Asian management matters : regional relevance and global impact / editors, Chung-Ming Lau ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lau, Chung-Ming.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial management--Asia.

Industrial management.

Corporate culture--Asia.

Corporate culture.

Organizational behavior--Asia.

Organizational behavior.

Strategic planning--Asia.

Strategic planning.

Personnel management--Asia.

Personnel management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (443 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the increasing globalisation of business, Asia has much to teach and to learn in the areas of management theory, research and education. The relevance and impact of Asian business practices are scrutinized in this volume which presents chapters written by international scholars on issues such as strategic management, organisational behavior, the performance of multinationals, foreign investments and human resource management. Advances in these areas within an Asian context can make a global contribution to the research on management theory.This volume consists of the principal contributio

Contents:

Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Editors; PART I ASIAN CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT; 1. Social Face and Open-Mindedness: Constructive Conflict in Asia; Abstract; Social Face and Conflict; Social Face in Cooperation and Competition; Asian Context; Research Methods in China; Interviews; Experiments; Results; Discussion; Practical Implications; References; 2. Developing a ""Confucian"" Model of the Foreign Direct Investment Location Decision in Asia; Abstract; A NETWORK APPROACH TO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; NEW FACTORS TO CONSIDER; A CONFUCIAN FRAMEWORK FOR ASIAN BUSINESS PRACTICES:

A TENTATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR A ""CONFUCIAN"" MODEL OF FDIREFERENCES; 3. A Chinese Work-Related Value System; Abstract; Introduction; A Model of Chinese Work-related Values; Direction of effort; Intensity of effort; Persistence of effort; Strategy of effort; A Comparison of Hong Kong and Taiwan College Students; Measurement; Findings; Discussion and Implications; References; 4. Cultural Relativity of Employee Motivation: When West Meets East; The Rise of Asia; A Dragon Yet to Fly; Cultural Relativity of Motivation Concepts; Psychological and Cross-Cultural Models of Motivation

Chinese Social Motivation Versus Western Individual-Based MotivationDiscussion and Conclusion; References; PART II GLOBALIZATION OF ASIAN FIRMS; 5. Multinationality and Performance in Japanese Firms; Abstract; Hypothesis Development; Proprietary Assets and Multinationality; Multinationality and Firm Performance; Proprietary Assets and Firm Performance; Methodology; Sample; Variables; Results; Discussion and conclusion; References; 6. The Impact of Collaborative Know-how on Ownership Choice for Japanese Affiliates in the United States; ABSTRACT; COLLABORATIVE KNOW-HOW AND ENTRY MODE CHOICES

HYPOTHESESLearning from direct experience; Learning from imitation; Control Variables; METHODS; Sample and Model; Independent Variables; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 7. The Strategy and Performance of Hong Kong and Taiwanese Textile and Clothes Firms in China; Abstract; Introduction; Market Orientation as Strategic Group; Methodology; Sample; Choice of strategic dimensions; The Results; Conclusion; References; 8. Evolving International R&D Linkages in the Japanese MNCs; Abstract; Introduction; Analytical Framework; Strategic linkages in international R&D as an under-explored issue

Typology of strategic linkagesData and Method; An Evolutionary Framework of Strategic Linkage Mechanisms; Evolving stages of R&D internationalization; Linkage mechanisms vary according to the evolving stages of R&D internationalization.; 4. Conclusions; REFERENCES; 9. Asymmetric Governance Structures of International Joint Ventures: Structural Determinants and Decision Flexibility; Introduction; The Formation of Governance Structure in IJVs; The Determinants of Asymmetric Governance Structure; Environmental Context; Resource Content; Value-chain Configuration; Empirical Evidence

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781848160149

1848160143