Global Future: The Next Challenge for Asian Business - Hardcover

DeMeyer, Arnoud; Williamson, Peter; Richter, Frank–Jürgen; Mar, Pamela C. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470821302 ISBN 13: 9780470821305

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Synopsis

Provides a descriptive analysis of the globalization challenge for East Asian Firms and a prescriptive framework of how Asian firms can manage the internationalisation process. The book will contain:

• An introduction on the internationalisation challenges specific to the Asian firm and the outline of a model on internationalisation in Asia
• A series of 8 case studies written by CEOs, illustrating different aspects of internationalisation in Asia.

About this title

About the Author:

Pamela C.M. Mar is Associate Director for Greater China at the World Economic Forum, responsible for the Forum′s activities and relationships in Greater China. Ms. Mar′s publications include Asia’s New Crisis: Renewal through Total Ethical Management, China: Enabling a New Era of Changes and Recreating Asia: Visions for a New Century (all with Frank–Jürgen Richter). She is a frequent speaker to business groups and commentator in regional and international media. She holds degrees from Yale University and London School of Economics, and started her professional career in Hong Kong and Bangkok in business development and venture capital.

Frank Jürgen Richter is President of HORASIS, The Global Visions Community – a Geneva–based consultancy focusing on long–term scenarios related to corporate globalization and Asian business. Prior to founding HORASIS he was Director of the World Economic Forum, in charge of Asian affairs. He has lived, studied and worked in Asia for almost a decade, principally in Tokyo and in Beijing where he developed and managed European multinationals’ China operations. He is a leading analyst of Asian business and economies and an active scholar, having co–authored and edited a series of books on Asian economies and international business.

Peter Williamson is Professor of International Management and Asian Business at the INSEAD in France and Singapore. He has worked closely with companies and governments in Asia on strategy and international expansion over the last 25 years. His research covers globalisation, strategy innovation, mergers and acquisitions, and alliances. His publications include: Winning in Asia: Strategies for the New Millennium, From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Global Knowledge Economy, Managing the Global Frontier, The Economics of Financial Markets, and The Strategy Handbook. Formerly with The Boston Consulting Group, he is advises companies in Europe, Asia and the Americas and serves on the boards of several listed companies. He holds a Ph.D in Business Economics from Harvard University.

Arnoud De Meyer is Professor of Technology Management and Asian Business and Comparative Management at INSEAD. He is also Deputy Dean. Dr. de Meyer has widely published in the field of innovation management and manufacturing strategy. His most recent publications are on the use of internet to stimulate innovation (with S.Dutta and S, Srivastava) and the management of projects under high uncertainty (with C. Loch and M.Pich). He currently prepares a new book on the management of innovation in Asia (with S. Garg). He is outside director of two hi–tech organizations.

From the Back Cover:

Look at any list of truly global companies— those with integrated management and operations across multiple borders—and one notes that Asian companies are sorely underrepresented. Notwithstanding the early internationalization successes of Japanese and Korean conglomerates and the more recent international forays by Chinese companies, one must recognize that much of the promise of Asian multinationals leading a “Pacific century” has yet to be realized.

Global Future: The Next Challenge of Asian Business is a direct response to growing ambitions of Asian companies to go global and the rising pressures on them to internationalize. Advancements in technology, industry changes, and political shifts have fundamentally reshaped the structure of competition, thus challenging the traditional strengths of Asian companies. For corporations that have grown large on the back of national protection and information asymmetries, the environment has become tougher than ever. By profiling early pioneers and leading contemporary globalizers, the authors show how Asian companies can best “climb the globalization staircase” and develop the strategies and capabilities needed to succeed in a global future.

Companies profiled include:

• From Japan—Sony, Kikkoman
• From Korea—Samsung Electronics
• From Hong Kong—Li & Fung
• From Singapore—Singapore Telecom, Olam
• From Taiwan—Uni President
• From Mainland China—ICBC, China Netcom

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0470821302
• ISBN 13: 9780470821305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 228