Asia Pacific Business Review

1996 - 2016

Current editor(s): Professor Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner

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Volume 22, issue 1, 2016

Host-site institutions, production networks and technological capabilities pp. 3-20

Rajah Rasiah, Fukunari Kimura and Sothea Oum

Industrial upgrading in global production networks: the case of the Chinese automotive industry pp. 21-37

Yan Sheng Li, Xin Xin Kong and Miao Zhang

Host-site support, foreign ownership, regional linkages and technological capabilities: evidence from automotive firms in Indonesia pp. 38-47

Rajah Rasiah, Rafat Beigpoor Shahrivar and Abdusy Syakur Amin

Auto and car parts production: can the Philippines catch up with Asia? pp. 48-64

Rene E. Ofreneo

Intra-industry trade, product fragmentation and technological capability development in Thai automotive industry pp. 65-85

Patarapong Intarakumnerd and Kriengkrai Techakanont

The transformation of the clothing industry in China pp. 86-109

Miao Zhang, Xin Xin Kong and Santha Chenayah Ramu

The garment industry in Laos: technological capabilities, global production chains and competitiveness pp. 110-130

Vanthana Nolintha and Idris Jajri

Multinationals, technology and regional linkages in Myanmar's clothing industry pp. 131-149

Tin Htoo Naing and Su-Fei Yap

China's semiconductor industry in global value chains pp. 150-164

Xin Xin Kong, Miao Zhang and Santha Chenayah Ramu

Institutional support, regional trade linkages and technological capabilities in the semiconductor industry in Malaysia pp. 165-179

Rajah Rasiah and Yap Xiao Shan

Institutional support, technological capabilities and domestic linkages in the semiconductor industry in Singapore pp. 180-192

Rajah Rasiah and Yap Xiao Shan

Epilogue: implications for promoting firm-level technological capabilities pp. 193-200

Rajah Rasiah, Fukunari Kimura and Sothea Oum

Volume 21, issue 4, 2015

Emerging Asian MNCs pp. 457-463

Changsu Kim and Donghyun Park

On China pp. 551-552

Paul Gentle

America's response to China: a history of Sino-American relations / Affluence and influence: economic inequality and political power in America pp. 552-555

Paul Gentle

Pragmatic strategy: eastern wisdom, global success / Chinese leadership / Thoughts on economic development in China / The history of ancient Chinese economic thought pp. 555-557

Malcolm Warner

Traditional Chinese thinking on HRM practices: heritage and transformation in China pp. 557-558

Malcolm Warner

Natural disaster and nuclear crisis in Japan: response and recovery after Japan's 3/11 / After the great East Japan earthquake: political and policy change in post-Fukushima Japan pp. 565-573

Keith Jackson

Volume 21, issue 3, 2015

Japanese multinationals in the post-bubble era: new challenges and evolving capabilities pp. 279-294

Robert Fitzgerald and Chris Rowley

Global value chains and the lost competitiveness of the Japanese watch industry: an applied business history of Seiko since 1990 pp. 295-310

Pierre-Yves Donzé

Do Japanese electronics firms still follow traditional vertical integration strategies? Evidence from the liquid crystal display industry pp. 311-332

Derek Lehmberg

Strategic capabilities and the emergence of the global factory: Omron in China pp. 333-363

Robert Fitzgerald and Jiangfeng Lai

Boundary-crossing and the localization of capabilities in a Japanese multinational firm pp. 364-382

Jacky F.L. Hong and Robin Stanley Snell

Do Japanese MNCs use expatriates to contain risk in Asian host countries? pp. 383-402

Jean-Pascal Bassino, Marion Dovis and Pierre van der Eng

Cross-national distance and insidership within networks: Japanese MNCs' ownership strategies in their overseas subsidiaries pp. 403-423

Megan Min Zhang

Cultural determinants of alliance management capability - an analysis of Japanese MNCs in India pp. 424-448

Sumati Varma, Richa Awasthy, Kalpana Narain and Rishika Nayyar

How have Japanese multinational companies changed? Competitiveness, management and subsidiaries pp. 449-456

Robert Fitzgerald and Chris Rowley

Volume 21, issue 2, 2015

Why the interactions between state- and private-controlled banks matter in the unsuccessful reforms of the Chinese banking industry pp. 155-169

