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Globalisation through Localisation: Reflections on the Japanese Production Subsidiaries in the United Kingdom
During 1980 a survey of the Japanese production subsidiaries in the UK was undertaken by Kidd and Teramoto. The results were published in Englishl and Japanese.2 Other related papers are by Kidd (1983,3 19824 and...
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The Realization of Meanings: Understanding Expatriates’ Needs in the Asian Post-crisis Environment
Throughout Asia, many firms have been worrying about the external factors of the economic crisis. Such external factors like the foundations of economic policy and the efficiency of the finance sector are almo...
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The ‘Oppression’ of Governance?
This book is focused upon the governance of firms in Asia. It is a concept that must be extended to include all forms of ‘venturing’ since co-joining firms seem to create conflicts between ‘us and them’ even i...
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Building Trust in Asian Business
The World Economic Forum unveiled a survey on perceptions of trust prior to its 2003 Annual Meeting in Davos, when its chosen theme was ‘Building Trust’. The survey results show clearly that the level of trust...
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The Role of Trust in the Process of Alliance Evolution
This chapter examines the role of trust in the development of cross-cultural alliances. We argue that trust building constitutes an inseparable part of interorganizational learning processes, and is crucial fo...
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Futures—and Still More Complexity
At the sharp end of business under the Anglo-American rules, and others, there is an annual need to file accounts to show to the public that the firm is correctly managed and its resources correctly assessed. ...
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The Complex Competition for Relevance?
We are all different on this planet — the flora, the fauna and ourselves — the humans. Observably we perceive different genders, our skin tones, and we find some of us are tall others short, chubby or slim: so...