Much of our existing knowledge about business and management has evolved in the West, but the emergence of Asian firms as major players in the world economy is challenging business and management scholars to widen their focus.

Asia represents a major source of variations in structure, behaviour and context - from cultural, institutional and political to social and economic. This affords new opportunities for testing existing theories of business and management and for driving the development of new ones. Japan has already provided a precedent for this, with much of the current state of the art in technology and operations management resting on Japanese management foundations.

This major work presents a collection of seminal works on Asian business and management, carefully chosen by the editor on the basis of impact and expert nominations.

The set consolidates key contributions from diverse sources and organizes articles by themes to enable better understanding of key areas. The editor's introduction reviews the included articles and identifies major streams of research within each theme.

Volume One: Alliances, Joint Ventures

Volume Two: Business Groups; Corporate Governance

Volume Three: Context and Politics

Volume Four: Culture

Volume Five: Entry

Volume Six: General Reviews, Perspectives, Methodology; Outward Foreign Direct Investment

Volume Seven: HRM

Volume Eight: Networks, Trust

This major reference work includes a foreword by Ron Dore - a British sociologist specialising in Japanese economy and society and the comparative study of types of capitalism. He is an associate of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and is a fellow of the British Academy, the Japan Academy, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The citation for his eminent scholar award from the Academy of International Business describes him as "an outstanding scholar whose deep understanding of the empirical phenomena he studies and ability to build on it to develop theoretical contributions are highly respected not only by sociologists but also by economists, anthropologists, historians, and comparative business systems scholar".

