T.S. Chan began his higher education career in 1975. He has considerable experience as a researcher and senior administrator. In addition to his current position at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, he has held various teaching appointments at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Indiana University at Bloomington, USA, and Saint Mary's University, Canada. Geng Cui is Professor of Marketing and International Business at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. His research interests include consumer behaviour and marketing in China, foreign direct investment strategies and performance, and quantitative models in marketing. His works have appeared in leading academic journals. He has been a consultant to local and overseas organizations on business and marketing strategies in China.

• 1. Research on Asian Firms: A Review and Look Forward; Geng Cui, T. S. Chan and Hua Zhang PART I: ASIAN FIRMS: ENVIRONMENT, INSTITUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT 2. The Impact of Network Relationships, Environment and Localization on the Performance of Taiwanese Small and Medium Sized Enterprises; Ku-Ho Lin, Ya-Yuan Chang, Chueh-Chu Ou and Wei-Kuo Tseng 3. The Internationalization of Emerging Market Multinationals: Effects of Host and Home Country Institutional Factors; Yuanyuan Zhang, Geng Cui and T. S. Chan 4. Imprinting Home Institutional Influence - Chinese Firms' Long-term Performance in Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions; Sai Lan, Fan Yang and Hong (Susan) Zhu 5. Rise of the Indian Firm - Understanding Leadership in Indian Organizations; Christopher Selvarajah, Denny Meyer, Suku Sukunesan and R. Venkatapathy PART II: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF ASIAN FIRMS: PERSPECTIVES AND STRATEGIES 6. Adapting to Change: The State of Singapore Private Enterprise in China; Wilfred How and Caroline Yeoh 7. Perspectives on Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Australia; Robert Graham Jack and Lijun (Karl) Qin 8. Acquisition versus Greenfield: The Strategy of Chinese Privately-owned Investors in Developing Countries; Wiboon Kittilaksanawong, Xudong Chen and Shanshan Xie 9. Different Roads to Rome? Patterns of Internationalization in Chinese Firms; Geng Cui, T. S. Chan, Hua Zhang and Ling Peng 10. An Exposition of Indian Overseas Investments in Germany: Trends, Motivations and Challenges; Ritam Garg