The Global Competitiveness of the Asian Firm

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. The Cultural Dimension

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Socio-cultural Background of Competitive Management and Technology in the Western Pacific Rim

      • Yasusada Yawata

      Pages 3-21

   3. Ethics and Global Competitiveness:Confucianism in Korean Companies

      • Didier Cazal

      Pages 22-32

3. The Management of the Firm

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33

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   2. The Japanese Management Structure as a Competitive Strategy: The Importance of a Nexus of Long-term Treaties, Common Knowledge and Firm-Specific Learning

      • Ilari Tyrni

      Pages 35-48

   3. Rethinking Inter-firm Ties in Japan as a Factor of Competitiveness

      • Ivan S. Tselichtchev

      Pages 49-70

   4. Future Models of Japanese Management: A Forecast Based on the Delphi Method

      • Masao Hanaoka, Tomasz Mroczkowski

      Pages 71-100

   5. Determinants of the Competitive Power of Small Business Networking: The Overseas Chinese Case

      • S. G. Redding

      Pages 101-117

4. The Internationalisation Process

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. The Process of Internationalisation of PRC Multinationals

      • Choo-Sin Tseng

      Pages 121-128

   3. Japan’s Success in China

      • Nigel Campbell

      Pages 129-137

   4. Globalisation and the Korean Electronics Industry: A Chandlerian Perspective

      • Martin D. H. Bloom

      Pages 138-152

5. Adaptation to the Local Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Japanese-affiliated Automobile Plants in the United States and Taiwan

      • Hiroshi Kumon

      Pages 155-166

   3. A Comparative Study on the Japanese Production System Employed at Affiliated Electronics Plants in the United States and Taiwan

      • Hiroshi Itagaki

      Pages 167-178

   4. Sanyo’s Overseas Production Activities: Seven Large Plants in the US, Mexico, the UK, Germany, Spain and China

      • Tetsuo Abo

      Pages 179-200

6. Expansion into Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. On the Advance of Japanese Electronics Multinationals in the EC: Companies, Trends and Trade Policy

      • René A. Belderbos

      Pages 203-231

   3. Japanese Pharmaceutical Firms: Players in the European Market?

      • Jocelyn Probert

      Pages 232-264

Twenty-one authors from a variety of backgrounds analyse the global competitiveness of the Asian firm in different parts of the world and at different phases of their internationalisation process. They find that the Asian firms' emphasis on 'soft' skills such as networking, organisational learning and sharing stands in sharp contrast to the economic rationality of Western firms, which stress individual performance measurement, clearly defined responsibilities and accountability. Asian firms face serious problems in adjusting their systems to the Western environment without losing their competitiveness.

• China
• Internationalisation
• internationalization
• management
• Trends

• INSEAD Euro-Asia Centre, Fontainebleau, France

  Hellmut Schütte

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