNCs between 1990 and 2011, we find that host country Internet infrastructure is important in MNC expansion decisions. In addition, we find that a well-developed Internet infrastructure within a host country leads to more investments from MNCs producing consumer over industrial goods and is more attractive to domestic market followers than market leaders. We find that the host country’s Internet infrastructure is important for an MNC foreign expansion decision, suggesting that efficient communication within an MNC is critical in coordinating globalized MNC subsidiary operations.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 396-419
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1156295
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Author-Name: Hong-Youl Ha
Author-X-Name-First: Hong-Youl
Author-X-Name-Last: Ha
Title: The moderating roles of status of B2B evaluator and dependence in the switching costs – switching intentions – performance causal chain in Korea
Abstract: 
 Switching intentions in the business-to-business (B2B) relationship context have a powerful impact on a firm’s performance and are often considered in relation to perceived switching costs. This factor has also been considered as a good predictor of actual turnover behaviour resulting in reduced market share and profitability of firms. However, despite the importance of switching intentions in B2B relationships, there is still no evidence either to support linkages to switching costs as a key driver of decision-making or to demonstrate interrelationships with firm performance. The author empirically examines the theoretical process of the cognitive assessment – behavioural intentions – performance linkage that explains a firm’s likelihood of terminating B2B relationships using three moderating variables. The results suggest that the switching intentions are driven by switching costs and their similarity to the direct effect on firm performance. Meanwhile, personal relationship loss costs, rather than other types of switching costs, serve an important role in determining the reduction of switching intentions. Finally, the author discusses insights about the present results and suggests future research directions.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 420-437
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1156906
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Author-Name: Chuc Dinh Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Chuc
Author-X-Name-Last: Dinh Nguyen
Author-Name: Anh Ngoc Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Anh
Author-X-Name-Last: Ngoc Nguyen
Author-Name: Trang Ha Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Trang
Author-X-Name-Last: Ha Nguyen
Author-Name: Minh Ngoc Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Minh
Author-X-Name-Last: Ngoc Nguyen
Title: Host-site institutions, regional production linkages and technological upgrading: a study of automotive firms in vietnam
Abstract: 
 Using technological capabilities as embodied in machinery, organization, processes and products, this study examines the links with host-site institutions and regional production linkages. The statistical results show no relationship between these variables. In-depth interviews complement the quantitative findings. Overall, the result shows that the government’s localization efforts failed because too many joint-venture assemblers were approved in the 1990s when the domestic market was small. The lack of economies of scale also affected the growth of national suppliers. Hence, national producers are confined to low value added segments and lack the quality to compete in export markets.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 438-453
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1189133
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Author-Name: Debi S. Saini
Author-X-Name-First: Debi S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Saini
Title: Finding a voice at work? New perspectives on employment relations
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 454-456
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1177913
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Author-Name: Paul Gentle
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Gentle
Title: Chinese rules: five timeless lessons for succeeding in China
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 457-458
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1183277
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Structures of economic growth in Asia: lessons from Japan?
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 458-464
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1228239
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: The silk roads: a new history of the world
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 464-465
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1229391
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Title: Special Issue: Multinationals, Technology and Localization in the Automotive Industry in Asia
Journal: 
Pages: 1-12
Issue: 1
Volume: 14
Year: 2008
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701660913
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Author-Name: MERIEKE STEVENS
Author-X-Name-First: MERIEKE
Author-X-Name-Last: STEVENS
Title: Foreign Influences on the Japanese Automobile Industry: The Nissan-Renault Mutual Learning Alliance
Abstract: This contribution discusses the exchange of complementary skills and knowledge in a mutual learning alliance between equal partners that come from different historical, cultural, and economic backgrounds by drawing on the 1999 merger between the French carmaker Renault and Japanese carmaker Nissan. The vantage point for this discussion is the Japanese economy, and the Nissan-Renault merger is discussed against the historical background of the protected development of Japanese carmakers. It is argued here that Renault's corporate management know-how greatly contributed to Nissan's turnaround.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 13-27
Issue: 1
Volume: 14
Year: 2008
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701660947
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Author-Name: ROGIER BUSSER
Author-X-Name-First: ROGIER
Author-X-Name-Last: BUSSER
Title: ‘Detroit of the East’? Industrial Upgrading, Japanese Car Producers and the Development of the Automotive Industry in Thailand
Abstract: The automobile industry in Thailand has developed from an inward-oriented import-substitution industry into a competitive export driven industry. Multinationals, in particular the Japanese, have been instrumental in driving growth. Using empirical information the study argues that industrial upgrading has taken place largely in Japanese enterprises but that technology transfer from these firms has hardly taken place. Hence, Thai suppliers have remained as second tier suppliers.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 29-45
Issue: 1
Volume: 14
Year: 2008
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701660962
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Author-Name: PETER WAD
Author-X-Name-First: PETER
Author-X-Name-Last: WAD
Title: The Development of Automotive Parts Suppliers in Korea and Malaysia: A Global Value Chain Perspective
Abstract: This contribution aims to investigate whether, how and why national automobile policies in Korea and Malaysia have generated industrial upgrading and increased competitiveness of the domestic automobile components industry to the point of world class suppliers. The study applies a global value chain perspective on the development of national automobile firms and industries in developing countries. The contribution argues that the rise of powerful multinational companies (MNCs) who were automobile suppliers of systems or modules based on advanced proprietary technology and branding has made it more important than ever that upper tier suppliers evolve and/or locate in global value chains to remain competitive. No such automobile suppliers have yet emerged out of the local Korean and Malaysian automobile component industry, but world class foreign automobile suppliers have established operations especially in Korea. Hence, both the Korean and Malaysian vehicle makers will depend upon and have to ally with leading foreign automobile suppliers to achieve or sustain competitiveness in local, regional and world markets.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 47-64
Issue: 1
Volume: 14
Year: 2008
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701661002
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Author-Name: RENE E. OFRENEO
Author-X-Name-First: RENE E.
Author-X-Name-Last: OFRENEO
Title: Arrested Development: Multinationals, TRIMs and the Philippines' Automotive Industry
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to show – through the illustrative experience of the automobile assembly industry and the car parts industry – that the failure of the Philippines to become another newly industrialised country (NIC) in Asia is due to the absence of a clear vision of national industrialisation, aggrauated by a zigzagging programme of industrial protection and deregulation. In the l970s, the Philippines imposed ‘local content’ requirements to participants in a ‘progressive car manufacturing programme (PCMP), to move up from the narrow import-and-assemble pattern of industrial development experience of the l950s-l960s. The vehicle industry at that time was engaged in the assembly of imported completely-knocked-down (CKD) or semi-knocked-down (SKD) parts. However, the programme to deepen the automobile industrial structure was a failure due to the indecisiveness of the government in pursuing the programme, compounded in the l980s-1990s by the haphazard way by which it embraced the IMF-World Bank's structural adjustment programme aimed at promoting an export-oriented industrial (EOI) structure. In 2003, the ‘local content’ requirements were formally withdrawn in compliance with the agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) under the World Trade Organization (WTO). By then, both the automobile assembly industry and parts industry were in deep crisis, like the rest of the industrial sector of the Philippines.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 65-84
Issue: 1
Volume: 14
Year: 2008
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701661010
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Author-Name: RAJAH RASIAH
Author-X-Name-First: RAJAH
Author-X-Name-Last: RASIAH
Author-Name: ASHISH KUMAR
Author-X-Name-First: ASHISH
Author-X-Name-Last: KUMAR
Title: Foreign Ownership, Technological Intensities and Economic Performance of Automotive Parts Firms in India
Abstract: This contribution examines differences in technological intensities between foreign and local automotive parts firms in India. Foreign firms enjoyed higher labour productivity, wages, and export, technological and skills intensities than local firms. The econometric results showed a strong relationship between labour productivity and technological intensity. The technological intensity variable (including its components of human resource, process technology and R&amp;D) was also strongly and positively correlated with skills intensity. Foreign ownership was only statistically significant and positive in the human resources regressions. Local firms also showed statistically significant levels of technological intensity (especially in process technology) when competing in export markets, suggesting that foreign firms may offer a competitive and complementary presence to spur local firms' development.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 85-102
Issue: 1
Volume: 14
Year: 2008
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701661036
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Author-Name: MOHAMAD ROSLI
Author-X-Name-First: MOHAMAD
Author-X-Name-Last: ROSLI
Author-Name: FATIMAH KARI
Author-X-Name-First: FATIMAH
Author-X-Name-Last: KARI
Title: Malaysia's National Automotive Policy and the Performance of Proton's Foreign and Local Vendors
Abstract: This contribution seeks to examine the performance of Proton's government supported supplier programmes. Using secondary data the contribution compares the performance of local and foreign automotive parts suppliers. The results show that foreign suppliers performed better than local suppliers. Interviews suggest that access to superior technology from abroad is the prime determinant of the inferior performance of local suppliers compared to foreign suppliers. Local firms lack firm-specific advantages that foreign multinational suppliers enjoy.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 103-118
Issue: 1
Volume: 14
Year: 2008
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701661044
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Author-Name: LIH-REN LI
Author-X-Name-First: LIH-REN
Author-X-Name-Last: LI
Author-Name: YURI SADOI
Author-X-Name-First: YURI
Author-X-Name-Last: SADOI
Title: Taiwanese Automotive Parts Suppliers in China
Abstract: Bilateral policies and rising labour costs have driven the relocation of automotive parts production from Taiwan to China. Using a company-level survey of 72 Taiwanese automobile parts suppliers in 2004–05, this contribution identified significant levels of technology transfer from Taiwanese automobile parts suppliers to Chinese firms in China. The technical division of labour among Taiwanese supplier-linked Chinese automotive assemblers is that key advanced technology is drawn from Japan which is then fused with Taiwanese conventional body parts technology to meet Chinese and Taiwanese joint-venture assembly demands.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 119-146
Issue: 1
Volume: 14
Year: 2008
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701661069
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Author-Name: YURI SADOI
Author-X-Name-First: YURI
Author-X-Name-Last: SADOI
Title: Technology Transfer in Automotive Parts Firms in China
Abstract: This contribution examines the process of technology transfer from foreign to local firms in the automotive parts industry in China, focusing on parts localization processes and technical capabilities. Using survey and case study information, the study compares parts localization and technical transfer programmes in China with the experience of Malaysia's Proton. The results show that Chinese firms have achieved localization much faster than Malaysia's Proton largely due to the strategic nature of government policy on foreign direct investment (FDI) and technology transfer.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 147-163
Issue: 1
Volume: 14
Year: 2008
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701661085
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Author-Name: RAJAH RASIAH
Author-X-Name-First: RAJAH
Author-X-Name-Last: RASIAH
Title: Conclusions and Implications: The Role of Multinationals in Technological Capability Building and Localization in Asia
Abstract: The contributions to this publication examine several important issues concerning the operations of multinationals (MNCs) and their impact – both potential and actual – on technology and localization in the automotive industry in selected Asian economies. While Japan and Korea have managed to develop mature integrated automotive operations at the technology frontier, the other economies are still strongly immersed in catching up. Automotives play an important role in the economic activities of all the selected countries through exports and production.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 165-169
Issue: 1
Volume: 14
Year: 2008
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602380701661101
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Author-Name: Dave Ulrich
Author-X-Name-First: Dave
Author-X-Name-Last: Ulrich
Title: Changing facets of leadership in East Asia: globalization, innovation and performance in Japan, South Korea and China
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 159-160
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1556524
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Jun Ishikawa
Author-X-Name-First: Jun
Author-X-Name-Last: Ishikawa
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Title: Changing facets of leadership in East Asia: globalization, innovation and performance in Japan, South Korea and China
Abstract: 
 Japan, South Korea and China are the three juggernauts of the East Asian economy. In gross domestic product terms, China is the world&#x2019;s second largest economy, Japan the third and South Korea the eleventh. Also, Japan and South Korea are the only two of the OECD&#x2019;s prestigious Development Assistance Committee members from Asia, providing a large combined annual budget to developing countries, and the only two Asian countries of the seven-member 50&#x2013;20 Club with members with a population of 50 million or more and a per capita GDP of US$20,000 or more. Many studies have offered explanations of this Asian economic and corporate success, although few have attempted to explain the leadership styles in these three countries. Globalization has also changed these economies enormously, leading to the possible convergence with universalism forces and commensurate globalization of their leadership styles. This collection, therefore, presents some of the most recent findings of leadership studies on Japan, South Korea and China in light of this.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 161-172
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1557425
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Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Taichi Takahara
Author-X-Name-First: Taichi
Author-X-Name-Last: Takahara
Title: From business to politics: cross-border CEOs and political leadership in Japan and South Korea
Abstract: 
 Whether or not successful CEOs can make themselves competent political leaders has been a concern within the field of management studies. The fact that capitalist democracy depends largely on a close orchestration between the capitalist class and political leaders has also instigated many studies on the exact nature of such bi-partite relationships between the two groups. The number of the cross-border CEOs who expand their horizons into politics has been on the rise in East Asia, as both historical and contemporary examples indicate. A new trend of the cross-border CEOs invites us to examine historical patterns to confirm how widespread the phenomenon has been since the expansion of capitalist democracies. This study offers a limited historical comparison between Japanese and South Korean cross-border CEOs using an illustrative historical case of Aoki Ichigor&#xF4;, who mass mobilized the farmers movement against the US military base in Japan and a contemporary case of Ahn Cheol-soo, who unsuccessfully ran for the presidency in 2017. We find that CEOs can be successful as political leaders if they can promote networking leadership styles for both business and politics.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 173-193
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1548544
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Author-Name: Seonjo Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Seonjo
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Jun Ishikawa
Author-X-Name-First: Jun
Author-X-Name-Last: Ishikawa
Title: Formal voice mechanisms and portfolio career workers&#x2019; prosocial voice in Japan and Korea: the mediating role of managers&#x2019; issue-related leadership activities
Abstract: 
 This study analyses the relationship between formal voice mechanisms and prosocial voice among portfolio career workers (PCWs) in Japan and Korea. We particularly focus on the leadership activities of managers as human resource management agents and issue sellers. Under similar conditions, data on 400 and 409 PCWs in Japan and Korea, respectively, are gathered through web-based longitudinal surveys conducted in 2017 and 2018. The findings are threefold. First, when PCWs perceive that formal voice mechanisms are activated, they also rate the levels of their managers&#x2019; issue-related leadership activities more highly. Second, when PCWs evaluate the issue-related leadership activities of managers as being at a high level, they perceive that employment relations are based on a social exchange relationship. Third, when PCWs perceive employment relations based on a social exchange relationship, they provide their prosocial voice more actively. These results are discussed relative to the internal labour market models of Japan and Korea.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 194-226
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1548541
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Author-Name: Toshio Murase
Author-X-Name-First: Toshio
Author-X-Name-Last: Murase
Author-Name: Adam Roebuck
Author-X-Name-First: Adam
Author-X-Name-Last: Roebuck
Author-Name: Kiyoshi Takahashi
Author-X-Name-First: Kiyoshi
Author-X-Name-Last: Takahashi
Title: Development and validation of a situational judgement test of Japanese leadership knowledge
Abstract: 
 Leadership research has accumulated a wealth of empirical findings about what leadership behaviours are effective in various business environments. We took advantage of these empirical findings to develop a situational judgement test (SJT) of leadership knowledge with correct answers. The SJT contains four leadership dimensions: task-focused, relationship-focused, transformational, and developmental leadership. Item response theory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to examine the psychometric properties of the SJT, based on a sample of 658 Japanese college students. Ultimately, we confirmed a four-factor model and retained 21 of 53 situation questions for the final SJT.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 227-250
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1548543
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Author-Name: Jungwon Yoon
Author-X-Name-First: Jungwon
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoon
Author-Name: Moon-Gi Suh
Author-X-Name-First: Moon-Gi
Author-X-Name-Last: Suh
Title: Determinants of organizational performance: some implications for top executive leadership in Korean firms
Abstract: 
 Leadership, although commonly assumed to be greatly significant, is not typically studied in terms of structural characteristics accounted for in organizational performance. The effect of top executive leadership is explored here as a key factor that reflects organizational characteristics by offering a new framework and presenting an empirical test of Korean business firms. This research can be possibly made by focusing on the size of the leadership which explicates the difference between structural, resource and contextual variables in organizations. The multivariate regression analysis shows that firm size, leadership, debt and export significantly affect organizational performance, as measured by net income. The mechanism of Korean business firms needs to readjust to the new environment for organizational performance.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 251-272
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1548545
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Author-Name: Yaping Zhou
Author-X-Name-First: Yaping
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhou
Author-Name: Suwan Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Suwan
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Donggen Rui
Author-X-Name-First: Donggen
Author-X-Name-Last: Rui
Title: Chivalrous idealist and pragmatic strategist: the influence of Mohist values on Ma Yun&#x2019;s leadership in China
Abstract: 
 In the study of leadership within the private sector in China, few scholars have tried to link ancient Chinese teachings to the present leadership style beyond the level of highlighting Confucianism and/or militarist philosophy. This study argues that Mohist teachings are the foundation of Ma Yun&#x2019;s leadership in Alibaba.com. Using three propositions of (a) Ma Yun&#x2019;s motivation to become a start-up CEO, (b) structuring his business using his inter-national skills and linguistic competences and (c) shaping his leader-ship style based on the Mohist teachings, one of the minority schools of ancient Chinese philosophy, this paper finds that innovative firms in China such as Alibaba.com deliberately shies themselves from conventional symbols of Confucianism or militarist teachings to accommodate Western managerial in the name of unpopular ancient&#xA0; Chinese teachings. The result of Ma Yun&#x2019;s leadership is successful corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance amid rapid innovation within his company. Our results show that Ma Yun&#x2019;s Mohist quality and balance of justice and interests are the most effective measurement indicators of Ma Yun&#x2019;s internal operations; values of eloquent rhetoric, a chivalrous spirit, and mutual love have promoted Alibaba&#x2019;s external reputation and expansion and constitute important indicators.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 273-287
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1548546
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Author-Name: Soel-Ah Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Soel-Ah
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: Neutralizing environmental uncertainties: the evolution of leadership in the South Korean TV station, KBS
Abstract: 
 Leadership studies on public TV companies are few and far between due to their peculiar status as a monopoly in the market. TV leadership has been deemed less important than the government that regulates it or the corporate advertisers who buy its air time. Using the theory of environmental threats and leadership evolution, this study analyses the personal data of CEOs at the Korea Broadcasting System (KBS), which is owned and controlled by the state from its conception in 1961. This contribution finds that different types of CEOs were favoured for each evolutionary stage with dissimilar environmental threats. Over the years, CEOs at KBS have become much more professionalized and were selected from inside rather than from the government. However, CEOs continue to pursue their political, rather than professional, roles to neutralize its external threats. It continues to be genuine that the most critical environmental threat for KBS is the state itself. The continuous political nature of KBS leadership makes it very difficult for the organization to be free from internal and external crises, including general strikes by employees and the sweeping layoff of key decision-makers in the firm by the government. It is expected that new CEOs at KBS should play professional roles for their long-term survival.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 288-306
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1548542
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Wonho Jang
Author-X-Name-First: Wonho
Author-X-Name-Last: Jang
Title: New perspectives on East Asian leadership in the age of globalization: local grounding and historical comparisons in the Asia Pacific region
Abstract: 
 Many management and leadership studies have traditionally been dominated by Western theories, perspectives and cases. Non-Western leadership requires additional caveats in arriving at generalizations. The theoretical trap of conceiving Asian corporations either as irrelevant concerning leadership effectiveness or as maintaining only culturally determined leadership derives from the lack of historical understanding of Asian cases. Our collection used both historical and contemporary cases of Japan, South Korea and China to show that these Asian economies have tried to some extent balance their traditional norms and values of leadership with those from the West. A key to understanding Asia is that all three countries have historically pursued leadership mandates in running both public and private corporations, although &#x2018;corrupt&#x2019; leadership practices were also rampant during different historical periods. Further studies of leadership in non-Western cases are necessary to devise methodological and theoretical alternatives to Western-centric perspectives. In our collection, we analysed how a dynamic and evolutionary view of leadership fared in its attempt to clarify some of the conundrums surrounding East Asian leadership. From our results, it is indicated that historical and comparative methods must accompany any analysis of leadership.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 307-315
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1557424
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Author-Name: Xu Kuang
Author-X-Name-First: Xu
Author-X-Name-Last: Kuang
Author-Name: Fuquan Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Fuquan
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Author-Name: Han Hao
Author-X-Name-First: Han
Author-X-Name-Last: Hao
Author-Name: Zongwei Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Zongwei
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: Intelligent connected vehicles: the industrial practices and impacts on automotive value-chains in China
Abstract: 
 The intelligent connected vehicle (ICV) concept represents the commanding heights of prospective automotive product shape and technology, which will pose significant impacts on the value-chain of future automotive industry, especially in China. The development of ICV will also provide the Chinese automotive industry with a strategic opportunity for transformation and upgrading. Currently, the government and enterprises have increased investment in the research and application of ICV. A detailed study in the development of ICV in the PRC can have theoretical implications for exploiting the future automotive value-chain. From the perspective of value-chains, this article analyses ICV’s significant impacts on the new industrial value-chain and its essential features, according to the latest practical cases in China. On this basis, suggestions of upgrading paths are proposed for different categories of Chinese enterprises from the dimensions of process, product and functional upgrading.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-21
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1340178
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Author-Name: Xin Li
Author-X-Name-First: Xin
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Verner Worm
Author-X-Name-First: Verner
Author-X-Name-Last: Worm
Author-Name: Peihong Xie
Author-X-Name-First: Peihong
Author-X-Name-Last: Xie
Title: Towards an integrative framework of conflict-handling behaviour: integrating Western and Chinese perspectives
Abstract: 
 Following in the footsteps of Frances Brew and the late Kwok Leung (1958–2015), we attempt to further integrate the Western dual-concern model of conflict and the Chinese dual-motive model of harmony. Our integrative framework of conflict-handling behaviour is designed to be more comprehensive in its coverage of conflict-handling styles than the integrative model developed by Brew in 2007, and more symmetric in its treatment of the Western and Chinese perspectives than the integrative model jointly developed by Leung and Brew in 2009. In developing our alternative integrative model, we try to take a further step in the process of universalization of an indigenous Chinese theory.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 22-36
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1357322
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Author-Name: Rolv Petter Amdam
Author-X-Name-First: Rolv Petter
Author-X-Name-Last: Amdam
Author-Name: Ove Bjarnar
Author-X-Name-First: Ove
Author-X-Name-Last: Bjarnar
Author-Name: Jinmin Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Jinmin
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: The dynamic role of small- and medium-sized multinationals in global production networks: Norwegian maritime firms in the Greater Shanghai Region in China
Abstract: 
 This article examines the role of small- and medium-sized multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the dynamic development of global production networks (GPNs) in the maritime industry. It studies the dynamism between subsidiaries of Norwegian maritime firms and regional actors and institutions in the Greater Shanghai Region of China from the perspectives of the subsidiaries. It argues that strategic coupling, recoupling and decoupling are partly the results of regional selection mechanisms. However, in the cases where the subsidiaries are embedded within the host region, the strategies and behaviour of MNEs are of decisive importance for the dynamic development of GPNs.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 37-52
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1358929
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Author-Name: Yi-Ying Chang
Author-X-Name-First: Yi-Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang
Title: Charismatic leadership in IT firms in Taiwan: an empirical study
Abstract: 
 This study aims to look at charismatic leadership and management innovation in a sample of Information Technology firms in Taiwan. The literature on such leadership was examined because it reveals how leaders serve as key agents who stimulate others with their vision of the potential of an innovation. Theoretically, we suggest that charismatic leadership behaviour can help management innovation but only when certain conditions are met. Empirically, we find that charismatic leaders must create a higher level of trust in their subordinates at all levels of the organizational hierarchy, based on common perceptions of the firm as a trustworthy entity.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 53-71
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1334416
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Author-Name: Yuliani Suseno
Author-X-Name-First: Yuliani
Author-X-Name-Last: Suseno
Author-Name: Ashly H. Pinnington
Author-X-Name-First: Ashly H.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pinnington
Title: The significance of human capital and social capital: professional–client relationships in the Asia Pacific
Abstract: 
 Professionals working in professional service firms rely on their human capital and social capital to deliver value in their service provision and delivery to clients. However, research to-date is limited regarding investigations into the relationship between human capital and social capital at the level of professional–client relationships, particularly in the context of the Asia Pacific where changes in business environment, professional jurisdiction and ways of working have been commonplace for many firms operating in this region. In this study of Australian corporate law firms and client organizations, our results reveal significant evidence of relationships between social capital and human capital in the form of knowledge acquisition, where social capital facilitates professionals’ capacity to acquire knowledge from clients and increases the overall amount of knowledge acquired. More research on social capital and knowledge acquisition has the potential to advance our understanding of the influence of professional–client relationships on human capital development in the Asia Pacific.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 72-89
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1281641
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Author-Name: Justin Paul
Author-X-Name-First: Justin
Author-X-Name-Last: Paul
Author-Name: Gabriel R. G. Benito
Author-X-Name-First: Gabriel R. G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Benito
Title: A review of research on outward foreign direct investment from emerging countries, including China: what do we know, how do we know and where should we be heading?
Abstract: 
 Using the Antecedents, Decisions and Outcomes (ADO) format as an organizing framework, this article gives an overview of the literature on different dimensions and characteristics of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) by firms from emerging countries. Based on an extensive coverage of studies published over a period of nearly 25 years between 1993 and 2017, we review extant research on this phenomenon from mainly China, as well as other emerging countries. We identify advances and analytical areas of OFDI research and pinpoint the key theories, methodologies, observed characteristics and the variables that have been examined in this growing research literature. Many areas of the above research themes remain underexplored, despite recent significant advancements, and may provide directions for future research.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 90-115
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1357316
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Human resource management revisited
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 116-118
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1319591
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Post capitalism: a guide to our future; How will capitalism end?: essays on a failing system; The perils of leaving economics to the experts; Inventing the future: postcapitalism and a world without work
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 118-121
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1335511
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Conducting business in China and India: a comparative and contextual analysis; China’s economic culture: the ritual order of state and markets; The political economy of banking governance in China; China’s governance model: flexibility and durability of pragmatic authoritarianism
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 121-124
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1382805
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Management in South Korea revisited
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 124-127
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1375682
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Huawei: leadership, culture and connectivity
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 128-130
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1384601
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Author-Name: Thuy Thi Minh Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Thuy Thi Minh
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Title: Global talent: skilled labor as social capital in Korea
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 130-132
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1375683
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Author-Name: Peihua Fan
Author-X-Name-First: Peihua
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan
Title: Leadership of Chinese private enterprises
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 132-134
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1376893
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Author-Name: Dilip K. Das
Author-X-Name-First: Dilip K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Das
Title: Advanced introduction to globalization
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 135-136
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1382264
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Author-Name: Jacky F. L. Hong
Author-X-Name-First: Jacky F. L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong
Author-Name: Robin Stanley Snell
Author-X-Name-First: Robin Stanley
Author-X-Name-Last: Snell
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Asia Pacific as a research context for organizational learning: background and future directions
Abstract: 
 The dominant research agenda in the field of organizational learning continues to be driven by Western universalist assumptions. However, Asia provides a fertile setting for challenging such narrow orthodoxy in the field through studies that investigate the influence of local contexts. In this collection, four studies by Asia-based scholars address various facets of organizational learning among indigenous Asian firms. Drawing on diverse theoretical lenses and research methodologies to examine various organizational forms, their insights about the unique patterns and processes of learning among both small and emerging multinational companies from the Asia Pacific serve to rekindle debates about universalism/convergence versus contingency/divergence, and about emic (context-rich, inside-out) versus etic (context-free, outside-in) perspectives.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 467-474
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1346904
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Author-Name: Kuok Kei Law
Author-X-Name-First: Kuok Kei
Author-X-Name-Last: Law
Author-Name: Andrew Chan
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: Managing knowledge work in Asia Pacific contexts: case studies of Hong Kong SMEs
Abstract: 
 This study explores how knowledge creation and sharing practices are fostered in a sample of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong. Our analysis indicates that three types of managerial interventions – initiating intervention, reinforcing intervention and aligning intervention – are particularly useful to promote knowledge management activities among employees. Such findings provide insights into researchers and managers on the important role of managerial interventions in knowledge management (KM) as well as the idiosyncrasies of KM in SMEs in Chinese societies.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 475-492
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1346207
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Author-Name: Lancy Mac
Author-X-Name-First: Lancy
Author-X-Name-Last: Mac
Author-Name: Felicitas Evangelista
Author-X-Name-First: Felicitas
Author-X-Name-Last: Evangelista
Title: Transforming learning into export performance by Chinese firms
Abstract: 
 Organisational learning plays a vital role in enhancing firm performance, particularly for companies operating in foreign markets. Knowledge gained from various markets needs to be integrated for it to have a significant impact on performance. This study seeks to demonstrate how organisational learning can transform knowledge into performance through an organization-wide commitment to learning, a knowledge integration system and an organisational capability to learn. A survey undertaken in South China would show that there is a sequential chain of effects among these constructs.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 493-508
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1346905
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Author-Name: Yuliani Suseno
Author-X-Name-First: Yuliani
Author-X-Name-Last: Suseno
Author-Name: Lina Salim
Author-X-Name-First: Lina
Author-X-Name-Last: Salim
Author-Name: Philip Setiadi
Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: Setiadi
Title: Local contexts and organizational learning for innovation in an emerging economy: the case of two Malaysian firms in Indonesia
Abstract: 
 Organizational learning for innovation is critical for the success of multinationals. In this study, we examine two multinationals and their learning and innovation, when operating in Indonesia as the host country. As research on organizational learning has largely overlooked the influence of regional contexts, we examine the role of contextual conditions of the host country with regard to its economic, political and competitive conditions, and the changing customer demands, on organizational learning and innovation. We also consider organizational learning process, taking into account organizational factors that influence such process. The implications, contributions and limitations of the study are then discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 509-540
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1346906
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Author-Name: Li-Chung Chang
Author-X-Name-First: Li-Chung
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang
Author-Name: Wei-Ling Ho
Author-X-Name-First: Wei-Ling
Author-X-Name-Last: Ho
Author-Name: Sang-Bing Tsai
Author-X-Name-First: Sang-Bing
Author-X-Name-Last: Tsai
Author-Name: Quan Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Quan
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Chi-Cheng Wu
Author-X-Name-First: Chi-Cheng
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu
Title: Dynamic organizational learning: a narrative inquiry into the story of Huawei in China
Abstract: 
 In this paper, we apply a model derived from dynamic capability theory to analyse the evolution and development of Huawei as an emerging MNC that is also a dynamic learning organization. We show how this firm has evolved through four distinct eras, characterized in succession by imitation, improvement, integration and cross-disciplinary engagement. Each era has involved a sequence of steps, beginning with opportunities, and followed by path, position, processes and transformation. Through much of its history, Huawei drew heavily on outside expertise. By contrast, the contemporary Huawei has become self-sufficient, as progressive transformations have enabled the firm to acquire dynamic capability for developing unique client-driven solutions by combining knowledge from diverse internal expert communities.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 541-558
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1346910
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Author-Name: Bang Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Bang
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: Junsong Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Junsong
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: David De Cremer
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: De Cremer
Title: When new product development fails in China: mediating effects of voice behaviour and learning from failure
Abstract: 
 This paper investigates conflicts following a new product development (NPD) failure. Conducted in a Chinese business setting, the study examines whether voice behaviour and learning from failure mediate the relationship between task- and emotional conflict emerging from NPD failure. Our findings indicate that voice behaviour and learning from failure are necessary to effectively reduce task and emotional conflict and thus to enhance future NPD. Specifically, it is revealed that emotional conflict leads to a reduced level; and that voice behaviour and learning from failure are significant mediators that influences the relationships between emotional and task conflicts with it.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 559-575
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1339455
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Author-Name: Yukiko Murakami
Author-X-Name-First: Yukiko
Author-X-Name-Last: Murakami
Title: ‘Inpatriation’ for knowledge-transfer within Japanese multinational corporations
Abstract: 
 This article uses knowledge management theory and the gravity model to analyse the determinants of ‘inpatriation’ for knowledge-transfer within multinational corporations (MNCs) and the differences in their effects based on the region of the subsidiary’s host country. The empirical analysis uses data collected through a survey of the overseas subsidiaries of Japanese MNCs and finds that factors related to both the countries and the individual MNCs affect inpatriation, with the former factors having a stronger influence than the latter. With regard to the country factors, a smaller geographic distance and a larger cultural distance between the home and host countries and a lower GDP per capita in the subsidiary’s host country increase inpatriation. Regarding the individual MNC factors, a larger subsidiary R&amp;D budget, a larger parent firm and the execution of collaborative R&amp;D projects between a subsidiary and its parent firm increase inpatriation. Additionally, this study finds that in Asia, geographic closeness and low GDP per capita facilitate inpatriation, whereas a relatively small R&amp;D budget and rare collaborative R&amp;D projects with Japan decrease inpatriation. More subsidiaries in Asia send inpatriates to Japan than do subsidiaries in other regions because these positive factors are much stronger than these negative factors.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 576-595
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1338598
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Author-Name: Binh Hoang Duc
Author-X-Name-First: Binh
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoang Duc
Author-Name: Khang Do Ba
Author-X-Name-First: Khang
Author-X-Name-Last: Do Ba
Title: Business responses to climate change: strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Vietnam
Abstract: 
 This study identifies the climate change strategies adopted by firms in developing countries to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. First, a framework is developed to classify and assess the GHG emission strategies of companies; second, it is then improved by using data on their implementation collected from 185 companies operating in 10 energy-intensive industries in Vietnam. We find that multinational subsidiaries engage in various climate change activities and have a higher level of implementation than those of domestic firms. Further, the most active and proactive companies are large in size and from Europe, the United States and Japan.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 596-620
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1212557
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Author-Name: Jose Weng-Chou Wong
Author-X-Name-First: Jose Weng-Chou
Author-X-Name-Last: Wong
Author-Name: Siew-Huat Kong
Author-X-Name-First: Siew-Huat
Author-X-Name-Last: Kong
Title: What does the ‘inner world’ of Chinese managers tell us about their management values, thoughts and practices? An ethnographic study
Abstract: 
 This article aims to investigate an important implicit expectation held by many observers: the dramatic economic change presently occurring on mainland China would be accompanied by the transformation of Chinese managerial values, thoughts and practices. Using an ‘ethnographic’ approach, we seek to understand the forces that are currently shaping Chinese managerial values, thoughts and behaviours in some privately owned firms. A set of ten managerial assumptions at three levels – ‘self’, ‘managing’ and ‘organisation’ – are unveiled and we see how they function coherently in animating managerial behaviour with distinctive ‘Chinese characteristics’. The importance attached to ‘family’ when dealing with employees, the requirement to be as ‘flexible’ as possible in managerial behaviour and the compulsion to call for ‘harmony and stability’ indicate that our informants define good management in a unique way. Interestingly, after years of intense political, ideological campaigning, economic reforms and opening-up policies, a set of traditional Chinese values continues to shape their managerial behaviour.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 625-640
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1283892
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Author-Name: Bernard Poirine
Author-X-Name-First: Bernard
Author-X-Name-Last: Poirine
Author-Name: Vincent Dropsy
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent
Author-X-Name-Last: Dropsy
Author-Name: Jean-François Gay
Author-X-Name-First: Jean-François
Author-X-Name-Last: Gay
Title: Entrepreneurship and social norms about thrift versus sharing: the Chinese-Tahitian experience
Abstract: 
 This article establishes a link between entrepreneurship and a new ‘cultural dimension’: thrift vs. sharing. This cultural dimension measures what is the overriding social norm in a group: thrift or sharing. Our first hypothesis states that long winters with annual harvests fostered thrift while foraging and tropical horticulture and continuous harvesting fostered sharing. Our second hypothesis states that thrift promotes entrepreneurship, while sharing hampers it. We find empirical support for both hypotheses when comparing indigenous Polynesians and the Hakka Chinese minority in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 641-657
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1290188
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Author-Name: Guangchao Charles Feng
Author-X-Name-First: Guangchao Charles
Author-X-Name-Last: Feng
Title: The dynamics of the Chinese film industry: factors affecting Chinese audiences’ intentions to see movies
Abstract: 
 This study attempts to understand the dynamics of the rapidly growing Chinese film industry by relying on a revised reason action model that uses a data-mining approach with aggregated data to examine the determinants of people’s intentions to see movies. The results show that attitude towards seeing movies indicated by online film ratings, collective norms represented by box-office performance and Academy Award win(s) significantly predict intentions to see movies. In addition, a movie’s year of release, star power, country of origin, adaptation from a novel and status as a sequel were significant predictors of aggregated intentions.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 658-676
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1294353
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Author-Name: Au Due Tang
Author-X-Name-First: Au Due
Author-X-Name-Last: Tang
Author-Name: Man-Ling Chang
Author-X-Name-First: Man-Ling
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang
Author-Name: Cheng-Feng Cheng
Author-X-Name-First: Cheng-Feng
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng
Title: Enhancing knowledge sharing from self-initiated expatriates in Vietnam: the role of internal marketing and work-role adjustment in an emerging economy
Abstract: 
 This study is an empirical exploration of whether internal marketing activities can positively influence self-initiated expatriate’s (SIE’s) work-role adjustment and knowledge sharing. Leader–member exchange is considered in developing a moderated-mediation model. Using data collected from 140 SIEs in Vietnam, the findings support the mediation model and specifically indicate that internal marketing activities can increase the degree of work-role adjustment which, in turn, influences SIEs’ knowledge-sharing. However, moderated-mediation analyses fail to support the role played by leaders in the implication of internal marketing activities. This model is intended to present an agenda for future research. Some theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 677-696
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1366404
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Author-Name: Ronald Busse
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald
Author-X-Name-Last: Busse
Title: ‘China-focused’ human resource management? A critical analysis of a decade of journal-published research, 2008–2017
Abstract: 
 This article seeks to provide reliable insights into current trends of ‘China-focused’ Human Resource Management (HRM) vis-à-vis the need for a more ‘contextualized’ framework. It tries to capture the status quo of the literature in the field – in terms of evaluating quality indicators (such as citation rates), author information (such as affiliations), methodological data (such as sample foci) and content-related facts (such as subject matters), amongst others. Ten SSCI-indexed journals were systematically selected for the study, as they explicitly focus on HRM and/or on Asian management issues. The findings are based on an in-depth analysis of 159 articles published between 2008 and 2017. A rich content analysis is presented to illustrate current trends. Although the results have to be treated with caution, I provide some evidence for what numerous scholars recently point out may be the case for the field of China-focused HRM: A contextual and methodological narrowing. It is hoped that the present article may add to the debate on the future of the field.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 697-712
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1290399
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Author-Name: Louise Patterson
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Patterson
Author-Name: Brandon Walcutt
Author-X-Name-First: Brandon
Author-X-Name-Last: Walcutt
Title: Review of Korean workplace gender policy literature from 1989 to 2014
Abstract: 
 This paper systematically investigates the English literature on the study of the South Korean Government’s gender policies concerning Korean workplaces and has found that the scope and quantity of the relevant published research on this topic has greatly increased over the years. This research reviews 66 articles that were published in the literature of academic journals and non-governmental organizations from 1989 to 2014 and is meant to serve as a reference compilation of specific characteristics on the topic for interested international academics and policy-makers. Findings include a growing interest in the field of knowledge with most articles being published in roughly the last decade and on an increasingly diverse selection of topics. In addition, most articles are quantitative, though they are based on secondary data provided by the Korean Government, extant literature or the Occupational Wage Survey. Furthermore, this paper reviews the literature’s primary limitations and key words as well as outlines the future topics the academics wished to address.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 713-733
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1214365
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Zhu Rongji and China’s economic take-off
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 734-734
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1233738
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Author-Name: Paul Gentle
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Gentle
Title: Women in Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Timor, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei; Essential trade: Vietnamese women in a changing marketplace
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 735-737
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1286735
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Demographic shift: implications for employment policy development in the Asia-Pacific
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 738-742
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1295558
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Author-Name: Alexander Rosado-Serrano
Author-X-Name-First: Alexander
Author-X-Name-Last: Rosado-Serrano
Author-Name: Justin Paul
Author-X-Name-First: Justin
Author-X-Name-Last: Paul
Title: Global marketing: contemporary theory, practice and cases
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 742-743
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1309757
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Author-Name: Dilip K. Das
Author-X-Name-First: Dilip K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Das
Title: The Asian ‘poverty miracle’: impressive accomplishments or incomplete achievements?
