Malaysian Business in the New Era

Edited by Chris Nyland, Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, Wendy Smith, formerly Senior Lecturer in Management and Director, Centre for Malaysian Studies, Russell Smyth, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Marika Vicziany, Professor of Asian Political Economy and Director, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia

• Economic and social adjustment in Malaysia in the "new" business era, Chris Nyland et al; Malaysian export competitiveness compared with the dynamic Asian economies - past performance and prospects for the next millennium, Peter Wilson; Australian business attitudes to Malaysia, Marika Vicziany et al; transaction costs of cross cultural exchange - evidence from Australia-Malaysia case studies, Ergun Dogan et al; Japanese electronics firms in Malaysia - after the financial crisis, David W. Edgington and Roger Hayter; the importance of size in the growth and performance of the electrical industrial machinery and apparatus industry in Malaysia, Rajah Rasiah; sustaining the growth effects of foreign investment - the case of multinational subsidiaries in Malaysia, Ron Edwards et al; market performance and the speed of the invisible hand - the case of Malaysian manufacturing, Mita Bhattacharya and Koi Nyen Wong; a comparison of business process re-engineering with other management techniques in Malaysia, Stanley Richardson and Khong Kok Wei; tour guide training -lessons for Malaysia about what works and what's needed, Betty Weiler and Sam H. Ham; economic growth, international competitiveness and public service moral values - a study of Penang Island Municipal Council officers, Ali Haidar et al; globalization and labour in Malaysia, P. Ramasamy; Islamic identity and work in Malaysia - Islamic work ethics in a Japanese joint venture in Malaysia, Wendy A. Smith et al; the 1997-1998 financial crisis in Malaysia and its social impact - some lessons, Ishak Shari; what determines the long-run movements of the Malaysian ringgit?, Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah et al; returns to liquidity on KLOFFE (Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange), S. Gulay Avsar and Barry A. Goss; "Asian values", model communities and resistance to contemporary Malaysian politics, A.B. Shamsul.

'. . . the book makes a significant contribution to research on Asian business. The chapters are deeply researched and will be of considerable value to scholars, government policymakers and practitioners.'