Changing Economic Environment in Asia Firms' Strategies in the Region

Offering a critical reappraisal of the causes of the 1997 Asian crisis and of its impact on the strategies of firms, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how firms have responded to the changes brought about by the crisis, and what the major structural developments have been in the Asian economies since the late 1990s. Through the use of up-to-date statistical data and theoretical tools the contributors convey the excitement that pervades recent developments in Asia.

List of Figures List of Tables Introduction PART I: REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND FIRMS' STRATEGIES: DRASTIC CHANGES FDI, Industrial Labour Transformation and Growth: The Cases of South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand; N.Fabry & B.Maximin Japanese Direct Investment in Asia and in the European Union: Is There an Interdependence?; B.Andreosso-O'Callaghan & J.P.Bassino The Links Between Japanese Investment in Asia and De-industrialization in Japan; F.Guelle Outcome of the Crisis for Emerging Countries in Asia and Renewal of Industrial Strategies of Foreign Firms: The Case of Thailand; J.C.Simon Human Resource Management Strategies of Korean Companies in China: Localization of Management; R.Taylor, C.Yong-Doo & H.J.Hoon Managing Sino-French Joint Ventures in the Chinese Market: Performance Implications; Z.Y.Zhang PART II: THE IMPACT OF THE CRISIS ON INDUSTRY, LABOUR AND FINANCE The Asian Conglomerates at a Crossroad; C.Milleli & P.Grou The Impact of Structural Reforms and Deregulation Measures on FDI in East Asia; G.Faure The Korean Financial Crisis and Net Foreign Direct Investment; K.Kim & C.R.Chittle The Japanese Model of Human Resource Management in Crisis?; J.Jaussaud Thailand's Industrialization: Overcoming Structural Obstacles?; D.Kermel-Torrés & P.Schar The Evolution of China's Industrial Structure 1990-1996: Implications for China's Future Development; Y.He & X.Pei The Impact of Foreign Trade on the Economic Growth of Shanghai; H.Wang Index

CHARLES CHITTLE Professor Emeritus of Economics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio NATHALIE H.FABRY Associate Professor of Economics and International Business, University of Marne-la-Vallée, France GUY FAURE Senior Research Fellow, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) PIERRE GROU Professor of Economics, University of Versailles, Paris FRANÇOISE GUELLE Associate Professor, University Jean Moulin of Lyon, France YONG HE Research Fellow, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) HYUN JAE-HOON Doctoral Candidate, University of Sheffield DORYANE KERMEL-TORRÉS Research Fellow, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris KYOO H. KIM Professor of Economics, Bowling Green State University, Ohio BERTRAND MAXIMIN Associate Professor, University René Descartes, Paris CHRISTIAN MILLELI Research Fellow, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) XIAOLIN PEI Research Fellow, University of Lund, Sweden PHILIPPE SCHAR Research Fellow, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) JEAN-CHRISTOPHE SIMON Senior Economist, Research Institute for Development (IRD) Paris ROBERT TAYLOR Reader in Modern Chinese Studies, University of Sheffield CHO YONG-DOO Posco Research Institute of Pohang Steel, Seoul HUA WANG Ph.D. Student of Applied Economics, Pierre Mendés France University, (Grenoble) ZHONG-YU ZHANG Deceased