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 743-745
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1311493
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Author-Name: Carsten Herrmann-Pillath
Author-X-Name-First: Carsten
Author-X-Name-Last: Herrmann-Pillath
Title: The diffusion of Western economic ideas in East Asia
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 745-747
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1319038
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Unlikely partners: Chinese reformers, Western economists, and the making of global China
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 748-750
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1349303
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: History of economic thought, east and west
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 751-753
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1267906
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: International human resource management: trends, practices and future directions
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 754-754
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1283887
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Championing sustainability: lessons from China?
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 755-759
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1349635
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title:  Special Issue:
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 761-762
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1330860
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Whither Guanxi in China? A Review of Theory and Practice
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 763-766
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1357317
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Erratum
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: (i)-(i)
Issue: 5
Volume: 23
Year: 2017
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1353268
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Author-Name: Zhichang Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Zhichang
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Title: Institutional change and strategic choice: debating the ‘stage-model’ of strategy in emerging economies
Abstract: 
 The popular ‘stage-model’ of strategic choice amid institutional change is found unable to account for the diverse strategies in emerging economies, which, this essay argues, is due to the model’s misplaced search for standard strategies which are said to be (1) dictated by linear transition stages and (2) determining the performance of stylized ‘firm types’. Assuming historical inevitability and blind to human agency, the model is at odds with Knight’s notion of uncertainty, with North’s thesis of adaptive efficiency and with Schumpeter’s theorizing on entrepreneurship. Studies on strategy in emerging economies, such as in the case of contemporary China, are in urgent need of an actor-centred, process-oriented and uncertainty-sensitive reorientation. This step, we conclude, may emerge by learning from the ‘practice-turn’ in the social sciences, taking politics seriously, incorporating evolution/complexity insights and enriching the methodology toolkit.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 371-388
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1384130
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Title: Unraveling the mysteries of case study research: a guide for business and management students
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 389-389
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1395242
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Japanese management and society in the ‘Age of Abenomics’
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 390-395
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1401807
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Author-Name: Da Teng
Author-X-Name-First: Da
Author-X-Name-Last: Teng
Author-Name: Douglas B. Fuller
Author-X-Name-First: Douglas B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Fuller
Author-Name: Chengchun Li
Author-X-Name-First: Chengchun
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Title: Institutional change and corporate governance diversity in China’s SOEs
Abstract: 
 This study investigates the impact of different types of state ownership on corporate governance, with particular reference to state-owned enterprises in China. Our findings are that Chinese institutional reforms have produced diversified state ownership regimes. We argue that different types of government ownership exert different influences on ownership structure and executive shareholding. The study contributes to corporate governance research by challenging the conventional definition of state ownership and proposes that corporate governance studies should incorporate changing institutional environments in emerging economies.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 273-293
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1407125
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: As a context for business and management research, how ‘unique’ is Japan?
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 395-402
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1414388
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Handbook on the history of economic analysis, volumes I, II, and III
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 403-404
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1415555
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Author-Name: Adrian Campbell
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Campbell
Title: Strategic human resource management in China: a multiple perspective
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 406-408
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2017.1417790
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Author-Name: Peter Holland
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Holland
Title: HRM in mission-driven organisations: managing people in the not-for-profit sector
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 408-409
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1423733
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Author-Name: Munira Amidkhonova
Author-X-Name-First: Munira
Author-X-Name-Last: Amidkhonova
Title: Human resource management in the project-oriented organization: towards a viable system for project personnel
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 409-412
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1423748
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Author-Name: Tim Craig
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Craig
Title: Brewed in Japan: the evolution of the Japanese beer industry
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 412-414
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1426293
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: The emerging industrial relations of China
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 404-405
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1427024
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Author-Name: Peihua Fan
Author-X-Name-First: Peihua
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan
Title: From the Great Wall to Wall Street: a cross-cultural look at leadership and management in China and the US
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 414-416
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1427943
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Author-Name: Chih-An Lin
Author-X-Name-First: Chih-An
Author-X-Name-Last: Lin
Author-Name: Homin Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Homin
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Title: Deconstructing B2B, co-creation and service deployment in East Asia: evidence from Taiwan and PRC manufacturers
Abstract: 
 Academia and governments have been advocating service deployment as an upgrading strategy for manufacturers for some time now. Existing research findings show that customer co-creation may be a key to service strategy success. However, prior studies have focused on relatively resource-rich and advanced Western contexts. This research examined co-creation’s role on service deployment performance and the conditions that encourage co-creation in the manufacturing business-to-business context of Taiwan and the PRC. The results indicate that co-creation fully mediates the relationship between a firm’s service deployment and customer-perceived value. Additionally, a firm’s product-service significance, capability specificity, supply chain mode and customer-perceived environmental turbulence may significantly influence co-creation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 351-370
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1429124
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Author-Name: Elisabeth Paulet
Author-X-Name-First: Elisabeth
Author-X-Name-Last: Paulet
Author-Name: Francesc Relano
Author-X-Name-First: Francesc
Author-X-Name-Last: Relano
Title: Chinese banking reforms in perspective: towards global alignment or national specificity?
Abstract: 
 The reforms of the banking sector in China conducted so far have been seeking to accomplish, simultaneously, two conflicting goals. On the one hand, the objective was to prepare Chinese banks for international competition and put them at the pace with the transformations observed in its overall economy. On the other, there is a social-driven agenda concerning employment and regional inequalities. Using principal component analysis, this article explores the impact of the ongoing reforms in the Chinese banking sector on the performance of individual banks. The results show that despite identical regulation, business practices can be dissimilar at the individual level. Taken collectively, the results also show the increasing influence of Western management standards in the Chinese banking sector.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 294-311
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1429604
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Author-Name: Man-Su Kang
Author-X-Name-First: Man-Su
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang
Author-Name: Huifeng Pan
Author-X-Name-First: Huifeng
Author-X-Name-Last: Pan
Author-Name: Hong-Youl Ha
Author-X-Name-First: Hong-Youl
Author-X-Name-Last: Ha
Title: An empirical test of replacement costs of turnover using human capital corporate panel in Korea
Abstract: 
 Scholars have devoted considerable attention to the role of turnover in influencing organizational resource allocation. Because research that addresses employee turnover based on longitudinal data remains relatively limited, the impact of employee turnover in a given time period on future turnover, as well as replacement costs, requires further explanation. This study uses the turnover–replacement cost mechanism to empirically test panel data from 224 South Korean firms between 2005 and 2015 (T1–T6). The findings indicate that the relationship between turnover and replacement costs gradually recovered following the global financial crisis and that the carryover effects have been dynamic over time. Although we found no significant effects that confirm the dynamics in our model, our findings suggest that firms must identify unstable dynamics and patterns to address future economic uncertainty. Finally, a comparison of our model to models without control variables reveals similarities and differences between the two control variables (i.e. firm size and type of industry).
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 312-329
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1433744
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Author-Name: Tim G. Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Tim G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Khongphu Nimanandh
Author-X-Name-First: Khongphu
Author-X-Name-Last: Nimanandh
Author-Name: Ruth Banomyong
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Banomyong
Title: Age negotiation at the Asian corporate subsidiary: challenges of managerial ‘youth’ in Thai-based subsidiaries of Western multinationals
Abstract: 
 This study explores how individuals construed as ‘young’ for their managerial positions seek to mitigate their youth in order to gain and maintain legitimacy in an Asian socio-cultural context which (traditionally) privileges age seniority. Drawing on the narratives of local and expatriate managers at the Thai-based subsidiaries of Western multinational companies, we show how individuals experience ‘youth discrimination’ seeking to negotiate their age using alternative identity attributes with differing stakeholder groups. Findings expand our understanding of how and why attitudes towards managers viewed as ‘young’ affect perceptions of role legitimacy and performance. Implications for corporate HRM – specifically managerial selection – in Asia, as well as notions of discrimination ‘intersectionality’ are then progressed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 330-350
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1433792
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Managing expatriates in China: a language and identity perspective
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 405-406
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1436652
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Author-Name: Anthony Reese
Author-X-Name-First: Anthony
Author-X-Name-Last: Reese
Title: Career development: a human resource development perspective
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 417-418
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1443575
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Capitalism, without capital?
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 419-424
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1445078
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Towards a New Corporate Responsibility and Governance? Identity Characteristics of Asia Pacific MNCs
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 425-428
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1445504
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Author-Name: Ludo Cuyvers
Author-X-Name-First: Ludo
Author-X-Name-Last: Cuyvers
Author-Name: Lurong Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Lurong
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Philippe De Lombaerde
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe De
Author-X-Name-Last: Lombaerde
Title: 50 years of regional integration in ASEAN
Abstract: 
 This article offers a brief overview of the development of ASEAN in its 50 years of existence. It covers the early motivations and developments since the late 1960s, the acceleration of integration and creation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area in the 1990s, and – more recently – the development of the ASEAN Economic Community, the ASEAN Political-Security Community, and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 609-618
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1652975
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Author-Name: Jacques Pelkmans
Author-X-Name-First: Jacques
Author-X-Name-Last: Pelkmans
Title: Understanding the ASEAN economic community: pragmatism versus conceptualism
Abstract: 
 The ASEAN Economic Community, born in 2003 and developed over the next 12 years, aims to build a ‘single market’ whilst ‘enhancing the production base’ in ASEAN for global and regional value-chains. The paper attempts to understand the AEC via a conceptual as well as a pragmatic approach. It summarizes achievements up to 2015 and assesses the 2025 Blueprint in some detail. At times the latter reads like a Roadmap full of details but measures often remain open-ended or somewhat vague, a typical ASEAN characteristic. What ultimately matters to ASEAN is economic growth and the AEC may well serve as a handmaiden to sustained high growth.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 619-636
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1652976
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Author-Name: Alexander Degelsegger-Márquez
Author-X-Name-First: Alexander
Author-X-Name-Last: Degelsegger-Márquez
Author-Name: Svend Otto Remøe
Author-X-Name-First: Svend Otto
Author-X-Name-Last: Remøe
Title: ASEAN’s science, technology and innovation policy: tension and integration between intergovernmentalism and sub-regional cooperation
Abstract: 
 In this paper, we research the role of the ASEAN level for science, technology and innovation (STI) in Southeast Asia. The key question is how the intergovernmental STI system relates to the diversity and traditional linkages in the region. Empirically, we address this question with data on STI inputs and outputs as well as qualitative evidence from interviews and participatory observation. We highlight a mismatch between national and intergovernmental dynamics in STI. Intra-ASEAN STI cooperation remains weak. We discuss multilateral research funding and increased cooperation in patent regimes as examples of new types of regional cooperation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 637-655
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1652977
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Author-Name: Isabelle Laplace
Author-X-Name-First: Isabelle
Author-X-Name-Last: Laplace
Author-Name: Nathalie Lenoir
Author-X-Name-First: Nathalie
Author-X-Name-Last: Lenoir
Author-Name: Chantal Roucolle
Author-X-Name-First: Chantal
Author-X-Name-Last: Roucolle
Title: Economic impacts of the ASEAN single aviation market: focus on Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines and Vietnam
Abstract: 
 Since 2004, the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has decided to move towards liberalization of air transport inside the region as well as outside by signing multilateral agreements with other countries. In this article, we focus on the economic impact of liberalization. We show that by liberalizing up to the 5th freedom right, given the expectations with respect to tourism development, national GDP is expected to increase yearly from 1% (Cambodia) to 6.1% (The Philippines). Regarding partner states involved in multilateral agreements, the case of China shows that ASEAN airlines might well face possible competition distortions as a result.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 656-682
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1652979
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Author-Name: Ludo Cuyvers
Author-X-Name-First: Ludo
Author-X-Name-Last: Cuyvers
Title: The ‘ASEAN Way’ and ASEAN’s development gap with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam: a critical view
Abstract: 
 The ‘ASEAN Way’, as an approach to interstate relations within ASEAN, is analysed in relation to the ‘reduction of the development gap’ (RDG) with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV). It is found that convergence of income per capita and development levels of CLMV is only to a limited extend the result of RDG and its pace is too slow. With the help of the Asian Development Bank and other regional and multilateral financial institutions, the development cooperation funds thus assembled, could leverage a multitude of loans and funds from donor organizations and countries, including the EU and its member countries.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 683-704
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1652980
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Author-Name: Anja Jetschke
Author-X-Name-First: Anja
Author-X-Name-Last: Jetschke
Title: Does forced migration increase regional human rights commitment? The cases of Malaysia and Thailand in ASEAN
Abstract: 
 Why do non-democratic governments commit to human rights on a regional level? We argue that the negative externalities of political repression, operationalized as large amounts of transnational refugee flows, affect states’ willingness to commit to human rights. Neighbouring governments commit to human rights to send a signal to their repressive neighbours that repression will no longer be tolerated. We use official UNCHR data, a number of other secondary sources, as well as congruence analysis and process tracing to demonstrate the relevance of the theory for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Malaysia and Thailand in particular.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 705-728
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1652981
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Author-Name: Lurong Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Lurong
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Philippe De Lombaerde
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe De
Author-X-Name-Last: Lombaerde
Title: ASEAN between globalization and regionalization
Abstract: 
 The purpose of this article is to test the hypothesis that the ‘ASEAN way’ is different from other regional integration schemes, as measured by the relative importance of its de facto regionalization patterns, the importance of its ASEAN+ frameworks, and its globalization-regionalization nexus. A set of indicators using intra- and extra-regional flow data of various sorts are explored and used to compare the ASEAN integration experience with some benchmark cases worldwide. Four aspects are thereby considered: (1) globalization and economic openness, (2) trade liberalization, (3) regional production sharing, and (4) foreign investment promotion.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 729-750
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1652982
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Author-Name: Jürgen Rüland
Author-X-Name-First: Jürgen
Author-X-Name-Last: Rüland
Title: Good global citizen? ASEAN’s image building in the United Nations
Abstract: 
 Based on role theory, the article examines the images that ASEAN member governments project of their organization. It rests on a discourse analysis of 198 speeches in the United Nations General Assembly between 1998 and 2017. Findings suggest that ASEAN does not figure as a top priority for delegates and that an overarching ASEAN role conception is missing. However, their addresses reveal parameters on which a collective role conception can be built. Individual ASEAN countries undertake great efforts to project themselves as ‘good global citizens,’ a role conception that could also be applied to ASEAN.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 751-771
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1652983
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Call for Papers
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 772-775
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1624330
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Correction
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-1
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1621055
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Title: Editorial board
Journal: 
Pages: ebi-ebi
Issue: 3
Volume: 8
Year: 2002
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Author-Name: Chung-Ming Lau
Author-X-Name-First: Chung-Ming
Author-X-Name-Last: Lau
Author-Name: Ignace Ng
Author-X-Name-First: Ignace
Author-X-Name-Last: Ng
Author-Name: Mee-Kau Nyaw
Author-X-Name-First: Mee-Kau
Author-X-Name-Last: Nyaw
Title: Chinese Managerial Activities: Culture versus Local Isomorphism
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-15
Issue: 3
Volume: 8
Year: 2002
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999156
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson
Author-Name: Craig Littler
Author-X-Name-First: Craig
Author-X-Name-Last: Littler
Title: Outsourcing and Workforce Reductions: An Empirical Study of Australian Organizations
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 16-30
Issue: 3
Volume: 8
Year: 2002
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999154
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Author-Name: Michael Carney
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Carney
Author-Name: Eric Gedajlovic
Author-X-Name-First: Eric
Author-X-Name-Last: Gedajlovic
Title: Institutional Change and Firm Adaptation: Toward a Typology of South East Asian Corporate Forms
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 31-60
Issue: 3
Volume: 8
Year: 2002
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999151
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Author-Name: Zongyi Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Zongyi
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Shujie Yao
Author-X-Name-First: Shujie
Author-X-Name-Last: Yao
Title: Financial Deepening and Economic Development in China
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 61-75
Issue: 3
Volume: 8
Year: 2002
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999148
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Author-Name: Alicia Leung
Author-X-Name-First: Alicia
Author-X-Name-Last: Leung
Author-Name: Ludwig Chang
Author-X-Name-First: Ludwig
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang
Title: Organizational Downsizing: Psychological Impact on Surviving Managers in Hong Kong
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 76-94
Issue: 3
Volume: 8
Year: 2002
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999149
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Author-Name: Yin-Fang Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Yin-Fang
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: David Parker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: The Impact of Ownership on Management and Structures in the Chinese Electronics Industry
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 95-114
Issue: 3
Volume: 8
Year: 2002
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999152
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Author-Name: Ying Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Title: Economic Reform and Human Resource Management in Vietnam
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 115-135
Issue: 3
Volume: 8
Year: 2002
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999155
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Author-Name: Philippe Debroux
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe
Author-X-Name-Last: Debroux
Author-Name: Usha Haley
Author-X-Name-First: Usha
Author-X-Name-Last: Haley
Author-Name: Grace Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Grace
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Ying Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Title: Book reviews
Journal: 
Pages: 136-144
Issue: 3
Volume: 8
Year: 2002
X-DOI: 10.1080/713999150
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Title: End Matter
Journal: 
Pages: 145-150
Issue: 3
Volume: 8
Year: 2002
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Internationalization patterns and the evolution of multinational companies: comparing Japan, Korea, China and India
Abstract: 
 We consider past and present trends in the internationalization patterns of Japanese multinational companies (JMNCs) and compare them against the experience of Korean and Chinese MNCs. The analysis assesses the relevance of recent changes in the nature of the global economy and multinational business organization, and reviews insights from established theories of international business. We call for a reassessment of the assumed decline of Japanese multinationals and fuller consideration of areas of continuing strength.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 523-533
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1168672
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald
Author-Name: Huaichuan Rui
Author-X-Name-First: Huaichuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Rui
Title: Whose fall and whose rise? Lessons of Japanese MNCs for Chinese and emerging economy MNCs
Abstract: 
 There are limited studies evaluating multinational corporations (MNCs) from different countries, and a comparison of the leading Asia Pacific economies, Japan and China, offers useful insights. This contribution considers in turn business strategies, firm-level capabilities, management organization and government policies in determining the patterns and impact of Japanese MNCs and Chinese MNCs in host economies. It reveals the relevance of phases of internationalization on strategic intent, the cross-border transfer of capabilities, and the costs and benefits of parental firm control vs. subsidiary autonomy.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 534-566
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1168624
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Author-Name: Martin Hemmert
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hemmert
Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Is there an East Asian model of MNC internationalization? A comparative analysis of Japanese and Korean firms
Abstract: 
 Research on the internationalization of multinational corporations (MNCs) is mostly built on studies of North American and European firms. East Asian MNCs have been studied less, and commonly with reference to theories developed in Western countries. In this paper, we query the validity of these ‘Western’ internationalization models for East Asian firms through comparative case studies of representative Japanese and South Korean MNCs’ expansion into China. We find that the internationalization processes of leading East Asian MNCs match the predictions made by Western theories only partially. Furthermore, we find considerable differences between the internationalization of Japanese and South Korean firms, indicating both that East Asian MNCs follow diverse patterns of internationalization and that established Western models of internationalization evince limitations or weaknesses when applied to East Asian firms. Overall, the findings of this exploratory study illustrate the need for further, in-depth studies on the internationalization of East Asian MNCs which may result in the extensions of existing theories or even new theoretical frameworks.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 567-594
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1168617
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Author-Name: Pearlean Chadha
Author-X-Name-First: Pearlean
Author-X-Name-Last: Chadha
Author-Name: Jenny Berrill
Author-X-Name-First: Jenny
Author-X-Name-Last: Berrill
Title: An empirical investigation into the internationalization patterns of Japanese firms
Abstract: 
 The existing theories of firm-level multinationality, together with the many patterns of internationalization traced by firms, suggest that there is no standard or optimal path of international expansion. Whether firms internationalize slowly or rapidly, the common dimension is time. We conduct a unique longitudinal analysis on the changing patterns of multinationality of Japanese firms listed on the Nikkei 225 over a 16-year time period from 1998 to 2013. We use the system developed by Aggarwal, Berrill, Hutson and Kearney (2011) to classify the degree of multinationality of each firm in each year using both accounting (sales) and non-accounting (subsidiary) data. We use three measures of multinationality–foreign sales per cent, location of sales and location of subsidiaries. Our results show that multinationality has increased over time and we find little evidence that firms are regional in their operations with a growing number of firms becoming trans-regional and global. Our industrial analysis shows Consumer Goods and Oil &amp; Gas are the most multinational industries. While Consumer Services and Utilities are the least multinational.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 595-611
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1168616
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Author-Name: Sierk A. Horn
Author-X-Name-First: Sierk A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Horn
Author-Name: Adam R. Cross
Author-X-Name-First: Adam R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cross
Title: Japanese production networks in India: spatial distribution, agglomeration and industry effects
Abstract: 
 This paper examines the determinants of subnational location choice of Japanese multinational enterprises (JMNEs) in India to investigate whether or not conventional investment behaviour as ‘foot-loose’ and one-off investments has given way to an agglomeration logic as Japanese foreign direct investment has intensified. Using geographic information system analysis of investment project numbers, we find that Japanese MNE behaviour in India is evolving, with complementing but complex subnational interactions of economic, institutional and infrastructure factors serving as strong determinants of location choice consistently across key phases of India’s liberalization. We argue that Japanese investment decisions in India have followed a self-reinforcing dynamic whereby prior investments indeed attract further investment.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 612-640
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1168625
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: MNCs from the Asia Pacific in the global economy: examples and lessons from Japan, Korea, China and India
Abstract: 
 The Japanese multinational company (JMNC), after rapid internationalization in the 1980s and 1990s, had to adjust its strategies, organization and capabilities in the response to subsequent changes in the global economy. While JMNCs had once been highly researched, we know too little about these businesses in recent decades. We call for more extensive in depth research of JMNCs, and then analyse issues around the adoption of new strategies or organizational forms; the application of influential international business theories in interpreting Asia Pacific MNCs; comparisons of JMNCs with MNCs from China and Korea; the lessons JMNCs hold for Asia Pacific and emerging economy MNCs; and the management and operations of JMNC subsidiaries in host economies.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 641-646
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1168671
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Title: Corrigendum
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: (i)-(i)
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2016
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2016.1189183
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Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Wonho Jang
Author-X-Name-First: Wonho
Author-X-Name-Last: Jang
Author-Name: Sanghyeon Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Sanghyeon
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: Selling trust in cyber space: social networking service (SNS) providers and social capital amongst netizens in South Korea
Abstract: 
 Apart from excessive bonding amongst co-ethnics, social capital studies have sparsely discussed the negative effects of social capital, including excessive collective actions towards downward social mobility (e.g. imprisonment of social and political elites). As Bourdieu has noted, social capital can conflate problems of upward social mobility through various glass ceilings in the reproduction of elite power groups. However, it is also important to notice that less fortunate groups can debunk the dominant elite social network by participating excessively in social networking service (SNS) platforms, where they exchange distorted information about the elites to organize collective actions towards their downward social mobility. Gleaned from the recent cases of ferry sinking and candlelight vigilance in South Korea, SNS providers can sell trust in cyber space that can be easily transformed into social capital for collective character assassinations, political demonstrations, and economic sabotages at workplace. Based on the big data gathered from Naver, one of the leading SNS providers in South Korea, we find that Naver provides SNS users with a rare opportunity to encounter myriad opinion groups who will over time converge into one or two similar opinion groups that can be easily mobilized towards collective actions. Selling trust in cyber space on the internet and mobile devices is a unique commercial development in South Korea and its neighbouring countries, including Japan and Taiwan.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 196-211
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1431247
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Author-Name: Gordon Redding
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding
Title: Preface
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 137-137
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1431249
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Author-Name: Pi-Shen Seet
Author-X-Name-First: Pi-Shen
Author-X-Name-Last: Seet
Author-Name: Janice Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Janice
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Lloyd Oppelaar
Author-X-Name-First: Lloyd
Author-X-Name-Last: Oppelaar
Author-Name: Graciela Corral de Zubielqui
Author-X-Name-First: Graciela
Author-X-Name-Last: Corral de Zubielqui
Title: Beyond ‘know-what’ and ‘know-how’ to ‘know-who’: enhancing human capital with social capital in an Australian start-up accelerator
Abstract: 
 This study investigates the enhancement of human capital with social capital in a start-up accelerator and how this integration affects the entrepreneurial learning experience. In particular, it examines the relative importance of the three components ‘know-what’, ‘know-how’ and ‘know-who’. The study involved thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with participants in an Australian start-up accelerator that is delivered using ideas such as Design Thinking, the Business Model Canvas and Lean Start-up methodology. We find that although the programme emphasised ‘know-what’ and ‘know-how’, ‘know-who’ was most significant for participant learning. The results indicate that mentors and experts were especially helpful in shaping learning and in developing entrepreneurial networks. Moreover, our results show that the processes of ‘know-what’, ‘know-how’ and ‘know-who’ are interrelated – by knowing ‘who’, participants learnt ‘what’ and ‘how to’ through social learning. The research contributes to entrepreneurial learning theory and application particularly in the Asia Pacific context, by providing evidence that ‘know-who’ closes the learning loop for ‘know-what’ and ‘know-how’ as ‘know-who’ can actually provide entrepreneurs with the means to enhance their entrepreneurial self-efficacy.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 233-260
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1431250
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Author-Name: Yuliani Suseno
Author-X-Name-First: Yuliani
Author-X-Name-Last: Suseno
Title: Disruptive innovation and the creation of social capital in Indonesia’s urban communities
Abstract: 
 Existing research on social capital has primarily focused on examining the outcomes of social capital, whether these are about individual, organizational or even societal outcomes. However, much research is still needed in terms of examining how social capital is created. We contribute to filling this gap by examining the ways in which social capital is created in urban communities in an emerging economy. Social capital, in this study, is viewed as being created as a consequence of an organization’s disruptive innovation. We analyse the context of Go-Jek, a rather newly established service firm in Indonesia, and examine how the disruptive innovation of Go-Jek’s service provision influences the creation of social capital in terms of social connectedness, trust, and shared understanding, in Indonesia’s urban communities.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 174-195
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1431251
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Author-Name: Yuliani Suseno
Author-X-Name-First: Yuliani
Author-X-Name-Last: Suseno
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Social capital in service-oriented firms: future directions
Abstract: 
 This collection aimed to provide a broader picture of the implications of social capital in service-oriented firms. In this piece, we identify trends for future research on social capital with a focus on the services industry, an important sector of the economy. We focus on three future directions: the internationalization of service firms, social capital for service-oriented social enterprises and public policy programmes to create social capital, particularly in the context of Asia Pacific. We then identify how the contributions to this collection are related to these future directions to encourage more confirmatory work in this dynamic field of research and practice on social capital in service-oriented firms in the Asia Pacific region.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 261-271
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1431253
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Author-Name: Yuliani Suseno
Author-X-Name-First: Yuliani
Author-X-Name-Last: Suseno
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Taking stock of social capital research: its application in service-oriented firms
Abstract: 
 Notwithstanding the substantial literature on social capital produced in recent years, there have been fewer attempts to examine social capital within the services industry. Our contribution highlights existing research on social capital particularly on the application and outcomes of social capital in the context of service-oriented firms in the Asia Pacific region. We structure our analysis of existing research around the different approaches of social capital studies – either egocentric or sociocentric approach and the focus on the creation and outcomes of social capital. The analysis on the different perspectives of social capital research contributes to our further understanding in the areas of social capital and services industry in the Asia Pacific. The implications for theory and management practice are noted.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 138-149
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1431254
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Author-Name: Aaron Tham
Author-X-Name-First: Aaron
Author-X-Name-Last: Tham
Author-Name: David Fleischman
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Fleischman
Author-Name: Peter Jenner
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Jenner
Title: Spilling the social capital beans: a comparative case study of coffee service enterprises within Asia-Pacific
Abstract: 
 Despite the importance of social capital to organizational performance, there is scant insight within service contexts. Accordingly, this research explores social capital in two Asia-Pacific service enterprise cases – a Thai coffee franchise and a Coffee Roasters Guild in Australia. In the Thai case, social capital in the service experience emerged from norms common in Thai society and manifested via social enterprise initiatives. Findings from Australia indicate social capital helps form a strong organizational identity leading to better economic and social outcomes and an enhanced service experience, benefiting numerous stakeholders. The study demonstrates varying patterns of social capital in Asia-Pacific service enterprises, contributing to theory and practice.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 150-173
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1431255
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Author-Name: Weiwei Wu
Author-X-Name-First: Weiwei
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu
Author-Name: Yexin Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Yexin
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Tachia Chin
Author-X-Name-First: Tachia
Author-X-Name-Last: Chin
Title: The effect of technology management capability on new product development in China’s service-oriented manufacturing firms: a social capital perspective
Abstract: 
 Technology management capability (TMC) and new product development (NPD) are important for China’s service-oriented manufacturers to achieve competitive advantage. In this study, TMC is conceptualized as comprising of four sub-level capabilities: searching, selecting, implementation and learning capabilities. Drawing from the theory of social capital, we hypothesize that social capital plays a role in the relationship between TMC and NPD performance. Our findings indicate that NPD performance and social capital are influenced by all the four sub-capabilities of TMC but the effect of each capability of TMC varies. Selecting capability is more significantly and positively related with NPD performance, while learning capability exerts the most significant positive effect on social capital. Moreover, our empirical findings indicate the partial mediating role of social capital in the process of TMC influencing NPD performance. This study makes a particular contribution to the literature by providing a more complete understanding of how social capital plays a role in the relationship between TMC and NPD performance. In terms of managerial implications, our results indicate that improving TMC is essential in enhancing a service-oriented manufacturing firm’s NPD performance. Managers should also pay particular attention to nurturing social capital as a pathway to realize the true value of TMC.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 212-232
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2018
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1431256
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Professor Malcolm Warner, Former Co-editor of 
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-2
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1553409
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Author-Name: Cuiling Jiang
Author-X-Name-First: Cuiling
Author-X-Name-Last: Jiang
Author-Name: Dorra Yahiaoui
Author-X-Name-First: Dorra
Author-X-Name-Last: Yahiaoui
Title: French multinational companies' HRM in China: strategic orientation and integration approaches
Abstract: 
 The purpose of this qualitative study is to identify strategic orientation and integration approaches of French companies in implementing the headquarters-based human resource management (HRM) practices in their Chinese subsidiaries. Through a study of 16 French multinationals&#x2019; HRM, our findings reveal that a majority of sample companies tend to standardize the HRM practices in their Chinese subsidiaries to a great extent. This strategic orientation is supported by a combination of specific integration approaches at the subsidiary level. The results add knowledge to international management theory and allow us to develop implications in managing employees in China.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 3-18
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1507283
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Author-Name: Xianjun Li
Author-X-Name-First: Xianjun
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Wei Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Wei
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Bowen Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Bowen
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Donghui Meng
Author-X-Name-First: Donghui
Author-X-Name-Last: Meng
Title: New entrants versus establishers in China and US electric vehicle marketplace: a comparative analysis
Abstract: 
 The article looks at the phenomenon of the new entrants surpassing the market establishers in China&#x2019;s and the USA&#x2019;s electric vehicle marketplace. Most of the current studies focus on the leading companies having first moves on early technology adoption. Based on the results from the expert interviews and literature review, we compared cases from both China and the USA. The study constructed and validated a framework for a theoretical model for the innovation drive, the technological mode and the business model to explain underlining driving factors and mechanisms where new entrants are taking the lead in the electric vehicle market. Suggestions for both new entrants and establishers are provided based on the established framework.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 19-39
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1512258
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Author-Name: Haiyan Yu
Author-X-Name-First: Haiyan
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu
Author-Name: Jianwei Dang
Author-X-Name-First: Jianwei
Author-X-Name-Last: Dang
Author-Name: Kazuyuki Motohashi
Author-X-Name-First: Kazuyuki
Author-X-Name-Last: Motohashi
Title: Post-M&amp;A technological capability-building of emerging market firms in China: the case of 
Abstract: 
 Technological acquisitions have become a strong motivation for cross-border merger and acquisition (M&amp;A) activities by firms in emerging countries. However, whether these companies achieve their objectives remains an open question. This article presents a case study of Lenovo&#x2019;s acquisition of IBM&#x2019;s PC division with a focus on inventor productivity after acquisition. Our case study suggests that while a &#x2018;light-touch&#x2019; integration approach helped avoid the all-too-common post-M&amp;A productivity drop, intra-firm knowledge transfers to veteran inventors of the acquirers remained difficult due to the knowledge gap. However, M&amp;A events create other opportunities to improve the technological capability of the acquiring company by sourcing new talent globally, offering unignorable merit that justifies outbound M&amp;A activities by emerging market firms.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 40-60
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1513624
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Author-Name: David Lingelbach
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Lingelbach
Title: Financial crises and venture capital development: evidence from Indonesia
Abstract: 
 This exploratory study examines how financial crises impede or support venture capital (VC) development in the context of Indonesia and the 1997&#x2013;1998 Asian financial crisis (AFC). Using a mixed-methods research methodology, the study finds that financial crises have divergent effects on VC development. Financial crises support VC development through accelerated VC practise diffusion, but impede that development by slowing VC enabling conditions. The effects of the substantial macro institutional changes often associated with financial crises are insufficient to overcome these impediments, resulting in a smaller VC industry.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 61-80
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1519173
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Author-Name: Mei Ling Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Mei Ling
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Qian Qiu
Author-X-Name-First: Qian
Author-X-Name-Last: Qiu
Author-Name: Chang Hwan Choi
Author-X-Name-First: Chang Hwan
Author-X-Name-Last: Choi
Title: How will the Belt and Road initiative advance China&#x2019;s exports?
