BERNADETTE ANDREOSSO-O'CALLAGHAN is Jean Monnet Professor of European Economic Integration and Director of the Euro-Asia Centre, University of Limerick. Her recent publications include An Analysis of Structural Change in China Using Biproportional Methods (with Guoqiang Yue) and The Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam: Ana Analysis of its Determinants (with John Joyce). - JEAN-PASCAL BASSINO is Associate Professor of Economics at Paul Val?ry University, Montpellier, France. His research interests and publications are in the areas of international economic cooperation in Asia, the Euro-Mediterranean region, and the quantitative and institutional economic history of Asia. - JACQUES JASSAUD is Professor of Management, IEA, University Francois Rabelais of Tours, France. His research interests are in the area of business strategy and human resource management (with particular focus on Japan, China, and other Asian countries) and he has published widely in these areas.