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Volume 22, issue 4, 2016

Corrigendum pp. (i)-(i)

The Editors

Internationalization patterns and the evolution of multinational companies: comparing Japan, Korea, China and India pp. 523-533

Robert Fitzgerald and Chris Rowley

Whose fall and whose rise? Lessons of Japanese MNCs for Chinese and emerging economy MNCs pp. 534-566

Robert Fitzgerald and Huaichuan Rui

Is there an East Asian model of MNC internationalization? A comparative analysis of Japanese and Korean firms pp. 567-594

Martin Hemmert and Keith Jackson

An empirical investigation into the internationalization patterns of Japanese firms pp. 595-611

Pearlean Chadha and Jenny Berrill

Japanese production networks in India: spatial distribution, agglomeration and industry effects pp. 612-640

Sierk A. Horn and Adam R. Cross

MNCs from the Asia Pacific in the global economy: examples and lessons from Japan, Korea, China and India pp. 641-646

Robert Fitzgerald and Chris Rowley

Volume 22, issue 3, 2016

Business ethics and the role of context: institutionalism, history and comparisons in the Asia Pacific region pp. 353-365

Chris Rowley and Ingyu Oh

Political economy and business ethics pp. 366-373

John Lie

Work ethic formed by pedagogical approach: evolution of institutional approach to education and competitiveness pp. 374-396

Chris Baumann, Hamin Hamin and Seung Jung (SJ) Yang

The state as a regulator of business ethics in Edo Japan: the Tokugawa authority structure and private interests pp. 397-410

Ingyu Oh and Youngran Koh

A sociocognitive approach to business ethics: lessons from early industrializing Japan pp. 411-421

Peter von Staden

Confucian business ethics in Korea: pre-modern welfare state pp. 422-438

Sangsoon Kang and Joohee Choi

Overcoming ethical issues through symbolic management, cultivating proponents and storytelling: the institutionalization of Korea’s horseracing industry pp. 439-451

Sou Hwan Kang and Gil-Sung Park

The institutionalization of Korean traditional music: problematic business ethics in the construction of genre and place pp. 452-467

Keith Howard

Understanding the rise and decline of shareholder activism in South Korea: the explanatory advantages of the theory of Modes of Exchange pp. 468-486

Bronwen Dalton and Marie dela Rama

Corporate governance and the institutionalization of socially responsible investing (SRI) in Korea pp. 487-501

Hannah Jun

Educational inequality among Chinese urban schools: the business ethics of private schools pp. 502-515

Jin Wang and Wonho Jang

Relinquishing business ethics from a theoretical deadlock: the requirement for local grounding and historical comparisons in the Asia Pacific region pp. 516-521

Chris Rowley and Ingyu Oh

Volume 22, issue 2, 2016

‘Reverse internationalization’ in Chinese firms: a study of how global startup OEMs seek to compete domestically pp. 201-219

Tachia Chin, Ren-huai Liu and Xuemei Yang

Integrating nonmarket and market resources, strategy and performance in Chinese enterprises: a review of the field and a resource-based empirical study pp. 220-237

Wu Wei, Xuan Zhao, Mei Li and Malcolm Warner

An evolutionary perspective of opportunism in high-technology alliance: the evidence from South Korean companies pp. 238-261

Inwon Kang, Shin Han, Jiwon Lee and Lorne Olfman

How do economic, cultural, and global-connectedness distances moderate the effect of customers’ experiences on their intention to revisit non-indigenous restaurants? Evidence from Korean restaurants pp. 262-288

Seung-yon Lee, Jeoung Yul Lee and Renee Boyoung Kim

Global production networks and host-site industrial upgrading: the case of the semiconductor industry in Thailand pp. 289-306

Patarapong Intarakumnerd, Pun-Arj Chairatana and Preeda Chaiyanajit

Brand personality appeal, brand relationship quality and WOM transmission: a study of consumer markets in Vietnam pp. 307-324

Nguyen Dinh Tho, Nguyen Thi Mai Trang and Svein Ottar Olsen

Responsible supply chain management in the Asian context: the effects on relationship commitment and supplier performance pp. 325-342

Su-Yol Lee

China's environmental policy and urban development pp. 343-344

Paul Gentle

The Chinese macro economy and financial system pp. 344-345

Malcolm Warner

Sustainable development and CSR in China – a multi-perspective approach pp. 346-347

Ronald Busse

Business leadership development in China pp. 347-348

Ronald Busse

Special Issue pp. 349-350

The Editors

Special Issue pp. 351-352

Yuliani Suseno and Chris Rowley

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 Donz�

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