Abstract: 
 We examined 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016 data from 49 countries to determine changes wrought by China&#x2019;s Belt and Road initiative; we also used panel data regarding the Maritime Silk and Inland Silk Roads to test initiative effects on Chinese exports. Post-initiative infrastructure expansion and logistics performance improvements led to positive effects on China&#x2019;s exports. Additionally, legal-system similarities and inland borders with trade partners had a more positive effect on Chinese exports in the Inland Silk Road, while population and free trade agreements were found to have a more positive effect on the Maritime Silk Road.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 81-99
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1525855
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Author-Name: Huong T.X. Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Huong T.X.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: Viet Le
Author-X-Name-First: Viet
Author-X-Name-Last: Le
Title: Network ties and export propensity of Vietnamese small and medium enterprises
Abstract: 
 This paper investigates the impacts of different network ties on export propensity of Vietnamese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector. Using data from a survey of over 2,600 manufacturing SMEs in 2015, we found that social networks contribute positively to the export propensity of SMEs, while the size of business networks negatively associates with the likelihood of export. However, bank networks and political networks are not significant for the propensity to export of Vietnamese SMEs. We discuss the results in detail and offer recommendations for SME owners, managers and policy makers.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 100-122
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1531615
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Author-Name: Guanhui Xie
Author-X-Name-First: Guanhui
Author-X-Name-Last: Xie
Author-Name: Yonjeong Paik
Author-X-Name-First: Yonjeong
Author-X-Name-Last: Paik
Title: Cultural differences in creativity and innovation: are Asian employees truly less creative than western employees?
Abstract: 
 Some Asian countries have recently announced new national slogans advocating creativity and innovation. Paradoxically, these slogans support Asians&#x2019; self-deprecating belief that they are not as creative as Westerners. To investigate whether this belief is true, especially in the management field, we review 29 articles across various levels of analysis of cultural differences in creativity and innovation. Our review demonstrates that collectivism, power distance, and uncertainty avoidance have had mixed results in influencing creativity and innovation. The aforementioned belief might be incomplete and premature because of several theoretical as well as methodological shortcomings. Finally, we make suggestions for future research.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 123-147
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1535380
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Routledge handbook of human resource management in Asia
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 148-148
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1477234
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Author-Name: Matthias Hennings
Author-X-Name-First: Matthias
Author-X-Name-Last: Hennings
Title: What millennials want from work: how to maximize engagement in today&#x2019;s workforce
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 149-151
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1494781
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Western bankers in China: institutional change and corporate governance
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 151-152
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1510092
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Author-Name: Malcolm Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Human capital and development: lessons and insights from Korea&#x2019;s transformation
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 152-154
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1514792
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Author-Name: Zaahirah Bhamjee
Author-X-Name-First: Zaahirah
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhamjee
Title: Global branding and country of origin: creativity and passion
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 154-156
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1517993
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Author-Name: Edson A. Chilundo
Author-X-Name-First: Edson A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chilundo
Title: Measuring and interpreting subjective well-being in different cultural contexts
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 156-158
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1525856
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Author-Name: Tim G. Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Tim G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Khongphu Nimanandh
Author-X-Name-First: Khongphu
Author-X-Name-Last: Nimanandh
Author-Name: Siriwut Buranapin
Author-X-Name-First: Siriwut
Author-X-Name-Last: Buranapin
Title: Corruption in Asia Pacific business organizations: insights on causes, conditions, consequences and treatment
Abstract: 
 In the wake of the 1997 Asian financial crisis a wave of articles and commentaries focused increasingly on the so-called ‘dark side’ of Asian business. At the forefront of these lay investigations into the deleterious effects of corruption on economic development, business performance and international investor confidence. In subsequent years, due in part to converging pressures for universal corporate standards, the flow of research declined on the (implicit) assumption that corruption was a decreasing problem as new generations of Asian managers assimilated ‘Western’ values and practices. However, despite continuing admonishments and initiatives, the effects of corrupt practice at all levels remains as entrenched and as serious as ever. Blending micro and macro-level analysis along with both conceptual and empirical investigations, this collection offers some of the most recent frameworks and findings to explain the causes, conditions, consequences and treatment of corruption in 21st century Asia.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 459-469
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1628504
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Author-Name: Christopher Bajada
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Bajada
Author-Name: Mikhail Shashnov
Author-X-Name-First: Mikhail
Author-X-Name-Last: Shashnov
Title: The effects of economic development and the evolution of social institutions on the level of corruption: comparing the Asia-Pacific with other regional blocs
Abstract: 
 The variation in the level of economic development across countries has been proposed as an explanation for the disparity in the level of corruption that is observed. As a country evolves from one stage of economic development to another and its social institutions as a result become more refined and sophisticated, their capacity to tackle corruption and poor governance practices becomes increasingly better. Improvements in the overall quality of institutions, including better policing and justice systems, increase their capacity to detect and deter corruption. This evolution of institutional quality improves social and economic well-being of society, which in turn pressures regulators, legislators and politicians to continue in the fight against corruption. The objective of this paper is to examine how economic development mediated by improvements in the quality of social institutions impacts on the level of corruption. Lessons from worldwide trends, including the Asia-Pacific region, provide opportunities for countries to enact strategic measures that can accelerate the fight against corruption.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 470-500
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1589768
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Author-Name: Duane Windsor
Author-X-Name-First: Duane
Author-X-Name-Last: Windsor
Title: Influencing MNC strategies for managing corruption and favouritism in Pacific Asia countries: a multiple-theory configurational perspective
Abstract: 
 The research gap addressed here concerns how to encourage multinational corporations (MNCs) to combat corruption and favouritism. This study’s rationale is that MNCs can have a highly influential role in supporting or opposing such practices globally. The study examines how MNCs might choose flexibly among alternative strategies but could be encouraged positively. Three illustrative strategies are described in detail using theoretical propositions: (1) anti-corruption reform; (2) ‘tightrope’ balancing; and (3) tolerance for corrupt practices. A proposed multiple-theory configurational perspective is consistent with secondary data and reported cases about domestic corruption and MNC propensity to bribe focused on Pacific Asia countries.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 501-533
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1589769
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Author-Name: In-Woo Jun
Author-X-Name-First: In-Woo
Author-X-Name-Last: Jun
Author-Name: Kyoung-In Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Kyoung-In
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Organizational culture and the tolerance of corruption: the case of South Korea
Abstract: 
 There has been long term and widespread criticism of organizational corruption around the world. This also includes South Korea with many examples, both historical and current. This is underpinned by several elements but an important and high profile factor is a seeming creation and tolerance of corruption by the large, diversified, dynastic family-owned and run conglomerates – the chaebol – and their nexus with the political elite. This study examines if there is any relationship between organizational culture and the tolerance of corruption within Korean firms. For this purpose, we chose four cultural traits as independent variables: large power distance, the government–business relationship, hereditary management and naembi culture, along with the tolerance of corruption as a dependent variable. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey and we used regression analysis to test our four hypotheses. According to the results, all our hypotheses received statistical support which implies these four cultural characteristics positively affect the tolerance of corruption within firms. The theoretical and practical implications of our findings are also discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 534-553
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1589728
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Author-Name: Tim G. Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Tim G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Author-Name: Khongphu Nimanandh
Author-X-Name-First: Khongphu
Author-X-Name-Last: Nimanandh
Author-Name: Khin Thi Htun
Author-X-Name-First: Khin Thi
Author-X-Name-Last: Htun
Author-Name: Saranya Kantabutra
Author-X-Name-First: Saranya
Author-X-Name-Last: Kantabutra
Title: Responsible cronyism in transition: understanding changing attitudes to business corruption in Myanmar
Abstract: 
 Existing research on corruption in Asian business has focused on issues of causation, manifestation and impact, but with little attention paid to how corrupt practices evolve over time. Despite two decades of empirical evidence of changing work values among Asian managers, we know little as to how, why and to what extent this affects their corollary attitudes and behaviours towards corruption. Focusing on ‘responsible’ cronyism – as indicative of pressures to adapt current crony practices – we pursue an interview-based investigation in the emerging economy of Myanmar. Findings uncovered significant heterogeneity in participant perspectives towards responsible cronyism, seen variously as a West-East hybrid progression, a reversion to traditional Burmese values and an instrumental negotiation tool. Implications for how we understand changing attitudes to corruption in Myanmar (and emerging Asia) for both theory and practice, along with future research directions are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 554-570
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1589767
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Author-Name: Marie dela Rama
Author-X-Name-First: Marie dela
Author-X-Name-Last: Rama
Author-Name: Michael Lester
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Lester
Title: Anti-corruption commissions: lessons for the Asia-Pacific region from a proposed Australian federal anti-corruption watchdog
Abstract: 
 This paper reviews the experience of anti-corruption commissions in the region and argues that the debate on the establishment of a national anti-corruption body in Australia is dependent on the country’s political culture, institutions and elites. Corruption and integrity coexist and are conceived as the obverse and converse, respectively, of a functional and dysfunctional system. Anti-corruption bodies in the Asia-Pacific region are compared against applicable global anti-corruption frameworks, policies and principles. The paper proposes a conceptual model for a National Integrity Ecosystem (NIE), premised on community values and trust and situates the Australian experience within such an ecosystem. A federal anti-corruption watchdog is the missing piece in Australia’s institutional infrastructure. Its acceptance and effectiveness require difficult and sustained change in the underlying political culture of the country and its elites.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 571-599
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1589971
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Author-Name: Tim G. Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Tim G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Khongphu Nimanandh
Author-X-Name-First: Khongphu
Author-X-Name-Last: Nimanandh
Author-Name: Siriwut Buranapin
Author-X-Name-First: Siriwut
Author-X-Name-Last: Buranapin
Title: Business corruption in the Asia Pacific region: recapitulation and prospects
Abstract: 
 Corruption in its multiple guises remains one of the most discussed, yet under-researched, influences affecting business practice and organization management in Asia. Comprising conceptual and empirical approaches to explore both national and region-level examples, the research contained in this collection epitomize some of the many challenges involved. As a contribution, collectively the research go some way to advance our understanding of the causes, conditions and manifestations of corruption in Asian business, as well as to highlight the implications for practice in seeking to manage the consequences. However, further studies are required to consolidate, deepen and extend both how we perceive and engage with Asian business corruption. Opportunities for theoretical and practical advancement include revisiting the meaning(s) of the term ‘corruption’ itself, corruption as an informal institution, the moderating factors which connect corruption to process, performance and consequences and, finally, the methodological challenges involved in relevant empirical data collection and analysis.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 600-607
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1629187
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Title: Trends in Chinese management and business: change, Confucianism, leadership, knowledge & innovation
Abstract: 
 The rapid speed and size of China’s economic expansion growth is well known. Several causes and reasons are commonly given for this performance, now joined by some commentary questioning how sustainable this is in the light of slowing growth rates with the need for different types and forms of growth – knowledge/innovative, services, etc. – as well as demographic trends as well as the global context and trade frictions. The collection of research provides further evidence behind China’s performance in terms of the role of business and management and also points to future issues. We detail this in terms of the key areas relevant to performance, such as culture, change, leadership, innovation and knowledge. The theoretical and practical implications of the work contained herein is also noted as well as some calls for future work in key areas.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1698707
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Author-Name: Ronald Busse
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald
Author-X-Name-Last: Busse
Title: Folk tales and organizational change: an integrative model for Chinese management
Abstract: 
 The pace of both incremental adaption and sweeping change accelerates at all levels in Chinese organizations. Hence, its members develop mental models of simplification to cope with and to make sense of framework conditions recently coined as VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity). I basically argue that stories can support this process. On a conceptual fundament, the main concern of the present article is to shed light on structural and functional parallels between the regular narrative of folk tales and complex organizational reality. To be more specific, I show how Propp’s morphology and Campbell’s hero’s journey are intertwined with the long-surviving ‘change-as-three-steps’ legacy, relentlessly attributed to Lewin. I then suggest an integrative three-act framework to facilitate organizational change in Chinese enterprises.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 9-20
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1609284
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Author-Name: Andrew Atherton
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Atherton
Title: Does Confucian management exist in Chinese companies? An examination of the intersection between cultural influence and business practice in China
Abstract: 
 There is a view that China is a Confucian country and that its businesses adopt these values to underpin their business models and practices. In this article, a case is made that China is not a Confucian country, even though there are strands of Confucianism evident in society. Although some enterprises in China adopt Confucian approaches to management, this cannot be generalized to all businesses. We cannot, therefore, conclude that Confucian management has emerged as the prevailing feature of Chinese businesses.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 21-31
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2018.1527005
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Author-Name: Wai Kwan Lau
Author-X-Name-First: Wai Kwan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lau
Author-Name: Zhen Li
Author-X-Name-First: Zhen
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: John Okpara
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Okpara
Title: An examination of three-way interactions of paternalistic leadership in China
Abstract: 
 The tight and simultaneous combination of moral, benevolent and authoritarian leadership as well as the negative impact of authoritarian leadership imposes challenges to paternalistic leadership researchers. We used three-way tests to investigate the relationships among three dimensions of paternalistic leadership and our results indicate that the relationship between benevolent/moral leadership and leadership effectiveness is stronger for high than for low authoritarian leadership. In addition, when a leader has low benevolent and/or moral leadership, low authoritarianism has higher leadership effectiveness than high authoritarianism. However, when both benevolent and moral leadership are high, high authoritarianism works better than low authoritarianism.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 32-49
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1674031
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Author-Name: Michael Jijin Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Michael Jijin
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: Interpersonal feelings and knowledge seeking in China
Abstract: 
 This study investigated the roles of interpersonal feelings in knowledge seeking in China. Specifically, the study examined and tested the potential effects of two interpersonal feelings (jiaoqing and ganqing) prevalent in China on Chinese employees’ seeking of explicit and tacit knowledge from others. Using data from a survey of 143 employees from Chinese firms, the study found jiaoqing (based on instrumental exchanges) positively related to both explicit and tacit knowledge seeking. On the other hand, ganqing, which is more expressive in nature, had no effect on either explicit or tacit knowledge seeking. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 50-71
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1610290
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Author-Name: Quan Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Quan
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Chun-Hsien Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Chun-Hsien
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Shi-Zheng Huang
Author-X-Name-First: Shi-Zheng
Author-X-Name-Last: Huang
Title: Effects of organizational innovation and technological innovation capabilities on firm performance: evidence from firms in China’s Pearl River Delta
Abstract: 
 This study assesses the relationship between organizational innovation (OI) and technological innovation capabilities (TICs) and analyzes their effect on firm performance. Using a sample of 265 manufacturing firms from the Pearl River Delta in China, we examined whether TICs mediated the effects of OI on firm performance. We also examined how OI moderated the relationship between TICs and firm performance. Results from structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses showed that TICs partially mediated the relationship between OI and firm performance. Similarly, OI partially moderated the relationship between TICs and firm performance. Implications of our findings for research and practice are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 72-96
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1592339
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Author-Name: Gordon Redding
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding
Title: China’s crisis of success
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 97-107
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1659549
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Author-Name: Paul Barratt
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Barratt
Title: Building a normative order in the South China Sea: evolving disputes, expanding options
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 99-104
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1676046
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Author-Name: Muhammad Afzaal
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad
Author-X-Name-Last: Afzaal
Title: Silk Road to Belt Road: reinventing the past and shaping the future
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 104-107
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1686243
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Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Nolan
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Dedication to Malcolm Warner
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 109-110
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1737428
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Author-Name: Gordon Redding
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding
Title: Malcolm Warner: a tribute
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 111-112
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1737399
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Author-Name: Jane Nolan
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Nolan
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Whither guanxi and social networks in China? A review of theory and practice
Abstract: 
 The analysis of guanxi and social networks is well-established but heated debates continue on its utility in Chinese business and management. Many argue that it offers an emotionally sensitive, network-based form of resource allocation, uniquely fitted to China’s distinctive national culture. Others assert that it impedes open-market competition and merit-based reward, factors assumed to be essential for the optimal functioning of capitalist economies. Our collection of research offers new empirical insights and nuanced conceptual development on these debates, demonstrating the continuing relevance of guanxi in the 21st century. This is achieved through examining multinational enterprise corporate performance, governance structures in Chinese private firms, organizational justice in Chinese banks, entrepreneurial learning and knowledge acquisition and the gendered nature of guanxi in the workplace. Important theoretical and practical implications from these studies are highlighted, as well as the key implications for future research. The collection is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend, mentor and colleague, Professor Malcolm Warner, who passed away during its development.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 113-123
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1737391
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Author-X-Name-First: T. K. P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Leung
Author-Name: Bradley R. Barnes
Author-X-Name-First: Bradley R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Barnes
Title: Ethical cronyism: an insider approach for building guanxi and leveraging business performance in China
Abstract: 
 Foreign managers often perceive cultural practices, such as gift giving and guanxi, as being unethical. This can leave them at a disadvantage when negotiating in China. This study describes a concept for the benefit of MNEs so they can leverage performance through acquiring insider status. The study suggests that foreign managers should aim to build a solid reputation to facilitate reciprocal exchange when doing business in China. Such reciprocity can help to establish affective ties to cement a relationship. Establishing affection can also lead to greater interpersonal trust and, subsequently, some degree of loyalty can then emerge as a mechanism for generating ethical cronyism and performance advantages.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 124-148
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1654215
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Author-Name: Yanjie Bian
Author-X-Name-First: Yanjie
Author-X-Name-Last: Bian
Author-Name: Man Shuai
Author-X-Name-First: Man
Author-X-Name-Last: Shuai
Title: Elective affinity between guanxi favouritism and market rationality: guanxi circles as governance structure in China’s private firms
Abstract: 
 This study presents three case studies intended to examine Chinese private firms’ reliance on guanxi-oriented governance structure under different degrees of market rationality. Our findings show that regardless of their profitability goal, employment size, and organizational complexity, the three companies under study rely rather equally on their central players’ guanxi circle as the governance structure. Furthermore, when someone is permitted to enter this guanxi circle and exercise a certain degree of managerial authority, both job competence and personal trust of this person are simultaneously evaluated. We interpret these findings not as evidence of conflict between market rationality and guanxi favouritism, but as evidence for Weberian elective affinity between the two seemingly conflicting principles.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 149-168
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1654214
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Author-Name: Fan Gu
Author-X-Name-First: Fan
Author-X-Name-Last: Gu
Author-Name: Jane Nolan
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Nolan
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Organizational justice in Chinese banks: understanding the variable influence of guanxi on perceptions of fairness in performance appraisal
Abstract: 
 Drawing on survey (n = 308) and interview (n = 22) data from three different types of banks in China, we found significant differences in perceptions of organizational justice in performance appraisal processes. The state-owned bank was perceived as significantly less fair in its appraisal procedures than both its city-commercial and foreign-owned counterparts. These differences could be explained, in part, by variations in the influence of guanxi on supervisor decision-making. This, in turn, was linked to differences between the banks in their organizational objectives, as well as to intra-organizational differences at the departmental level. These findings question the common assumption that national culture variables, such as guanxi, are extremely stable and have universal explanatory value in all organizational contexts.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 169-189
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1700622
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Author-Name: Ling Tang
Author-X-Name-First: Ling
Author-X-Name-Last: Tang
Title: Gendered and sexualized guanxi: the use of erotic capital in the workplace in urban China
Abstract: 
 By critically incorporating the concept of erotic capital, this research, which is based on an ethnographic study of female white-collar employees, discloses the gendered and sexualized dynamics of guanxi in urban China. The research first examines the male-centred standardized routine of guanxi through a detailed analysis of yingchou, a practice consisting of banquets and post-banquet activities, which can involve the use of women as subordinate ‘erotic gifts’. Then, a four-type characterization of white-collar women is developed which demonstrates ways in which women can achieve more agentic, and potentially equal, guanxi status. The types identified in the study are: ‘pseudo-brothers’, ‘rational legal professionals’, ‘the unreachable desired’, and ‘the unspoken rules followers’. Each type has a specific way of navigating the patriarchal structure of guanxi, though boundaries between types are blurred and women may change their strategy, and therefore their type, over time.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 190-208
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1701264
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Author-Name: Biaoan Shan
Author-X-Name-First: Biaoan
Author-X-Name-Last: Shan
Author-Name: Xifeng Lu
Author-X-Name-First: Xifeng
Author-X-Name-Last: Lu
Title: Founder’s social ties, learning and entrepreneurial knowledge acquisition in China
Abstract: 
 This study assesses the relationships among founder’s social ties, learning and entrepreneurial knowledge acquisition. Base on Social Network Theory and Entrepreneurial Learning Perspective, eight hypotheses are proposed. Using a sample of 200 new ventures in Chinese transitional economy, we find that both founders’ social ties (business ties, political ties) and entrepreneurial learning (experiential learning, cognitive learning) have positive impacts on entrepreneurial knowledge acquisition. We also examine whether entrepreneurial learning mediates the effects of social ties on entrepreneurial knowledge acquisition. The results show that cognitive learning positively mediates the relationship between social ties and entrepreneurial knowledge acquisition. However, the mediating role of experiential learning is partly supported.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 209-229
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1718318
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Author-Name: Jane Nolan
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Nolan
Title: Guanxi: how China works
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 230-233
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1736844
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Systematic Reviews and Theory Building for Asia Pacific Business and Management: Directions for Research, Theory and Practice
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 235-237
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1699319
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Author-Name: Rémy Magnier-Watanabe
Author-X-Name-First: Rémy
Author-X-Name-Last: Magnier-Watanabe
Title: Japanese investment location choice in the US: a home-country firm bandwagon effect
Abstract: 
 This study examines the relationship between home-country firm concentration and investment location decision, using data from a sample of Japanese subsidiaries established in the US between 2003 and 2017. Results show that when Japanese firms consider locating operations in the US, they give priority to states where other Japanese firms are already established, over any other firm- or location-specific determinants. Furthermore, industry concentration exerts a moderating effect on the co-national bandwagon effect under study, suggesting that the social network of established Japanese firms becomes a deciding factor in the absence of other attractive economic attributes.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 239-264
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1683272
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Author-Name: Hitoshi Iwashita
Author-X-Name-First: Hitoshi
Author-X-Name-Last: Iwashita
Title: The regional nature of Japanese firms: antecedents and consequences
Abstract: 
 This article examines the regional nature of Japanese firms, in line with the framework suggested by Collinson and Rugman in 2008. By analysing 52 of the largest Japanese firms, it argues for the regional nature of Japanese firms even in the 2010s, clarifying the inevitable consequences (as well as antecedents) of firms being global. Its findings and contributions are twofold. Firstly, it confirms that Japanese firms have continued to maintain region bound advantages in the Asian region, even in the face of macro challenges, such as the financial crisis and the rise of China. This sharply contradicts the underlying assumptions in the current literature that Japanese firms are moving to being global. Secondly, it shows that the selection of case studies in the current literature is still biased towards global and bi-regional large Japanese firms, rather than reflecting the majority of Japanese firms, which are regional. This underlying tendency to focus on an unrepresentative sample explains why international business scholars wrongly assume a single path of firms becoming global. This article, albeit limited to only Japanese firms, redirects our attention to how firms move dynamically in and between regions, alerting scholars to the need to avoid the possible pitfall of selecting large established manufacturers, typically global firms.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 265-285
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1703390
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Author-Name: Christopher Selvarajah
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Selvarajah
Author-Name: Denny Meyer
Author-X-Name-First: Denny
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyer
Title: Exploring managerial leadership in Vietnam: where Confucianism meets Dharma
Abstract: 
 In this paper, we set out to study what constitutes managerial leadership excellence in Vietnam. In so doing, based on a 208 sample employing factor analysis and structural equation modelling, we have developed a ten dimension cultural model where Confucian cultural values with some aspects of Dharma influence managerial behaviours, where a leader is seen to be both a team and an organizational player. These values are moderated by Gender differences, with female managers more supportive of what constitutes an excellent leader than male managers. The cultural values are also moderated by a significant regional difference between the North and South.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 286-312
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1732635
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Author-Name: Nguyen Phong Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Nguyen Phong
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: Huiying Wu
Author-X-Name-First: Huiying
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu
Author-Name: Felicitas Evangelista
Author-X-Name-First: Felicitas
Author-X-Name-Last: Evangelista
Author-Name: Thu Ngoc Quynh Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Thu Ngoc Quynh
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Title: The effects of organizational mindfulness on ethical behaviour and firm performance: empirical evidence from Vietnam
Abstract: 
 This study examines the relationship between mindfulness and ethical behaviour and its consequent effects on firm performance. We adopt the psychological concept of mindfulness in the context of corporate ethics. We hypothesize that organizational mindfulness has a positive effect on organizational ethical behaviour but that the company’s code of ethics moderates this relationship. We further propose that organizational ethical behaviour affects firm performance with corporate reputation as a mediating construct. We tested the proposed framework using survey data from 653 managers of large firms in Vietnam. The estimated structural equation model provides strong and convincing support for our hypotheses with important theoretical and managerial implications.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 313-335
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1727649
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Author-Name: Hyeri Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Hyeri
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Myung-Su Chae
Author-X-Name-First: Myung-Su
Author-X-Name-Last: Chae
Author-Name: Yong Kyu Lew
Author-X-Name-First: Yong Kyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Lew
Title: The application of categorization and stereotype content theories to country of origin image: Vietnamese perceptions towards Korean wave brands
Abstract: 
 This study validates the relationship between the perceived brands of Korean wave and country-of-origin image (COI) of Korea on the basis of categorization and stereotype content theories. Data collected from local consumers in Vietnam are analyzed using structural equation modeling. Our findings show that perceived brand globalness significantly affects the competence and warmth of COI. The perceived brand localness only has a positive effect on warmth. COI positively influences foreign consumers’ attitudes and purchasing intentions. Emotional and cognitive aspects are considered to explain the complex relationships between foreign consumers’ perceived brands and COI and their effects on purchasing behavior. Our study shows the positive roles of Korean wave brands as a cue to stimulate competent and warm stereotypes of COI.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 336-361
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1630199
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Author-Name: Takahiro Ando
Author-X-Name-First: Takahiro
Author-X-Name-Last: Ando
Title: Understanding governance in contemporary Japan: transformation and the regulatory state
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 362-366
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1745486
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Wa: the essence of Japanese design
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 366-368
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1738076
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Cool Japanese men: studying new masculinities at Cambridge
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 368-373
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1659551
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Author-Name: Felicia Istad
Author-X-Name-First: Felicia
Author-X-Name-Last: Istad
Title: Doing business in Korea
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 373-374
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1756281
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Author-Name: Regina M. Lizares
Author-X-Name-First: Regina M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lizares
Title: Control and collaboration in Philippine conglomerates: an empirical study on the effects of board structural characteristics on firm performance
Abstract: 
 This study investigates the board structure – firm performance relationships of Philippine conglomerates. Agency and stewardship theories are used to specify panel regression models. Accounting and market firm performance measures are used to analyse the relationships. Results show significant: (1) positive associations between the separation of the CEO and Chairman roles; and (2) negative association between a higher proportion of outside, independent directors, and firm performance. This study highlights the opportunity to expand and nuance governance research in emerging markets.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 375-395
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1670979
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Author-Name: Yunshi Mao
Author-X-Name-First: Yunshi
Author-X-Name-Last: Mao
Author-Name: Ornicha Norkaew
Author-X-Name-First: Ornicha
Author-X-Name-Last: Norkaew
Author-Name: Yangchun Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Yangchun
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: Parent-firm advantages and management control effects on subsidiary performance in emerging economies: a study of foreign direct investment in Thailand
Abstract: 
 This paper empirically investigates how parent management control and firm-specific advantages (FSAs) influence subsidiary performance in Thailand. We find that parent management control has a mediating effect on the influence of political risks and subsidiary goals on subsidiary performance for emerging market multinationals, whereas for developed country multinationals, it only shows a mediating effect on the influence of subsidiary goals on subsidiary performance. We also find that the FSAs of parent firms based in developed countries moderate and mediate the effect of parent management control on subsidiary performance.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 396-424
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1726047
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Author-Name: Christopher Selvarajah
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Selvarajah
Author-Name: Denny Meyer
Author-X-Name-First: Denny
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyer
Author-Name: Pradeepa Dahanayake
Author-X-Name-First: Pradeepa
Author-X-Name-Last: Dahanayake
Title: Profiling the paternalistic manager: leadership excellence in the Philippines
Abstract: 
 In this paper, we explore paternalism as the main cultural framework within which excellence in managerial leadership operates in organizations in the Philippines. Factor analysis, regression and structural modelling are employed to explain managerial leadership excellence in the Philippines. Perceptions from 258 Filipino managers highlight paternalistic leadership as a unique mixture of Confucian and Catholic values. Pastoral focus is an important cultural dimension through which Environment focus and Work practices influences the Personal qualities. Moral obligations are important since they mediate between Pastoral focus and managerial response to Organizational demands but unimportant as direct influence on excellent leader.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 425-452
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1770467
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Author-Name: Yun Kyung Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Yun Kyung
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Yunsung Koh
Author-X-Name-First: Yunsung
Author-X-Name-Last: Koh
Title: Effects of public pension funds and Stewardship Code on dividends and firm value: evidence from National Pension Service of Korea
Abstract: 
 This study examines the effects of National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea and the Stewardship Code on dividend policy and firm value. We find that NPS increases the dividend yield of firms, and the effects are more pronounced after the implementation of the code. Furthermore, the code forces firms to pay involuntarily high dividends compared to industry rivals. Firm value is negatively associated with the ownership of NPS which is exacerbated after the code. Results highlight the agency problem in public pension funds that the government pursues its own interests rather than those of the beneficiaries.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 453-477
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1781414
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Author-Name: Dongyoub Shin
Author-X-Name-First: Dongyoub
Author-X-Name-Last: Shin
Author-Name: Daehun Chung
Author-X-Name-First: Daehun
Author-X-Name-Last: Chung
Title: Multi-level and multi-faceted institutional dynamics: neoliberal reforms in Korean universities, 2008–2013
Abstract: 
 This paper examines Korean universities’ responses to coercive pressures from the government towards neoliberal reforms. Unlike the general perception that coercive pressures from the government have a sweeping effect for all the organizations of the field, this paper shows variations among organizations in the adoption of a new practice promoted by the government. To explain this unexpected variation, we propose a theoretical framework of multi-level and multi-faceted institutional dynamics. Our empirical analysis shows that Korean universities’ adoption of admission officer system as a representative neoliberal global-standard practice varies depending on societal-level normative neoliberal discourses, field-level mimetic isomorphism among adjacent universities, and organization-level functional necessity.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 478-502
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1788289
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Leadership: critical perspectives and emerging opportunities in a complex and imperfect world
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 503-508
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1676048
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Islands, maps, conflicts: the recurring relevance of physical geography in the Asia Pacific
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 509-517
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1686244
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Author-Name: Susan Kurdli
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Kurdli
Title: Gateway cities in global production networks: insights from the oil and gas industry in Southeast Asia
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 518-520
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1659550
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Author-Name: Manu Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Manu
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Author-Name: Sudhanshu Joshi
Author-X-Name-First: Sudhanshu
Author-X-Name-Last: Joshi
Title: Analytics in healthcare: a practical introduction
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 520-522
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1692569
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Author-Name: Saleh Shahriar
Author-X-Name-First: Saleh
Author-X-Name-Last: Shahriar
Title: Digital transformation in business and society: theory and cases
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 523-525
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1738074
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Author-Name: Dilip K. Das
Author-X-Name-First: Dilip K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Das
Title: India’s recent inward foreign direct investment: an assessment
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 525-527
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1759864
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Title: The enigma of Chinese business: understanding corporate performance through managerial ties
Abstract: 
 Despite the fanfare surrounding China’s rise, economic performance and seemingly inexorable growth, some global data on areas such as labour productivity and digital competitiveness show a different picture. This collection, therefore, gives a multilevel reality check for the Chinese economy, firm performance and managerial ties. We do this by raising two broad questions. First, can China restructure its economy from a low-cost growth model to a high value-added innovative model without incurring major structural inertia? Second, can Chinese firms out-perform competitors in global high value markets without relying on state initiatives, central funding mechanisms and public R&D institutions? We find that an innovative side of Chinese performance includes big data analysis, supply chain integration, high-performance work systems and customer involvement as stakeholders. However, these new dimensions of corporate performance boosters do not necessarily produce innovative future forecasts for China, as performance improvements have so far been neither drastic nor futuristic.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 529-536
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1843290
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Author-Name: Hamza Saleem
Author-X-Name-First: Hamza
Author-X-Name-Last: Saleem
Author-Name: Yongjun Li
Author-X-Name-First: Yongjun
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Zulqurnain Ali
Author-X-Name-First: Zulqurnain
Author-X-Name-Last: Ali
Author-Name: Aqsa Mehreen
Author-X-Name-First: Aqsa
Author-X-Name-Last: Mehreen
Author-Name: Muhammad Salman Mansoor
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad Salman
Author-X-Name-Last: Mansoor
Title: An empirical investigation on how big data analytics influence China SMEs performance: do product and process innovation matter?
