Asia and Europe in the New Global System

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. Japanese Hybrid Factories in Germany: Survival in a Different Environment

   • Testuo Abo

   Pages 1-25

3. Two Faces of Corporate Governance in Britain: Symbiotic Diffusion of Human Resource Management/Japanization and European Works Council

   • Hasegawa Harukiyo

   Pages 26-50

4. The Effect of Amakudari on Bank Performance in the Post-Bubble Period

   • Kenji Suzuki

   Pages 51-65

5. The Transformation of Corporate Governance Systems in Japan and Germany: The End of Rhenian Capitalism?

   • Ulrich Jürgens

   Pages 66-73

6. The International Organization of Technology Acquisition Activities: A Comparative Study of Japanese and German High-Tech Business Units

   • Martin Hemmert

   Pages 74-93

7. International Trade in Services: A World Trade Organization and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Perspective

   • Sayeeda Bano

   Pages 94-135

8. Students’ Perceptions of Choice Criteria in the Selection of Tertiary Institutions: A Regional Comparison

   • Zahiruddin Ghazali, Mohamad Hanapi Mohamad

   Pages 136-147

9. Revisit the Impact of the Single European Market Programme on the Reorganization of Japanese Subsidiaries in the Region: Case Studies of Canon, YKK and Mitsui OSK Lines

   • Romdej Phisalaphong

   Pages 148-171

10. Japanese Businesses in China: Performance, Control, Trust and their Relations in Japanese–Chinese Joint Ventures

    • Tadamasa Imaguchi, Xinjian Li

    Pages 172-184

11. The Impact of European Union and Middle East Partnership: Agreements on Developing the Level of Environmentalism in Jordan

    • Dieter Beschorner, Thoraiya Younes

    Pages 185-207

12. The Development of Global Education in Malaysia: Strategies for Internationalization

    • Mohamad Hanapi Mohamad, Zahiruddin Ghazali

    Pages 208-224

13. The Determinants of Share Market Response to Employee Share Option Plans Announcements and Implementations: A Review of the Malaysian Bourse

    • Zahiruddin Ghazali, Norlida Abdul Manab, Rusmawati Ismail, Nurwati Ashikkin Ahmad Zaluki, Habibah Tolos, Munauwar Mustaffa

    Pages 225-241

14. Technology Transfer in Asia

    • Akira Kuroda

    Pages 242-261

15. Limitations and Potentials of Intercultural Communication in Unethical Business Conventions: A Theoretical Scrutiny of Intercultural Communication, Business Ethics, Habermasian Discourse Ethics and Foucaultian Aesthetics

    • Nobuyuki Chikudate

    Pages 262-282

16. Networking Bricks and Clicks: Convenience Stores and the Organization of E-Commerce in Japan

    • Hendrik Meyer-Ohle

    Pages 283-302

17. Online Marketing: Displaced Dichotomies

    • Fred Robins

    Pages 303-318

18. Back Matter

    Pages 319-325

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This book examines the need for co-operation between Europe and Asia, particularly in view of China's accession to the WTO. It looks at the cultural implications for closer cooperation between the two parts of the world, exploring corporate culture and leadership in integration management through mergers and acquisitions. It then goes onto discuss whether the world is big enough for several cultures or whether further integration will result in homogenisation. The authors are leading researchers in the field of economic and cultural co-operation.

• China
• European Union (EU)
• intercultural communication
• international trade
• internationalization
• Japan
• management
• WTO

• Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

  Sung-Jo Park, Sierk Horn

TETSUO ABO Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Economics, Teikyo University SAYEEDA BANO Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Waikato, New Zealand DIETER BESCHORNER Deputy Head of the Department of Business Planning, University of Ulm NOBUYUKI CHIKUDATE Assistant Professor at the School of Business Administration, Asia University Tokyo ZAHIRUDDIN GHAZALI Lecturer at the School of Finance and Banking, University Utara, Malaysia HARUKIYO HASEGAWA Senior Lecturer at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield MARTIN HEMMERT Lecturer in Business Administration, University of Essen TADAMASA IMAGUCHI Professor in the Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, Japan ULRICH JÜRGENS Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Political Science at the Freie Universität, Berlin AKIRA KURODA Professor at the Toyohashi Sozo College, Japan XINJIAN LI Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Business and Commerce of Keio University, Japan HENDRIK MEYER-OHLE Assistant Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore MOHAMAD HANAPI MOHAMAD Associate Professor at the School of Management, University Utara, Malaysia ROMDEJ PHISALAPHONG PhD Student at Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam FRED ROBINS Researcher at The Graduate School of Management, University of Adelaide KENJI SUZUKI Assistant Professor at the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics THORAYA YOUNES PhD Student at the University of Ulm, Germany

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