Miia Parnaudeau

Comparing value orientations of German and Chinese managers: impacts of demographic and business-related factors pp. 170-187

Ronald Busse, Linyan Sun and Valerie Zhu

China goes global: public policies' influence on small- and medium-sized enterprises' international expansion pp. 188-210

Guillermo Cardoza, Gaston Fornes, Ping Li, Ning Xu and Song Xu

Transfer or localize? International reward and compensation practices of South Korean multinational enterprises in China pp. 211-227

Haiying Kang and Jie Shen

Implementation of interorganizational cost management and its infrastructure: the case of a Korean 'Chaebol' firm pp. 228-250

Sung-Kyu Sohn, Il-Hang Shin and Sorah Park

Keynes and China: 'Keynesianism with Chinese characteristics' pp. 251-263

Malcolm Warner

Understanding Chinese Society pp. 264-265

Timo Heroth

When China rules the world: the end of the Western world and the birth of a new global order pp. 265-266

Gian Casadio

The China Fallacy: How the US can benefit from China's rise and avoid another Cold War pp. 266-267

Malcolm Warner

EU-Japan relations, 1970-2012 - from confrontation to Global Partnership pp. 267-270

Eva Hanada

Japan in world history pp. 270-276

Keith Jackson

China versus the West: the global power shift of the 21st century pp. 277-278

Steven Rosefielde

Volume 21, issue 1, 2015

Managing China's energy sector: between the market and the state pp. 1-9

Hongyi Lai and Malcolm Warner

The role of oil and gas in China's energy strategy: an overview pp. 10-25

Elspeth Thomson and Augustin Boey

China's renewable energy development: policy, industry and business perspectives pp. 26-43

Christopher M. Dent

The Chinese government and the national oil companies (NOCs): who is the principal? pp. 44-59

Janet Xuanli Liao

Corporate governance or governance by corporates? Testing governmentality in the context of China's national oil and petrochemical business groups pp. 60-76

Tyler M. Rooker

Rationale of internationalization of China's national oil companies: seeking natural resources, strategic assets or sectoral specialization? pp. 77-95

Hongyi Lai, Sarah O'Hara and Karolina Wysoczanska

From mercantile strategy to domestic demand stimulation: changes in China's solar PV subsidies pp. 96-112

Gang Chen

Enrolling in global networks and contingencies for China's solar PV industry pp. 113-129

Douglas R. Gress

Regional disparity of embedded carbon footprint and its sources in China: a consumption perspective pp. 130-146

Jin Fan, Yanrui Wu, Xiumei Guo, Dingtao Zhao and Dora Marinova

Transformation of China's energy sector: trends and challenges pp. 147-153

Hongyi Lai and Malcolm Warner

Volume 20, issue 4, 2014

Why might females say no to corporate board positions? The Asia Pacific in comparison pp. 513-522

Jean SK Lee, Luh Luh Lan and Chris Rowley

Global mobility orientation and the success of self-initiated expatriates in Greater China pp. 523-540

Jakob Lauring and Jan Selmer

An integrative institutional approach to MNC performance in China pp. 541-557

Naoki Ando and Daniel Z. Ding

Subsidiary goals, learning orientations, and ownership strategies of multinational enterprises: evidence from foreign direct investments in Korea pp. 558-577

Jeoung Yul Lee, Jooyoung Kwak and Kyoung Ae Kim

Sequential internationalization, heterogeneous process and subsidiary roles: the case of Hyundai Motor Company-super-* pp. 578-602

Chung-Sok Suh, Yue Wang, Myung Hyun Nam and Xiao Zhang

Culture as grand theory in East Asian employment relations pp. 603-617

Simon Fry and Bernard Mees

The ACFTU and Chinese industrial relations pp. 618-619

Malcolm Warner

3.11: disaster and change in Japan pp. 619-621

Paul Gentle and James Hunter

Understanding management in China: past, present and future pp. 621-622

Xinhua Wittmann

Volume 20, issue 3, 2014

Foreword pp. 321-321

Charles Gould

Differing forms of capital: setting the scene for mutuality and co-operation in the Asia Pacific Region pp. 322-329

Chris Rowley and Jonathan Michie

The long march of Chinese co-operatives: towards market economy, participation and sustainable development pp. 330-355

Andrea Bernardi and Mattia Miani

Old and new Rural Co-operative Medical Scheme in China: the usefulness of a historical comparative perspective pp. 356-378