Abstract: 
 Globalization and a keen interest in big data have directed the firms to develop and utilize big data analytics (BDA) to bring technological innovation (TI) and enhance firm productivity. Using resource-based view theory (RBVT), we intend to predict TI and SMEs’ performance through BDA. Therefore, we recruited 312 Chinese SMEs’ officials using survey methods. The proposed model and structural associations were examined in AMOS. The findings suggest that BDA (predictive-and-prescriptive) is positively related to TI (product-and-process) and SMEs’ performance. Moreover, TI (product-and-process) mediates the relationship between BDA and SMEs performance. Finally, the study discussion and implications are recorded.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 537-562
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1759300
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Author-Name: Yujie Cai
Author-X-Name-First: Yujie
Author-X-Name-Last: Cai
Title: High-performance work systems in mainland China: a review and research agenda
Abstract: 
 This paper reviews the empirical studies on high-performance work systems (HPWSs) in the context of Mainland China at different levels of analysis, published in leading English- and Chinese-language journals in the relevant field between 2008 and 2018. In particular, we examine the factors that have affected the adoption of HPWSs in Chinese organizations and study the specific characteristics of Chinese HPWSs. We explore the nature and direction of the HPWSs-performance relationship as well as the underlying mechanism for the relationship in Chinese organizations. We present a research agenda for future directions in theoretical development, context, characteristics, and methodology. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 563-587
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1791490
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Author-Name: Yifeng Nancy Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Yifeng Nancy
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Mike Chao
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Chao
Author-Name: Yuejie Pan
Author-X-Name-First: Yuejie
Author-X-Name-Last: Pan
Title: Does cooperative goal interdependence facilitate market orientation? A top management’s firm–customer perspective in China
Abstract: 
 Market orientation concerns customer satisfaction in essence. Empirical studies have indicated that market orientation contributes to a firm’s superior performance, sustainable competitiveness, and organizational success. Drawing on theory of cooperation and competition, this study unravels the relationship between firm-customer goal interdependence and market orientation. Results of our study with a sample of 120 entrepreneurial firms recruited in China demonstrate that developing cooperative, but not competitive or independent, goals with customers is effective for facilitating collaboration among internal departments, which ultimately strengthens the market orientation of firms. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 588-612
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1787691
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Author-Name: Wenwei Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Wenwei
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Wenhong Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Wenhong
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Author-Name: Yu Gao
Author-X-Name-First: Yu
Author-X-Name-Last: Gao
Author-Name: Zhenxin Xiao
Author-X-Name-First: Zhenxin
Author-X-Name-Last: Xiao
Title: How do managerial ties influence the effectuation and causation of entrepreneurship in China? The role of entrepreneurs’ cognitive bias
Abstract: 
 Drawing on social cognitive theory and social network theory, this study investigates the relationships between managerial ties, entrepreneurs’ cognitive bias, and the effectuation and causation of behavioural modes of entrepreneurship. It uses structural equation modelling to analyse a sample of 214 entrepreneurs in China. The empirical results indicate that business ties lead entrepreneurs to use effectual approaches by prompting the entrepreneurs’ overconfidence, whereas institutional ties enable entrepreneurs to use both causation and effectuation by prompting the entrepreneurs’ illusion of control. This study delineates how different types of managerial ties affect causation and effectuation through different cognitive mechanisms.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 613-641
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1765537
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Author-Name: Shuyang Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Shuyang
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Zelong Wei
Author-X-Name-First: Zelong
Author-X-Name-Last: Wei
Author-Name: Xi Song
Author-X-Name-First: Xi
Author-X-Name-Last: Song
Author-Name: Sanggyun Na
Author-X-Name-First: Sanggyun
Author-X-Name-Last: Na
Author-Name: Jing Ye
Author-X-Name-First: Jing
Author-X-Name-Last: Ye
Title: When does environmental corporate social responsibility promote managerial ties in China? The moderating role of industrial power and market hierarchy
Abstract: 
 Although stakeholder theory suggests that ECSR improve firm performance by signal a positive evaluation, this research finds that these signalling effects vary with industrial power and market hierarchy. Based on a dataset of 206 manufacturing firms in China, we find that ECSR positively affects managerial ties followed by firm performance. However, industrial power strengthens the effect of ECSR on political ties while weakens that on business ties. Market hierarchy strengthens the effect of ECSR on business ties while weakens that on political ties. This research extends previous literature on the relationship between ECSR and managerial ties by investigating the different moderating effects of industrial power and market hierarchy.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 642-662
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1801812
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Author-Name: Lucy Sojung Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Lucy Sojung
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Weiguo Zhong
Author-X-Name-First: Weiguo
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhong
Title: Run away or stick together: the impact of firm misbehavior on alliance partners’ defection in China
Abstract: 
 When the alliance partner is found to conduct misbehaviours, will the nonstricken firm respond by defection or sticking together? Drawing on the theory regarding uncertainty in exchange, we propose that partner misbehaviours incur two kinds of uncertainty, identity threat (i.e., possibility of being stigmatized by association) and efficiency threat (i.e., possibility of failure in realizing the goals of alliance). Both identity threat and efficiency threat will drive the nonstricken firm to defect. Our analysis of 457 instances of misbehaviour involving equity-based alliances of Chinese publicly listed firms across 2001–2013 reveals that when partner misbehaviour hurt the nonstricken firm’s identity (i.e., identity threat) or affect its rational pursuit of goals (i.e., efficiency threat), the nonstricken firm is more likely to respond by defection. Moreover, we also found that the nonstricken firm’s dependence on the alliance weakened the relationships between identity (efficiency) threat and defection. Our results advance our understanding of how firms manage and respond to other firms’ misbehaviour in an alliance context, providing an event-based view of alliance dynamics.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 663-689
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1741158
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Author-Name: Gordon Redding
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding
Title: Handbook on the international political economy of China
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 690-691
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1692568
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Author-Name: Muhammad Afzaal
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad
Author-X-Name-Last: Afzaal
Title: The China-Pakistan economic corridor of the belt and road initiative concept, context and assessment
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 691-695
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1738075
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Wonho Jang
Author-X-Name-First: Wonho
Author-X-Name-Last: Jang
Title: Leadership, performance and socialist reforms: how did reform leadership emerge and create change?
Abstract: 
 Audacious economic reforms in socialist China and Vietnam have successfully defied worries and woes from the Western pundits of economic reforms. Unlike their negative appraisals, the grand scale reforms in the two countries have transformed their ailing economies to one of the most miraculous of all economic growths and developments in modern human history. This collection raises a rarely asked question of ‘which leadership style was pivotal in garnering the miracle at the firm level?’ Six pieces of research are collected under the similar topic that bears the question of leadership and innovation in China and Vietnam either as a single case study or as a comparative analysis of the two countries and with other East Asian economies (e.g., South Korea, Japan). The analysis presented in this collection finds that emotional, traditional, philosophical, and cultural leadership styles are necessary in tandem with transformative, strategic and design leadership to offset the pangs of radical reforms.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1850071
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Author-Name: Yaping Zhou
Author-X-Name-First: Yaping
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhou
Author-Name: Yinan Li
Author-X-Name-First: Yinan
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Donggen Rui
Author-X-Name-First: Donggen
Author-X-Name-Last: Rui
Title: Transitional leaders in China: the increasing importance of political acumen among private entrepreneurs
Abstract: 
 The existing research has not yet been conducted on the impact of the current political environment on the political sensitivity of private entrepreneurs during China’s transition period. This study adopts the perspective of neo-institutional sociology for an analysis of the political sensitivity of current private entrepreneurs in China. The study found that, first, Chinese entrepreneurs are growing more politically sensitive. Second, the political sensitivity of Chinese entrepreneurs has shifted the leading role from the original external compulsory mechanism to the active imitation mechanism. Third, regardless of the size of the firm, private entrepreneurs generally believe that political and business relationships are very important.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 11-28
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1851898
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Author-Name: Jungwon Yoon
Author-X-Name-First: Jungwon
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoon
Author-Name: Moon-Gi Suh
Author-X-Name-First: Moon-Gi
Author-X-Name-Last: Suh
Title: The key elements of strategic leadership capabilities to the latecomer firm: the case of RT Mart’s success in the Chinese retail industry
Abstract: 
 Many international business researchers have made strenuous efforts to examine the influences of strategic leadership capabilities on organizational performance.  However, when it comes down to latecomer firms from the Asia-Pacific region, there have been very few attempts to illuminate how the strategic role and capabilities of CEOs and top management teams are crucial to achieve successful internationalization.  This, in turn, poses a substantial challenge to account for the case of RT Mart in one of the most competitive global market from the systematic framework of latecomer pathways. The main findings of the study suggest that a comprehensive perspective is needed on strategic leadership and its developmental process in explaining the success of challenger firms outperforming the incumbents.  The changing context and micro foundation of the company is critical step in organizational transformation, rooted in leadership capabilities and activities, including absorptive and adaptive capacity, social intelligence, and capacity to leverage resource.  It signifies the synergy effect of the four variables in the function of temporality and stages with the relative strength of the capacity to leverage resource by filling the gaps between the global and local dimensions, and by providing room for exploration and experimentation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 29-52
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1846951
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Author-Name: Xuhua Wei
Author-X-Name-First: Xuhua
Author-X-Name-Last: Wei
Author-Name: Huan Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Huan
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Author-Name: Siyi Han
Author-X-Name-First: Siyi
Author-X-Name-Last: Han
Title: A meta-analysis of top management team compositional characteristics and corporate innovation in China
Abstract: 
 Although a large number of empirical studies have explored the relationship between top management team (TMT) compositional characteristics and corporate innovation in China, there is much controversy regarding which kind of TMT compositional characteristic can better promote corporate innovation during the economic transition period. To reconcile these theoretical contradictions and explain why the empirical research results are inconsistent, we meta-analysed the effects of TMT compositional characteristics (i.e. variety, disparity and faultlines) on corporate innovation in China and explored the potential moderators between TMT compositional characteristics and corporate innovation. Based on 234 effect sizes reported in 89 studies (35,515 TMTs), we found that TMT composition types (i.e. task- and relation-oriented dimensions) could significantly moderate the relationship between TMT compositional characteristics and corporate innovation. Compared to TMT relation-oriented variety and disparity, TMT task-oriented variety and disparity were more positively related to Chinese corporate innovation. Further, TMT task-oriented faultline strength was positively related to Chinese corporate innovation, whereas TMT relation-oriented faultline strength was negatively related to it. Our findings not only help researchers understand why the relationship between TMT compositional characteristics and corporate innovation is inconsistent, but also help corporations in the backdrop to the economic transition to promote innovation by improving their TMT composition.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 53-76
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1846952
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Author-Name: Tran Huy Phuong
Author-X-Name-First: Tran Huy
Author-X-Name-Last: Phuong
Author-Name: Kiyoshi Takahashi
Author-X-Name-First: Kiyoshi
Author-X-Name-Last: Takahashi
Title: The impact of authentic leadership on employee creativity in Vietnam: a mediating effect of psychological contract and moderating effects of subcultures
Abstract: 
 This study examines the impact of authentic leadership on employee creativity in Vietnamese firms. Relational psychological contract was tested as a mediator while subcultural variables act as moderators. Data were collected from 533 employees in 19 enterprises in Hanoi and Hochiminh City. Results confirm the direct impact of authentic leadership on employee creativity and partial mediating effect of relational psychological contract. Moreover, regional (North vs. South) and generational (pre-1975 born vs. post-1975 born) differences moderated these relationships. Finally, the moderating impacts of public work experience and gender were also established. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 77-100
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1847467
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Author-Name: Nuttawuth Muenjohn
Author-X-Name-First: Nuttawuth
Author-X-Name-Last: Muenjohn
Author-Name: Jun Ishikawa
Author-X-Name-First: Jun
Author-X-Name-Last: Ishikawa
Author-Name: Peamawat Muenjohn
Author-X-Name-First: Peamawat
Author-X-Name-Last: Muenjohn
Author-Name: Mumtaz Ali Memon
Author-X-Name-First: Mumtaz Ali
Author-X-Name-Last: Memon
Author-Name: Hiram Ting
Author-X-Name-First: Hiram
Author-X-Name-Last: Ting
Title: The effect of innovation and leadership on performance in China and Vietnam
Abstract: 
 To be competitive, firms have focused their resources on innovation. The success of innovation, however, depends on several factors. One of these factors is the capacity and ability of firms’ leaders. This study aimed to examine the relationship between leadership, innovation and organizational performance in two socialist countries, China and Vietnam. Four hypotheses were proposed to test the direct and indirect relationships. 334 SMEs responded to the survey that revealed that SMEs leaders who practised behaviours that associated with design leadership fostered firms’ ability to be innovative and in turn, affected the organizational performance outcomes. Discussion and implication are also provided.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 101-110
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1850606
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Author-Name: Seonjo Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Seonjo
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Jun Ishikawa
Author-X-Name-First: Jun
Author-X-Name-Last: Ishikawa
Title: Employee voice mechanisms, transformational leadership, group prototypicality, and voice behaviour: a comparison of portfolio career workers in Japan, Korea and China
Abstract: 
 This study analyses the relationship between two kinds of employee voice mechanisms and voice behaviour among portfolio career workers in Japan, Korea and China. Using the conservation of resources theory, we focus on the role of managerial leadership. Under similar sampling procedures, data on 400 managers in each country were collected via web-based surveys conducted for Japan and Korea in 2017 and for China 2018. The findings are as follows: First, the number of team voice mechanisms is positively and directly related to voice behaviour in each country. Second, the number of representative voice mechanisms is positively and indirectly related to voice behaviour in Japan and China. Third, the number of team voice mechanisms is positively and directly related to transformational leadership in each country. Fourth, the number of representative voice mechanisms is positively and indirectly related to the level of transformational leadership in Japan and China. Fifth, transformational leadership is positively related to leader group prototypicality in Japan and China. Finally, leader group prototypicality is positively related to voice behaviour in Japan and China.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 111-144
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1846963
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Author-Name: Binyao Ning
Author-X-Name-First: Binyao
Author-X-Name-Last: Ning
Author-Name: Rosmini Omar
Author-X-Name-First: Rosmini
Author-X-Name-Last: Omar
Author-Name: Ye Ye
Author-X-Name-First: Ye
Author-X-Name-Last: Ye
Author-Name: Hiram Ting
Author-X-Name-First: Hiram
Author-X-Name-Last: Ting
Author-Name: Man Ning
Author-X-Name-First: Man
Author-X-Name-Last: Ning
Title: The role of Zhong-Yong thinking in business and management research: a review and future research agenda
Abstract: 
 Zhong-Yong thinking is seen as an indigenous concept that best fits the Chinese context and guides people’s actions and decisions. However, its influence on business and management remains unclear and less studied, with little understanding of both theoretical and practical lenses. This paper synthesizes 41 articles by systematic review and employs the TCCM framework (theory, context, characteristics, and methodology) to evaluate research on the role of Zhong-Yong thinking in business and management. It also distinguishes between studies using Zhong-Yong thinking as a moderating variable and as an independent variable. The study develops two conceptual frameworks as the basis for future research to explore Zhong-Yong thinking and ten related themes.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 150-179
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1857956
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Author-Name: Juying Zeng
Author-X-Name-First: Juying
Author-X-Name-Last: Zeng
Author-Name: Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano
Author-X-Name-First: Domingo
Author-X-Name-Last: Ribeiro-Soriano
Author-Name: Jun Ren
Author-X-Name-First: Jun
Author-X-Name-Last: Ren
Title: Innovation efficiency: a bibliometric review and future research agenda
Abstract: 
 Innovation efficiency has become a phenomenon of global interest. This paper reviews 165 articles from academic journals of innovation efficiency, applies the data-driven text mining approach to map major streams of research and identifies widely used theories, contexts, and methods. With the evolution of innovation behaviours and research context, the literature is mainly classified to innovation, innovation efficiency, and green innovation. By investigating definition evolution, research contents, and determinants of innovation efficiency, the paper also provides the main approaches for investigation are data envelopment analysis, stochastic frontier analysis, and Malmquist index. The paper highlights the need for interdisciplinary approaches to transcend the boundaries. Development and adoption of network interaction, regulation policy effects evaluation, time-varying investigation, the use of multi-level methods, and consideration of unexplored indicators for various contexts are among the recommendations for future research.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 209-228
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1858591
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Author-Name: Puja Khatri
Author-X-Name-First: Puja
Author-X-Name-Last: Khatri
Author-Name: Sumedha Dutta
Author-X-Name-First: Sumedha
Author-X-Name-Last: Dutta
Author-Name: Neeraj Kaushik
Author-X-Name-First: Neeraj
Author-X-Name-Last: Kaushik
Title: Changing patterns of the teacher as a servant leader in Asia Pacific: a review and research agenda
Abstract: 
 The ability of the Servant Leadership in transforming the learning experience for faculty and students encouraged the authors to study the role of the ‘Teacher as a Servant Leader’(TSL). Using the TCCM (Theory, Context, Characteristics and Methodology) approach, a systematic review of TSL studies is conducted to outline noteworthy contributions. Research gaps are identified and a framework for a research agenda is outlined. Further, a comparative view between the countries of Asia-Pacific and the Rest-of-the-World is undertaken. This area holds immense potential for theoretical extension and development as many of its nuances are left unattended in prior research. Focussed insights offer signposts for taking this academic journey forward.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 301-330
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1857562
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Author-Name: Shiwangi Singh
Author-X-Name-First: Shiwangi
Author-X-Name-Last: Singh
Author-Name: Justin Paul
Author-X-Name-First: Justin
Author-X-Name-Last: Paul
Author-Name: Sanjay Dhir
Author-X-Name-First: Sanjay
Author-X-Name-Last: Dhir
Title: Innovation implementation in Asia-Pacific countries: a review and research agenda
Abstract: 
 The implementation of an innovation landscape has transformed the emerging Asia-Pacific economies in the past few decades with increased investment opportunities and multinational organizations. This review highlights the key studies and theories. In addition, the antecedents, decisions, and outcomes (ADO) framework is used to review the extant literature in the field of innovation implementation in context of both the emerging Asia-Pacific economies and developed economies. Based on literature review from 1981 to 2019, this review identifies the key theories, methods, characteristics, and contexts from emerging economies of the Asia-Pacific and developed economies perspective. The review shows that innovation implementation in emerging Asia-Pacific economies is underdeveloped and still growing. The results on emerging economies are more oriented towards the organizational antecedents rather than other aspects of developed economies. In the context of emerging economies, the basic decision variables include adoption and day-to-day decision-making based on current challenges faced by the organization. The study finds that outcomes of innovation implementation in emerging economies have not been widely investigated. Future research directions are provided in the context of emerging Asia-Pacific economies and practical implications are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 180-208
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1859748
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Author-Name: Sanjana Mondal
Author-X-Name-First: Sanjana
Author-X-Name-Last: Mondal
Author-Name: Kaushik Samaddar
Author-X-Name-First: Kaushik
Author-X-Name-Last: Samaddar
Title: Responsible tourism towards sustainable development: literature review and research agenda
Abstract: 
 Responsible tourism has been researched by scholars focusing on various avenues of responsiveness over the years, however, our understanding of the antecedents and implications of this phenomenon is still limited. This article presents a systematic review by synthesizing the extant research works published since 2002 and creates a road map for future studies. Through this review, we intend to impart better assimilation of theories, methodologies, and emergent constructs explored in responsible tourism literature focusing on various stakeholders. Additionally, we emphasized the advancement of research in this area in the Asia-Pacific region.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 229-266
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1857963
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Justin Paul
Author-X-Name-First: Justin
Author-X-Name-Last: Paul
Title: Introduction: the role and relevance of literature reviews and research in the Asia Pacific
Abstract: 
 Here we discuss the role and importance of a literature review article in advancing a subject area. We outline the contributions we selected and their methodologies. It was found that framework-based reviews using a framework such as TCCM (Theory, Context, Characteristics, Methods) or ADO (Antecedents, Decisions and Outcome) are increasingly popular and can be more useful than other types of reviews, such as bibliometric or narrative, in some circumstances. The reviews also set out the theoretical and practical implications for business and management in the Asia Pacific as well as detailed future research agendas based on research gaps. Of course reviews themselves have their own limitations and biases, not least they are not original fieldwork or research and so are following well-worn, not new, paths. Yet, the importance and impact of ‘blue skies’ research should not be forgotten. Nevertheless, they do serve important purposes, including limiting the ‘reinvention of the wheel’ phenomenon while supporting future research work.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 145-149
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1894839
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Author-Name: Fatima Saman Qaisar
Author-X-Name-First: Fatima Saman
Author-X-Name-Last: Qaisar
Author-Name: Nazlida Muhamad
Author-X-Name-First: Nazlida
Author-X-Name-Last: Muhamad
Title: Internal marketing: a review and future research agenda
Abstract: 
 Internal marketing is a method of cultivating high-level employee performance. However, the concept is marred with confusion due to the wide range of definitions and consequent implementation challenges. We reviewed the literature on internal marketing published between 1980 and 2020, using a theory, context and method framework. We found that scholars have not paid attention to the utilization of an established framework for construct operationalization. We advocate for the application of self-determination theory as a framework for operationalizing internal marketing. In addition, based on the identified research gaps, we propose several ideas for future research directions.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 267-300
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1858590
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Author-Name: Haixu Bao
Author-X-Name-First: Haixu
Author-X-Name-Last: Bao
Author-Name: Xiao Hu
Author-X-Name-First: Xiao
Author-X-Name-Last: Hu
Author-Name: Lijuan Si
Author-X-Name-First: Lijuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Si
Title: New business models and government features: an example from China
Abstract: 
 A number of innovative business models involve public infrastructure service, such as shared cars. Considering the regulating role of government in these industries, it is important to know what governmental features influence the development of such models. With data of 102 cities in China, we find that government service quality is positively associated with the speed with which car sharing companies are established in a city, and cities with south-born mayors have higher service quality than those with north-born mayors. The mayor’s region of birth has an indirect effect on the speed with which car sharing is established.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 431-443
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1785188
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Author-Name: Tachia Chin
Author-X-Name-First: Tachia
Author-X-Name-Last: Chin
Author-Name: Qianqian Hu
Author-X-Name-First: Qianqian
Author-X-Name-Last: Hu
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Shouyang Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Shouyang
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: Business models in the Asia-Pacific: dynamic balancing of multiple cultures, innovation and value creation
Abstract: 
 Owing to the convergence of multiple cultures coupled with the unprecedented rapid development in the decades since the late 1990s, the value creation and innovation logic of Asia-Pacific business models (BMs) has been constantly altered by cultural heterogeneity and thus, have evolved into a more complex and diverse landscape relative to Western developed-economy BMs. Given that relevant issues remain under-researched, the main purpose of our collection is to fill this gap. We provide new insights into identifying, exploring and rationalizing the indigenous innovation ecosystems and unorthodox value-creating logic of BMs emerging from the Greater China territory. Moreover, whereas the COVID-19 crisis has fundamentally changed the way people do business along with the lockdowns followed by some forms of de-globalization; it is expected to see a new wave of BM evolution. We, thus, outline three promising and nascent pathways for future efforts departing from a cultural view to explore the value logic of BMs and BM innovation within the Asia-Pacific region in the post-COVID-19 era: (1) the role of culture in BM innovation; (2) new ways of creating the knowledge and managing knowledge iceberg phenomenon and (3) using the ‘Bottom of Pyramid’ approach to BM innovation for incorporating social goals into value creation logic.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 331-341
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1911402
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Author-Name: Hongjun Xiao
Author-X-Name-First: Hongjun
Author-X-Name-Last: Xiao
Author-Name: Zhen Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Zhen
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Author-Name: Yelin Hu
Author-X-Name-First: Yelin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hu
Title: Influencing mechanism of strategic flexibility on corporate performance: the mediating role of business model innovation
Abstract: 
 This paper explores the internal mechanism of corporate strategic flexibility on corporate performance. Through the empirical test of 197 Chinese enterprises, the empirical test is performed on the statistical hypothesis using the statistical method of SEM and linear regression. We find that the corporate strategic flexibility has a significant positive impact on its financial performance and market performance, and business model innovation has a significant positive impact on corporate financial performance and market performance, and efficiency-centred business model innovation plays a partial mediating role between strategic flexibility (resource flexibility and coordination flexibility) and corporate financial concentration; novelty-centred business model innovation plays a fully mediating role between resource flexibility and corporate market performance, and a partial mediating role between coordination flexibility and corporate market performance.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 470-492
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1896256
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Author-Name: Tung-Fei Tsai-Lin
Author-X-Name-First: Tung-Fei
Author-X-Name-Last: Tsai-Lin
Author-Name: Hui-Ru Chi
Author-X-Name-First: Hui-Ru
Author-X-Name-Last: Chi
Author-Name: Yuan-Chieh Chang
Author-X-Name-First: Yuan-Chieh
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang
Title: The business model and innovation mix in the transition of contract manufacturers in the greater China region
Abstract: 
 Many contract manufacturers’ successful transition from original equipment manufacturers (OEM), original design manufacturers (ODM) to original brand manufacturers (OBM) is typical for studying latecomers’ business model transitions in emerging Asia. This study uses data from two industrial innovation surveys (2004–2006 and 2007–2010) in 14 cities located in the Greater China region to describe the innovation practices followed in different business models and the transitions. The results show that OEM latecomers undergo organizational changes in the transitions. ODM entrants have to enhance product innovation and market promotion, and OBM entrants must tailor their organizational and marketing practices. This paper concludes that the business model transition is the matter of firms making an effort to retool their innovation mix for realizing a new value proposition in a specific business model. Theoretical and managerial implications are suggested.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 444-469
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1894844
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Author-Name: Li-Chung Chang
Author-X-Name-First: Li-Chung
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang
Author-Name: Xin Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Xin
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Su-Qun Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Su-Qun
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Chang-Bin Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Chang-Bin
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Zhi-Hong Yuan
Author-X-Name-First: Zhi-Hong
Author-X-Name-Last: Yuan
Author-Name: Xian-Ju Zeng
Author-X-Name-First: Xian-Ju
Author-X-Name-Last: Zeng
Author-Name: Jian-Qi Chu
Author-X-Name-First: Jian-Qi
Author-X-Name-Last: Chu
Author-Name: San-Bing Tsai
Author-X-Name-First: San-Bing
Author-X-Name-Last: Tsai
Title: User-driven business model innovation: an ethnographic inquiry into Toutiao in the Chinese context
Abstract: 
 The current firm-driven business model innovation (FDBMI) has found its limits. The aim of this research is to explore the user-driven business model innovation (UDBMI) adopting the ethnographic inquiry approach in the Chinese context. The findings show that UDBMI includes five stages: co-creation of content via interaction, creation release by platform, content spread, effect and flow into cash. It is an inside-out cycle which starts from personal (both fans and creators), then platform, community, and to the whole society lifestyle (culture). In contrast to Chinese culture, western culture is an outside-in cycle which starts from the community, then creators, platform, personal (fans) and finally personal life. This study contributes to advancing the understanding of the UDBMI in the Chinese context, and explains why Toutiao has been able to grow rapidly via value co-creation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 359-377
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1895492
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Author-Name: Tachia Chin
Author-X-Name-First: Tachia
Author-X-Name-Last: Chin
Author-Name: Yi Shi
Author-X-Name-First: Yi
Author-X-Name-Last: Shi
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Jianwei Meng
Author-X-Name-First: Jianwei
Author-X-Name-Last: Meng
Title: Confucian business model canvas in the Asia Pacific: a Yin-Yang harmony cognition to value creation and innovation
Abstract: 
 From an integrative view of paradox and culture, this research aims to elucidate the impact of cultural heterogeneity on the compositional structure of business models (BMs) in the Asia Pacific by focusing on the core BM content about the mechanisms of value creation and innovation. After a systematic review addressing the knowledge void, we refine the widely accepted, renowned model of a BM canvas to propose a new, indigenous Confucian BM canvas using the Yin-Yang harmony cognition as the underlying rationale for identifying the peculiar, innovative value-creating patterns of BMs in Confucian Asia. Our canvas encompasses three new building blocks: Social Legitimacy, Institutional Enabler, Institutional Disabler, that reflects the idiosyncratic Confucian cultural values and, thereby, can serve as a vital strategic map. Based on the insights distilled from this new canvas, we further suggest a novel ‘networked synergistic mode of innovation for value creation’ with an example of the electric motor industry in the Asia Pacific region. Theoretical, practical and policy implications are also discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 342-358
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1795481
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Author-Name: Qiang Xu
Author-X-Name-First: Qiang
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu
Author-Name: Jinghui Yu
Author-X-Name-First: Jinghui
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu
Author-Name: Jianxin Xu
Author-X-Name-First: Jianxin
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu
Author-Name: Guangxi Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Guangxi
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Canying Liang
Author-X-Name-First: Canying
Author-X-Name-Last: Liang
Title: How business model innovation overcomes barriers during manufacturers’ servitization transformation: a case study of two top piano manufacturers in China
Abstract: 
 Servitization is important for manufacturers’ strategic transition, yet applying servitization has significant barriers. Business model innovation is regarded as a systematic solution of overcoming the barriers. However, it has been insufficiently studied especially in emerging economies. Therefore, we conducted a multi-case study of two leading piano manufacturers engaging in services in China, and explore the process of business model innovation for their servitization. This study finds that, with the facilitation of dynamic capabilities, manufacturers address the barriers through business model innovation in three elements of content, structure and governance, and finally form a new business model with ambidexterity, in which efficiency-centred theme and novelty-centred theme can coexist, interact, and dynamically match with emerging economies’ context. This study provides new insights on how manufacturers in emerging economies conduct business model innovation for realizing their servitization transformation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 378-404
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1894722
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Author-Name: Moritz Classen
Author-X-Name-First: Moritz
Author-X-Name-Last: Classen
Author-Name: Thomas Friedli
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Friedli
Title: ‘It’s not like we can charge for everything’: revenue models to capture value from smart services in Pacific Asia
Abstract: 
 Western European manufacturers’ difficulties in earning revenue from industrial services in Pacific Asia have been linked to cultural values. Yet, ways of creating and capturing value from smart services in the region remain unexplored. Against this backdrop, this research seeks to (1) uncover how cultural values influence smart service revenue models, and (2) derive revenue model configurations enabling value capture. To do so, the authors study six Western European manufacturers commercializing smart services in Pacific Asia. The results indicate that indirect and freemium revenue models may achieve fit with the cultural values identified.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 405-430
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1894770
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Author-Name: Chaoyun Liang
Author-X-Name-First: Chaoyun
Author-X-Name-Last: Liang
Author-Name: Chao-Chien Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Chao-Chien
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Title: Empowering entrepreneurial intention through entrepreneurial self-efficacy: comparison of farmers with and without entrepreneurial experience in Taiwan
Abstract: 
 On the basis of an integration of entrepreneurial event theory and the theory of planned behaviour, this study tested the mediating effects of entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) on the entrepreneurial intentions (EIs) of farmers in Taiwan (n = 970) and distinguished differences between those who had entrepreneurial experience and those who did not. The results determined that the planning aspect of ESE served as a robust mediator, and the entrepreneurial attitude of the participants had the greatest effect on their EIs, followed by entrepreneurial alertness, bridging social capital, and subjective norms. The results also clarified that the effects generated from entrepreneurial attitude for those with prior entrepreneurial experience were stronger than for those without, whereas the effects generated from ESE and entrepreneurial alertness for those without experience appeared stronger than for those with entrepreneurial experience.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 595-611
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1857069
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Author-Name: Ngoc Cindy Pham
Author-X-Name-First: Ngoc Cindy
Author-X-Name-Last: Pham
Author-Name: Juehui Shi
Author-X-Name-First: Juehui
Author-X-Name-Last: Shi
Author-Name: Joshua Fogel
Author-X-Name-First: Joshua
Author-X-Name-Last: Fogel
Author-Name: Yuanqing Li
Author-X-Name-First: Yuanqing
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Huan Henry Pham
Author-X-Name-First: Huan Henry
Author-X-Name-Last: Pham
Title: Motivations for bribery and bribery in business: Vietnam past and present
Abstract: 
 From a novel historical angle, this paper examines a fundamental question of why bribery is so prevalent throughout Vietnamese history, why it has become a culturally acceptable norm, and what historical factors attributed to its prevalence at all levels, individual, firm, and country. We examine the moderating effect of Vietnam’s historical eras on the relationship between the ethical judgement of bribery and the likelihood of bribing. Moreover, the concept of strategic firm competition is introduced to the ongoing debate on whether large firms are more likely to bribe and whether there is a link between market openness and bribery.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 528-558
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1820721
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Contents tourism in Japan: pilgrimages to the ‘sacred sites’ of popular culture
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 643-647
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1805177
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Author-Name: Sununta Siengthai
Author-X-Name-First: Sununta
Author-X-Name-Last: Siengthai
Title: India’s recent inward foreign direct investment: an assessment
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 647-649
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1826682
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Author-Name: Eva Hanada
Author-X-Name-First: Eva
Author-X-Name-Last: Hanada
Title: Public sector management
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 626-630
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1957286
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Author-Name: Nuttawuth Muenjohn
Author-X-Name-First: Nuttawuth
Author-X-Name-Last: Muenjohn
Author-Name: Jun Ishikawa
Author-X-Name-First: Jun
Author-X-Name-Last: Ishikawa
Author-Name: Navatasn Kongsamutr
Author-X-Name-First: Navatasn
Author-X-Name-Last: Kongsamutr
Author-Name: Peamawat Muenjohn
Author-X-Name-First: Peamawat
Author-X-Name-Last: Muenjohn
Author-Name: Alan Montague
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Montague
Author-Name: Yusuke Suzumura
Author-X-Name-First: Yusuke
Author-X-Name-Last: Suzumura
Title: Comparing perceptions of leadership, innovation and performance in Asian SMEs
Abstract: 
 Having a clear understanding of how leaders perceive their leadership behaviours and firms’ situation is critical to help SMEs grasp their strengths and weaknesses. The current paper, therefore, aims to examine the perception towards leadership behaviours, innovation and organizational performance among Asian SMEs. SMEs in China, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand, responded to a survey that revealed their perceptions on four behaviours associated with Design Leadership, four levels of Workplace Innovation, and two types of organizational performance; Profitability and Growth. The analysis of variance was conducted to provide a complete picture of the comparison among the countries. The results revealed that there was a significant difference between Thailand and Japan, Vietnam and Japan, China and Japan on Design Leadership. With relations to Workplace Innovation, there was a negative variance of score between Vietnam and Thailand, and China and Thailand. Finally, significant differences were found amongst most of the countries on Profitability and Growth. The study would assist researchers in understanding how Asian SMEs perceive their leadership behaviours; stages of innovation, and assess their performance. With an accurate perception and understanding, it would lead to the creation of proper strategies and training programs that would contribute to the development of Asian SMEs.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 513-527
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1810399
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Author-Name: Sonia Kumari Selvarajan
Author-X-Name-First: Sonia Kumari
Author-X-Name-Last: Selvarajan
Title: Driving development: revisiting Razak’s role in Malaysia’s economic progress
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 634-636
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1745480
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Author-Name: Jen-Ming Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Jen-Ming
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Elaine Q. Borazon
Author-X-Name-First: Elaine Q.
Author-X-Name-Last: Borazon
Author-Name: Jose Gerardo O. Santamaria
Author-X-Name-First: Jose Gerardo O.
Author-X-Name-Last: Santamaria
Title: Antecedents of quality performance in the Philippine micro, small, and medium hospitality sector
Abstract: 
 Based on the dynamic capability view and employee engagement theory, this study aims to determine the antecedents of quality performance in the hospitality sector. The hypotheses proposed were tested on a sample of 287 micro, small, and medium hotels and restaurants in the Philippines, using a structured survey questionnaire. The findings showed that management leadership is positively related to process management, supplier quality management, and human resource management while quality performance is influenced by process management, supplier quality management, and human resource management. Human resource management directly and indirectly affects quality performance through process management and supplier quality management.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 559-582
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1851514
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Author-Name: Pan Huifeng
Author-X-Name-First: Pan
Author-X-Name-Last: Huifeng
Author-Name: Hong-Youl Ha
Author-X-Name-First: Hong-Youl
Author-X-Name-Last: Ha
Title: Effects of mobile service operator promotions in repurchase behaviour in South Korea: a longitudinal study
Abstract: 
 This study examined the effect of mobile operator promotions (MOP) on customer purchase intentions using longitudinal survey data (over two phases in a two-year period) from mobile phone consumers in South Korea. Results indicated that MOP led indirectly to repurchase intentions, but moderated mediation effects varied across time points. MOP appears primarily to moderate brand attitudes, which strongly influence repurchase intentions. Specifically, the direct effect appears between purchase intentions at time T and repurchase intentions at T + 1; however, the moderating influence of MOP is limited in these timeframes.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 583-594
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1859715
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Author-Name: Chun-Ping Yeh
Author-X-Name-First: Chun-Ping
Author-X-Name-Last: Yeh
Author-Name: Yi-Chi Hsiao
Author-X-Name-First: Yi-Chi
Author-X-Name-Last: Hsiao
Title: Do the MNE’s global RD intensity and diversity boost its beneficial subsidiary reverse technology transfer? And how? In contingency with institutional distance
Abstract: 
 This study explores how the MNE’s parent can effectively benefit from the subsidiary reverse technology transfer, and how the institutional distance may influence it. We found that the MNE’s global R&D intensity led to positive subsidiary reverse technology transfer in a linear way, while the MNE’s global R&D diversity in geographical scope imposed a curvilinear effect on the subsidiary reverse technology transfer. Specifically, the curvilinear relationship of the later was negatively moderated by institutional distance. This study makes contributions by enriching the knowledge on the antecedents and performance consequence of the subsidiary reverse technology transfer from the MNE parent’s perspective.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 493-512
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1809829
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Author-Name: Peihua Fan
Author-X-Name-First: Peihua
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan
Author-Name: Mingjun Hou
Author-X-Name-First: Mingjun
Author-X-Name-Last: Hou
Title: Zhongguancun model: driving the dual engines of science & technology and capital
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 630-634
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1957288
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Author-Name: Xifeng Lu
Author-X-Name-First: Xifeng
Author-X-Name-Last: Lu
Author-Name: Biaoan Shan
Author-X-Name-First: Biaoan
Author-X-Name-Last: Shan
Author-Name: Yi Pu
Author-X-Name-First: Yi
Author-X-Name-Last: Pu
Title: Sustainability in the entrepreneurial ecosystem: operating mechanisms and enterprise growth
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 620-626
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1928941
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Handbook of international human resource development: context, processes and people
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 637-643
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1747172
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Universities in the new normal: striving for a feasible utopia?
