Journal of Asia Business Studies: Volume 1 Issue 1

Confucianism and the Art of Chinese Management

John S. Hill

China has become a driving force in the world economy, yet East‐West cultural differences remain a problem area for many managers. This paper examines the importance of…

The Internet and Export Marketing from a Middle Eastern Perspective

Zafar U. Ahmed, Craig C. Julian, Imad B. Baalbaki, Tamar V. Hadidian

This study explores the role of the Internet in export marketing. The data was gathered based on a survey of 61 Lebanese manufacturing firms engaged in exporting. The findings…

The Transformation of Biomedical Industry in China: From Academic Affair to Commercialization

Xiaohong Wu

China was the only developing country that participated in the human genome project and contributed 1 per cent of human genome sequencing in 2000. And it finished rice genome…

The Application of Niven’s Balanced Scorecard in a Not‐For‐Profit Organization in Hong Kong: What Are the Factors for Success?

Allen Kwokwah Yeung, Julia Connell

In 2003 Niven modified Kaplan and Norton’s (1992; 1993; 1996; 2000; 2004) balanced scorecard (BSC) framework, claiming that his redesigned model was more suited to non‐profit…

Re‐Engineering Economic Space: The Case of Singapore’s Transborder Industrialization “Gambits” in Asia

Caroline Yeoh, Wilfred How, Victor Sim

The exportability of Singapore’s industrial‐development model to other Asian environments has been one of the hallmarks of the city‐state’s regionalization program, together with…

Trade Orientation and Mutual Productivity Spillovers between Foreign and Local Firms in China

Yingqi Wei, Xiaming Liu, Chengang Wang

This paper argues that multinational firms can benefit from indigenous knowledge diffusion in a host developing country so that there can be two‐way productivity spillovers…

Managing the Strengths of Ties for Internationalization:Lessons from Four Rapidly Internationalized Chinese SMEs

Yee Kwan Tang

This study aims at providing exploratory insights into the initiative and capabilities of Chinese SMEs to develop and utilize diverse networks to support internationalization…

An Interview with Chuck Geschke and John Warnock, Founders and Chairmen of Adobe Systems

Roger Chen, Zhan Li

An Interview with Chuck Geschke and John Warnock, Founders and Chairmen of Adobe Systems. Geschke and Warnock discuss their Asian operations, particularly focusing on their…