Andrea Bernardi and Anna Greenwood

The role and characteristics of social entrepreneurs in contemporary rural cooperative development in China: case studies of rural social entrepreneurship pp. 379-400

Hong Lan, Ying Zhu, David Ness, Ke Xing and Kris Schneider

Governmental influences on the evolution of agricultural cooperatives in Vietnam: an institutional perspective with case studies pp. 401-418

Anne Cox and Viet Le

Development and challenges of cocoa cooperatives in Papua New Guinea: case of Manus province pp. 419-438

Elena Garnevska, Harold Joseph and Tanira Kingi

Growth pattern of an employee-owned business: a narrative inquiry concerning the new venture creation experience of Wowprime in Taiwan pp. 439-460

Li-Chung Chang, Chao-Tung Wen, Yeg-Ming Chang and Pei-How Huang

From corporate social responsibility to creating shared value with suppliers through mutual firm foundation in the Korean bakery industry: a case study of the SPC Group pp. 461-483

Dongmin Lee, Junghoon Moon, Jongpyo Cho, Hyoung-Goo Kang and Jaeseok Jeong

Assessing the performance of co-operatives in Malaysia: an analysis of co-operative groups using a data envelopment analysis approach pp. 484-505

Azmah Othman, Norma Mansor and Fatimah Kari

Mutuality in the Asia Pacific region pp. 506-511

Jonathan Michie and Chris Rowley

Volume 20, issue 2, 2014

Is there a distinct Asian management culture? pp. 209-215

Michael Minkov and Vesselin Blagoev

Brand personality and its outcomes in the Chinese automobile industry pp. 216-230

Hong-Youl Ha and Swinder Janda

Ethical leadership, organizational identification and employee voice: examining moderated mediation process in the Chinese insurance industry pp. 231-248

Yang Qi and Liu Ming-Xia

Japan's demographic revolution? A study of advertising practitioners' views on stereotypes pp. 249-268

Florian Kohlbacher, Michael Prieler and Shigeru Hagiwara

Managing employee performance in an emerging economy: perceptions of Vietnamese managers pp. 269-285

Pauline Stanton and Hana Thi Pham

Growth, integration and trends in equity markets in Asia pp. 286-301

Dilip K. Das

'China's "Open Door"', Malcolm Warner pp. 302-304

Malcolm Warner

The morality of dragon's offsprings pp. 304-308

Connie Zheng

New models of human resource management in China and India pp. 308-310

Vincent Edwards

China, oil and global politics pp. 310-312

Karolina Wysoczanska

Managers and management in Vietnam: 25 years of economic renovation (doi moi) pp. 312-313

Ying Zhu

Female entrepreneurship in east and south-east Asia: opportunities and challenges pp. 313-317

Tuukka Toivonen

Volume 20, issue 1, 2014

The changing contours of Korean management and business pp. 1-8

Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner

Changing corporate culture over time in South Korea pp. 9-17

Yung-Ho Cho, Gyu-Chang Yu, Min-Kyu Joo and Chris Rowley

Explanations for continued gender discrimination in South Korean workplaces pp. 18-41

Louise Patterson and Brandon Walcutt

International human resource management policies and practices of South Korean MNEs: a review of the literature pp. 42-58

Haiying Kang and Jie Shen

Turnover intentions and organizational citizenship behaviours in Korean firms: the interactional effects of organizational and occupational commitment pp. 59-77

Taehee Kim and Kyungro Chang

Antecedents and characteristics of informal relation-based networks in Korea: Yongo, Yonjul and Inmaek pp. 78-108

Sven Horak

Realised absorptive capacity, technology acquisition and performance in international collaborative formations: an empirical examination in the Korean context pp. 109-135

Peter J. Buckley and Byung Il Park

Go big or stay home? Korean machinery firms, trade fair dynamics and export performance pp. 136-152

Ronald V. Kalafsky and Douglas R. Gress

Interstate competition in the US South for South Korean auto investments: a US perspective pp. 153-173

Michael C. McDermott

Distance and divestment of Korean MNC affiliates: the moderating role of entry mode and experience pp. 174-196

Chinmay Pattnaik and Jeoung Yul Lee

Context and implications for Korean management and business pp. 197-207

Malcolm Warner and Chris Rowley