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 612-619
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1909959
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Author-Name: Taeyoung Yoo
Author-X-Name-First: Taeyoung
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoo
Author-Name: Yunsung Koh
Author-X-Name-First: Yunsung
Author-X-Name-Last: Koh
Title: Remains on the board: outside directors’ behaviour and their survival chance in Korean firms
Abstract: 
 Korean firms, often represented by a business group or chaebol, have adopted and increased outside directors owing to the government’s initiative for corporate governance reform. However, their monitoring role has been criticized as rubber-stamping. This study extends the literature, which explains outside directors’ ineffectiveness in terms of their focus on advising roles over monitoring ones, by pitting these directors’ behaviours against their roles. It argues that their behavioural characteristics, i.e. proactive versus conformist, affect their chance of survival on the board and subsequently influence firm performance. Analysing both survey and accounting data on 157 outside directors in Korean listed firms, this study finds that outside directors have a lower survival chance when they proactively perform their roles regardless of whether this involves monitoring or advising. However, when they survive, their proactive behaviour increases Tobin’s q. This study further investigates how to improve the lower survival chance for proactive outside directors, and sheds light on the moderating roles of power such as foreign ownership (for firms with higher growth opportunities) and outside directors’ valuable knowledge and experience such as elite MBA degrees (for firms with lower growth opportunity). This study discusses the theoretical and practical implications for outside directors’ behaviour and firm performance as a result of corporate governance reform in Korean firms.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 87-110
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1956814
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Author-Name: JungYun Han
Author-X-Name-First: JungYun
Author-X-Name-Last: Han
Title: Successors’ discretion and corporate restructuring in family firms in South Korea: from an institutional perspective
Abstract: 
 Although a successor’s discretion is a key factor in facilitating corporate restructuring, little is known about the source of discretion, particularly about national culture. From an institutional perspective, we argue that when a successor is legitimized by the norms and expectations embedded in national culture, the successor is likely to implement corporate restructuring. Using data of family-run business groups in South Korea, where Confucianism is a dominant value system, we find that when a successor is the first-born child and male in the family, the business group is likely to spin-off, and this effect becomes stronger with the number of siblings.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 38-64
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1970320
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Author-Name: YongWook Jun
Author-X-Name-First: YongWook
Author-X-Name-Last: Jun
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Title: Corporate governance reforms amidst economic maturation and democratization: the case of the Korean chaebol since the 1990s
Abstract: 
 This collection of research deals with a broad issue of business organizations and history that awaits unremitting refinements and improvements by scholars who always find fresh enigmas that might wobble the established theories in the field. A new conundrum about South Korea and its conglomerate businesses – the chaebol – is its organizational resilience that seems to protect them from the relentless attention from the government and civic interest groups as to issues such as their so-called ‘backward’ corporate governance structures. Of course, this is a conundrum as it is this very chaebol corporate governance that helped create the ‘Miracle on the Han’ and unprecedented wealth for the nation during its entire postwar history. Therefore, this special issue features empirical studies of the chaebol corporate governance and its evolution with a variety of foci. These are: (a) rent-sharing, (b) succession, (c) outsider board members and (d) the reforms after the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-15
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2001166
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Author-Name: Keita Kakehashi
Author-X-Name-First: Keita
Author-X-Name-Last: Kakehashi
Title: Own your day: new light on the mastery of managing in the middle
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 154-156
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1975946
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Author-Name: Robert Fitzgerald
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitzgerald
Author-Name: Ji Woong Kang
Author-X-Name-First: Ji Woong
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang
Title: Transforming Korean business? Foreign acquisition, governance and management after the 1997 Asian crisis
Abstract: 
 The surge in cross-border acquisitions of Korean businesses, following the 1997 Asian Crisis, raised strong debates about the strategic motivations of foreign investors and the failings of selling firms. This article assesses their impact on the governance, management, and competitiveness of the resulting joint ventures and newly-formed enterprises. Contrary to local perceptions, ‘fire-sales’ and financial opportunism had not motivated foreign buyers, which sought to transform their acquisitions. Nor does government pressure to reform or poor liquidity fully explain the strategies of their Korean counterparts. Through case studies, the article provides insights into the long-term development of governance and management in Korean business.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 111-129
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1972612
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Author-Name: Muhammad Afzaal
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad
Author-X-Name-Last: Afzaal
Title: Prospects for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): implications, assessment and challenges
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 130-139
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1890921
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Author-Name: Rajah Rasiah
Author-X-Name-First: Rajah
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasiah
Title: Striving for inclusive development: from Pangkor to a modern Malaysian state
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 146-148
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1872911
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Author-Name: Michele Ruzon
Author-X-Name-First: Michele
Author-X-Name-Last: Ruzon
Author-Name: Gilmar Masiero
Author-X-Name-First: Gilmar
Author-X-Name-Last: Masiero
Title: Dare to inspire: sustain the fire of inspiration in work and life
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 152-154
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1890922
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Research handbook of diversity and careers
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 140-146
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1836809
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Author-Name: Changsu Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Changsu
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Jong-Hun Park
Author-X-Name-First: Jong-Hun
Author-X-Name-Last: Park
Author-Name: Jiyoon Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Jiyoon
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Youngjoo Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Youngjoo
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: The shadow of a departing CEO: outsider succession and strategic change in a business group
Abstract: 
 This study examined the influence of both departing and incoming CEOs on strategic change. Highlighting the importance of taking a business group-level approach in the study of CEO succession in emerging economies, the study investigated the interaction effect of departing and incoming CEOs on strategic change in group-affiliated firms in Korea. We distinguished outsider successors into in-group and group outsiders. Our theory and the evidence from a sample of 304 CEO successions suggests that group outsiders significantly differ from in-group outsiders in their reaction to the shadow of departing CEOs, although both are outsiders at the firm level. The negative CEO retention effect on strategic change was attenuated by new CEOs coming from outside the business group. Our findings regarding moderating effects also show that the strategic change effects of outsiders are stronger in the event of a global financial crisis. Our results reveal the contrasting views relating to the group-level transfer of executives, providing insights for both researchers and practitioners.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 65-86
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1968655
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Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Soon Suk Yoon
Author-X-Name-First: Soon Suk
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoon
Author-Name: Hyo Jin Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Hyo Jin
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: The end of rent sharing: corporate governance reforms in South Korea
Abstract: 
 As the imprisonment of Samsung’s heir, JY Lee, clearly indicates, South Korean conglomerate groups (chaebol) face enormous difficulties in protecting their private property via father-son inheritance of the entire group. High party polarization (i.e. intense competition between ideologically divided political parties) within Korean democracy has continuously threatened the chaebols’ private property and family succession system, criticizing the unusually high economic concentration enjoyed by the top ten chaebols. Using the rent sharing view (RSV) of corporate governance, this contribution to the special issue examines key variables in the evolution of Korean corporate governance: the impact of the traditional corporate governance (TCG) and the new holding company system (HCS) on intragroup trading (IGT), non-dividend incomes hoarded by owning families, ownership-control disparity (OCD) and family succession. We find that private property protection through rent sharing continues to overshadow chaebols’ choices about their future corporate governance structure, while the new HCS fails to curb IGT, non-dividend incomes, OCD and family succession.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 16-37
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1961430
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Transnational corporations and international production: concepts, theories and effects; Organizational change
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 148-152
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1932123
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Author-Name: Albert Wijeweera
Author-X-Name-First: Albert
Author-X-Name-Last: Wijeweera
Author-Name: Peter Rampling
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Rampling
Author-Name: Ian Eddie
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Eddie
Title: Executive remuneration and firm financial performance: lessons from listed companies in Australia and implications for their APEC counterparts
Abstract: 
 This paper attempts to understand whether there is alignment between executive remuneration and shareholder interests in publicly listed companies in Australia. The issue is analysed over three distinct stages of an economic cycle, and the panel fixed effects method is used to estimate the performance-remuneration models. The study finds that the long-term compoents of the remuneration package would highly incentivize CEOs and executive directors. Still, the fixed salary component exerts no such enticement for them to maximize shareholders’ wealth. This new information could be useful for Australian firms as well as for firms in Asia Pacific countries due to the close relationship they share with the Australian firms.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 260-272
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2013614
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Author-Name: Rasmus Corlin Christensen
Author-X-Name-First: Rasmus Corlin
Author-X-Name-Last: Christensen
Author-Name: Martin Hearson
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hearson
Title: The rise of China and contestation in global tax governance
Abstract: 
 This paper examines the relationship between China’s changing economy and its global business tax diplomacy. Three trends dominate: China is becoming a net capital exporter, emerging as a major consumer market, and is home to digital giant firms including Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba. The resulting drive to promote both ‘going out’ and ‘bringing in’ foreign direct investment has led China to engage selectively and strategically with Western-led institutions. We show how China variously challenges, defends, and develops alternatives to global tax standards in three cases: global efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance, bilateral tax treaty negotiations, and administrative tax cooperation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 165-186
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2012992
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Author-Name: Paul Gentle
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Gentle
Title: Education in Japan: a comprehensive analysis of reforms and practices
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 297-298
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1854984
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Author-Name: Ali Ahmed
Author-X-Name-First: Ali
Author-X-Name-Last: Ahmed
Author-Name: Yama Temouri
Author-X-Name-First: Yama
Author-X-Name-Last: Temouri
Author-Name: Chris Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Vijay Pereira
Author-X-Name-First: Vijay
Author-X-Name-Last: Pereira
Title: How does firm ownership concentration and female directors influence tax haven foreign direct investment? Evidence from Asia-Pacific and OECD countries
Abstract: 
 The literature on tax havens utilization by multinational enterprises (MNEs) has largely focused on determinants that are financial or technological in nature. We contribute to this literature by showing important corporate governance determinants for tax haven utilization by Asia-Pacific and OECD country MNEs. Theoretically, we show that ownership concentration and female board membership influence tax haven utilization. Empirically, we show negative associations between ownership concentration and female board membership and the likelihood of owning a subsidiary in a tax haven. Based on our results, we draw a number of implications for theoretical and empirical work, which also opens the door for further investigation in this area.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 235-259
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2013609
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Author-Name: Anwei Gu
Author-X-Name-First: Anwei
Author-X-Name-Last: Gu
Author-Name: Biaoan Shan
Author-X-Name-First: Biaoan
Author-X-Name-Last: Shan
Author-Name: Xingqun Lv
Author-X-Name-First: Xingqun
Author-X-Name-Last: Lv
Title: Enterprises, industry and innovation in the People’s Republic of China: questioning socialism from Deng to the trade and tech war
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 301-307
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1984056
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Author-Name: Gordon Redding
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Redding
Title: East Asia in transition
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 308-309
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2026594
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Author-Name: Matthias Hennings
Author-X-Name-First: Matthias
Author-X-Name-Last: Hennings
Title: Routledge handbook of contemporary Japan
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 298-301
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1911055
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Author-Name: Dylan Sutherland
Author-X-Name-First: Dylan
Author-X-Name-Last: Sutherland
Author-Name: Jamie Hurst
Author-X-Name-First: Jamie
Author-X-Name-Last: Hurst
Author-Name: Xinghao Peng
Author-X-Name-First: Xinghao
Author-X-Name-Last: Peng
Author-Name: Ludan Wu
Author-X-Name-First: Ludan
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu
Title: Exploring the use of offshore intermediary jurisdictions by Chinese MNEs for the purposes of ‘onward-journey’ transit FDI: implications for measuring and understanding Chinese MNE activity
Abstract: 
 This paper explores (i) the extent to which Chinese multinational enterprises (CMNEs) undertake FDI via intermediary jurisdictions (also termed capital in transit (CIT)) and (ii) identifies the specific offshore locations used by CMNEs to conduct CIT. We use newly available OECD/IMF bilateral FDI stock data reporting both immediate and ultimate FDI between nations, which allows us to construct a CIT index and empirically test whether Chinese MNEs have a higher propensity for CIT than those from other countries. We demonstrate that CMNEs are indeed outliers with regard to CIT and identify the specific hubs they use drawing from the Orbis database. Our findings imply, among other things, that nationally aggregated Chinese FDI data is systematically biased when used for the purposes of measuring CMNE activity. We then discuss the problems this has created for many studies analysing CMNE activity that have used data collected at the firm-level. In conjunction, our empirical findings provide further insights into the extent, reasons and ways in which CMNEs exploit the offshore world and how this potentially confounds our understanding of their activities.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 214-234
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2013605
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Author-Name: Muhammad Afzaal
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Author-X-Name-Last: Afzaal
Title: China’s Belt and Road Initiative: challenges, doubts and legal implications
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 273-286
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1978239
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Author-X-Name-Last: Christofi
Author-Name: Demetris Vrontis
Author-X-Name-First: Demetris
Author-X-Name-Last: Vrontis
Author-Name: Anna Makrides
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Makrides
Title: Exploring the role of institutions in Chinese OFDI: a systematic review and integrative framework
Abstract: 
 Chinese multinational corporations’ (CMNCs) international business activity has grown rapidly in recent years. Existing literature explores the ways in which institutional factors shape Chinese firms’ outward foreign direct investment (OFDI). However, this phenomenon lacks cumulative empirical inquiry. Accordingly, we review 87 articles published in 37 peer-reviewed journals across diverse fields to synthesize the various research perspectives into an integrative framework and suggest future research directions. This study contributes to the international business literature, particularly for the Asia Pacific region, by consolidating scholarly work on institutions, tax havens, government, ownership and resulting internationalization strategies to unbundle how CMNCs create their identity.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 187-213
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2013607
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Author-X-Name-First: Keith
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Title: Mentoring and coaching early career academics in the Asia-Pacific region: opportunities to develop individual resilience?
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 287-296
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1988341
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Author-Name: Yama Temouri
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Author-X-Name-Last: Temouri
Author-Name: Vijay Pereira
Author-X-Name-First: Vijay
Author-X-Name-Last: Pereira
Author-Name: Chris Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Ashish Malik
Author-X-Name-First: Ashish
Author-X-Name-Last: Malik
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Towards a new corporate responsibility and governance? Tax haven and other identity characteristics of Asia-Pacific​ multinational corporations
Abstract: 
 The research on different characteristics of Asia-Pacific multinationalcorporations (MNCs) in the context of the various institutional and tax regimes, governance issues and executive pay/firm performance implications in tax havens has attracted significant scholarly attention. Drawing on the cross-disciplinary literature as well as the five articles included in this special issue, we firstly offer new conceptual and empirical insights into the unique challenges and opportunities for MNCs’ identity as they establish Tax Havens in the Asia-Pacific region, and secondly highlight the key challenges and gaps faced by scholars in investigating the Asia-Pacific region and its MNCs. We subsequently propose an agenda for future research directions to lay the foundation for international business and management scholars to advance the theorizing and empirical work in the Asia-Pacific region context.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 157-164
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2012990
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Author-Name: Xiaoping Hu
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Author-X-Name-Last: Hu
Author-Name: Xi Li
Author-X-Name-First: Xi
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Title: How does customer psychological empowerment affect value co-creation? An empirical study of travel agencies in Mainland China
Abstract: 
 The antecedents of consumers’ participation in value co-creation and how co-created value is transferred from consumers to enterprises remain to be explored. By taking the customers of travel agencies in China as the research targets, this study constructs a conceptual model to test the impact of customer psychological empowerment on customer value creation. The results showed that customer psychological empowerment not only directly stimulates customer value creation but also has an indirect impact on customer value creation through customer participation. The realization of customer-perceived value is the basis for the realization of customer asset value.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 431-459
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1872915
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Author-Name: Jiang Zhou
Author-X-Name-First: Jiang
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhou
Author-Name: Ling Deng
Author-X-Name-First: Ling
Author-X-Name-Last: Deng
Author-Name: Paul Gibson
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibson
Title: SMEs’ changing perspective on international trade credit risk management in China: a cultural values evolution approach
Abstract: 
 Due to the globalization of business, historically developed business practices based on cultural values can suddenly become dysfunctional. Chinese exporters, particularly in small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), for instance, are adopting new trade credit risk practices in response to unreliable international customers. Through 45 in-depth interviews, we investigated how Chinese SMEs are changing their perspectives on International Trade Credit Risk Management by employing a cultural values evolution approach. We explained why some Chinese exporters, but not others, shift from affect-based to fact-based risk management practices concerning trade credit. As a major outcome of our research, we identified and articulated four alternative stances towards credit risk: conventionalism, polycentrism, pragmatism, and rationalism.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 333-353
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1853936
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Author-Name: Zhe Shi
Author-X-Name-First: Zhe
Author-X-Name-Last: Shi
Author-Name: Ling Yuan
Author-X-Name-First: Ling
Author-X-Name-Last: Yuan
Author-Name: Soo Hee Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Soo Hee
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial performance of Chinese start-ups: the mediating roles of managerial attitude towards risk and entrepreneurial behaviour
Abstract: 
 This paper analyses the sequential mediation effects of managerial attitude towards risk and entrepreneurial behaviour on the relationship between dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial performance in the Chinese context. Our proposed model explains the key micro-level mechanisms through which dynamic capabilities drive entrepreneurial performance and the varying effects of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions on performance, thus, enabling decision-makers to understand how to utilize dynamic capabilities to achieve desirable performance. Drawing on survey data of 250 new ventures across different industries in China, we find that dynamic capabilities have both a direct positive effect and an indirect effect on entrepreneurial performance through the chain mediation effects of managerial attitude towards risk and entrepreneurial behaviour.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 354-379
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2020.1854983
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Author-Name: Chih-Jou Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Chih-Jou
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Pei-Hsuan Tsai
Author-X-Name-First: Pei-Hsuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Tsai
Author-Name: Jia-Wei Tang
Author-X-Name-First: Jia-Wei
Author-X-Name-Last: Tang
Title: How informational-based readiness and social influence affect usage intentions of self-service stores through different routes: an elaboration likelihood model perspective
Abstract: 
 This study aims to investigate the effects of informational-based readiness and customer readiness (central route) as well as social influence (peripheral route) on the intention to use self-service stores and the moderating effects of social influence. We tested the proposed framework using survey data from 513 potential users of self-service stores in Taiwan. The results show that informational-based readiness significantly increases the intention to use self-service stores directly, and indirectly via customer readiness. Our findings indicate that social influence directly and significantly increases the intention to use self-service stores and negatively moderates the constructs of the central route.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 380-409
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1872912
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Author-Name: Fanny Fong Yee Chan
Author-X-Name-First: Fanny Fong Yee
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: Hong Kong millennials’ perceptions and preferences on joint promotion partners
Abstract: 
 The use of partnerships as a creative strategy is particularly popular when targeting millennials, though little is known about millennials’ perceptions and preferences on joint promotions. Using a prosumer perspective, the current study explored this issue with a short survey of 221 participants and a qualitative study of 20 focus group discussions. Insights from the quantitative and qualitative studies indicated that participants were generally positive towards joint promotions and they used a 3S model in selecting joint promotion partners. The results provide information on an emerging trend in marketing communications that may motivate future research on the utility and efficacy of joint promotions that target millennials.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 410-430
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1872914
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Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Sustainable human resource management: strategies, practices and challenges
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 460-464
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1872910
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Author-Name: Xianglin Ma
Author-X-Name-First: Xianglin
Author-X-Name-Last: Ma
Author-Name: Alan Fish
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Fish
Author-Name: Xinxin Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Xinxin
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Tao Tang
Author-X-Name-First: Tao
Author-X-Name-Last: Tang
Title: Enhancing online–merge–offline (OMO) marketing effectiveness and sustainability – Tao and shared value perspectives: examples from China
Abstract: 
 This paper proposes a tactical tool to enhance effectiveness of OMO (Online Merge Offline) marketing, explained through 7Ps × D × C, with R as a moderating variable (D = Digitalization, C = Connectivity and R = Relevance). Doing so can effectively transform traditional marketing into OMO marketing. In order to sustain OMO marketing, the paper proposes five Yin-Yang (阴阳) pairs, mediated by Lao-tzu’s Tao (道) & Porter and Kramer’s Shared Value, through Ambiculturalism. By failing to keep Yin–Yang (阴阳) harmonious, the ecosystem of Tao (道) & Shared Value will be destroyed, and the sustainability of OMO marketing will be compromised. This paper develops an updated marketing mix, by identifying additional elements; it also employs strategic elements of Shared Value from western theory, with the mechanism of Tao (道) from eastern philosophy. Together, an OMO marketing ecosystem is proposed, which deals with the relationship between effectiveness and sustainability.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 311-332
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1956817
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Author-X-Name-First: Asmaa
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Title: Handbook of distance education
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 464-466
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1909960
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Author-Name: Mingming He
Author-X-Name-First: Mingming
Author-X-Name-Last: He
Author-Name: Tienan Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Tienan
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Houxue Xia
Author-X-Name-First: Houxue
Author-X-Name-Last: Xia
Author-Name: Jing Dai
Author-X-Name-First: Jing
Author-X-Name-Last: Dai
Title: Empirical research on how social capital influence inter-organizational information systems value co-creation in China
Abstract: 
 Previous literature revealed that the lack of knowledge resources and the existence of an assimilation gap may be responsible for the high failure rate in the Inter-Organizational Information Systems (IOS) post-adoption stage of value co-creation. Drawing on social capital theory and knowledge-based theory, this paper aims to explore how structural (social interaction), relational (trust), and cognitive (shared IOS vision) capital influences knowledge acquisition among key partners and further improves IOS assimilation and value co-creation. The hypotheses, proposed in this work, were tested by partial least squares (PLS) analysis of 150 sets of survey data conducted in Chinese companies. The obtained results suggest that all three aspects of social capital have an indirect, yet significant influence on IOS assimilation and IOS value co-creation. This study argues that, knowledge acquisition plays a fully mediating role in structural capital and relational capital effect on IOS assimilation and IOS value co-creation. From the same stance, it adds that knowledge acquisition has a partial mediation effect on the cognitive capital-IOS assimilation link and cognitive capital-IOS value co-creation link. Moreover, the work at hand presumes that, if implemented effectively, IOS assimilation sets fourth IOS value co-creation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 493-517
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1889124
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Author-Name: Han Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Han
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Soon Suk Yoon
Author-X-Name-First: Soon Suk
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoon
Title: Does technology innovation in finance alleviate financing constraints and reduce debt-financing costs? Evidence from China
Abstract: 
 We use Chinese listed firms from 2011 to 2018 to explore whether and how financial technology impacts corporate debt-financing constraints and costs. Using two forms of financial technology cases in China, we explain why technology innovation in the financial industry flourishes and contributes to alleviating debt-financing constraints and reducing debt-financing costs. We empirically document that financial technology helps alleviate firms’ financing constraints and reduce firms’ debt-financing costs. We also find that financial technology plays a more significant role for private-owned firms, small firms, growth-stage firms, and firms under intense financial supervision.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 467-492
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1874665
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Author-X-Name-First: Paul F.
Author-X-Name-Last: Gentle
Title: The business reinvention of Japan: how to make sense of the new Japan and why it matters
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 616-617
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2080915
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Author-Name: Cong Cheng
Author-X-Name-First: Cong
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng
Author-Name: Ze Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Ze
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Author-Name: Yining He
Author-X-Name-First: Yining
Author-X-Name-Last: He
Author-Name: Lulu Yan
Author-X-Name-First: Lulu
Author-X-Name-Last: Yan
Title: How configuration theory explains performance growth and decline after Chinese firms cross-border M&A: using the fsQCA approach
Abstract: 
 Mergers and acquisitions are important mechanisms for the growth of corporations, but up to now the evidence and explanations for good deals and bad deals are mixed. This study attempts to apply configuration theory to perceive and evaluate M&As holistically – that is, as a complex configuration of Timing, Environment, and People, an ideology that stems from ancient Chinese philosophers and has been spread in China for thousands of years. Overlooking the interdependent nature of the factors of Timing, Environment, and People in influencing M&As has limited our understanding of acquisition performance. Through examining the 80 largest cross-border M&A cases in Chinese listed companies by deal value between 2015 and 2018, relying on fuzzy-set methodology by using fsQCA, we investigate different configurations that lead to performance change; the result reveals two different configurations that equifinally result in post-merger performance growth, and three that decline. By constructing a typology of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ deals, we develop a mid-range theory of M&A performance change. Thus, the central contribution of this study is to help with the formation of a comprehensive understanding of M&As, and to offer novel managerial implications for practitioners.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 555-578
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1910900
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Author-Name: Yen-Chih Huang
Author-X-Name-First: Yen-Chih
Author-X-Name-Last: Huang
Author-Name: Yang-Chieh Chin
Author-X-Name-First: Yang-Chieh
Author-X-Name-Last: Chin
Author-Name: Cheng-Yu Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Cheng-Yu
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Which executive characteristics influence risk-taking behaviours: evidence from Taiwanese companies
Abstract: 
 Drawing on motivation and behavioural theories, this study develops a three-way interactive model to examine the antecedents and moderators regarding chief executive officer (CEO) risk-taking. Our sample consists of 136 observations of Taiwanese firms from primary and secondary sources. Using hierarchical regression analysis, we confirm that the relationship between CEO shareholdings and CEO risk-taking is positively moderated by approach orientation but negatively moderated by avoidance orientation. Furthermore, firm complexity strengthens the positive moderating effect of approach orientation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 579-605
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1917159
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Towards ecosystem-oriented business models in the Asia Pacific: dialectical dynamics of digital technologies, nature, and human wellbeing
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 625-627
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2053390
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: The profits and perils of passion in entrepreneurship: stoking the fires and banking the coals
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 618-620
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2087335
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Author-Name: Peihua Fan
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Author-X-Name-Last: Fan
Author-Name: Mingjun Hou
Author-X-Name-First: Mingjun
Author-X-Name-Last: Hou
Title: Is there a gap between saying and doing in CSR? Cases from Asian firms
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 606-615
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2042981
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Author-Name: Nobutaka Ishiyama
Author-X-Name-First: Nobutaka
Author-X-Name-Last: Ishiyama
Title: The impact of the talent management mechanism and self-perceived talent status on work engagement: the case of Japan
Abstract: 
 This study uses a quantitative analysis to investigate the connection between the talent management (TM) mechanism and work engagement with a perceived moderating effect of the self-perceived talent status on work engagement. Using responses from 471 respondents in six Japanese firms, I propose and test hypotheses regarding the TM mechanism, work engagement and the moderating role of the self-perceived talent status between the TM mechanism and work engagement. The results demonstrate that the TM mechanism and the self-perceived talent status have mutually exclusive and positive effects on work engagement. This finding corroborates the previous studies that employed exclusive and inclusive approaches. However, this study failed to find any concrete evidence that supports the moderating role of the self-perceived talent status.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 536-554
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1905410
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Author-Name: Yuko Inada
Author-X-Name-First: Yuko
Author-X-Name-Last: Inada
Title: Entrepreneurship in Korea: from chaebols to start-ups
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 621-623
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2093465
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Author-Name: Shan Lu
Author-X-Name-First: Shan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lu
Author-Name: Biaoan Shan
Author-X-Name-First: Biaoan
Author-X-Name-Last: Shan
Author-Name: Yupeng Fei
Author-X-Name-First: Yupeng
Author-X-Name-Last: Fei
Title: Exploring an inverted U-shaped relationship between entrepreneurial experience and Chinese new venture performance: the moderating role of environmental uncertainty
Abstract: 
 This study explores the relationship between the founder’s entrepreneurial experience and new venture performance in the China’s emerging economy. Based on a sample of ventures in the southern region of China, we demonstrate that the relationship between entrepreneurial experience and performance in Chinese ventures is nonlinear. The empirical study reveals that a high level of experience has a negative impact on performance and there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between the founder’s entrepreneurial experience and new venture performance under the context of the China’s emerging economy. We also find that environmental uncertainty moderates the inverted U-shaped relationship.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 518-535
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1899464
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Author-Name: Gregory T. Chin
Author-X-Name-First: Gregory T.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chin
Title: Geopolitics and Hong Kong as international financial centre: a dynamic IPE perspective
Abstract: 
 This article examines the impact of US–China geopolitical tensions on Hong Kong as an IFC, and how Hong Kong is coping. Utilizing a dynamic IPE perspective, it details how Hong Kong officials, financial market actors and corporations have responded to the punitive US measures against Hong Kong and China in 2020 and 2021, measures that are tantamount to commercial and financial warfare on China and the city, but also that work against the interests of US corporates in Hong Kong. The analysis highlights Hong Kong’s competitive resiliency as an IFC, from 2019 to early-2022, and the sources of its resiliency.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 660-679
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2127520
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Author-Name: Godfrey Yeung
Author-X-Name-First: Godfrey
Author-X-Name-Last: Yeung
Author-Name: Tai-lok Lui
Author-X-Name-First: Tai-lok
Author-X-Name-Last: Lui
Title: The Sinicisation of the Hong Kong economy or the Hongkongnisation of the Greater Bay Area: are we ‘barking up the wrong tree’?
Abstract: 
 The post-1997 massive inflow of capital led to a call to resist the Sinicisation of Hong Kong’s economy, while pragmatic advocators called for a pro-active leadership role for Hong Kong under the national initiative of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) – the Hongkongnisation of southern China. Instead of focusing on the form of the institution, as in the dominant academic discourses, we argue that the credibility and sustainability of the financial market in Hong Kong is determined by the specific functions that it can perform for the Chinese economy under the constraints of ‘One Country, Two Systems’ (OCTS).
