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About the Asian Business Series
The Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series publishes theoretical and empirical studies that contribute forward-looking social perspectives on the study of management issues not just in Asia, but by implication elsewhere.
The series specifically aims at the development of new frontiers in the scope, themes and methods of business and management studies in Asia, a region which is seen as key to studies of modern management, organization, strategies, human resources and technologies.
The series invites practitioners, policy-makers and academic researchers to join us at the cutting edge of constructive perspectives on Asian management, seeking to contribute towards the development of civil societies in Asia and further a field.
Series Editor: Harukiyo Hasegawa is Professor at Doshisha Business School, Kyoto, Japan, and Honourable Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield's School of East Asian Studies, where he was formerly Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies.
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Forthcoming Publications
Responses to Regionalism in East Asia
Japanese Production Networks in the Automotive Sector
By Andrew Staples
In the decade following the Asian financial crisis, the East Asian political economy has experienced a radical transformation. This book thus investigates the responses of Japanese automotive makers to the processes of regionalism and regionalization by locating firm-level analysis in a broader political economy context.
April 2008 Hardback £55.00
Recent Publications
New Horizons in Asian Management
Emerging Issues and Critical Perspectives
Edited by Diana Rosemary Sharpe and Harukiyo Hasegawa
Asia now offers scope not just for renewed economic activity, but also for research on its recent vicissitudes. In this intriguing analysis of the fluctuations of the contemporary economic system, this book provides a critical perspective through which to interpret business realities on the ground in terms of social and historical contexts.
November 2007 Hardback £55.00
Harmony versus Conflict in Asian Business
Managing in a Turbulent Era
Edited by Oliver H. M. Yau and Raymond P. M. Chow
A timely evaluation of how a harmonious business environment can be created and managed successfully in an increasingly turbulent era. The book illustrates how diversity within East-West business is valuable to the development of new approaches in managing harmony for practitioners.
October 2007 Hardback £55.00
Previous Titles in the Series
Japanese Responses to Globalization
Politics, Security, Economics and Business
Edited by Glenn D. Hook and Harukiyo Hasegawa
This is a cutting-edge analysis of Japanese responses to globalization by leading Japanese scholars. It adopts a three dimensional structure, linking issues of politics/security and economy/business, at internal and external levels. It is a valuable contribution to explicating the meaning of the consequences of Japan's globalization.
May 2006 Hardback £58.00
Emerging Multiplicity
Integration and Responsiveness in Asian Business Development
Edited by Sten Söderman
New Asian companies are emerging with global ambitions, as old western brands disappear or are overtaken. In this book, seventeen Euro Asia experts present conceptual and empirical regional research that reflects the emerging multiplicity in Asia and comprehensively shows how the 'old world' must respond, and what will define success and failure.
March 2006 Hardback £58.00
If you would like to write a book for the series or have suggestions for further titles please contact the Senior Commissioning Editor for Business, Virginia Thorp
