Journal of Asia Business Studies: Volume 2 Issue 1

The Emergence of International Outsourcing Agents in China: A New Type of Player in International Supply Networks

Zheng Liu, Yongjiang Shi

As China emerges as a centre of manufacturing of the world, more and more small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) start to outsource their production and related supply chain…

Southeast Asian Culture, Human Development, and Business Competitiveness

Helen LaVan, Patrick J. Murphy

Competition and entrepreneurship are driving forces in the development of economic systems. They create jobs, new opportunities to generate value, and lead to the fulfillment of…

Dependency or Interdependency: United States Power Generation Firms’ Entry into China

Lena Croft, Shige Makino

Conventional theories of market entry assume choice availability. This investment assumption is subject to challenges in the power generation market of an emerging economy where…

Cultural Differences Influencing German HR Policies in Asia

Wolfgang Stehle, Ronel Erwee

Researchers still debate the relevance of using cultural frameworks and socio‐economic differences between countries versus focussing on institutional differences when analysing…

Multinational Enterprises, Foreign Direct Investment and Trade in China: the Chain of Causality in 1980‐2003

Jianhong Zhang, Jan P.A.M. Jacobs, Arjen van Witteloostuijn

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) play a dominant role in the international business (IB) literature. Traditionally, by far the majority of IB studies deal with issues at the micro…

Political Risk and ADR Returns: Diversification in the Indian Sub‐Continent

Akash Dania, Rahul Verma

Terrorism, an important component of Political risk as a possible determinant of ADRs (American Depository Receipts) returns have received little attention in academic literature…

A Conversation with Dominic Barton, Chairman of McKinsey & Company Asia‐Pacific Region

Roger Chen, Zhan Li

A Conversation with Dominic Barton, Chairman of McKinsey & Company Asia‐Pacific Region. Barton offers advice for MNCs on doing business in Asia, and discusses the challenges of…