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 719-739
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2096201
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Author-Name: Geng Cui
Author-X-Name-First: Geng
Author-X-Name-Last: Cui
Author-Name: Yuho Chung
Author-X-Name-First: Yuho
Author-X-Name-Last: Chung
Title: Hong Kong’s economic integration with Chinese mainland: an index and cointegration analysis of socio-economic indicators
Abstract: 
 We use archival data from various sources between 1990 and 2019 to construct a comprehensive index of economic integration between Hong Kong and Chinese mainland. The results indicate that the two economies have become highly integrated and interdependent over time. Cointegration tests of the long-run relationships between the index and economic and social indicators suggest that such integration is largely in tandem with the economic development of Hong Kong (e.g. GDP growth, unemployment, and property prices). However, the index is also associated with increasing disparity, a lack of confidence in the government and the future of Hong Kong, and the identity of Hongkongers. The findings reveal the positive effect of economic integration as well as deep-rooted problems in the territory. These problems present significant challenges for economic development and governance under the ‘one country, two systems’ and call for policy discourse on effective solutions.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 740-764
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2116882
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Author-Name: T. K. P. Leung
Author-X-Name-First: T. K. P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Leung
Author-Name: Lawrence H. W. Lei
Author-X-Name-First: Lawrence H. W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lei
Title: The economy of the Sino–US conflict: its impact on Chinese firms listed in the US and Hong Kong as a financial hub
Abstract: 
 The US is currently pursuing a cold war strategy against China, having initiated a trade war and delisted Chinese companies to restrict China’s development. Although China interacts with other countries through foreign direct investment, it prevents the circulation of speculative monies from the international market by enclosing its national capital account. As many Chinese companies have a variable interest entity structure, their delisting from the US will motivate relisting in Hong Kong. The US and China need to conceive a coevolution strategy to generate a better world.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 680-700
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2116875
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Author-Name: Tai-lok Lui
Author-X-Name-First: Tai-lok
Author-X-Name-Last: Lui
Title: Still in command and control? Hong Kong’s headquarters economy in the changing global and regional context
Abstract: 
 One of the defining features of being a global city is its attractiveness to transnational corporations and global business and professional service providers to set up their headquarters there. Such clustering of headquarters in global cities enhances its function of command and control of business and professional services. Upon survey data gathered by the HKSAR Government on non-local corporations’ establishment of regional headquarters, regional offices, and local offices, this paper analyses Hong Kong’s attractiveness and competitiveness as one of the key strategic sites for transnational corporations’ coordination of business activities in Asia. We shall look at the trend of development before and after 1997. More importantly, we shall examine Hong Kong’s future as an international and regional business hub in the context of the rise of China, the changing domestic conditions within the Special Administrative Region, and the impacts of COVID-19.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 641-659
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2116872
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Author-Name: Tai-lok Lui
Author-X-Name-First: Tai-lok
Author-X-Name-Last: Lui
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: After the storm: how Hong Kong can hold on to its status as a global business hub in the Asia-Pacific
Abstract: 
 Hong Kong went through turbulence and uncertainty when social unrest in 2019 became out of control, changing geopolitics triggered by US-China rivalries reshaped the entire business environment, and COVID-19 brought most economic activities to a standstill. Challenges came from all fronts, and at one point of time, observers expected a collapse of this global city. However, Hong Kong responded, as the six contributions in this special issue will show. The effects of the punitive US measures are two-sided. Also, Hong Kong has demonstrated institutional resilience in making strategic response adjustments. It holds on to its status as a highly ranked global financial centre and a business hub.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 629-640
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2140515
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Author-Name: Yu-wai Vic Li
Author-X-Name-First: Yu-wai
Author-X-Name-Last: Vic Li
Title: Trading as usual? Navigating Hong Kong’s roles in global trade architectures
Abstract: 
 The successful maintenance of Hong Kong as a great “trading state” in the wake of its colonial era has been well recounted in the literature. However, the city’s continuing relevance as a key business hub depends on the extent to which the SAR authorities can respond to the challenges, and seize the opportunities, created by a trade governance terrain that has been evolving quickly over the last decade. This paper analyses how Hong Kong has performed as an actor in global trade governance, discusses the development of regional trade architecture, and offers a prospective assessment of how Hong Kong might calibrate its trade policies and strategies in response to the many political and economic shifts in the global trade system. The paper argues that Hong Kong should adopt a more pro-active outlook that goes beyond its long-standing defensive posture in order to carve out policy spaces over the next few years that might best ensure its economic interests and competitiveness within an uncertain landscape of trade architecture.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 701-718
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2116879
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Author-Name: Jianfeng Jia
Author-X-Name-First: Jianfeng
Author-X-Name-Last: Jia
Author-Name: Yuxin Jiao
Author-X-Name-First: Yuxin
Author-X-Name-Last: Jiao
Author-Name: Jiaqi Yan
Author-X-Name-First: Jiaqi
Author-X-Name-Last: Yan
Author-Name: Jiexiang Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Jiexiang
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Hailong Jia
Author-X-Name-First: Hailong
Author-X-Name-Last: Jia
Title: Evolution path and critical influencing factors of performance management system: a longitudinal case study in China
Abstract: 
 Performance management is critical to the performance of individuals and organizations. We conduct a longitudinal study on a listed enterprise (i.e. Neusoft) in China as basis in first identifying the four stages of its growth process: initial start-up, growth, mature, and sustainable development stages. The evolution path of performance management system (PMS) in Neusoft can be described as ‘point’, ‘line’, ‘surface’, and strategic ‘surface’ evaluation systems in the initial start-up, growth, mature, and sustainable development stages, respectively. We find that the critical influencing factors of PMS include the good professional background and personal traits of line managers, clear communication on performance management goals between leaders and their subordinates, professional knowledge of performance management specialists, and broad participation of senior leaders in performance management processes. The four factors emerge gradually with the evolution of PMS. This paper contributes to building a comprehensive and dynamic construct for PMS and generates a systematic understanding of the critical influencing factors of this system.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 50-69
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2076449
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Author-Name: Shuming Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Shuming
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Author-Name: Mingwei Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Mingwei
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Meng Xi
Author-X-Name-First: Meng
Author-X-Name-Last: Xi
Author-Name: Cherrie J. Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Cherrie J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Author-Name: Hong Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Hong
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: The role of leadership in human resource management: perspectives and evidence from China
Abstract: 
 Leadership and human resource management (HRM) have attracted growing interest among researchers worldwide. However, existing studies tend to examine the two interrelated variables separately, which may result in potential biases when estimating their effects and miss important implications of their interaction. Drawing on the relevant literature, we articulate the relationship between leadership and HRM and offer conceptual and empirical insights into the opportunities for integrating the two streams of research. We also highlight the importance of contexts when studying leadership and HRM and present an overview of the twelve papers in this special issue that focus on leadership and HRM issues in China. Finally, we propose an agenda for future research to further integrate leadership and HRM.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2146901
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Author-Name: Lulu Zhou
Author-X-Name-First: Lulu
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhou
Author-Name: Ying Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Tianshan Xue
Author-X-Name-First: Tianshan
Author-X-Name-Last: Xue
Author-Name: Xiu Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Xiu
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: Innovation-oriented HRM, TMT reflexivity and organizational change in China: the moderated mediation effect of CEO leader mindfulness
Abstract: 
 Based on self-regulation theory this study proposed a moderated mediation model between innovation-oriented HRM, TMT reflexivity and organizational change, with CEO leader mindfulness as the moderator. A sample of 113 matched data located in China suggested that innovation-oriented HR management is positively related to organizational change via TMT reflexivity. In addition, the results also indicated that CEO leader mindfulness reinforced the indirect effect of TMT reflexivity between Innovation-oriented HRM and organizational change. These findings have important implications for HRM research and managerial practices.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 227-247
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2139058
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Author-Name: Lei Ren
Author-X-Name-First: Lei
Author-X-Name-Last: Ren
Author-Name: Yan Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Yan
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Yishuai Yin
Author-X-Name-First: Yishuai
Author-X-Name-Last: Yin
Title: Do grateful employees take charge more in China? A joint moderating effect model
Abstract: 
 Taking charge plays a vital role in the survival and development of an organization, but the inherent voluntary and risky characteristics of this action may prevent employees from engaging in this proactive work behaviour. To identify employees who are willing to take charge and to understand why they do so, this research focuses on the influence of trait gratitude on taking charge while incorporating a joint moderator that combines supervisor-subordinate guanxi and role breadth self-efficacy. Data concerning 255 employees working in Jiangsu Province in China were analysed, and the results show that gratitude is positively related to taking charge and that this relationship is jointly moderated by supervisor-subordinate guanxi and role breadth self-efficacy. In other words, the relationship between gratitude and taking charge is stronger among employees who exhibit strong guanxi with supervisors and exhibit high role breadth self-efficacy. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 70-88
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2120252
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Author-Name: Xufan Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Xufan
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Jing Ye
Author-X-Name-First: Jing
Author-X-Name-Last: Ye
Author-Name: Decai Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Decai
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Feng Tian
Author-X-Name-First: Feng
Author-X-Name-Last: Tian
Author-Name: Sikai Fu
Author-X-Name-First: Sikai
Author-X-Name-Last: Fu
Title: Leadership mindsets, cultural norms and organizational resilience in China: the moderating effect of supportive human resource practices
Abstract: 
 In the VUCA era, organizational resilience has become an important research topic in the management field. As the helmsman of an organization, the impact of leaders’ personal mentality on organizational resilience cannot be ignored. Based on the survey data from 163 enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region of China, this paper constructs and tests the relationship between leadership mindsets and organizational resilience. The results show that there is a positive correlation between leadership mindsets and organizational resilience. Cultural norms play a mediating role; innovative cultural norms play a mediating role between leaders’ growth mindset and organizational resilience, and collaborative cultural norms play a mediating role between leaders’ specified mindset and organizational resilience. In addition, supportive human resource practice plays a moderating role in the relationship between leadership mindsets and cultural norms. The research extends the research of leadership mindsets to the improvement of organizational resilience, and enhances the understanding and application of cultural norms and supportive human resources practices, providing scientific suggestions for the sustainable development of organizations.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 248-265
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2139452
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Author-Name: Haolin Fu
Author-X-Name-First: Haolin
Author-X-Name-Last: Fu
Author-Name: Sherry (Qiang) Fu
Author-X-Name-First: Sherry (Qiang)
Author-X-Name-Last: Fu
Author-Name: Jia (Joya) Yu
Author-X-Name-First: Jia (Joya)
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu
Author-Name: Mengxi Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Mengxi
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Author-Name: Wansi Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Wansi
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Title: Two sources of influence: a conditional trickle-down model of service performance in China
Abstract: 
 We proposed and tested a conditional trickle-down model underpinned by social exchange theory and social information processing theory. Using a sample in China, we found that LLX and service-oriented HPWS were positively related to service leadership and competition climate, respectively. Additionally, we found that service leadership and competition climate enhanced the positive influences of each other on employee service performance. We then demonstrated the conditional trickle-down effects on employee service performance transmitted through the interaction between service leadership and collective competition climate. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 28-49
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2106681
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Author-Name: Zizhen Geng
Author-X-Name-First: Zizhen
Author-X-Name-Last: Geng
Author-Name: Yanfen Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Yanfen
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Youqing Fan
Author-X-Name-First: Youqing
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan
Author-Name: Chunxia Shan
Author-X-Name-First: Chunxia
Author-X-Name-Last: Shan
Title: Motivation and hindrance: the mixed blessing of paradoxical leader behaviour for workplace creativity in China
Abstract: 
 Drawing upon the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this study tests an integrated theoretical framework in which paradoxical leader behaviour (PLB) is theorized to hinder and motivate employee creativity through role ambiguity and creative self-efficacy. The moderating effects of job complexity and cognitive flexibility on the above effects are also investigated. The 317 samples collected from the three-wave survey in China demonstrate that in the hindering process, PLB attenuates employee creativity via role ambiguity, and in the motivating process, PLB increases employee creativity via creative self-efficacy. Furthermore, cognitive flexibility and job complexity can magnify the positive impact of PLB on employee creativity via creative self-efficacy, while cognitive flexibility can buffer the negative impact of PLB on employee creativity via role ambiguity.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 206-226
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2134965
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Author-Name: Guilan Yu
Author-X-Name-First: Guilan
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu
Author-Name: Ying Meng
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Meng
Author-Name: Chengxu Zhou
Author-X-Name-First: Chengxu
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhou
Title: How does family-supportive supervision influence work-family conflict in China? The role of boundary control and empowerment-focused HRM
Abstract: 
 Drawing on the conservation of resources theory, this study investigates the relationship between family-supportive supervision (FSS) and work-family conflict (WFC). Data from a sample of 240 employees from 60 teams in China were analysed. The empirical results indicated that FSS reduced WFC by prompting employees’ boundary control. Empowerment-focused human resource management (EHRM) moderated the relationship between FSS and WFC, such that the relationship was stronger for employees when the team had higher EHRM practices. This study delineates how and when FSS reduces WFC by identifying the mechanism and boundary conditions.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 11-27
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2103309
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Author-Name: Xinghua Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Xinghua
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Author-Name: Hongjiang Lv
Author-X-Name-First: Hongjiang
Author-X-Name-Last: Lv
Title: Forming managers’ exploitation and exploration from the interplay of managers’ formal and informal networks in China: a moderated mediation model
Abstract: 
 Managerial networks represent a crucial factor affecting managers’ exploitation and exploration. However, the theoretical mechanism linking managerial networks to managers’ exploitation and exploration remains poorly understood. Thus, we focus on the interplay of managers’ formal and informal networks and develop a moderated mediation model to examine the relationship between managerial networks and managers’ exploitation and exploration. An analysis of 269 managers working in 73 Chinese enterprises reveals that the consistency of managers’ formal and informal network has a positive indirect relationship with managers’ exploitation and exploration via knowledge creation. Environmental dynamism moderates the strength of this mediated relationship such that the mediated effects are weaker under conditions of high environmental dynamism and stronger under conditions of low environmental dynamism. By exploring this theoretical mechanism, this study contributes to the literature concerning exploitation and exploration at the managerial level and systematically analyzes managers’ relationship networks and behaviours based on social information processing theory.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 162-183
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2121064
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Author-Name: Yueyue Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Yueyue
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Meng Xi
Author-X-Name-First: Meng
Author-X-Name-Last: Xi
Author-Name: Xu Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Xu
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: The influence of the fit between strategic human resource management and CEO strategic leadership behaviours on organizational effectiveness in China
Abstract: 
 Strategic human resource management and strategic leadership are both important factors affecting organizational effectiveness. However, few studies have organically integrated their influences on organizational outcomes. Drawing on social information process theory, this study proposed a variety of relationships between high performance work system (HPWS) and CEO relationship-focused leadership behaviours on organizational outcomes including firm performance, organizational-level affective commitment and employee overall turnover rate (e.g. strengthening effect, weakening effect, and substitution effect). Based on a matched data from vice presidents, human resource managers and employees in 182 Chinese firms, this study found the above three relationships between HPWS and CEO relationship-focused leadership behaviours on organizational outcomes. Specifically, when HPWS and CEO relationship-focused leadership behaviours were both high, firm performance and organizational-level affective commitment were higher, and employee overall turnover rate was lower; the effects of HPWS on organizational outcomes would not be significant when CEO relationship-focused leadership behaviours was low; when HPWS was low but CEO relationship-focused leadership behaviours was high, employee overall turnover rate was highest. This study contributed to the understanding of the relationship between ‘system’ and ‘renqing’ in the context of Chinese enterprises, integrated the research on strategic leadership and strategic human resource management, and had important inferences for management practice.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 136-161
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2130640
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Author-Name: Maolong Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Maolong
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Enhua Hu
Author-X-Name-First: Enhua
Author-X-Name-Last: Hu
Author-Name: Yanmei Lin
Author-X-Name-First: Yanmei
Author-X-Name-Last: Lin
Title: The impact of flexibility-oriented HRM systems on innovative behaviour in China: a moderated mediation model of dualistic passion and inclusive leadership
Abstract: 
 Drawing on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, we developed a multilevel model that links flexibility-oriented HRM systems to employees’ innovative behaviour. With a sample of 85 team leaders and 766 employees in China, we found that team-level flexibility-oriented HRM systems were associated with employee innovative behaviour in two ways. On the one hand, flexibility-oriented HRM systems were positively related to harmonious passion, which in turn positively related to employees’ innovative behaviour; on the other hand, flexibility-oriented HRM systems were positively associated with obsessive passion, which subsequently had a negative association with innovative behaviour. Furthermore, the indirect effect of the extent of flexibility-oriented HRM systems on innovative behaviour via obsessive passion was weaker under high inclusive leadership. Implications for research and managerial practices are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 114-135
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2076446
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Author-Name: Kaili Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Kaili
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Yumei Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Yumei
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Ningyu Tang
Author-X-Name-First: Ningyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Tang
Title: Power distance orientation and perceived insider status in China: a social identity perspective
Abstract: 
 Previous studies have mostly focused on how power distance orientation leads employees to evaluate leader justice differently in relation to their treatment. However, it remains unclear how leader treatment may impact the way power distance-oriented individuals evaluate their social identities. Taking a social identity perspective, we investigated how leader social support in teams impacts the relationship between power distance orientation and perceived insider status in China. Building upon the heuristic-systematic model of information processing, we argued that high power distance-oriented individuals are more likely to make identity adjustments based on relative leader social support and team level leader social support. Hypotheses were tested using a sample of 631 employees in 78 teams. We found an interaction effect between individual power distance orientation and relative leader social support on perceived insider status, such that the negative relationship between power distance orientation and perceived insider status is mitigated when members receive relatively high leader social support. Furthermore, this interaction effect was stronger when the mean of team leader social support was high or when the differentiation of team leader social support was low. Additionally, the above three-way interaction was transmitted to employees’ affective commitment and turnover intention via perceived insider status.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 89-113
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2082115
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Author-Name: Xiao-Yu Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Xiao-Yu
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Jian-Quan Lyu
Author-X-Name-First: Jian-Quan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lyu
Author-Name: De-Jun Cheng
Author-X-Name-First: De-Jun
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng
Title: Effects of high-performance work system on team ambidexterity in China: a dual path model based on emergence perspective
Abstract: 
 Innovation is a collective endeavour with a duality of ‘exploration’ and ‘exploitation’. Balancing the paradox between the two is the key to improving team innovation performance. Based on emergence theory, we build a dual-path model linking high-performance work system (HPWS) and team ambidexterity. Using multi-source data of 338 employees nested in 57 work teams, we found a positive relationship between HPWS and team ambidexterity, which is mediated by team social capital and team psychological capital respectively. Moreover, team leadership support moderates the mediating effects of team social and psychological capital.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 184-205
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2130636
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Author-Name: Ikutaro Enatsu
Author-X-Name-First: Ikutaro
Author-X-Name-Last: Enatsu
Author-Name: Masato Horio
Author-X-Name-First: Masato
Author-X-Name-Last: Horio
Author-Name: Nobutaka Ishiyama
Author-X-Name-First: Nobutaka
Author-X-Name-Last: Ishiyama
Title: Interaction between individual and collective learning in an entrepreneurial setting: case study of SoftBank Academia in Japan
Abstract: 
 This study presents a theoretical model of interaction between individual and collective levels of entrepreneurial learning. We conducted a qualitative study on SoftBank Academia (SBA), an institute for human resource development to develop potential successors to Masayoshi Son, the founder of SoftBank Group in Japan. In SBA, there’s simultaneously a high level of competition and cooperation. Results suggest that the entrepreneurial learning process, which spans individual and collective levels, features elements of SoftBank Group’s business process such as ‘comradely association’ and ‘Cluster of No. 1 Strategy’.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 439-461
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2141995
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Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Yunsung Koh
Author-X-Name-First: Yunsung
Author-X-Name-Last: Koh
Author-Name: Yun Kyung Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Yun Kyung
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: A new global division of labour in venture capital flows: Coupang’s IPO success at the New York Stock Exchange
Abstract: 
 Coupang, which is an international spinoff of Softbank Vision Fund, chronicled a gargantuan IPO success at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2021. Coupang is similar in many respects to Softbank’s earlier accomplishment with Alibaba’s IPO at the NYSE. By focusing on the success factors of the IPO at the NYSE and Coupang’s domestic business in South Korea, we advocate four propositions on the nature of global venture capital firms that try to link actual e-commerce markets in East Asia with the global centers of IPOs in the US. This study also deals with corporate governance in the new e-commerce sector, political risks and labor union militancy in a host country, predictors and contextual conditions of IPOs at the NYSE and the dual class system of shares and financial structures in a host country.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 279-298
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2034297
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Author-Name: Kailei Wei
Author-X-Name-First: Kailei
Author-X-Name-Last: Wei
Author-Name: Libo Xiao
Author-X-Name-First: Libo
Author-X-Name-Last: Xiao
Author-Name: Yang Fang
Author-X-Name-First: Yang
Author-X-Name-Last: Fang
Author-Name: Chunxia Jiang
Author-X-Name-First: Chunxia
Author-X-Name-Last: Jiang
Title: What explains Alibaba’s miraculous IPO success on the New York stock exchange?
Abstract: 
 Shattering the all-time high record of $68.15 billion set by AT&T in April 2000, Alibaba became the world’s largest IPO, raising $169.4 billion at the New York Stock Exchange in September 2014. Using this outstanding case, the underlying drivers for foreign IPO success were explored. Four propositions are elaborated on: (1) companies choose the capital market with the institutional environment accommodating their internal characteristics, thereby taking advantage of the institutional differences between home and host countries to facilitate their development strategy; and (2) companies’ IPO success is largely driven by the industry growth potential, fundamentals, and strategic alliances.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 299-322
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2143640
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Author-Name: Zhi Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Zhi
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Gerhard Kling
Author-X-Name-First: Gerhard
Author-X-Name-Last: Kling
Author-Name: Jiayi Li
Author-X-Name-First: Jiayi
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Title: The effects of political embeddedness on cross-border mergers and acquisitions in China: Alibaba’s case
Abstract: 
 With its dominant state-owned enterprises (SOEs), peculiar governance system and international ambitions, China offers a unique setting to test theories explaining the role of political embeddedness in management decisions. Cross-border M&As have become an essential tool for Chinese acquirers to internationalize. We examine whether political embeddedness influences firms’ propensity for conducting cross-border M&As and their success. Using panel data with 30,314 firm-year observations from 2000 to 2015, we show that non-SOEs conduct more cross-border M&As than SOEs and they benefit more from M&A activities. After summarizing the dilemmas faced by politically embedded enterprises (PEEs), we introduce the successful case of Alibaba acquiring Lazada to explain the quantitative results in detail. Finally, we suggest potential approaches to alleviate institutional barriers for successful cross-border M&As.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 392-416
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2120661
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Author-Name: Gerhard Kling
Author-X-Name-First: Gerhard
Author-X-Name-Last: Kling
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Alibaba and Coupang in the spotlight
Abstract: 
 Alibaba and Coupang had enjoyed a period of success, starting with their IPOs. However, both companies have underperformed Amazon during the last 12 months. This special issue explores the underlying drivers for their tumultuous performance outcomes, including governance, political risks and internationalization strategies. This introduction paper sets the scene by studying the market perspective based on analyst reports, financial statements and stock market data. To understand growth expectations, we decompose current share prices into their present value, explained by current earnings and future value, driven by future growth and profitability. Exogenous factors such as the recent increase in interest rates, woes of governance problems associated with foreign corporations in South Korea and China’s anti-monopoly drive aimed at its tech giants have contributed to weaker performance. Our analysis of implied growth rates suggests that the market expects annual revenue growth above 11% for the foreseeable future. These expectations will be hard to meet, requiring a rethink of business models and processes.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 267-278
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2177936
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Author-Name: Juanjuan Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Juanjuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Lin Jiang
Author-X-Name-First: Lin
Author-X-Name-Last: Jiang
Author-Name: Wentong Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Wentong
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: Will Alibaba’s additional financial service contribute to sellers’ satisfaction and loyalty during the pandemic? Evidence from Taobao sellers
Abstract: 
 Electronic commerce (e-commerce) has shown dramatic growth in recent decades, and sellers on e-commerce platforms have also been affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. By collecting data from 313 Taobao sellers, we investigated the relationships among e-commerce platform additional financial service quality, sellers’ satisfaction, and loyalty to the platform, as well as the moderating roles of sellers’ financial pressure during the pandemic and perceived COVID-19 government financial support in the satisfaction-loyalty relationship. Our results show that better financial service quality enhances sellers’ satisfaction with the platform, which in turn translates into platform loyalty. We also evidence the moderating effects of COVID-related financial pressure and sellers’ perception of COVID-related government financial relief policy on the satisfaction-loyalty relationship. Our research makes potential contributions to the e-commerce field and provides timely guidance for e-commerce practice in the pandemic period.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 417-438
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2126167
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Author-Name: Vanesa Pesqué-Cela
Author-X-Name-First: Vanesa
Author-X-Name-Last: Pesqué-Cela
Author-Name: Jiarong Li
Author-X-Name-First: Jiarong
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Yun Kyung Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Yun Kyung
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: Overcoming the liability of foreignness in US capital markets: the case of Alibaba and Coupang
Abstract: 
 Drawing on signalling theory and using the cases of Alibaba and Coupang, we investigate whether and how venture capital-backed companies from emerging markets use CSR to overcome the liability of foreignness when going public in the US. Our findings suggest that such firms strategically increase their CSR activities prior to their IPO in order to signal legitimacy to investors. They also suggest that firms with both strong and weak CSR signalling strategies (as measured by signal cost, frequency and consistency) are equally likely to have successful IPOs when they are backed by reputable venture capital firms.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 323-349
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2121522
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Author-Name: Lihui Tian
Author-X-Name-First: Lihui
Author-X-Name-Last: Tian
Author-Name: Xin Li
Author-X-Name-First: Xin
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Title: Global expansion with takeovers and value creation with integration in China: a case study of Alibaba and Lazada
Abstract: 
 The purpose of this study is to investigate whether Alibaba in China can integrate itself into the local market and create value with a global acquisition under its e-commerce business model. In doing so, we discuss Alibaba’s acquisition of Lazada, which is the largest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia. We utilize the event study framework and the principal component analysis model to probe into the value creation, and the outcomes show that Alibaba successfully integrates with Lazada, which creates value in both the short and long term. Our research sheds fresh light on the literature on cross-border mergers and acquisitions as well as the global strategy research of e-commerce behemoths.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 372-391
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2129583
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Author-Name: Shuai Shao
Author-X-Name-First: Shuai
Author-X-Name-Last: Shao
Title: Impact of dual-class share structure: Alibaba IPO success analysis
Abstract: 
 In September 2014, Alibaba went public in the United States through the largest IPO (initial public offering) in history, raising $21.8 billion and elevating the company’s value to $218.7 billion. The successful listing of Alibaba, the world’s largest online and mobile commerce enterprise, has attracted a lot of attention to investment strategy; in particular, the dual-class share structure of Internet enterprises designed to protect the control rights of company founders and the promotion of enterprise IPO have become a focus for international scholars. Based on the IPO case of Alibaba Group, this paper studies the dual share system of Alibaba with regards to three aspects: theoretical analysis, case analysis and financial index analysis. First, it introduces the literature relevant to the dual share system. It then takes Alibaba as a case study in order to analyse the reasons for the success of its IPO, and studies the impact of the dual share system on this IPO. Finally, it analyzes the effect and influence of the dual share system on IPO with regards to four dimensions of financial performance. Through the discussion in this paper, we hope to provide better ideas and suggestions for companies planning an external IPO.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 350-371
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2179169
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Author-Name: Limin Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Limin
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Author-Name: Jing Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Jing
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Title: Entrepreneurs’ self-perceived social status and firms’ philanthropy: evidence from Chinese private firms
Abstract: 
 Executives’ status is increasingly recognized as an important factor in firms’ decision-making, while the way executives’ perception of their status influences firms’ strategy is underexplored. Building on insights from both upper echelons and psychological studies, this study investigates the effect of entrepreneurs’ self-perceived social status on firms’ philanthropy. Using a sample of Chinese private firms, we find that entrepreneurs’ self-perceived social status positively affects firms’ donations by drawing their attention to the benefits of philanthropy and enhancing their altruism values. However, such relationships are weakened for entrepreneurs who know about awards related to CSR and firms that join a business association that values CSR; this shows that external information about the value of CSR reduces the effect of entrepreneurs’ self-perceived social status. Our findings highlight the importance of executives’ self-perceived social status, offering important implications for both CSR and upper echelons research.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 588-612
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1978235
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Author-Name: Sujung Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Sujung
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Changsu Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Changsu
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Jong-Hun Park
Author-X-Name-First: Jong-Hun
Author-X-Name-Last: Park
Author-Name: Jangsoon Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Jangsoon
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Hajir Afzali
Author-X-Name-First: Hajir
Author-X-Name-Last: Afzali
Title: CSR policies and practices of Korean foreign subsidiaries: institutional duality in emerging economies
Abstract: 
 This study uses the institutional duality perspective to conceptualize and divide the local CSR activities of foreign subsidiaries into policies and practices. For an empirical analysis, the study uses survey data collected from 147 Korean foreign subsidiaries in emerging economies, mostly in China and Vietnam. The results indicate the positive effect of the subsidiaries’ CSR policies and practices on their social impact in the host country. Intriguingly, social impact fully mediates the relationship between CSR practices and the strategic performance of the subsidiaries. This finding sheds light on the long-term performance effect of CSR practices in the host country.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 740-757
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1939957
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Author-Name: Se-Hyung (David) Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Se-Hyung (David)
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Longzhu Dong
Author-X-Name-First: Longzhu
Author-X-Name-Last: Dong
Author-Name: Abraham Y. Nahm
Author-X-Name-First: Abraham Y.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nahm
Author-Name: Gyu-Chang Yu
Author-X-Name-First: Gyu-Chang
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu
Title: Fostering innovation and involvement among Korean workers in problem solving through trust and psychological safety: the role of paradoxical leader behaviours
Abstract: 
 This study examines the paradoxical leader behaviours’ (PLB) effect upon generating a favourable environment for workers’ participation in innovation and problem-solving activities. We hypothesize that PLB will affect workers’ trust in management. Trust will then lead to psychological safety, which will encourage workers’ innovative behaviours and participation in problem-solving activities. Survey results from 214 Korean workers confirmed these hypotheses. This is one of the leading studies in examining PLB through an empirical study, and the results should encourage researchers and practitioners alike to take a careful note of the construct and its practical applications.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 701-718
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1941529
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Author-Name: Han Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Han
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Soon Suk Yoon
Author-X-Name-First: Soon Suk
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoon
Title: Does brain gain enhance firm value? Evidence from China
Abstract: 
 We select China to examine how education contributes to the drastic economic transition from a socialist system to one of two global superpowers in such a short period of just over 40 years. We document that brain gains, the proportion of highly educated employees, enhance firm value and that graduate degree holders affect firm value more positively than undergraduate degree holders. We also find that the value effect of brain gains persists for at least five years; digital technology further strengthens brain gain’s positive effect on firm value. In addition, brain gains’ promotion of firm value is more pronounced for non-state-owned and manufacturing firms.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 501-522
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1976369
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Author-Name: Jean S. K. Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Jean S. K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Dongjie Xu
Author-X-Name-First: Dongjie
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu
Title: From mine to ours: a dynamic process model in developing ethical culture – the case of Alibaba
Abstract: 
 Organizational culture (including ethical culture) is argued to be greatly influenced by the founder or leader of the organization. However, little is known about how a founder takes procedural steps to transmit his or her personal ethical values to the whole organization. Based on an in-depth case study of Alibaba, a Chinese internet-based company, this research develops a process model to uncover the dynamics of developing an ethical organizational culture. The model articulates four mechanisms in four processes adopted by both the leaders and followers. The analysis shows that the development of an ethical culture is nonlinear and interactional, and that the founder and subordinates play different roles in the various phases of the development of an ethical culture.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 523-545
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1989154
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Author-Name: Xin Qi
Author-X-Name-First: Xin
Author-X-Name-Last: Qi
Author-Name: Huanchen Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Huanchen
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Xinyue Li
Author-X-Name-First: Xinyue
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Hong Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Hong
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: The influence of flexible work arrangements on innovative employee behaviour in China: a perspective of person-job fit
Abstract: 
 Using the perspective of person-job fit, this study identifies the heterogeneous effects of flexible work arrangements on innovative employee behaviour. Applying polynomial regression with response surface analysis, this study analyses a sample of 315 paired executives and employees from 26 IT enterprises in China. The research finds that (1) the level of innovative employee behaviour is higher when the organizational supply for flexible work fits their needs and the organizational demand for flexible work fits their ability than when they are incorrectly fit. (2) A higher level of supply-need fit leads to a higher level of innovative employee behaviour. (3) The level of innovative employee behaviour approaches its summit when the demand-ability fit is at the moderate level.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 479-500
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.2001181
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Author-Name: Yu Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Yu
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Zulqurnain Ali
Author-X-Name-First: Zulqurnain
Author-X-Name-Last: Ali
Title: Exploring big data use to predict supply chain effectiveness in Chinese organizations: a moderated mediated model link
Abstract: 
 Due to globalization, firms are adopting innovative ways of doing business to realize their objectives. Big data use (BDU) is one of the innovative approaches that can assist firms to increase their SC agility (SCA) and effectiveness (SCE). Using the dynamic capabilities view, we aim to predict the direct and indirect link between BDU and SCE. Furthermore, we pursue to recognize information sharing as a moderator in BDU-SCA linkage. Therefore, we hired 321 Chinese SMEs entrepreneurs/executives through a survey and tested the framework in Mplus. The outcomes illustrate that BDU is not directly linked to SCE but SCA and indirectly (via SCA) related to SCE. Moreover, information-sharing moderates the BDU-SCA association. Finally, we recorded research implications.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 632-653
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1920704
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Author-Name: Jinxi Michelle Li
Author-X-Name-First: Jinxi Michelle
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Fabian Jintae Froese
Author-X-Name-First: Fabian Jintae
Author-X-Name-Last: Froese
Author-Name: Julia Sophie Schmid
Author-X-Name-First: Julia Sophie
Author-X-Name-Last: Schmid
Title: All or nothing: ambivalent acculturation strategies and job satisfaction of bicultural migrants in South Korea
Abstract: 
 Migrant workers play an important role in South Korea’s economic growth, yet their adjustment difficulties have often been problematic, leading to low job satisfaction. This study investigates the acculturation strategies and job satisfaction of migrant workers from the same country but of different cultural origins. Based on social identity theory, we argue that cultural origin affects acculturation strategies in that bicultural Korean-Chinese tend to enact more integration and assimilation strategies, while mono-cultural Han-Chinese workers enact more separation and marginalization strategies. Moreover, we argue that social support has a moderating effect on this relationship and moderates the indirect effect on job satisfaction. We tested our hypotheses on data from a survey of 351 Chinese workers (203 Korean-Chinese and 148 Han-Chinese). Findings show that Korean-Chinese enact assimilation strategies, and surprisingly, marginalization strategies more often than Han-Chinese workers. These findings suggest that Korean- Chinese are either fully assimilated into Korean society or completely left out. As expected, social support moderates the relationship between cultural origin and acculturation strategy, and the indirect relationships on job satisfaction, underlining the important role of social support.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 719-739
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1983982
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Author-Name: Ngan Collins
Author-X-Name-First: Ngan
Author-X-Name-Last: Collins
Author-Name: Anh Ngo
Author-X-Name-First: Anh
Author-X-Name-Last: Ngo
Author-Name: Pauline Stanton
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Stanton
Author-Name: Shuang Ren
Author-X-Name-First: Shuang
Author-X-Name-Last: Ren
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Employee perceptions of pay equity and compensation factors: a study of Vietnamese state-owned enterprises
Abstract: 
 The transformation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has been a central point of Vietnam’s economic reforms commencing in the late 1980s. This transformation has led to significant changes in compensation policy and practices. The perception of pay equity among SOE employees has also shifted from a view of respecting harmony and collectivism towards greater individualism and performance based pay. This study investigates the relationships between compensation and employee perceptions of pay equity. We present a theoretical framework based on Compensation Theory and Equity Theory and employ a quantitative approach. The results confirm positive relationships between four main compensation components of: minimum wage, salary, benefits and relational returns, with perceptions of pay equity. The findings are significant and contribute to a theoretical understanding in the context of an Asian economy moving from a collectivist to a more individualist focus. They also provide guidance for practitioners to enable them to develop compensation policies and practices that improve employee perceptions of pay equity which in turn can boost efficiency and effectiveness.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 778-796
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1943941
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Author-Name: Quang-Anh Le
Author-X-Name-First: Quang-Anh
Author-X-Name-Last: Le
Author-Name: Cheng-Yu Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Cheng-Yu
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Below-aspiration performance and risk-taking behaviour in the context of Taiwanese electronic firms: a contingency analysis
Abstract: 
 This study combines the behavioural theory and the behavioural agency theory of the firm to investigate managerial risk-taking behaviour at times of below-aspiration performance and the influence of CEO structural power and earnings pressure on subsequent managerial behaviour. By employing the data of publicly listed Taiwanese electronic firms from the period of 2010–2018, this study found that firms tend to make risky choices when their performance is under the aspiration threshold. However, after this relationship was examined with contextual conditions, the study found that CEO structural power and earnings pressure moderate a firm’s risk-taking positively and negatively, respectively. The configurational effect of the two moderators sheds further light on the interactive contextual settings, indicating that CEO structural power outweighs the moderating effect of earnings pressure.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 654-677
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1932091
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Author-Name: Homin Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Homin
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Yu-Ming Hsu
Author-X-Name-First: Yu-Ming
Author-X-Name-Last: Hsu
Title: Influence of information technology and marketing capabilities in achieving superior customer performance: evidence from Taiwan
Abstract: 
 This study investigates the direct, mediation, and interacting effects of externally and internally focused information technology (IT) capabilities and outside-in and inside-out marketing capabilities on customer performance. The relationships are tested using survey data collected from firms in Taiwan. The structural equation modelling (SEM) results show that apart from directly affecting customer performance, externally focused IT and outside-in marketing capabilities indirectly affect customer performance through internally focused IT and inside-out marketing capabilities, respectively. Moreover, the interaction effect of externally focused IT and outside-in marketing capabilities has a significant influence on customer performance, implying that these two capabilities act as complementary resources for a firm.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 678-700
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1939958
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Author-Name: Wai Kwan Lau
Author-X-Name-First: Wai Kwan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lau
Author-Name: Lam D. Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Lam D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: Loan N. T. Pham
Author-X-Name-First: Loan N. T.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pham
Author-Name: Daniel A. Cernas-Ortiz
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cernas-Ortiz
Title: The mediating role of harmony in effective leadership in China: from a Confucianism perspective
Abstract: 
 From a Confucianism perspective, this study examined the mediating role of harmony on the relationship between transformational leadership and leadership effectiveness. A new measurement scale for harmony was developed and tested. Data were collected from 312 full-time employees of nine different organizations in China through an on-site survey. The study used a pilot test, factor analysis, reliability, and validity test, analysis of bivariate correlations, and bootstrapping test. The results showed a significant relationship between transformational leadership and leadership effectiveness, with harmony partially mediating this relationship. The measurement scale for harmony was statistically validated as well.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 546-569
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1948216
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Title: Developments in key aspects of business and management in the Asia Pacific: human resources, leadership, ethics and entrepreneurship
Abstract: 
 The Asia Pacific is undergoing a major transition after the pandemic. The China-centred global supply chain is now being seriously challenged by an old ‘flying geese’ model with the US and Japan in the leading position, whereas South Korea and Taiwan are asked by the leading geese to shift its reliance on China for their supply and market needs. Simultaneously, countries in Southeast Asia, notably, Thailand and Vietnam, are facing new opportunities and threats at the increasing tension between China and the US. Furthermore, the global macroeconomic indicators are faring unfavourably due to the ongoing war in Ukraine and the increasing tendency of the global stagnation. This global economic recession is heavily wreaking havoc with the Asia-Pacific that is in a constant need of low-cost supplies, new markets and a stable geopolitical milieu. Against this backdrop, this collection has gathered 17 articles written during the pandemic and post-pandemic years regarding the Asia Pacific. Grouped into countries and themes, this special issue answers some of the substantial questions regarding the future resilience of the business and management in the region.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 463-478
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2226541
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Author-Name: Dut Van Vo
Author-X-Name-First: Dut Van
Author-X-Name-Last: Vo
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Dang Huu Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Dang Huu
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Title: The moderating role of R&D intensity on the association between external embeddedness and subsidiary product innovation: evidence from Vietnam
Abstract: 
 Drawing on the business network theory and the resource-based view, we investigate the moderating role of R&D intensity on the relationship between subsidiaries’ external embeddedness in a host country and the probability of subsidiary product innovation. Using data from 402 subsidiaries located in Vietnam, the Probit regression results revealed that the higher the subsidiary’s embeddedness with local sales and local input suppliers in a transition economy, the higher the probability that it will achieve product innovation. R&D intensity positively moderates such associations. Our finding extends the argument of the business network theory by stressing the need of MNEs to use their foreign subsidiaries in transition economies to gain local knowledge and other resources from local sales agents and local input suppliers; they can do so by embedding themselves into the environment and simultaneously using these sources and internal resources to strengthen their product innovation possibilities.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 816-841
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1958474
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Author-Name: Nguyen Ngoc Thang
Author-X-Name-First: Nguyen
Author-X-Name-Last: Ngoc Thang
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Author-X-Name-First: Wolfgang
Author-X-Name-Last: Mayrhofer
Author-Name: Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh
Author-X-Name-First: Nguyen Thi Phuong
Author-X-Name-Last: Anh
Title: Generation Z job seekers in Vietnam: CSR-based employer attractiveness and job pursuit intention
Abstract: 
 This study aims to advance our understanding of the effects of Generation Z job seekers’ attitudes towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) and initial job pursuit intention (JPI). A survey of 290 senior students in Vietnam shows that two of three aspects of Generation Z job seekers’ attitudes towards CSR (positive CSR assessment and CSR engagement) are positively related to JPI. In addition, the relationship between Generation Z job seekers’ attitudes towards CSR and JPI is mediated by CSR-based employer attractiveness. These findings suggest that including social and environmental issues into corporate strategy is a valuable approach for attracting Generation Z job seekers. We discuss the implications for theory and practice as well as the limitations and directions for future research, of these findings.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 797-815
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
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Author-Name: YongGu Suh
Author-X-Name-First: YongGu
Author-X-Name-Last: Suh
Author-Name: Gary Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Gary
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Author-Name: Regina Burnasheva
Author-X-Name-First: Regina
Author-X-Name-Last: Burnasheva
Title: Perceptions of large Korean corporations from a social cognition perspective
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 Large corporations can be important symbols in the lives of Korean consumers, but little is known about the way their corporate imagery might be seen by the public. The imagery of 10 such companies was found to be described by and grouped around three theorized image dimensions: warmth, competence, and status. The same dimensions predicted satisfaction and brand-person congruence. We tested competing theories of whether status associations are independent of competence evaluations or are their antecedents. Our data supported the former view. We also tested the theory that warmth evaluations best predict satisfaction and brand-person congruence and found only qualified support.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 758-777
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1988347
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Author-Name: Huatao Peng
Author-X-Name-First: Huatao
Author-X-Name-Last: Peng
Author-Name: Yuming Chang
Author-X-Name-First: Yuming
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang
Author-Name: Yang Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Yang
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: Risk preference, prior experience, and serial entrepreneurship performance: evidence from China
Abstract: 
 Serial entrepreneurial performance is affected by serial entrepreneurs’ risk preference, but the way prior experience affects the relationship between the risk preference and performance remains unclear. Through regression analysis of 588 listed serial entrepreneurial companies in China, this paper shows that serial entrepreneurs who make more use of risk have higher serial entrepreneurial performance. For serial entrepreneurs with relevant industry experience, the degree of influence of their risk preference on serial entrepreneurial performance will be strengthened. For serial entrepreneurs with rich entrepreneurial experience, the degree of influence of their risk preference on serial entrepreneurial performance will be weakened. The results are conducive to the effective use of prior experience and reasonable adjustment of risk preference for serial entrepreneurial enterprises, thereby improving the performance of serial entrepreneurship.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 613-631
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.2012987
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Author-Name: Zhining Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Zhining
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Yuhang Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Yuhang
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Shuang Ren
Author-X-Name-First: Shuang
Author-X-Name-Last: Ren
Author-Name: Ngan Collins
Author-X-Name-First: Ngan
Author-X-Name-Last: Collins
Author-Name: Shaohan Cai
Author-X-Name-First: Shaohan
Author-X-Name-Last: Cai
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Exploitative leadership and employee innovative behaviour in China: a moderated mediation framework
Abstract: 
 This study uses ego depletion theory to explore the cross-level effect of exploitative leadership on employee innovative behaviour. It examines the mediating role of thriving at work and the moderating role of team task conflict. Using data collected from 371 employees and their direct supervisors from 79 work units in China, a multi-level path analysis is used to test a cross-level moderated mediation model. The results show that exploitative leadership negatively affects employee innovative behaviour via the mediation of thriving at work, which is moderated by team task conflict. Implications for research and practice are fully discussed in the paper.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 570-587
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1990588
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Author-Name: Hai Guo
Author-X-Name-First: Hai
Author-X-Name-Last: Guo
Author-Name: Xiaoyu Li
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaoyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Chao Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Chao
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: When the window of opportunity opens: how does open search impact the business model design of digital startups?
