Emerging Asian Economies and MNCs Strategies

Edited by Robert Taylor, University of Sheffield, UK and Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan, University of Limerick, Ireland and Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany

• Contents:1. Introduction Robert TaylorPART I: OVERALL OVERVIEW2. Emerging Asian Economies and MNC Strategies: A Review of the LiteratureBernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan3. Regional Production Networks in Asia – A Focus on China, Japan and Korea Françoise Nicolas 4. Selected Asian Countries and the Food Supply Chain (Between Food Security and Food Safety)Maria Bruna ZolinPART II: CHINA AND CHINESE MNCS5. A Correlation of China’s Economic Growth and Trade Structure Induced by Transaction CostsQuoqin Zhao and Sam Dzever 6. MNCs’ Offshore R&D Co-Location Strategies: Comparison of Western and Asian Firms in ChinaPei Yu and Jean-Louis Mucchielli 7. Chinese Outward Direct Investment to the European Union Against the Background of the Euro CrisisBernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan and Christopher Dathe 8. Expatriation Policies of Chinese Emerging MNCs Feng Wei and Jacques JaussaudPART III: EMERGING MNES FROM OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES9. The Transatlantic Free Trade Area: ASEAN’s PerspectiveUtai Uprasen 10. Innovation Performance in the Small and Medium Enterprises of India – Evidence from the Food Processing Industry Bhumika Gupta and Jeayaram Subramanian 11. The Emergence of Samsung as a Global ICT PlayerNigel Callinan 12. Epilogue: Labour Mobility and Human ResourcesRobert TaylorIndex

’Taylor and Andresso-O'Callaghan's new book is a very welcome addition to the literature on Asian economic integration in the context of its barriers, problematic decision-making of regional bodies and infrastructure. They use a plethora of international experts to cover a varied and disparate range of areas, including: regional production networks; food supply chain; R&D location strategies; outward investment into the EU; expatriation policies; innovation in food processing small firms and ICT using Samsung as a case. One of the most interesting and perceptive pieces is Taylor's on labour mobility and human resources and the need for corporate cultures to adapt to indigenous cultural values and norms and emergence of hybrid systems of management. This stands in useful contrast to the often naive navel-gazing and ethnocentric assertions of too much US-UK management literature.’