Redesigning Asian Business : In the Aftermath of Crisis.

Cover -- REDESIGNING ASIAN BUSINESS -- Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE INTRODUCTION -- 1 Why Asian Management? -- ASIAN FIRMS ARE DIFFERENT -- THE MICROCOSM OF MANAGEMENT IN ASIA -- 2 The Legacy of Confucianism -- HISTORICAL ROOTS -- THE FAMILY AND THE OUTSIDER -- ASIAN VALUES -- 3 The Three Intrinsic Characteristics of Asian Management -- GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE: BUSINESS NETWORKS -- INTERACTION MODE: MUTUAL TRUST -- UNDERLYING PURPOSE: COLLECTIVE ENHANCEMENT -- 4 Confucian Management -- PART TWO THE ASIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS -- 5 The History of the Asian Economic Crisis -- THE AFTERMATH -- THE EVENTS -- THE INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTION -- 6 Economic Development and State Intervention -- JAPAN -- SOUTH KOREA -- SOUTHEAST ASIA -- 7 The Dark Side of Asian Management -- PART THREE ASIAN MANAGEMENT STYLES -- 8 Japanese Keiretsu -- TRADITIONAL EXPLANATIONS OF JAPANESE MANAGEMENT -- OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT -- KNOWLEDGE CREATION -- 9 Korean Chaebol -- TRADITIONAL EXPLANATIONS OF KOREAN MANAGEMENT -- VISION AND COMMUNITY OF FATE -- VIRTUAL HEADQUARTERS -- 10 Overseas Chinese Business Groups -- TRADITIONAL EXPLANATIONS OF OVERSEAS CHINESE MANAGEMENT -- THE CULT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TAIWAN -- DECISION MAKING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING -- 11 Management in China -- PART FOUR TOWARD A NEW ASIAN MODEL -- 12 Hybrid Management -- TRANSPLANTED ORGANIZATIONS -- LEARNING FROM WESTERN FIRMS -- LEARNING FROM ASIAN FIRMS -- 13 Recent Developments across the Region -- JAPAN -- SOUTH KOREA -- SOUTHEAST ASIA -- 14 Short-Term Agenda: Fixing the Weaknesses of Asian Management -- FOCUS ON CORE BUSINESS -- DISCARDING PREFERENTIAL FINANCING -- RESTRICTION OF GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE -- 15 Long-Term Agenda: Adjusting the Strengths of Asian Management -- PERMEABLE NETWORKS -- HUMANISTIC TRUST -- COLLECTIVE CREATIVITY -- 16 Women and Asian Management.

17 Confucius in the Spotlight -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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