Abstract: 
 Open search is crucial to business model design. In recent years, the digital revolution has significantly reshaped the open search environment and the business model landscape. The traditional ‘either/or’ paradigm that separately tests the effects of open search breadth and depth on business model design is no longer applicable. By introducing the ‘both/and’ paradigm, this study explores how open search breadth and depth, both jointly and in an orderly manner, impact hybrid business model design. Using a sample of digital startups during the opportunity window of China’s digital entrepreneurship, we find that open search breadth positively relates to the balance between technology- and consumer-oriented business models. Furthermore, under the premise of high breadth, open search depth shows a U-shaped relationship with this balance. This study not only enriches our knowledge of the antecedents of business model design but also provides a comprehensive understanding of the role of open search.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 852-875
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2191451
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Author-Name: Sijia Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Sijia
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: Empowering women for leadership roles in the post-pandemic era
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1192-1200
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2233818
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Author-Name: Huatao Peng
Author-X-Name-First: Huatao
Author-X-Name-Last: Peng
Author-Name: Yuming Chang
Author-X-Name-First: Yuming
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang
Author-Name: Chen Zhou
Author-X-Name-First: Chen
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhou
Author-Name: Zhijian Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Zhijian
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: Investment in innovation and international entrepreneurial performances of Chinese family businesses: from the perspective of intergenerational succession
Abstract: 
 Innovation and international entrepreneurship are important paths for family businesses to achieve sustainable growth. However, there are few relevant studies on the development and inheritance of family businesses. This paper has taken China’s listed family businesses from 2007 to 2020 as a sample in order to explore how investment in innovation affects international entrepreneurial performances. The study found that family businesses with high investments in innovation had lower international entrepreneurial performances. When family businesses are inherited by the firstborn or managed by multiple generations, the degree of this negative impact will increase, while heirs with overseas work experience will reduce the negative impact. The gender and overseas educational experience of the heirs will not have an impact on the negative relationship. These findings emphasize the heterogeneous role of intergenerational succession, revise some traditional inheritance views of Chinese family businesses and reveal the important role of reasonable intergenerational succession strategies in coordinating innovation and international entrepreneurship.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1013-1035
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2234186
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Author-Name: Yujie Cai
Author-X-Name-First: Yujie
Author-X-Name-Last: Cai
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Mengyi Xu
Author-X-Name-First: Mengyi
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu
Title: Workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: insights from strategic human resource management in Mainland China
Abstract: 
 We show the relevance of strategic human resource management (SHRM) to addressing the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has posed to the workplace in the context of Mainland China. In particular, we discuss the insights of prevalent areas of SHRM for navigating the pandemic at the organizational and individual levels. We explore the contextual factors that have affected the relationship between human resource (HR) practices and work outcomes in organizations and the development of HR practices during the pandemic. Looking forward to a future with uncertainties and other possible crises, we discuss research directions for SHRM in the post-pandemic reality. These include resilience-oriented high-performance work systems (HPWSs), contextualized SHRM, and the horizontal fit of SHRM in the ‘new normal’.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1170-1191
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2127971
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Author-Name: Biaoan Shan
Author-X-Name-First: Biaoan
Author-X-Name-Last: Shan
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Innovation and entrepreneurship in East Asia during the digital era: post-pandemic prospects
Abstract: 
 The global economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic is posing more challenges and problems than expected. Amid the re-building, innovation and entrepreneurship driven by digital technologies are still considered by many as the two important pillars of the regional economic recovery. In East Asia, for example, digital technologies have proven to be effective solutions to not only the pandemic and lockdowns but to the problems of post-pandemic recoveries. This collection explores this to substantiate our hypothesis from multiple aspects. We find that open innovation is an important digital strategy for firms during the post-pandemic era. The entrepreneurial performance of digital start-ups is notably influenced by information and communication technology and artificial intelligence. Simultaneously, the development of digital ventures needs additional help from government policies and local cultural institutions. These findings enrich our understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship in East Asia especially during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 843-851
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2256106
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Author-Name: Famei Shen
Author-X-Name-First: Famei
Author-X-Name-Last: Shen
Author-Name: Jie Li
Author-X-Name-First: Jie
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Gong Sun
Author-X-Name-First: Gong
Author-X-Name-Last: Sun
Title: The impact of ICT use on entrepreneurial performance: evidence from Chinese microenterprises
Abstract: 
 Following the outbreak of COVID-19, information and communication technology (ICT), as a part of digital technology, was of particular help to microenterprises in obtaining resources. Drawing upon Conservation of Resources Theory, we investigated the impact of ICT use on entrepreneurial performance. To examine our hypotheses, data were collected from 206 Chinese microenterprises. The results suggest that ICT use was positively related to entrepreneurial performance, that network capabilities mediated the relationship between ICT use and entrepreneurial performance and that perceived ICT usefulness moderated the relationship between ICT use and network capabilities. Finally, the implications, limitations and future research directions will be discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 950-966
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2188766
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Author-Name: Xiumei Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Xiumei
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Author-Name: Shengbo Yu
Author-X-Name-First: Shengbo
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu
Author-Name: Shan Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Shan
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Title: Leveraging resources to achieve high competitive advantage for digital new ventures: an empirical study in China
Abstract: 
 Drawing on the resource-based view and dynamic-capability view, this study examines the impact of the digital technology and entrepreneurial support policy on the competitive advantage of digital new ventures in China, with a particular emphasis on the interaction role between them. We also examine the roles of digital capability as a mediator and strategic flexibility as a moderator. We tested related hypotheses using a sample of 234 digital new ventures in the Chinese emerging economy. The empirical results offer broad support for these predictions and indicate potential elements that could achieve competitive advantage for digital new ventures.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1079-1104
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2015955
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Author-Name: Qiang Liang
Author-X-Name-First: Qiang
Author-X-Name-Last: Liang
Author-Name: Xi Huang
Author-X-Name-First: Xi
Author-X-Name-Last: Huang
Author-Name: Yuanrui Xu
Author-X-Name-First: Yuanrui
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu
Author-Name: Bo Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Bo
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: Family governance and strategic orientation of family firms in China: an institutional logics perspective
Abstract: 
 Family firms have attracted significant attention, prompting a surge of inquiry into their strategic choices. Drawing on institutional logics theory, we view the strategic choices of family firms as the interactive outcome of the dualistic system and the institutional environment. Empirical research conducted on listed family firms in China reveals that as family control increases, these firms tend to adopt conservative strategies. However, this relationship is influenced by the institutional environment. Specifically, the positive association is strengthened as marketization progresses but weakened as religious culture intensifies. These findings shed light on how the behavioural characteristics and strategic decisions of family firms, as an integral part of Chinese culture, are shaped and influenced by regional cultural institutions. We contend that during the process of marketization transformation, it is crucial to establish an internal culture within family firms that can reconcile the contradictions of internal logics. Additionally, significant importance should be placed on adapting to and leveraging the external institutional environment.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1036-1058
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2256613
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Author-Name: Muhammad Afzaal
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad
Author-X-Name-Last: Afzaal
Author-Name: Juhua Jin
Author-X-Name-First: Juhua
Author-X-Name-Last: Jin
Title: Japan’s rise as a middle power, collaborations in the Indo-Pacific and partnerships with South Korea and India: implications for China’s Global Image & Belt and Road Initiative and the country’s expansion as a global power
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1224-1234
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2111821
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Author-Name: Hideki S. Tanaka
Author-X-Name-First: Hideki S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Tanaka
Author-Name: Nobutaka Ishiyama
Author-X-Name-First: Nobutaka
Author-X-Name-Last: Ishiyama
Title: Effects of talent status and leader-member exchange on innovative work behaviour in talent management in Japan
Abstract: 
 This study examined the effects of talent status (TS) on innovative work behaviour (IWB) and the moderating effects of leader-member relationship quality (LMX) on the relationship between TS and IWB among white-collar workers in Japanese firms. We analysed data from 876 participants. The results indicate that LMX positively affects IWB in the relationship between TS and IWB, and that it may be effective for organizations and innovation to recognize and identify the TS of workers to promote IWB. LMX quality is essential for promoting IWB.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 895-912
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2186623
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Author-Name: Anwei Gu
Author-X-Name-First: Anwei
Author-X-Name-Last: Gu
Author-Name: Susu Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Susu
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Biao Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Biao
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Xiaoju Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaoju
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: Upgrading new product development performance in digital context: a configuration analysis based on fsQCA
Abstract: 
 New product development (NPD) is necessary for enterprises’ growth and the maintenance of competitive advantage. Although previous studies have explored the multiple antecedents of NPD performance, most of them consider the effect of antecedents in isolation, neglecting their interdependence. Drawing on complexity theory, the study presents a configuration model that combines six antecedents based on the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework. The results of fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) show that digital technology application, product innovation, functional coordination, user participation, peer competition and environmental turbulence need to combine with each other in order to produce high NPD performance. The combination of product innovation, functional coordination and user participation plays an important role in NPD. The complementary effects of digital technology application, product innovation, functional coordination and user participation on NPD performance are demonstrated.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 876-894
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2225377
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Author-Name: Peihua Fan
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Author-X-Name-Last: Fan
Title: Internationalisation of Chinese enterprises: a comparative study of cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1239-1242
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2132622
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Author-Name: Dayuan Li
Author-X-Name-First: Dayuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Zhuang Pan
Author-X-Name-First: Zhuang
Author-X-Name-Last: Pan
Author-Name: Ding Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Ding
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Lu Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Lu
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: A study on artificial intelligence orientation and new venture performance
Abstract: 
 Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new engine of future economic development. As a new force in the market economy, the issue of whether AI is related to the higher performance of new ventures in emerging economies still requires empirical evidence. Using content analysis and taking the 2010–2019 A-share listed new ventures as panel data, this paper tests the relationship and boundary conditions of AI orientation (AIO) on the performance of new ventures from the perspective of absorptive capacity. We find that AIO is positively related to new venture performance, where firm growth and the level of regional economic development have a significant positive moderating effect. This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between AIO and new venture performance.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 967-989
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2188764
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Author-Name: Soon Suk Yoon
Author-X-Name-First: Soon Suk
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoon
Author-Name: Hyo Jin Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Hyo Jin
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: Are government subsidies or preferential listing policies better for the market performance of tech firms? Evidence from Korea
Abstract: 
 Tech firms are growth engines in modern economies. We examine which policies, government subsidies or preferential listing, work better for tech firms’ performance. We test whether Korean tech firms outperform control firms using key market-based performance metrics. Tech firms benefiting from Korea’s preferential listing system outperform control firms in funding, patent creation, and market capitalization but underperform in IPO-day returns. In contrast, government subsidies do not affect market performance other than six-month returns from the IPO date. These findings indicate that preferential listing policies are better than government subsidies for the market performance of tech firms.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1059-1078
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2222001
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Author-Name: Yue Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Yue
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Chunxing Pan
Author-X-Name-First: Chunxing
Author-X-Name-Last: Pan
Author-Name: Shu Meng
Author-X-Name-First: Shu
Author-X-Name-Last: Meng
Author-Name: Kun Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Kun
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: The role of internal control and digital transformation between political connections and financial performance: evidence from China
Abstract: 
 Political connections are the main social resource of a company. Internal control and digital transformation are different tools that increase the efficient distribution of resources. This study explores the relationship between executive political connections and financial performance. It also examines the function of internal control quality and digital transformation in terms of this relationship. We used data from Chinese A-share listed companies as a sample. The results suggest that having political connections can significantly improve financial performance and that the quality of internal control plays a partial mediating role in state-owned enterprises. Moreover, when digital transformation is taken as a moderating variable, the role of political connections or internal control in enterprise performance will be weakened. Enterprises should take full advantage of political connections and establish a high-quality internal control system. When enterprises do not have political connections, they can actively carry out digital transformation to change the situation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 990-1012
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2220606
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Author-Name: Wei Yan
Author-X-Name-First: Wei
Author-X-Name-Last: Yan
Author-Name: Yiyu Xiong
Author-X-Name-First: Yiyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Xiong
Author-Name: Anwei Gu
Author-X-Name-First: Anwei
Author-X-Name-Last: Gu
Author-Name: Heng Lu
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Author-X-Name-Last: Lu
Author-Name: Xiangxian Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Xiangxian
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: Digital technology and enterprise knowledge management: literature review and theoretical framework construction
Abstract: 
 This paper systematically analyses the research on enterprise knowledge management and digital technology. We used VOSviewer to carry out topic cluster analysis and found that current research can be divided into four topics: digital technology and customer knowledge management; application dilemma and problems of digital technology in knowledge management; digital transformation of organizational knowledge management; and the influence of digital technology on knowledge management. In addition, we summarize the application research framework of digital technology in enterprise knowledge management, including antecedents, results and impact paths.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 931-949
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2197394
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Author-Name: A. K. M. Tajkir-Uz-Zaman
Author-X-Name-First: A. K. M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Tajkir-Uz-Zaman
Title: Japan’s new ruralities: coping with decline in the periphery
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1235-1238
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
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Author-Name: Young Won Park
Author-X-Name-First: Young Won
Author-X-Name-Last: Park
Author-Name: Paul Hong
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong
Author-Name: Geon-Cheol Shin
Author-X-Name-First: Geon-Cheol
Author-X-Name-Last: Shin
Title: Rising and thriving in the post COVID-19 era: a case study of COSMAX, a leader of the Korean cosmetic industry
Abstract: 
 In this paper, we consider the impact of COVID-19 on Korean cosmetics firms. The research framework (i.e. OEM/ODM Business Model) shows sensing customer requirements, translating them through a fusion complex design lab, digital technologies (e.g. Big Data, AI, Supply Chain Technologies), and applying manufacturing capabilities for achieving sustainable competitive outcomes. It examines how digital technologies influence the ODM business model. The research methods include a literature review, an analysis of internal documents, and field interviews with top executives. It also focuses on the model’s response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution opportunities such as the IoT/AI. The case study covers both prior to the COVID-19 and post pandemic world contexts. We propose propositions based on our research model and discuss relevant lessons to other industries in terms of designing cross-functional creativities, implementing organizational flexibility, and achieving market expansion through operational speed and network partnerships.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1105-1124
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
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Author-Name: Guannan Qu
Author-X-Name-First: Guannan
Author-X-Name-Last: Qu
Author-Name: Jin Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Jin
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Yuan Jie
Author-X-Name-First: Yuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Jie
Author-Name: Luyao Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Luyao
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Dong Guo
Author-X-Name-First: Dong
Author-X-Name-Last: Guo
Title: The prosocial-motivated process of meaningful innovation: evidence from Chinese start-ups in digital industry
Abstract: 
 With the increasing prominence of SDGs, the prosocial issues of firms’ innovation activities are gaining more attention. Nevertheless, the micro-foundation of the prosocial innovation process remains unexplored. To fill this gap, we introduce the meaningful innovation (MI) framework in order to develop a moderated mediation model for investigating the prosocial motivated innovation process. By conducting an empirical analysis based on a three-wave survey of 24 small high-tech new ventures in China’s digital industry, we find that (1) as an essential source of external meaning, an employee’s prosocial motivation is positively related to a firm’s innovation performance; (2) employees’ creativity mediates the positive relationship between prosocial motivation and firms’ innovation performance; and (3) although intrinsic motivation does not significantly moderate the above mediation effect, it is positively related to firms’ innovation performance; employees’ creativity also mediates this relationship. This paper contributes to the literature on ‘social value and innovation’ studies by revealing a prosocial-motivated innovation process and ascertaining the micro-foundation of the meaningful innovation framework.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 913-930
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2223831
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Designing a Japanese university for the Asian Century: discovery, harmony, inspiration
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1210-1223
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2221513
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Author-Name: Biaoan Shan
Author-X-Name-First: Biaoan
Author-X-Name-Last: Shan
Author-Name: Yi Pu
Author-X-Name-First: Yi
Author-X-Name-Last: Pu
Author-Name: Xingqun Lv
Author-X-Name-First: Xingqun
Author-X-Name-Last: Lv
Author-Name: Rongquan Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Rongquan
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: How do organizations deal with crisis? A case study on improvisational behaviours of Chinese companies during the COVID-19 epidemic
Abstract: 
 The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has had a significant impact on the global economy. The way that enterprises respond to the crisis has become a hot topic. This study selected three automobile industry enterprises that effectively responded to the crisis during the COVID-19 epidemic. We discuss the impact of the epidemic on these enterprises and their countermeasures, and analyse the differences between these measures and the underlying selection mechanism. Through a case study, we have found that: (1) time pressure and uncertainties are key factors that stimulate enterprises to conduct improvisation behaviours in crisis; (2) the improvisation behaviours adopted by enterprises in response to crisis can be divided into adaptive improvisation behaviours and creative improvisation behaviours; (3) the higher the degree of resource constraints an enterprise faces, the more likely it is to adopt creative improvisation behaviours, and conversely, the lower the degree of resource constraints an enterprise faces, the more likely it is to adopt adaptive improvisation behaviours; (4) the more prior experience an enterprise has, the more likely it is to adopt creative improvisation behaviours, and conversely, the less prior experience an enterprise has, the more likely it is to adopt adaptive improvisation behaviours. This study enriches the classification and process research of organizational improvisation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1125-1148
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2070390
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Author-Name: Mingjun Hou
Author-X-Name-First: Mingjun
Author-X-Name-Last: Hou
Title: Digital economy, enterprise digital transformation, and digital business model: evidence from China
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1200-1210
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2241762
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Author-Name: Kiyoshi Takahashi
Author-X-Name-First: Kiyoshi
Author-X-Name-Last: Takahashi
Author-Name: Ryosuke Yokoya
Author-X-Name-First: Ryosuke
Author-X-Name-Last: Yokoya
Author-Name: Tomohiro Higuchi
Author-X-Name-First: Tomohiro
Author-X-Name-Last: Higuchi
Title: Mediation of work engagement towards productive behaviour in remote work environments during pandemic: testing the job demands and resources model in Japan
Abstract: 
 Based on the job demands and resources model, this study assumes that remote work, supervisory behaviours and employee job crafting are leveraged by work engagement to increase individual goal attainment. This mediating relationship was tested using survey data collected from 500 Japanese remote workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Multivariate hierarchical regression analyses were conducted separately by two groups: workers who started remote work before the pandemic and those who started after. Among the post-COVID-19 remote workers, employees’ goal attainment was improved by discretionary task crafting but was directly decreased by relational crafting. Furthermore, cognitive crafting increased goal attainment partially through the mediation of work engagement. Among the pre-COVID-19 remote workers, it was only frequency of remote work that influenced goal attainment.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1149-1169
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 08
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Author-Name: Paul Lopes
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Lopes
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Lynn Pyun
Author-X-Name-First: Lynn
Author-X-Name-Last: Pyun
Title: The globalization of postcolonial pop music: putting the success of the K-pop industries into theoretical perspectives
Abstract: 
 It is uncontested that the unexpected rise of K-pop in the last decades has been no less than impressive. Korea has become the 7th largest music market in the world, and K-pop idol groups routinely are ranked on Billboard charts despite originating from a postcolonial country. However, there is dearth of scholarship theoretically and empirically to explain this phenomenon. This collection aimed to address this gap through investigating how and why the K-pop industry has achieved its present status. The eight articles included in the special issue deal with this question from various perspectives: the nature of the music itself, (gender) diversity in its fandom, and innovative strategies employed by the leading firms. Together, we believe that our collection paints a comprehensive picture of K-pop and its success, advancing our collective understanding of innovation management, cultural industries and the global pop music in general.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1243-1250
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2265737
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Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Kyeong-Jun Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Kyeong-Jun
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: Gendered melancholia as cultural branding: fandom participation in the K-pop community
Abstract: 
 K-pop poses several conundrums to international business and marketing specialists regarding its global success. This paper tests two hypotheses drawn from branding theory, feminist theory and fandom studies to corroborate the argument that cultural branding is a key to the success of K-pop. Cultural branding is the most prominent of all branding strategies in the 21st century as its success is anchored in the creation and dissemination of a performing myth that can challenge ongoing contradictions in society, including sexism. What K-pop tries to convey to its fans all over the world is this performing ideology of gendered melancholia that is commonly shared among women due to sexism. However, no previous study has tested this theoretical implication from branding and feminist theories, which are also beneficial to business studies. Using survey data collected from 15 countries, we employ a logistic regression method to corroborate a hypothesis that gendered melancholia motivates women in all parts of the world to participate in the fandom of Hallyu and K-pop, or Korean pop culture.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1300-1323
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2145007
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Author-Name: Hyeseon Hwang
Author-X-Name-First: Hyeseon
Author-X-Name-Last: Hwang
Author-Name: Ingyu Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Ingyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Author-Name: Paul Lopes
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Lopes
Title: The international strategy for Korean pop music: what makes K-pop listed on Billboard Hot 100?
Abstract: 
 Based on a sample of most popular 300 K-pop songs between 2009 and 2021, we investigate why only 44 of them were listed on Billboard Hot 100 despite K-pop’s global popularity in terms of YouTube viewing clicks, streaming revenues from digital music platforms and international album sales. In tandem with the failure to receive any Grammy award by BTS even as their six songs had eventually made to the top position on the Hot 100 chart, the symbolic capital of K-pop in the US music market is all but reticent. Using the bootstrapping method based on the Process macro model for serial mediation effects, we find that the K-pop idol system (or the production system in Korea) negatively mediates the correlation between creative outsourcing and the rankings of Billboard Hot 100 and Spotify. However, signing contracts with global music labels positively mediates the same correlation. We provide implications of these findings.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1349-1368
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2207412
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Author-Name: Tariq H. Malik
Author-X-Name-First: Tariq H.
Author-X-Name-Last: Malik
Title: K-pop music diffusion in Korea and East Asia: the convergence of visual technology and concrete narratives
Abstract: 
 This study explores the diffusion of Korean popular music (K-Pop) across East Asian countries and aims to understand why it has undergone such fast diffusion throughout the region. For this research, a multilevel model analysis is conducted to examine the role of concrete and abstract narratives in music industry diffusion. The results suggest that the entry of visual technologies into pop music has increased diffusion over that enabled by acoustic technology alone. Concrete narratives moderate the link between visual technology and music industry diffusion. Together, concrete technology and narrative produce positive results compared to those of either alone. Among countries, Korea and Japan are more closely related in terms of technology and narratives than, for instance, China and Vietnam, which also differ from one another. This study provides important insights into K-Pop diffusion and sheds light on the factors that influence the music industry’s growth in the East Asian region.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1251-1274
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Pascal Brassier
Author-X-Name-First: Pascal
Author-X-Name-Last: Brassier
Title: From Korea to the world: women’s role as peer-leaders in K-pop transnational online brand communities
Abstract: 
 Focusing on online brand communities (OBCs) centred around K-pop music consumption, this study explores the influential role of women as peer-leaders. By analysing data from Twitter using social network analysis (SNA) and sentiment analysis techniques, we observe that (1) OBCs naturally form transnational consumer segments, (2) where peer leadership emerges organically, and (3) women often occupy these leadership positions due to their social capital and engagement in relevant conversation topics. This study contributes to demonstrating the increasing empowerment of women in a realm that has long been criticized for its portrayal of gender-related issues.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1324-1348
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Jaeyoung Cho
Author-X-Name-First: Jaeyoung
Author-X-Name-Last: Cho
Author-Name: Yiyang Bian
Author-X-Name-First: Yiyang
Author-X-Name-Last: Bian
Author-Name: Jangwoo Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Jangwoo
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Leading digital business model transformation in the K-pop industry: the case of SM Entertainment
Abstract: 
 Despite the role of digital technologies in increasing the popularity of K-pop, little is known about how K-pop entertainment companies digitally transform their business models and the driving forces that shape this transformation. In this study, we present an in-depth case study of a pioneering K-pop entertainment company, SM Entertainment, whose founder’s charismatic leadership and organizational capabilities contribute to the digital transformation of its business model through market-pioneering strategies and strategic learning derived from continuous interactions with changing business environments. This transition to the digital business model ultimately leads to sustainable competitive advantages in the marketplace. The important theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1394-1424
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Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2229761
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Author-Name: Doug J. Chung
Author-X-Name-First: Doug J.
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Author-Name: Kay R. Koo
Author-X-Name-First: Kay R.
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Title: The role of cultural diversity in creating value: a case study of South Korea’s pop band BTS
Abstract: 
 Globalization has heightened the significance of cultural diversity. Embracing cultural diversity within an organization provides a number of benefits, such as enhanced creativity and a comprehensive understanding of customer information, which all contribute to effective decision making in response to market dynamics. This article examines a case study of BTS, a South Korean pop band, and its efforts to promote cultural diversity. BTS is the first Asian act to win the top honour at the American Music Awards. The band accumulated six No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 in just over a year, an accomplishment achieved only by The Beatles in the 1960s. On its path to success, BTS cultivated a committed fan following, the ARMY (Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth), which has expanded from its humble beginnings to an influential organization with members of various cultural backgrounds. The article focuses on how BTS and its culturally-diverse fan base have co-created value by generating content and distributing it to a broad network, augmenting the band’s awareness and its brand equity. The article provides implications for diversity as not only a good cause but also a practice that can improve an organization’s financial success by fostering a virtuous cycle of mutual benefit between the organization and its customers.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1275-1299
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Byeongsik Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Byeongsik
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Author-Name: Byeongwoo Kang
Author-X-Name-First: Byeongwoo
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang
Title: K-pop’s internationalization in the product adaptation and the upstream music supply chain in Korea, China, Japan, and the West
Abstract: 
 The success of Korean popular music (K-pop) in foreign markets has attracted considerable attention from researchers. Previous studies have highlighted the factors in K-pop’s international success, such as its idol management system, marketing strategies, and digital distribution channels. However, to the best of our knowledge, the contributions of product adaptation and upstream music supply chains to K-pop’s international success have received little attention. To substantiate this argument, we analyse the formula setting of K-pop from the 1990s to the present and the efforts of the founders of entertainment agencies (e.g. SM, JYP, and YG) to model their success in the global market. The argument presented here theoretically contributes to international business studies and has implications for the success of intangible products in foreign markets.
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Pages: 1369-1393
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Volume: 29
Year: 2023
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Jangwoo Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Jangwoo
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Lynn Pyun
Author-X-Name-First: Lynn
Author-X-Name-Last: Pyun
Title: Is there innovation in the K-pop industry? A theoretical perspective
Abstract: 
 This paper proposes a novel theoretical perspective which views the K-pop industry through the lens of M-ies model. To date, the innovative aspects of K-pop have been largely neglected by business scholarship, in part due to the inadequacies of the existing theories to capture the dynamic nature of its development. To fill this gap, M-ies model is devised. It posits that innovators (i) were critical in creating a sustained level of innovative momentum (M), as they implemented strategies (s) to respond to the external environment (e). Using the M-ies model, we also explain how an intriguing parallel can be drawn between a seemingly unlikely pair, the K-pop and the semiconductor industry. In so doing, we point to the significance of producer-innovators, and how private sector – in particular, SM Entertainment as the first mover – was the main agent of creative destruction.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1425-1447
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2023
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Author-Name: Crystal Xinru Wu
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Author-Name: Robin Stanley Snell
Author-X-Name-First: Robin Stanley
Author-X-Name-Last: Snell
Title: Examining the follower-related antecedents and effects of servant leadership in the PRC and Hong Kong
Abstract: 
 The study drew on Conservation of Resources Theory to explain the adoption of servant leadership behaviours vis-a-vis targeted followers and these behaviours’ positive association with worker effectiveness. We collected 365 follower-leader dyadic questionnaire responses in mainland China and conducted 20 interviews in Hong Kong. Results showed that followers’ proactive personality and high person-supervisor fit are positively associated with supervisors’ servant leadership behaviours, with the latter in turn positively associated with followers’ work effectiveness. Our findings challenge the conventional assumption that servant leadership is solely a manifestation of the traits of the leader.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 140-171
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
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Author-Name: A. K. M. Tajkir-Uz-Zaman
Author-X-Name-First: A. K. M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Tajkir-Uz-Zaman
Title: How to get a PhD: a handbook for students and their supervisors
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 201-205
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
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Author-Name: Peihua Fan
Author-X-Name-First: Peihua
Author-X-Name-Last: Fan
Author-Name: Tingting Lu
Author-X-Name-First: Tingting
Author-X-Name-Last: Lu
Title: Ethical leadership in business: why it matters and how it is achieved
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 183-192
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2129458
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Author-Name: Zelong Wei
Author-X-Name-First: Zelong
Author-X-Name-Last: Wei
Author-Name: Paike Xie
Author-X-Name-First: Paike
Author-X-Name-Last: Xie
Author-Name: Xi Song
Author-X-Name-First: Xi
Author-X-Name-Last: Song
Author-Name: Shuyang Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Shuyang
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: How does the holistic cognitive frame influence radical innovation in China?
