Asia Pacific Business Review

1996 - 2024

Current editor(s): Professor Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner

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Volume 15, issue 4, 2009

Business goals for a new world order: beyond growth, greed and quarterly results pp. 481-488

Geert Hofstede

Changing patterns of rewards in Asia: a literature review pp. 489-506

Qi Wei and Chris Rowley

Manufacture upgrade and interfirm relationship development: the case of electronics firms in the Pearl River Delta pp. 507-525

Teck-Yong Eng

Acquisition of managerial knowledge from foreign parents: evidence from Korean joint ventures pp. 527-545

Byung Il Park, Axèle Giroud and Keith W. Glaister

The mediating role of communication satisfaction in relational demography -- a study in Macao, SAR context pp. 547-564

Ka Wai Chan and Jia Jun Wu

Skills development in higher education in Vietnam pp. 565-586

Tran Quang Trung and Fredric William Swierczek

Reforming the financial sector: the next step in China's development pp. 587-591

Jane Nolan

Business in Asia pp. 593-594

Ying Zhu

China's New Confucianism pp. 594-595

Malcolm Warner

Volume 15, issue 3, 2009

Japanese management at a crossroads? The changing role of China in the transformation of corporate Japan pp. 285-308

Sierk A. Horn and Adam R. Cross

The rise of the Japanese multinational enterprise: then and now pp. 309-321

P.J. Buckley

The evolution of Japanese investment in China: from toys to textiles to business process outsourcing pp. 323-345

A. Delios, P.W. Beamish and X. Zhao

The transformation of Japan Post into a global player pp. 347-368

T. Goydke

Pre-clusterization in emerging markets: the Toyota group's entry process in China pp. 369-387

F. Hatani

Product adoption and innovation diffusion: the case of Japanese marketing to China pp. 389-409

S.A. Horn

Why Japanese multinationals failed in the Chinese mobile phone market: a comparative study of new product development in Japan and China pp. 411-431

T. Marukawa

The impact of workgroup commitment on organizational citizenship behaviour, absenteeism and turnover intention: the case of Germany and China pp. 433-450

J. Felfe and W.H. Yan

Competitiveness, localization and Japanese companies in China: realities and alternate approaches pp. 451-462

H. Itagaki

The changing role of China in the transformation of corporate Japan pp. 463-476

Adam R. Cross and Sierk A. Horn

Volume 15, issue 2, 2009

If at first you don't succeed: globalized production and organizational learning at the Hyundai Motor Company pp. 163-180

Christopher Wright, Chung-Sok Suh and Christopher Leggett

Technological intensities and economic performance: a study of foreign and local electronics firms in Malaysia pp. 181-197

Rajah Rasiah and Asokkumar Malakolunthu

Contextual perspectives of turnaround in Malaysian firms pp. 199-216

A.B. Sim

Antecedents of perceived national and corporate culture differences: evidence from Chinese international strategic alliances pp. 217-241

Li Dong and Keith W. Glaister

Endogenous innovation in China: the case of the printer industry pp. 243-264

Rob Dekkers

Vietnamese values, networks and family businesses in London pp. 265-282

Michael Hitchcock and Simone Wesner

Volume 15, issue 1, 2009

The transformation of retailing in Asia Pacific pp. 1-11

Elizabeth Howard

The regulation of retailing -- lessons for developing countries pp. 13-27

Allan Fels

Restructuring retailing in Korea: the case of Samsung-Tesco pp. 29-40

Yong-Gu Suh and Elizabeth Howard

The process of international business model transfer in the Seven-Eleven group: US - Japan - China pp. 41-58

Toshiyuki Yahagi and Malobi Kar

Foreign retailers in post-WTO China: stories of success and setbacks pp. 59-77

Shuguang Wang

The transformation of food retailing in Thailand 1997--2007 pp. 79-92

Randall Shannon

Demanding customers in the Chinese context pp. 93-105

Jos Gamble

Development of a retail life cycle: the case of Hong Kong's department store industry pp. 107-121

Lai Ngun Sun, Robert Kay and Matthew Chew

Two Asian malls: urban shopping centre development in Singapore and Japan pp. 123-135

Hendrik Meyer-Ohle

Cultural perspectives on the development of the retail trade, East and West pp. 137-149

Hans Peter Holst

Conclusion pp. 151-152

Elizabeth Howard

Book reviews pp. 153-159

Gilmar Masiero

Volume 14, issue 4, 2008

Human Capital or Talent Flows: Implications for Future Directions in Research on Asia Pacific pp. 469-472