VOLUME ONE
PART ONE: ALLIANCES, JOINT VENTURES
Japanese Joint Ventures with Western Multinationals - L.T. Brown A.M. Rugman and A. Verbeke
Synthesizing the Economic and Cultural Explanations of Failure
Learning from Competing Partners - P. Dussauge, B. Garrette and W. Mitchell
Outcomes and Durations of Scale and Link Alliances in Europe, North America and Asia
Setting the Stage for Trust and Strategic Integration in Japanese-U.S. Co-Operative Alliances - J.L. Johnson et al
Building Effective International Joint Venture Leadership Teams in China - J.T. Li et al
Keiretsu Networks and Corporate Performance in Japan - J.R. Lincoln, M.L. Gerlach and C.L. Ahmadjian
The Role of Trust and Contractual Safeguards on Co-Operation in Non-Equity Alliances - S.S. Lui and H.Y. Ngo
Performance and Survival of Joint Ventures with Non-Conventional Ownership Structures - S. Makino and P.W. Beamish
Local Knowledge Transfer and Performance - S. Makino and A. Delios
Implications for Alliance Formation in Asia
Alliance Structure and the Scope of Knowledge Transfer - J. Oxley and T. Wada
Evidence from U.S.-Japan Agreements
Influences on Foreign Equity Ownership Level in Joint Ventures in China - Y.G. Pan
Acquiring Knowledge by Foreign Partners from International Joint Ventures in a Transition Economy - E.W.K. Tsang
Learning-by-Doing and Learning Myopia
How MNCs Choose Entry Modes and Form Alliances - D.K. Tse, Y.G. Pan and K.Y. Au
The China Experience
Antecedents and Effects of Parent Control in International Joint Ventures - A. Yan and B. Gray
Bargaining Power, Management Control and Performance in U.S.- China Joint Ventures - A.M. Yan and B. Gray
A Comparative Case Study
VOLUME TWO
PART ONE: BUSINESS GROUPS
Project Execution Capability, Organizational Know-How and Conglomerate Corporate Growth I Late Industrialization - A.H. Amsden and T. Hikino
The Co-Evolution of Institutional Environments and Organizational Strategies - M. Carney and E. Gedajlovic
The Rise of Family Business Groups in the Asian Region
Economic Performance of Group-Affiliated Companies in Korea - S.J. Chang and J. Hong
Intragroup Resource-Sharing and Internal Business Transactions
Structural Inertia, Imitation and Foreign Expansion - M.F. Guillen
South Korean Firms and Business Groups in China, 1987-95
Engineering Growth - L.A. Keister
Business Group Structure and Firm Performance in Chinäs Transition Economy
Estimating the Performance Effects of Business Groups in Emerging Markets - T. Khanna and J.W. Rivkin
From Diversification Premium to Diversification Discount during Institutional Transitions - K. Lee and M.W. Peng
PART TWO: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
A Clash of Capitalisms - C. L. Ahmadjian and G.E. Robbins
Foreign Shareholders and Corporate Restructuring in 1990s Japan
Corporate Governance in Asia - S. Claessens and J.P.H. Fan
A Survey
Outside Directors and Firm Performance during Institutional Transitions - M.W. Peng
VOLUME THREE
PART ONE: CONTEXT AND POLITICS
Asiäs Next Giant - Alice H. Amsden
South Korea and Late Industrialization
Developing Difference - N.W. Biggart and M.F. Guillen
Social Organization and the Rise of the Auto Industries of South Korea, Taiwan, Spain and Argentina
From Fiefs to Clans and Network Capitalism - M. Boisot and J. Child
Explaining Chinäs Emerging Economic Order
Context, Comparison and Methodology in Chinese Management Research - J. Child
Political Hazards, Experience and Sequential Entry Strategies - A. Delios and W.J. Henisz
The International Expansion of Japanese Firms, 1980-1998
Will Global Capitalism Be Anglo-Saxon Capitalism? - R. Dore
Institutional Governance Systems and Variations in National Competitive Advantage - A. Griffiths and R.F. Zammuto
An Integrative Framework
Market, Culture and Authority - Gary G. Hamilton and Nicole Woolsey Biggart
A Comparative Analysis of Management and Organization in the Far East
The Institutional Effects on Strategic Alliance Partner Selection in Transition Economies - M.A.D. Hitt et al
China versus Russia
Organizational Dynamics of Market Transition - V. Nee
Hybrid Forms, Property Rights and Mixed Economy in China
An Institution-Based View of International Business Strategy - M.W. Peng, D.Y.L. Wang and Y. Jiang
A Focus on Emerging Economies
Chinese Business Systems and the Challenges of Transition - Gordon Redding and Michael A. Witt
Paradoxes of Organizational Theory and Research - O. Shenkar and M.A. Von Glinow
Using the Case of China to Illustrate National Contingency
Environment-Strategy Relationship and Its Performance Implications - J.J. Tan and R.J. Litschert
An Empirical Study of the Chinese Electronics Industry
The Social Construction of Business Systems in East Asia - R.D. Whitley
VOLUME FOUR
PART ONE : CULTURE
Self or Group - P.C. Earley
Cultural Effects of Training on Self-Efficacy and Performance
The Impact of Culture on the Strategy of Multinational Enterprises - J.F. Hennart and J. Larimo
Does National Origin Affect Ownership Decisions?
Cultural Dimensions in Management and Planning - G. Hofstede
A Quarter Century of Culture¿s Consequences - B.L. Kirkman, K.B. Lowe and C.B. Gibson
A Review of Empirical Research Incorporating Hofstede¿s Cultural Values Framework
Culture and the Self - H.R. Markus and S. Kitayama
Implications for Cognition, Emotion and Motivation
Do Organizational Cultures Replicate National Cultures? - R.E. Nelson and S. Gopalan
Isomorphism, Rejection and Reciprocal Opposition in the Corporate Values of Three Countries
Exploring Subcultural Differences in Hofstede¿s Value Survey - Y. Paul Huo and D.M. Randall
The Case of the Chinese
The Impact of National Culture and Economic Ideology on Managerial Work Values - D.A. Ralston et al
A Study of the United States, Russia, Japan and China
The Chinese Family Business - S. Gordon Redding
A Central Question in Cross-Cultural Research - C.M. Riordan and R.J. Vandenberg
Do Employees of Different Cultures Interpret Work-Related Measures in an Equivalent Manner?
Culture, Institutions and Business in East Asia - B. Wilkinson
Culture, Meaning and Institutions - A. Michael Witt and S. Gordon Redding
Executive Rationale in Germany and Japan
The Gender Gap in Workplace Authority - E.O. Wright, J. Baxter, and G.E. Birkelund
A Cross-National-Study
VOLUME FIVE
Part Entry