Abstract: 
 Taking a strategic cognition perspective, this paper studies how a holistic cognitive frame affects radical innovation through two innovation strategies. The results of an empirical study using survey data from 192 Chinese manufacturing firms show that a holistic cognitive frame has a positive effect on the adoption of an architectural innovation strategy, whereas it has an inverted U-shaped effect on the adoption of a modular innovation strategy. In addition, we tested the moderating effects of technological uncertainty and demand heterogeneity. This paper enriches the literature on the antecedents of radical innovation from a strategic cognition perspective and identifies the boundary conditions of the effects of a holistic cognitive frame on radical innovation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 115-139
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2111132
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Author-Name: Pritish Bhattacharya
Author-X-Name-First: Pritish
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhattacharya
Title: China and the WTO: why multilateralism still matters
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 205-208
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2058177
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Human science of disaster reconstruction: an interdisciplinary approach to holistic health following the Great East Japan earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 197-201
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2041278
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Author-Name: Abdullah Muhammad Aslam
Author-X-Name-First: Abdullah Muhammad
Author-X-Name-Last: Aslam
Title: China–US trade war and trade talk
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 193-197
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2037051
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Author-Name: Akiko Sato
Author-X-Name-First: Akiko
Author-X-Name-Last: Sato
Author-Name: Andrei Panibratov
Author-X-Name-First: Andrei
Author-X-Name-Last: Panibratov
Title: Transforming the liability of outsidership into assets of outsidership: a comparative study of Japanese automotive subsidiaries in Russia
Abstract: 
 This study investigates the mechanisms that transform the liability of outsidership into assets of outsidership. Debates on transforming the liability of foreignness into assets of foreignness have been emerging, but transforming the liability of outsidership into assets of outsidership remains unclear. Drawing on organizational learning perspectives, we provide a comparative study of Japanese automotive subsidiaries in Russia. We suggest that advanced economy multinational enterprises in emerging markets benefit from local networks with a local partner but not from non-experience-based firm-specific advantages. Our study contributes to current debates in the literature by presenting the novel concept of ‘assets of outsidership’ and discussing the mechanisms of this transformation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 72-93
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2079280
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Author-Name: Muhammad Afzaal
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad
Author-X-Name-Last: Afzaal
Author-Name: Swaleha Bano Naqvi
Author-X-Name-First: Swaleha Bano
Author-X-Name-Last: Naqvi
Title: How strategic representations together with geo-political and economic dynamics are mediating the global image of Chinaʻs Belt Road Initiative
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 173-183
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2040179
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Author-Name: Guofu Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Guofu
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Yanzhao Tang
Author-X-Name-First: Yanzhao
Author-X-Name-Last: Tang
Author-Name: Wenyi Shen
Author-X-Name-First: Wenyi
Author-X-Name-Last: Shen
Author-Name: Qingquan Jiang
Author-X-Name-First: Qingquan
Author-X-Name-Last: Jiang
Author-Name: Rui Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Rui
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: Effect of women entrepreneurs’ gender-role orientation on new venture performance in China: the role of organizational legitimacy and obtaining investments
Abstract: 
 The effect of womenʻs gender-role orientation (GRO) on their entrepreneurship remains under-researched. Using a survey conducted with Chinese women entrepreneurs, this study examined the effect of different GRO types on new venture performance through the mediating role of organizational legitimacy. The results revealed that women entrepreneurs with an androgynous GRO have higher new venture performance than others. Additionally, organizational legitimacy played a mediating role in the relationship between women entrepreneursʻ GROs and their new venture performance. When obtaining investments, the level of organizational legitimacy is significantly higher for androgynous GRO women entrepreneurs than that of feminine, masculine, or undifferentiated GROs women entrepreneurs. These findings both theoretically and practically contribute to the extant literature on women entrepreneurs.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 22-48
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2040835
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Author-Name: Antje Fiedler
Author-X-Name-First: Antje
Author-X-Name-Last: Fiedler
Author-Name: Benjamin Fath
Author-X-Name-First: Benjamin
Author-X-Name-Last: Fath
Author-Name: D. Hugh Whittaker
Author-X-Name-First: D. Hugh
Author-X-Name-Last: Whittaker
Author-Name: Marko Garlick
Author-X-Name-First: Marko
Author-X-Name-Last: Garlick
Title: Activating assets of foreignness in compressed developing markets: evidence from New Zealand SMEs entering the Chinese market
Abstract: 
 The methods Western SMEs can use to activate assets of foreignness in compressed developing markets are not well understood. To fill this gap, this study identifies three main mechanisms for such activation: conforming to home-country institutions, creating distancing narratives and accentuating foreignness. It contributes knowledge about SME internationalization into compressed developing markets through two findings. First, SMEs can benefit from contrasting country practices and norms between home and host countries. Second, SMEs can activate institutional resources of their home country, which requires between-market learning because the value of these resources arises from their use in a different context.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 49-71
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2054170
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Author-Name: Yi-Yuan Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Yi-Yuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Peng-Yu Li
Author-X-Name-First: Peng-Yu
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Title: Decisions on subnational locations in China during the early years of WTO membership: evidence from the experience of Taiwanese affiliates
Abstract: 
 Few prior studies have addressed how subnational differences within a country affect a firmʻs decision on location. We propose that two market constraints, product market constraints and factor market constraints reflect subnational differences in emerging markets, such as China. In addition, the effect of the investment experience of business group affiliated firms (BGAFs) has been neglected in prior studies on location. We propose that learning from the investment experience of other BGAFs in a specific subnational location could reduce the negative relationship between decision on a location and the extent to which they invest in it. Our data consists of Taiwanese firms doing business in China during the emergence of the new WTO institution in China.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1-21
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2040180
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Author-Name: Dwi Suhartanto
Author-X-Name-First: Dwi
Author-X-Name-Last: Suhartanto
Author-Name: David Dean
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Dean
Author-Name: Fatya Alty Amalia
Author-X-Name-First: Fatya Alty
Author-X-Name-Last: Amalia
Author-Name: Ni Nyoman Triyuni
Author-X-Name-First: Ni Nyoman
Author-X-Name-Last: Triyuni
Title: Attitude formation towards green products evidence in Indonesia: integrating environment, culture, and religion
Abstract: 
 This study integrates three attitudinal drivers of green consumption attitudes, namely environmental responsibility, cultural responsibility, and religious responsibility. The data was gathered through a questionnaire distributed to 565 respondents of 3 different faiths; Muslims, Christians, and Hindus, who are reportedly consumers of green plastic products in Indonesia. To test the proposed hypotheses, the data was analysed using partial least square modelling. The findings reveal religiosity as playing a key role in influencing green product attitudes, as well as strengthening environmental concerns and environmental knowledge. Further, the data analysis shows insignificant variation of the model relationships across the religious groups.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 94-114
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2082715
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Author-Name: Daniel Del Barrio Alvarez
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel
Author-X-Name-Last: Del Barrio Alvarez
Author-Name: Akiko Sasakawa
Author-X-Name-First: Akiko
Author-X-Name-Last: Sasakawa
Author-Name: Kensuke Yamaguchi
Author-X-Name-First: Kensuke
Author-X-Name-Last: Yamaguchi
Author-Name: Jiyang Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Jiyang
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: Strategic priorities for regional power connectivity in Asia in the overlapping of subregional initiatives and China’s global energy interconnection
Abstract: 
 This study addresses the objectives currently being pursued through regional power connectivity across Asia. The study contributes to the literature on energy regionalism and serves as a basis for further analysis in Asia as new regional power connectivity initiatives are proposed from China, among others. Results reveal the different weights for each of the objectives, highlighting the importance of economic factors. However, we also find that political, technical, social, and environmental goals are considered high priorities. We discuss the importance of balancing all these goals, and how the existence of multiple power connectivity initiatives can contribute to this.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 376-398
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2093528
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Author-Name: Haiyan Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Haiyan
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Filip De Beule
Author-X-Name-First: Filip
Author-X-Name-Last: De Beule
Title: The impact of contextual distance on the investment locations of Chinese multinationals in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative
Abstract: 
 This study has investigated the impact of contextual distance between home and host countries on the location choice of Chinese multinational enterprises in Asia and Europe, with special attention to the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Through our analysis, we have extended existing IB research of contextual distance to include some new dimensions, such as the policy alignment between home and host countries, existence of home country’s business networks, ethnic communities, and language and cultural institutions in host countries, as well as their historical links. The effects of these factors are also contrasted by the ownership attributes of investing firms, i.e. Chinese SOEs and POEs, to detect the importance of firm-level factor in influencing the effect of contextual distance. The analysis of 4437 Chinese greenfield investment projects between 2003 and 2019 in Europe and Asia – based on a conditional logit model – provided support but also qualified some of our hypotheses, which constitute our main contribution to the theoretical and empirical literature on the location choice of Chinese multinational enterprises in general and on Chinese investment along the Belt and Road (B&R) in particular.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 220-250
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2093524
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Author-Name: Pál Nyiri
Author-X-Name-First: Pál
Author-X-Name-Last: Nyiri
Author-Name: Nana de Graaff
Author-X-Name-First: Nana
Author-X-Name-Last: de Graaff
Author-Name: Agnieszka McCaleb
Author-X-Name-First: Agnieszka
Author-X-Name-Last: McCaleb
Author-Name: Ágnes Szunomár
Author-X-Name-First: Ágnes
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Author-Name: Michiel Verver
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Author-Name: Sierk Ybema
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Title: ‘Truly a European company’: a Chinese auto maker’s strategies of Europeanization
Abstract: 
 Research on international business presents ‘liability of foreignness’ as a key factor in a Multinational Enterprise’s (MNE’s) operations, but it has not addressed ‘foreignness’ as a complex and dynamic phenomenon. Adopting an identity work perspective, this article examines ‘foreignness’ as social construct, studying how a Chinese MNE manoeuvres the local economic and political contexts. We also shift the focus from ‘liability of foreignness’ to ‘liability of origin’, as elements associated with the home country can also implicate liability. We discuss the market entry of a private Chinese manufacturing company in Hungary and the Netherlands as a proxy for Europeanization, analysing regional and local strategies pursued by the company in organizing its business and representing its corporate identity when dealing with divergent European contexts.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 300-321
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2093535
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Author-Name: Amitendu Palit
Author-X-Name-First: Amitendu
Author-X-Name-Last: Palit
Author-Name: Preety Bhogal
Author-X-Name-First: Preety
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhogal
Title: Fighting monopolies: the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, India, and the competition for the marketplace of international development
Abstract: 
 Employing insights provided by the theory of monopolistic markets in economics and Great Power behaviour in the discipline of international relations, this paper aims to provide an alternative understanding of India’s refusal to join the BRI beyond the immediate bilateral security, domestic politics, and economic considerations in Sino-Indian relations. We argue that BRI is an effort by China to position itself as the leading firm in the market for international development – a space for long dominated by Western development providers. The paper argues that India’s efforts to contest the BRI can be seen as a natural outcome of other rising powers resisting China’s efforts to monopolize the development market. In doing so, it provides a template of why rising powers compete with each other in providing developmental aid even when cooperation may create mutual benefits.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 350-375
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2093536
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Author-Name: Maria Altamira
Author-X-Name-First: Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Altamira
Author-Name: Gaston Fornes
Author-X-Name-First: Gaston
Author-X-Name-Last: Fornes
Author-Name: Alvaro Mendez
Author-X-Name-First: Alvaro
Author-X-Name-Last: Mendez
Title: Chinese institutions and international expansion within the Belt and Road Initiative: firm capabilities of Chinese companies in the European Union
Abstract: 
 Framed within Institutional Theory and the Resource-Based View of the firm this article seeks to understand how the development of Chinese firms’ capabilities expanding its operations within the Belt and Road Initiative in the European Union, is influenced by two distinctive home institutions; (i) the support from the state, and (ii) the pervasive reliance on personal relationships (guanxi); and how far these capabilities contribute to the success of Chinese firms in the BRI. The study adopts a Narrative Inquiry strategy and a qualitative narrative analysis of 20 narratives from managers from three different types of Chinese firms. The main finding of the study is the understanding of the development and application of two capabilities that are relevant to the Chinese context, the adaptive capability and the resource bridging capability.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 251-273
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 03
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2093520
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Author-Name: Philippe De Lombaerde
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe
Author-X-Name-Last: De Lombaerde
Author-Name: Kairat Moldashev
Author-X-Name-First: Kairat
Author-X-Name-Last: Moldashev
Author-Name: Ikboljon Qoraboyev
Author-X-Name-First: Ikboljon
Author-X-Name-Last: Qoraboyev
Author-Name: Servaas Taghon
Author-X-Name-First: Servaas
Author-X-Name-Last: Taghon
Title: Strategic responses of regional economic organizations to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative: the cases of ASEAN, EAEU, and EU
Abstract: 
 The aim of this paper is to undertake a systematic comparative analysis of how regional economic organizations (REOs) in the wider Eurasian region have strategically responded to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. The theoretical framework is based on the external actorness literature, comparative regionalism, and foreign policy analysis. The analysis links the distinctive features of the REOs to the shape and impact of their strategic responses to the Belt and Road Initiative. At the same time, it shows the extent to which REOs play a functional role vis-à-vis their member states and large firms in a macro-regional strategic context.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 399-419
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 03
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Author-Name: Filip De Beule
Author-X-Name-First: Filip
Author-X-Name-Last: De Beule
Author-Name: Philippe De Lombaerde
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Author-Name: Haiyan Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Haiyan
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative: strategic responses of governments and multinational companies
Abstract: 
 This introductory article to this special issue presents a brief review of the emerging literature on the strategic responses of multinational companies, governments and regional economic organizations towards the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. It also shows how the articles included in this special issue speak to the literature and how they add to our understanding of the implications of this geo-economic and geo-political mega-project for businesses and public policy actors.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 209-219
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 03
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Author-Name: Anna Maria Dzienis
Author-X-Name-First: Anna Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Dzienis
Author-Name: Agnieszka McCaleb
Author-X-Name-First: Agnieszka
Author-X-Name-Last: McCaleb
Title: Motives behind Sino-Japanese strategic alliances in the new energy vehicles sector in the age of the Belt and Road Initiative
Abstract: 
 Several Chinese companies have emerged as global competitors in the non-traditional automotive industry and have become attractive partners for foreign firms in high-technology development. To identify the motives behind such strategic partnerships in the new energy vehicle industry, we combine dynamic capabilities with institutional factors of both national and emerging regional levels generated by the Belt and Road Initiative. Case studies of BYD, SinoHytec, Hino, and Toyota’s joint ventures reveal that besides pursuing complementary technology, firms are being pushed into NEV production by government policies targeting carbon neutrality while strategic alliances with Chinese companies may yield facilitated access to BRI projects.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 274-299
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 03
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Author-Name: Katarzyna Czerewacz-Filipowicz
Author-X-Name-First: Katarzyna
Author-X-Name-Last: Czerewacz-Filipowicz
Title: Will COVID-19 bury dreams of some overland routes of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative?
Abstract: 
 The presented research identifies and assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of three selected overland rail routes of the Belt and Road Initiative. The three, running through Poland, are as follows: (1) Podlaskie province, (2) Terespol, and (3) Hrubieszów. Each of the selected rail routes represents a different variant of logistic, geopolitical, and technological conditioning characterizing particular rail routes of the BRI. The research aims to gain new knowledge and identify factors influencing the BRI rail routes in the COVID-19 era, using the developed methodology based on the modified STEEPVLL and SWOT analysis.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 322-349
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 03
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Author-Name: Fangmiao Zou
Author-X-Name-First: Fangmiao
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Title: The ‘new trinity’ reform of labour markets in Japan
Abstract: 
 This paper discusses the ‘new trinity’ reform of labour markets proposed in 2023, which is an integral part of Japan’s New Form of Capitalism. After providing an overview of the reform’s three components – reskilling/upskilling, inter-company mobility, and job-based employment – it discusses how the reform may contribute to reduction of labour shortages, skill shortages, and inequality among workers. It then assesses challenges to this reform, ways to overcome these challenges, and how Japan may hold answers for other countries facing similar labour market problems.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 577-595
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320550
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Author-Name: Tokutaro Nakai
Author-X-Name-First: Tokutaro
Author-X-Name-Last: Nakai
Title: Japan’s triple sustainability challenge
Abstract: 
 Starting with a broad overview of the need for urgent action concerning climate change globally, this paper then reviews the evolution of environmental policy in Japan up to and including green transformation (GX) measures taken under the Kishida administration, and an assessment of the changes still needed to achieve sustainability in Japan. An integrated approach has been adopted in Japan, encompassing the environment, the economy, and society, to achieve three transitions: first, to a de-carbonized society; second, to a circular economy; and third, to a ‘nature-positive’, decentralized society which co-exists with nature. This approach was signalled in the Regional Circular and Ecological concept in the Fifth Environmental Basic Plan of 2018, building on extensive discussions within the Ministry of Environment and with other ministries from 2014, in the wake of the 2011 triple earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 499-513
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320541
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Author-Name: Sébastien Lechevalier
Author-X-Name-First: Sébastien
Author-X-Name-Last: Lechevalier
Title: Society 5.0 and new capitalism: complementarities and contradictions
Abstract: 
 In a context of proliferation of concepts proposed by the Japanese government and major other stakeholders, this paper aims at determining whether it is the sign of an intellectual and political dynamism that would prepare the emergence of a new model or the symptom of a loss of bearings after years of neoliberalism. More precisely, it focuses on the relations between the Society 5.0 vision and the ‘new/sustainable’ capitalism one. In mobilizing the Régulation theory framework and a non-Schumpeterian approach to innovation, it put into their institutional context several reports that are advocating these visions. Our major conclusion is that, despite some conceptual similarities, several contradictions and dissonance between these visions are major impediments to the development of a new model. What is required is more coherent policies as well as the inclusion of a broader set of stakeholders to define the goals and the path of the reform.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 467-484
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320538
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Author-Name: Nobuo Akai
Author-X-Name-First: Nobuo
Author-X-Name-Last: Akai
Title: Evidence-based policy making in Japan’s public expenditure: compatibility of fiscal health and investing for the future
Abstract: 
 This article focuses on the introduction of evidence-based policy making (EBPM) in Japan, especially in the context of the Kishida administration’s Grand Design and Action Plan for a New Form of Capitalism. First, the introduction and current situation of EBPM in Japan is summarized. It, consists of three allows: key performance indicators (KPIs), policy evaluation, and administrative project review. These are evaluated and briefly compared to EBPM in the US and UK. Next, investment and expenditure for green transformation proposed in the Grand Design is assessed from the perspective of EBPM, pointing to potential pitfalls and what must be done to ensure wise use of public resources for economic growth and sustainability in the future in Japan. This may serve as a reference for other countries.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 514-527
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320543
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Author-Name: Hiromi M. Yokoyama
Author-X-Name-First: Hiromi M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Yokoyama
Author-Name: Yuko Ikkatai
Author-X-Name-First: Yuko
Author-X-Name-Last: Ikkatai
Author-Name: Euan McKay
Author-X-Name-First: Euan
Author-X-Name-Last: McKay
Author-Name: Atsushi Inoue
Author-X-Name-First: Atsushi
Author-X-Name-Last: Inoue
Author-Name: Azusa Minamizaki
Author-X-Name-First: Azusa
Author-X-Name-Last: Minamizaki
Author-Name: Kei Kano
Author-X-Name-First: Kei
Author-X-Name-Last: Kano
Title: Can affirmative action overcome STEM gender inequality in Japan? Expectations and concerns
Abstract: 
 Compounding skill shortages from Japan’s shrinking and ageing workforce is low female participation in research and science-related areas. Why do so few women choose to work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)? Previous research suggests the influence of gendered images of STEM fields, but do these apply to Japan, and if so, how? We introduce multiple studies that shed light on gendered images and elucidate the roles of those who affect women’s choices and women’s own attitudes. Our findings further suggest that a social climate of inequality affects the gendered images of STEM fields. Finally, we offer a critique of recent quota-based systems for increasing women’s STEM participation in Japan.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 543-559
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320547
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Author-Name: Tateo Arimoto
Author-X-Name-First: Tateo
Author-X-Name-Last: Arimoto
Title: The transformation of science, technology and innovation (STI) policy in Japan
Abstract: 
 This note sketches the evolution and growing centrality of Japan’s science, technology and innovation (STI) policy over the past quarter century, from the Basic Law on Science and Technology in 1995 to the new Science, Technology and Innovation Basic Law in 2020. It highlights: the shift from a primary emphasis on economic value and competitiveness to encompass social needs, resilience and sustainability; the growing importance of mission-oriented innovation policy (MOIP); the consequent need for new coordination mechanisms across government and at different levels, from local to international; the need for continuous evaluation and adjustment mechanisms as opposed to post-project/programme evaluation; and the need for human resources for these. The Strategic Innovation Programme (SIP) Automated Driving Project is described as a pioneering model of cross-ministerial MOIP, and key challenges for the forthcoming 7th STI Basic Plan (2026–30) are identified.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 485-498
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320539
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Author-Name: John Buchanan
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Buchanan
Author-Name: Simon Deakin
Author-X-Name-First: Simon
Author-X-Name-Last: Deakin
Title: Has Japan’s corporate governance reform reached a turning point? Some cautionary notes
Abstract: 
 Japan has identified corporate governance as an important element in its attempt to reform its economic system. A combination of political will and sustained implementation by civil servants has produced a corporate governance code and associated mechanisms to sustain and refine the changes that have been introduced in order to raise corporate profitability and stimulate the whole national economy. Meanwhile, the direction of reform has shifted from an initially principles-based approach towards an increasingly proscriptive, rules-based one, favouring the interests of investors over those of other stakeholders. Whether this will achieve the desired results is increasingly being questioned within Japan and runs counter to experience from markets where shareholder primacy already prevails. Japan’s own prior experience of trying to transplant laws and institutions from these markets suggests a need for caution.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 433-450
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320535
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Author-Name: Harald Kümmerle
Author-X-Name-First: Harald
Author-X-Name-Last: Kümmerle
Author-Name: Franz Waldenberger
Author-X-Name-First: Franz
Author-X-Name-Last: Waldenberger
Title: Japan’s ‘consensual’ variety of digital capitalism and its global relevance
Abstract: 
 Data regulation has been framed as a global battle between the market-driven US, the state-driven Chinese, and the rights-driven EU models. We argue that Japan is pursuing a distinct fourth, consensus-driven approach. It is based on soft regulation and aims at striking a balance between privacy concerns and commercial and public interests in the usage of data. The concept of consensus is deeply rooted in Japan’s legal tradition. Its application to data regulation is apparent in the domestic certification scheme for information banks and the international initiative ‘Data Free Flow with Trust’. We also show that Japan’s COVID-19 countermeasures relied on data strategies fully compatible with its consensual regulatory model. By combining rights-driven and market-driven aspects, Japan can potentially mediate between the EU and the US regimes. Japan’s approach also offers an attractive alternative for countries that do not want to pick a side in the Sino-American competition.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 596-612
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320553
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Author-Name: D. Hugh Whittaker
Author-X-Name-First: D. Hugh
Author-X-Name-Last: Whittaker
Author-Name: Yoshifumi Nakata
Author-X-Name-First: Yoshifumi
Author-X-Name-Last: Nakata
Title: Reforming Japanese capitalism: introduction
Abstract: 
 Is Japan creating a new economic model through digital and green transformation which will overcome its ‘lost decades’ lethargy and demographic challenges? Do Society 5.0, DX, GX, ‘new/sustainable capitalism’, Digital Garden City Nation and other initiatives represent a well-intentioned mish-mash, or something new and potentially coherent which other countries should take notice of? These questions animated a conference held in Oxford in February 2023, and subsequently informed the 11 articles in this special issue by European and Japanese academics and policy makers. The collection identifies tensions and contradictions but also significant changes in in corporate governance, innovation, public policy and human resources, which may point to a new direction for Japanese capitalism.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 421-432
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320533
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Author-Name: Yoshifumi Nakata
Author-X-Name-First: Yoshifumi
Author-X-Name-Last: Nakata
Title: Remedying Japan’s deficient investment in people
Abstract: 
 This paper asks if there is deficiency of investment in people in Japan. To answer this question we examine comparative and historical data, as well as the reasons behind the data. We then look at public policies of recent administrations, particularly the Kishida administration, since one of its core policy agendas is ‘investment in people’. We find that there is a deficiency of investment in people, by governments, companies and people themselves, for a variety of reasons, and that the Kishida administration has to date only proposed temporary measures without long term solutions. The paper concludes with policy implications and some proposals for additional action.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 560-576
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320549
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Author-Name: Nobuko Nagase
Author-X-Name-First: Nobuko
Author-X-Name-Last: Nagase
Title: Much to be done in Japan’s family and gender equality policies
Abstract: 
 Prime Minister Kishida’s ‘unprecedented’ measures to counter declining births in Japan include increasing youth incomes, extending childcare leave entitlement and employee social insurance entitlement to precarious workers, and targeting 50% of fathers to take childcare leave by 2025 by increasing the childcare allowance to 80% of salary. He also proposed reskilling opportunities, and mandating firms to disclose their gender wage gap and gender managerial gap. However, reform should also make fundamental changes to Japanese employment practices and the Employee Social Insurance Scheme which is based on a breadwinner-housewife model. Unless the government explicitly moves towards a worker-carer model, the gender wage gap will stay high, and hinder marriage and births, since double income is seen as a must among younger generation. Fundamental change should be in line with the new attitudes of young non-married males and females.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 528-542
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320546
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Author-Name: D. Hugh Whittaker
Author-X-Name-First: D. Hugh
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Title: Japan’s quest for a sustainable, virtuous circle of growth and innovation
Abstract: 
 Large Japanese corporations which have accumulated substantial reserves are now under pressure to spend them, but on what, or on whom? Should they increase their (domestic) capital and R&D expenditure, which languished between 2000 and 2020; or invest more in their employees, whose wages have stagnated; or increase their shareholder returns, which have already surged; or raise executive remuneration closer to overseas counterparts? This article examines tensions in recent developments in Japan’s political economy, from Society 5.0 to Kishida’s ‘new form of capitalism’ and Keidanren’s ‘rebuilding the middle class’, from the perspective of these dilemmas.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 451-466
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2024.2320537
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Author-Name: Gulnoza Ibadullaeva
Author-X-Name-First: Gulnoza
Author-X-Name-Last: Ibadullaeva
Title: People centric innovation ecosystem
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 857-860
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2287914
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Author-Name: Hong Liu
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Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Jeremy Goh
Author-X-Name-First: Jeremy
Author-X-Name-Last: Goh
Title: Emerging business transnationalism in Singapore and China: governance, networks, and strategies
Abstract: 
 Against the backdrop of a rising China and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there has been increasing interest in the governance models and strategies of ethnic Chinese businesses. Taking this growing literature a step further and seeking to transcend dominant paradigms of businesses and entrepreneurship derived mostly from the Western experiences, this article critically re-evaluates the role of ethnicity and culture in the governance models, behaviour, and networks of transnational Chinese businesses based in Singapore, with operations in Southeast Asia and China. We argue that while ethnicity and culture remain as a significant factor in shaping transnational Chinese business, Chinese companies in Southeast Asia have adopted new corporate governing models and strategies in their engagement with China markets at the time of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This article adds nuance to the international business and management literature by arguing that the corporate governance, management, and strategies of Chinese companies should not be perceived via a binary perspective, either converging towards or diverging from Western models of businesses and relying solely on ethnicity and culture.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 640-666
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2136232
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Author-Name: Anne Cox
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: The development of human resource management in Vietnam: a systematic review post-1980s
Abstract: 
 
This study reviews research on human resource management (HRM) in the state, foreign invested and private sectors over the last four decades in Vietnam as it emerged into an increasingly important economic powerhouse. This has two purposes: reviewing and synthesizing the extant literature into key themes and outlining avenues for future research. Nine salient themes emerge and shows diversity in Vietnamese HRM systems. HRM system change in the state sector has had limited results. The transfer of HRM practices is prominent in multinational companies (MNCs) originating from developed countries, but lacking in MNCs from emerging economies. The private sector has realized the importance of formal HRM and attempted to implement policies. Further research is necessary to advance the literature and fill in research gaps.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 764-781
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2146294
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Author-Name: Sehoon Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Sehoon
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: Strategic orientation, innovation, and the effects of entrepreneurial support mechanism in SMEs in South Korea: an application of subject-mechanism-performance congruence model
Abstract: 
 This study investigates the causal relationships among strategic orientation, innovation, and entrepreneurial support mechanisms. Strategic orientation is significant for innovation, and support mechanisms are organizational processes that mediate the innovation generating path. This study hypothesizes that the support mechanism consists of Culture, Structure, Reward, and Procedure and advances the existing theory, exemplifying an SMP (subject-mechanism-performance) framework based on empirical data collected through a national survey for 3,085 SMEs in South Korea. The findings suggest that strategic orientation affects innovation, and tangible interventions such as Procedure, Reward, and Structure might be differently applied from Culture to nurture innovative outcomes of SMEs.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 613-639
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2134966
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Author-Name: Jocelyn Meiwei Koh
Author-X-Name-First: Jocelyn Meiwei
Author-X-Name-Last: Koh
Author-Name: Yuan Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Yuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: Hierarchical business value of post-adoption cross-border e-commerce assimilation towards innovation performance: evidence from Malaysian manufacturing SMEs
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The growing importance of the post-adoption phase of cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) assimilation for various purposes in the innovation process, leading to innovative performance, is researched. This study leverages a routine-based absorptive capacity framework, added to uncover the hierarchical benefits of innovation in CBEC assimilation. A Partial Least Square path model is used to examine the proposed model and structural associations. We used a survey method to collect data from 281 Malaysian manufacturing SMEs. The findings indicate a link between CBEC assimilation and internal innovation benefit that has positive significance in product and process innovation, while external innovation benefits in product innovation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 782-807
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2147788
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Author-Name: Yuko Inada
Author-X-Name-First: Yuko
Author-X-Name-Last: Inada
Title: Entrepreneurship education: scholarly progress and future challenges
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 854-857
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2223827
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Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Professor Gordon Redding, 20 May 1937–17 February 2024
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 867-869
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
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Author-Name: Sijia Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Sijia
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: Foreign female English teachers in Japanese higher education: narratives from our quarter
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 850-854
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2148384
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Author-Name: Chih-Jou Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Chih-Jou
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Pei-Hsuan Tsai
Author-X-Name-First: Pei-Hsuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Tsai
Author-Name: Ju-Chuan Wu
Author-X-Name-First: Ju-Chuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu
Title: The impacts of transformational leadership on emotional labour in Taiwanese private nonprofit long-term care institutions: the mediating role of psychological contract
Abstract: 
 Few studies have empirically tested the argument by psychological contract theory regarding ‘supervisors as the makers of employees’ psychological contracts’. To bridge this gap, this research was conducted on the impact of transformational leadership on relational and transactional psychological contracts, associated the emotional labour coping strategies to develop a research model, and investigated the mediating impacts of relational and transactional psychological contracts to validate the theoretical model. The hypotheses proposed in this study were tested through SEM with AMOS 22.0 software, which was also applied to the data collected from 236 nursing staff in 60 private, nonprofit long-term care institutions in Taiwan. As a result, transformational leadership was proven to have direct and opposite effects on the fulfilment of both relational and transactional psychological contracts. The fulfilment of relational and transactional psychological contracts had direct and opposite effects on deep and surface acting. Following that, the transactional and relational psychological contracts fully and negatively mediated the impacts of transformational leadership and surface acting, while the relational and transactional psychological contracts partially and positively mediated the influences of transformational leadership and deep acting. This study has important managerial implications for human resource management in the long-term care industry and institutions.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 691-732
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2141950
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Author-Name: Jacky Hong
Author-X-Name-First: Jacky
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong
Author-Name: Xi Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Xi
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Author-Name: Robin Snell
Author-X-Name-First: Robin
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Title: Making sense out of almost nothing: entrepreneurial sensemaking and innovation in a Chinese biotechnology startup
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 Until recently, studies of sensemaking typically focused on seasoned practitioners, and there is limited understanding about how sensemaking takes place in start-ups that are run by novice entrepreneurs. Drawing on a case study of a biotechnology firm in China, we investigate how three novice entrepreneurs were able to transcend liabilities of newness and smallness by drawing on guidance from internal and external stakeholders. We develop a grounded model of entrepreneurial sensemaking through three distinctive phases of collective improvisation, collaborative selection, and iterative refinements.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 733-763
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
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Author-Name: Sijia Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Sijia
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: Beyond the gender gap in Japan
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 860-866
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
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Author-Name: Martin Hemmert
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hemmert
Author-Name: Adam R. Cross
Author-X-Name-First: Adam R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cross
Author-Name: Ying Cheng
Author-X-Name-First: Ying
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng
Author-Name: Jae-Jin Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Jae-Jin
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Masahiro Kotosaka
Author-X-Name-First: Masahiro
Author-X-Name-Last: Kotosaka
Author-Name: Franz Waldenberger
Author-X-Name-First: Franz
Author-X-Name-Last: Waldenberger
Author-Name: Leven J. Zheng
Author-X-Name-First: Leven J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Zheng
Title: The influence of founders’ human capital on the performance of new technology-based firms in China, South Korea and Japan: an exploratory study
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 Western-based research suggests a modest influence of founders’ human capital on the business performance of new technology-based firms (NTBFs). Our exploratory, longitudinal study of 40 NTBFs in China, South Korea and Japan reveals that the human capital of their founders helps them to acquire executive talent, finance and customers, and thereby strongly enhances business performance. Furthermore, we find that East Asian NTBF founders leverage their human capital through networks with former colleagues and business partners in order to access key resources. These findings can be explained by cultural background factors such as social stratification and relational orientation.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 808-832
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2151711
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Author-Name: C. Min Han
Author-X-Name-First: C. Min
Author-X-Name-Last: Han
Author-Name: Hyojin Nam
Author-X-Name-First: Hyojin
Author-X-Name-Last: Nam
Author-Name: Sun Thit Waddi
Author-X-Name-First: Sun Thit
Author-X-Name-Last: Waddi
Title: Corporate philanthropy by foreign multinationals in developing countries in Asia: do local consumers truly matter?
Abstract: 
 This study examines the underexplored issue of whether or not activities of corporate philanthropy (CP) by foreign multinationals, which have been shown to positively influence global stakeholders, can also influence local consumers in developing countries in Asia. We survey how consumers in Myanmar and Vietnam perceive Chinese and Korean multinationals and their CP activities. The results indicate that CP has a fairly limited influence on purchase intentions of local consumers in these markets. The study found only indirect effects through corporate image for firms from China (unfavourable origin), However, neither direct nor indirect effects on purchase intentions were observed for Korean firms (favourable origin). Our findings suggest that, unlike in developed countries, local consumers may not be key stakeholders to consider in planning corporate-sponsored philanthropic activities in developing Asia.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 667-690
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2139949
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Author-Name: Thang Ngoc Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Thang Ngoc
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Gary N. McLean
Author-X-Name-First: Gary N.
Author-X-Name-Last: McLean
Author-Name: Huong Thi Thu Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Huong Thi Thu
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Author-Name: Thanh Xuan Nguyen
Author-X-Name-First: Thanh Xuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Nguyen
Title: Top management support, green training and organization’s environmental performance: the electric power sector in Vietnam
Abstract: 
 We developed a research model to explore the direct and indirect influences of top management support of an organization’s environmental performance in the Vietnamese electric power sector. Results from a survey of 203 senior managers were used to test the hypotheses. The analysis showed that top management support directly influenced both green training and environmental performance. The results also provided evidence for the mediating effect of green training on the link between top management support and environmental performance. The implications of the results for theory and practice are discussed. We concluded with limitations and suggestions for future research.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 833-849
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2162267
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Author-Name: Tim G. Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Tim G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Author-Name: Khongphu Nimanandh
Author-X-Name-First: Khongphu
Author-X-Name-Last: Nimanandh
Author-Name: Chris Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Author-Name: Khin Thi Htun
Author-X-Name-First: Khin Thi
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Author-Name: Kunsiree Kowsuvon
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Title: Implementing global corporate social responsibility locally: the example of multinational enterprises and international joint ventures in Myanmar
Abstract: 
 Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an ever more important and increasingly high profile, visible and commented on part of business operations. This is especially so for multinational enterprises (MNEs) seeking practice adherence to global CSR policy when operating international joint ventures (IJVs). In this context we look at the example of land grabbing, a pervasive commercial norm across parts of Asia. It is essential to understand both the sources and mechanics of this practice as well as its costs. To date, however, knowledge remains limited to depictions of ‘exploitative’ Western MNEs, with little accounting for the key moderating influence of local stakeholders. The role and practices of local partners in IJVs has been largely ignored. Addressing this we extend our knowledge of MNE engagement through understanding the domestic partner’s land grabbing practices in an in-depth study of IJVs in Myanmar. Juxtaposing this data with our own experiential data from across emerging South East Asia, we develop a typology of land grabbing engagement comprising ‘obliviousness’, ‘passive collusion’, ‘blind-eye facilitation’ and ‘on-brand’ engagement. Implications for how we understand the management of MNE ‘foreignness’ at the intersection of CSR implementation, IJV management and corporate reputation protection in emerging Asia Pacific countries, are then presented.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 982-994
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2239736
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Author-Name: Yanli Fu
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Author-X-Name-Last: Fu
Title: A corpus-based analysis of discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative: Corpora and the Belt and Road Initiative,
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1028-1030
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Christopher Selvarajah
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Selvarajah
Author-Name: Suku Sukunesan
Author-X-Name-First: Suku
Author-X-Name-Last: Sukunesan
Author-Name: Denny Meyer
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Author-X-Name-Last: Meyer
Title: Three-tier SME internationalization process model: a Vietnam study on the relationship between managerial capacity, innovation strategies and technological and innovation leadership
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 Drawing on the strategic capacity-building perspective, we examine the mediating roles of three innovation strategies, i.e. export formalization, foreign business networking, and proactive competitiveness between managerial capacity and technological and innovation leadership in SME internationalization. Employing a sample of 900 Vietnamese SMEs, we found support for a three-staged internationalization process models allowing for SMEs that export, SMEs with plans to export, and SMEs with no-plans to export. With the identification of the three SME stages, the emphasis on the internationalization process shifts from export performance perspectives to leadership, and this shift has theoretical and practical implications for current knowledge about the SME internationalization process.
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Pages: 924-955
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Volume: 30
Year: 2024
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Author-Name: Min Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Min
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Jeong-Ho Jeon
Author-X-Name-First: Jeong-Ho
Author-X-Name-Last: Jeon
Author-Name: Jun-Hyuk Lee
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Title: Core job resources to improve employee engagement in China: the role of work-life balance, autonomy and expertise
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 This study expanded the previous studies that revealed the relationship between job autonomy and employee engagement, and examined the mediating effect of work-life balance and the moderating effect of employee expertise in Chinese workplace. We collected research data using online survey on employees of Fortune 500 companies in China, and analysed the data. As a result of analysing the research data, we found that there was a mediating effect of work-life balance and a moderating effect of employee expertise. Based on these research results, we presented the implications of this study and discussed the limitations.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 995-1019
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
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Author-Name: Wenyu Dou
Author-X-Name-First: Wenyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Dou
Author-Name: Jintao Wu
Author-X-Name-First: Jintao
Author-X-Name-Last: Wu
Author-Name: Ming Yan
Author-X-Name-First: Ming
Author-X-Name-Last: Yan
Author-Name: Junyi Tang
Author-X-Name-First: Junyi
Author-X-Name-Last: Tang
Title: Impact of influencers’ influencing strategy on follower outcomes: evidence from China
Abstract: 
 As firms today have an increased demand for concrete sales outcomes in influencer marketing campaigns, influencers must be strategic and proactive to ensure campaign success. Integrating the relevant literature on influencer marketing and political communications, this study investigates how the strategic presentation of desirable qualities by influencers can affect followers’ affinity as well as purchase intentions for sponsored brands. Survey data were collected from a matched sample of 50 lifestyle influencers and 1,749 fans on China’s Top Social Shopping Review Platform (Red). Our hierarchical linear modelling (HLM) analysis shows that a deliberate influencing strategy adopted by influencers positively affects parasocial relationships with fans, leading to favourable sales outcomes. This relationship is moderated by similarity in communication styles between influencers and fans. HLM analysis also reveals significant heterogeneity among influencers in the same domain. Implications for influencer marketing and management are discussed.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 956-981
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
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Month: 10
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Author-Name: Keith Jackson
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Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Choosing textbooks for business and management education in Japan: buy, create, or translate?
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1020-1027
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Volume: 30
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Author-Name: Elaine Borazon
Author-X-Name-First: Elaine
Author-X-Name-Last: Borazon
Author-Name: Jen-Ming Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Jen-Ming
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Fevzi Okumus
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Title: Human capital, growth, and competitiveness of Philippine MSMEs: the mediating role of social capital
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Based on the human capital and social capital theories, this study aims to explore how micro, small and medium enterprises utilize strategic resources to drive growth and competitiveness. Data were collected from 309 micro, small, and medium restaurant owners and managers and two-stage structural equation modelling was conducted to test the hypothesized relationships. The research findings show that the entrepreneur’s/manager’s age and years of work experience are related to firm growth while the entrepreneur’s age is related to firm competitiveness. Accordingly, social capital is directly related to firm growth and competitiveness. Moreover, social capital plays a mediating role in the effect of human capital on firm growth and competitiveness. The study contributes to extant knowledge by extending human capital and social capital theory as well as firm growth and competitiveness literature in the field.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
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Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Ngwenya Sibonginkosi Bryleen
Author-X-Name-First: Ngwenya Sibonginkosi
Author-X-Name-Last: Bryleen
Title: Father–daughter succession in family business: a cross-cultural perspective
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 1030-1033
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2023.2195225
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Author-Name: Quan Hoang Nguyen Tran
Author-X-Name-First: Quan Hoang Nguyen
Author-X-Name-Last: Tran
Author-Name: Krista Jaakson
Author-X-Name-First: Krista
Author-X-Name-Last: Jaakson
Author-Name: Maaja Vadi
Author-X-Name-First: Maaja
Author-X-Name-Last: Vadi
Title: Universal task and two faces of relationship orientation: a novel scale to measure organizational culture in Vietnam
Abstract: 
 The present study proposed a novel scale for assessing the perception of organizational culture (pOC_TSU) for Vietnam employees. Following a step-wise mixed methods research with 52 interviews, experts’ evaluations, and a survey of 329 working adults in four organizations in different sectors, the final scale comprises task orientation (8 items), unity orientation (3 items), and status orientation (3 items). Among the existing organizational culture scales, the latter two are unique. The present study furthers our understanding of workplace relationships in the Confucian socialist country and how these influence the perception of organizational culture.
Journal: Asia Pacific Business Review
Pages: 871-893
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2024
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2152675
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