The Global Competitiveness of the Asian Firm

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Socio-cultural Background of Competitive Management and Technology in the Western Pacific Rim....Pages 3-21
Ethics and Global Competitiveness:Confucianism in Korean Companies....Pages 22-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
The Japanese Management Structure as a Competitive Strategy: The Importance of a Nexus of Long-term Treaties, Common Knowledge and Firm-Specific Learning....Pages 35-48
Rethinking Inter-firm Ties in Japan as a Factor of Competitiveness....Pages 49-70
Future Models of Japanese Management: A Forecast Based on the Delphi Method....Pages 71-100
Determinants of the Competitive Power of Small Business Networking: The Overseas Chinese Case....Pages 101-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
The Process of Internationalisation of PRC Multinationals....Pages 121-128
Japan’s Success in China....Pages 129-137
Globalisation and the Korean Electronics Industry: A Chandlerian Perspective....Pages 138-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Japanese-affiliated Automobile Plants in the United States and Taiwan....Pages 155-166
A Comparative Study on the Japanese Production System Employed at Affiliated Electronics Plants in the United States and Taiwan....Pages 167-178
Sanyo’s Overseas Production Activities: Seven Large Plants in the US, Mexico, the UK, Germany, Spain and China....Pages 179-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
On the Advance of Japanese Electronics Multinationals in the EC: Companies, Trends and Trade Policy....Pages 203-231
Japanese Pharmaceutical Firms: Players in the European Market?....Pages 232-264
Globalisation through Localisation: Reflections on the Japanese Production Subsidiaries in the United Kingdom....Pages 265-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Competence Building in Japanese and European Firms: The Case of Opto-electronics....Pages 289-303
Global Competitiveness through Strategic Alliances: The Case of the German and Japanese Chemical Industries....Pages 304-331
Managerial Behaviour of French and Japanese Firms....Pages 332-365
Back Matter....Pages 366-379