Asian Business Books

New and Published Books – Page 2

11. Tiger Girls

    Women and Enterprise in the People's Republic of China

    By Minglu Chen

    Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

    The existing scholarship on women in China suggests that gender inequality still exists against the background of the country’s reform and opening in recent years. However, the situation of women in enterprise ownership and leadership seems to indicate that despite such notions of disadvantage...

    Published January 16th 2013 by Routledge
12. Japan's 'Lost Decade'

    Causes, Legacies and Issues of Transformative Change

    Edited by W. Miles Fletcher III, Peter W. von Staden

    Understanding the 'lost decade' of the 1990s is central to explaining Japan today. Following a period of record high growth, the chronic downturn after 1990 raised fundamental questions about the course of the world's third largest economy. This crisis also presented Japan with the opportunity for...

    Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
13. China's Rational Entrepreneurs

    The Development of the New Private Sector

    By Barbara Krug

    Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

    The ability of China's entrepreneurs to establish firms in the midst of a strangling bureaucratic system is a topic which demands attention not least because it forms the basis of China's economic development. Combining theoretical approaches with extensive fieldwork, China's Rational Entrepreneurs...

    Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
14. Tiger Management

    Korean Companies on World Markets

    By Martin Hemmert

    Throughout the last several decades, Korean companies have entered the world markets in a wide range of manufacturing industries with great success. How did they achieve this exceptional performance? This book uncovers the secret of their performance through a comprehensive analysis of...

    Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
15. Unemployment in Asia

    Organizational and Institutional Relationships

    Edited by John Benson, Ying Zhu

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    The rate of economic change in East Asia over the past two decades has been astounding. High levels of growth have been experienced by a number of the region’s developing economies, centralized systems have developed large market sectors, Japan has suffered a prolonged downturn and the 1997 crisis...

    Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
16. Managing Across Diverse Cultures in East Asia

    Issues and challenges in a changing globalized world

    Edited by Malcolm Warner

    Why ‘Managing across diverse cultures in East Asia’? We re-examine in this book the link between culture and management across the region vis a vis the new economic, political and social landscape that has appeared over the last decade. We accordingly present a set of chapters on East Asian...

    Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
17. China's State Owned Enterprise Reforms

    An Industrial and CEO Approach

    By Leila Fernandez-Stembridge, Juan Antonio Fernandez

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Much has been written on China's State-Owned Enterprises ( SOEs) reform following the restructuring impact on China's economic reform process in the last decade. However, as a major root of social and economic change, little has been discussed beyond a description of SOEs shortcomings and their...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
18. Human Resource Management in China

    Past, Current and Future HR Practices in the Industrial Sector

    By Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu

    Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Business

    Enhancing our understanding of HRM in the Chinese industrial sector, this book explores the emerging role of HRM in China's industrial enterprises. A significant contribution to the theory of HRM, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers of Business and Management, HRM and...

    Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
19. Challenges for China's Development

    An Enterprise Perspective

    Edited by David Brown, Alasdair MacBean

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    The pace of reform for China’s enterprises of all kinds has quickened as they seek to cope with the challenges of self-determination in a rapidly evolving context of difficult social and welfare changes, and the realities of increasing global competition. This book explores these challenges from...

    Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
20. New Models of Human Resource Management in China and India

    By Alan R. Nankervis, Fang Lee Cooke, Samir R. Chatterjee, Malcolm Warner

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the similarities and differences of contemporary human resource management systems, processes and practices in the two increasingly important economic great powers in Asia. It covers the full range of human resource management activities, including...

    Published September 9th 2012 by Routledge