Network Linkages and Location Choice in Foreign Direct Investment - H. Chen and T.J. Chen
Ownership Strategy of Japanese Firms - A. Delios and P.W. Beamish
Transactional, Institutional and Experience Influences
Resource Commitment, Entry Timing and Market Performance of Foreign Direct Investments in Emerging Economies - T. Isobe, S. Makino and D.B. Montgomery
The Case of Japanese International Joint Ventures in China
Determinants of Entry in an Emerging Economy - Y.D. Luo
A Multilevel Approach
Foreign Investment Strategies and Subnational Institutions in Emerging Markets - K.E. Meyer and H.V. Nguyen
Evidence from Vietnam
The Hierarchical Model of Market Entry Modes - Y.G. Pan and D.K. Tse
Country-of-Origin Effects of Foreign Direct Investment - C.Q. Wang, J. Clegg and M. Kafouros
PART TWO: KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING, R&D, INNOVATION
How Does Knowledge Flow? Inter-Firm Patterns in the Semiconductor Industry - M.M. Appleyard
Crisis Construction and Organizational Learning - L. Kim
Capability-Building in Catching-up at Hyundai Motor
Product Innovation Strategy and the Performance of New Technology Ventures in China - H.Y. Li and K. Atuahene-Gima
Learning to Compete in a Transition Economy - Y.D. Luo and M.W. Peng
Experience, Environment and Performance
Conducting R&D in Countries with Weak Intellectual Property Rights Protection - M.Y. Zhao
VOLUME SIX
PART ONE: GENERAL REVIEWS, PERSPECTIVES, METHODOLOGY
On Improving the Robustness of Asian Management Theories - R.S. Bhagat, A.S. McDevitt and I. McDevitt
Theoretical Anchors in the Era of Globalization
The Parochial Dinosaur - N.A. Boyacigiller and N.J. Adler
Organizational Science in a Global Context
Asian Management Research - G.D. Bruton and C.M. Lau
Status Today and Future Outlook
Varieties of Asian Capitalism - Michael Carney, Eric Gedajlovic and Xiaohua Yang
Toward an Institutional Theory of Asian Enterprise
Institutions and the Oli Paradigm of the Multinational Enterprise - J.H. Dunning and S.M. Lundan
Strategy in Emerging Economies - R.E. Hoskisson et al
Asian Management Research Needs More Self-Confidence - K.E. Meyer
Diagnosing Measurement Equivalence in Cross-National Research - M.R. Mullen
The Thick Description and Comparison of Societal Systems of Capitalism - S. Gordon Redding
A Perspective on Regional and Global Strategies of Multinational Enterprises - A.M. Rugman and A. Verbeke
PART TWO: OUTWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
The Determinants of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment - P.J. Buckley et al
The Internationalization of Chinese Firms - J. Child and S.B. Rodrigues
A Case for Theoretical Extension?
Transferring Production Systems - H.J. Jo and J.S. You
An Institutionalist Account of Hyundai Motor Company in the United States
VOLUME SEVEN
PART ONE: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Information, Incentives and Bargaining in the Japanese Economy - Masahiko Aoki
Organizational and HRM Strategies in Korea - J. Bae and J.J. Lawler
Impact on Firm Performance in an Emerging Economy
Human Resource Management and the Performance of Western Firms in China - I. Bjorkman and X.C. Fan
Globalization, Chinäs Free (Read Bonded) Labour Market and the Chinese Trade Unions - A. Chan
Changing Patterns of Global Staffing in the Multinational Enterprise - D.G. Collings, H. Scullion and M.J. Morley
Challenges to the Conventional Expatriate Assignment and Emerging Alternatives
British Factory, Japanese Factory - Ronald Philip Dore
The Origins of National Diversity in Industrial Relations
International HRM - T. Edwards and S. Kuruvilla
National Business Systems, Organizational Politics and the International Division of Labour in MNCs
Career Management Issues Facing Expatriates - D.C. Feldman and D.C. Thomas
Globalization, Athletic Footwear Commodity Chains and Employment Relations in China - S.J. Frenkel
Transferring Human Resource Practices from the United Kingdom to China - J. Gamble
The Limits and Potential for Convergence
The Effects of Human Resource Management Systems on Economic Performance - C. Ichniowski and K. Shaw
An International Comparison of U.S. and Japanese Plants
Getting It Together - M.M. Montoya-Weiss, A.P. Massey and M. Song
Temporal Co-Ordination and Conflict Management in Global Virtual Teams
Organizational, Citizenship Behavior of Contingent Workers in Singapore - L. Van Dyne and S. Ang
A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis of HRM Research in Chinese Firms - C.J.H. Zhu, S.B. Thomson and H. De Cieri
Implications and Directions for Future Study
VOLUME EIGHT
PART ONE: NETWORKS, TRUST
Trust and Performance in Cross-Border Marketing Partnerships - P.S. Aulakh, M. Kotabe and A. Sahay
A Behavioral Approach
Configurations of Inter-Organizational Relationships - M. Bensaou and N. Venkatraman
A Comparison between U.S. and Japanese Automakers
Effective Inter-Firm Collaboration - J.H. Dyer
How Firms Minimize Transaction Costs and Maximize Transaction Value
The Role of Trustworthiness in Reducing Transaction Costs and Improving Performance - J.H. Dyer and W. J. Chu
Empirical Evidence from the United States, Japan and Korea
The Importance of Social Capital to the Management of Multinational Enterprises - M.A. Hitt, H.U. Lee and E. Yucel
Relational Networks among Asian and Western Firms
Levels of Organizational Trust in Individualist versus Collectivist Societies - L. Huff and L. Kelley
A Seven-Nation Study
Guanxi versus the Market - S.L. Lovett, C. Simmons and R. Kali
Ethics and Efficiency
Guanxi and Organizational Dynamics - S.H. Park and Y.D. Luo
Organizational Networking in Chinese Firms
The Growth of the Firm in Planned Economies in Transition - M.W. Peng and P.S. Heath
Institutions, Organizations and Strategic Choice
Managerial Ties and Firm Performance in a Transition Economy - M.W. Peng and Y.D. Luo
The Nature of a Micro-Macro Link
Price, Quality and Trust - Mari Sako
Inter-Firm Relations in Britain and Japan
When Brokers May Not Work - Z.X. Xiao and A.S. Tsui
The Cultural Contingency of Social Capital in Chinese High-Tech Firms
Guanxi - K.R. Xin and J.L. Pearce
Connections as Substitutes for Formal Institutional Support
The Resilience of Guanxi and Its New Deployments - M.M.H. Yang
A Critique of Some New Guanxi Scholarship