In an age of increased necessity for competitiveness of nations and at a time when the world economy is facing recession, this book explores the possible trajectory of ASEAN – arguably one of the most dynamic areas in the world – as a regional economic and political bloc. The...

Expertly written by leading scholars from a range of different starting points, this compendium presents a synthesis of recent work relating to institutionally-informed accounts from transitional and emerging markets, as well as from mature economies. It specifically focuses on the linkage...

This research discusses transnational corporations (TNCs) in China and their relationships with Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The paper explores theories that may be suitable to China's case, a transition economy with a huge SOE system. Empirically, this research investigates the...

The countries of Eastern and Central Europe have been progressing on the road to a market economy for a number of years now. UK companies, like other western firms, aware of the region's inhabitants pent-up desire for numerous consumer and industrial products and services have invested...

An experiment was designed to assess the effects of an enclosed incentive (bookmark), a promised incentive (offer of free copy of the survey results), the target country and the nationality of the parent company on response from a sample of American and Japanese-owned foreign subsidiaries. Logit...