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The Nature of Asian Firms: An evolutionary perspective

Scott Hipsher, Bangkok University, Songporn Hansanti, Kasetsart University and Suthinan Pomsuwan, Bangkok University, Thailand

 - takes a look at the evolutionary and historical development of Asian firms
 - examines the regional nature of Asian firms
 - provides readers with a cross-cultural perspective
 - academically rigorous but accessible to practicing managers
 - uses case studies of actual firms to illustrate the main points

The Nature of Asian Firms provides managers and others interested in doing business in the dynamic and fast changing Asian region with an understanding of the underlying principles driving both current and future business practices of Asian Firms. The book is for internationally focused individuals who realize the importance of gaining a deeper understanding of the fastest growing economic region in the world and the firms from this region.

ISBN 1 84334 294 4
ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 294 6
July 2007
228 pages  234 x 156mm  hardback  
£65.00 / US$110.00 / €80.00

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About the authors

Scott Hipsher is currently working as a lecturer at Bangkok University and has prior experience as a manager in Asia. Dr Songporn Hansanti is Director of Foreign Affairs in the Faculty of Management Sciences at Kasetsart University in Bangkok Thailand. Dr Suthinan Pornsuwan is an associate professor and the Dean of the International College at Bangkok University.

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Contents

The Asian business environment
 - East is East and West is West: the myth of globalization and a single world marketplace
 - Keeping the business in the neighbourhood: international business is mostly regional, not global
 - Common ground: common features in Asian business environments
 - Confucianism, communism and commerce: the Greater China factor in Asian business
 - References

The evolution of Asian firms
 - Surviving and thriving within the environment: the nature of a firm’s evolution
 - Big Brother: the effect of the political and legal environment on the evolution of Asian firms
 - Winners and losers: the effect of the economic environment on the evolution of Chinese firms
 - Tradition and radical change: the effect of cultural factors on the evolution of Asian firms
 - Computers, robotics and handicrafts: the effect of the technological environment on Asian firms
 - Looking at the trends through an evolutionary perspective
 - References

The nature of Asian firms
 - Size matters: fewer large multinationals originating from Asia
 - All in the family: prevalence of family ownership in Asian firms
 - Blurred boundaries: Asian business networks
 - Asian internationalization and diversification
 - References

The evolution of individual Asian firms
 - San Miguel Corporation: evolutionary model of a modern Asian corporation?
 - Shangri-La Hotel Ltd: from regional to global?
 - Daewoo: from mighty conglomerate to bankruptcy to recovery
 - Acer: based in Asia, competing globally
 - CP Group: the prototypical overseas ethnic Chinese conglomerate?
 - I-Apple: Asian regional entrepreneurship
 - References

The Asia-Pacific century
 - Because that is where the money is: economic growth and shifting economic power
 - Anime, sushi, Muay Thai and Asian immigration: the growing influence of Asian culture internationally
 - The Middle Kingdom: the growing power that can’t be ignored
 - References

Diversity in Asian business practices
 - The keiretsu and beyond: Japanese firms
 - The chaebols and beyond: Korean firms
 - Capitalism Chinese style: Greater Chinese firms
 - Stuck in the middle: ASEAN firms
 - References

Continued evolution of Asian firms
 - Are the terms Westernization and modernization synonymous?
 - Evolving in different environments
 - Where do we go from here? The future of Asian firms
 - Friend or foe: the competitive and complementary nature of growing Asian firms and Asian economies
 - Final thoughts
 - References