framework or, in an institutionalized form, security community, in Northeast Asia, the authors in this volume are realistic as … disappointment. The past two years again saw the rising of tensions in Northeast Asia and the masterful way in which even an … and maybe even more than ever the search for a stable security framework for Northeast Asia as a precondition for peaceful …

and competitiveness in East Asia. The following papers are contained: 'Transitional Institutions, Institutional … Complementarities in Japan - Empirical Results from SAP R/3 Implementations in Japanese Automotive Suppliers'. …

The volume is a collection of papers on 'M&A in Japan - a new instrument for corporate policy', with a special emphasis … international M&A in recent years. Next, preliminery results of a survey among German enterprises with business interests in Japan … M&A in Japan are discussed. …