Rosalie L. Tung

Local Government and Big Business in the People's Republic of China -- Case Study Evidence from Shandong Province pp. 473-489

Ling Liu

Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in China: An Industry Panel Study, 1991--2005 pp. 491-512

Huan Zou and Paul Simpson

Cooperative Goals in the Chinese Work Environment: A Hong Kong Case Study pp. 513-533

Peter Y C Ng, Margaret Nowak and Alma Whiteley

Business Ethics in Japan and Taiwan: Relativist and Utilitarian Perspectives pp. 535-551

Yvonne Stedham, Jeanne H. Yamamura and Steven Chih-Chien Lai

Book Reviews pp. 553-565

Malcolm Warner

Special issue on Management and Business in South East Asia pp. 566-566

Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner

Special issue on Chinese Management pp. 567-567

Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner

Volume 14, issue 3, 2008

Innovation in Japan: An Introduction pp. 285-291

Keith Jackson and Philippe Debroux

Innovation Management of Japanese and Korean Firms: A Comparative Analysis pp. 293-314

Martin Hemmert

Comparing National Innovation Systems in Japan and the United States: Push, Pull, Drag and Jump Factors in the Development of New Technology pp. 315-338

Kathryn Ibata-Arens

Growing R&D Collaboration of Japanese Firms and Policy Implications for Reforming the National Innovation System1 pp. 339-361

Kazuyuki Motohashi

Japanese Intellectual Property and Employee Rights to Compensation pp. 363-378

Ruth Taplin

From Vertical to Horizontal Inter-Firm Cooperation: Dynamic Innovation in Japan's Semiconductor Industry pp. 379-400

Yoshitaka Okada

Innovation, Institutions and Entrepreneurs: The Case of ‘Cool Japan’ pp. 401-424

Cornelia Storz

The Expected Roles of Business Angels in Seed/Early Stage University Spin-offs in Japan: Can Business Angels act as Saviours? pp. 425-442

Masanobu Tsukagoshi

Innovation in Japan: What Role for University Spin-offs? pp. 443-460

Philippe Debroux

Emerging Patterns and Enduring Myths of Innovation in Japan: Concluding Thoughts pp. 461-467

Keith Jackson and Philippe Debroux

Volume 14, issue 2, 2008

Economic Governance, Accountability and Accounting Change in East Asia pp. 171-189

John Ritchie

Preconditions for Product Re-innovation in Taiwan: Evidence from High-Technology Firms pp. 191-211

Colin Chi-Jyun Cheng and Eric C. Shiu

Relationships of Organizational Justice and Organizational Identification: The Mediating Effects of Perceived Organizational Support in Hong Kong pp. 213-231

Millissa F. Y. Cheung and Monica C. C. Law

Resource and Risk Trade-offs in Guanxi -based IJVs in China pp. 233-251

Noushi Rahman

Power Inequality in Cross-cultural Learning: The Case of Japanese Transplants in China pp. 253-273

Jacky F. L. Hong and Robin S. Snell

Book Reviews pp. 275-284

Jim Hoare

Volume 14, issue 1, 2008

Special Issue: Multinationals, Technology and Localization in the Automotive Industry in Asia pp. 1-12

The Editors

Foreign Influences on the Japanese Automobile Industry: The Nissan-Renault Mutual Learning Alliance pp. 13-27

Merieke Stevens

‘Detroit of the East’? Industrial Upgrading, Japanese Car Producers and the Development of the Automotive Industry in Thailand pp. 29-45

Rogier Busser

The Development of Automotive Parts Suppliers in Korea and Malaysia: A Global Value Chain Perspective pp. 47-64

Peter Wad

Arrested Development: Multinationals, TRIMs and the Philippines' Automotive Industry pp. 65-84

Rene E. Ofreneo

Foreign Ownership, Technological Intensities and Economic Performance of Automotive Parts Firms in India pp. 85-102

Rajah Rasiah and Ashish Kumar

Malaysia's National Automotive Policy and the Performance of Proton's Foreign and Local Vendors pp. 103-118

Mohamad Rosli and Fatimah Kari

Taiwanese Automotive Parts Suppliers in China pp. 119-146

Lih-Ren Li and Yuri Sadoi

Technology Transfer in Automotive Parts Firms in China pp. 147-163

Yuri Sadoi

Conclusions and Implications: The Role of Multinationals in Technological Capability Building and Localization in Asia pp. 165-169

Rajah Rasiah