Management and International Review: Euro-Asian Management and Business II ― Issues in Foreign Subsidiary and National Management (mir Special Issue)

impact in terms of new opportunity and risk. In Japan new markets can be in the offering as a result of expected deregulation. But on the other hand greater competition in the home-countries can become a threat, when a host of new fast growing Japanese companies appear on the scene as they break out of oversized and inflexible corporate groups, and seek their fortune independentlyon global markets. Six years after Tiananmen China stands today as one of the worlds leading growth nations. Because of this - and only for this reason - it is recognized and to a certain extent even respected by all countries as a partner in commerce and industry. Trade ties with the western world are stronger than ever before. Japanese trade with China has been booming since 1989, peaking at roughly U. S. $ 38 billion in 1993. U. S. -China trade has almost tripled since 1988 to $ 41 billion in 1993. A similar pattern is seen in China's trade with West Europe which according to Chinese figures amounted to U. S. $ 22 billion in 1993 which was 50% above the volume reached in 1992. Although in China "actual" investment can be way below "approved" investment, the fact remains, that some U. S. $ 20 billion have been poured into the country since 1991 and another $ 12 billion were absorbed in 1992. Front Matter....Pages N1-2 Guest Editor’s Introduction....Pages 3-8 Management Styles of a Sample of Japanese Manufacturing Companies in Italy....Pages 9-26 Communication Network Liaisons as Cultural Interpreters for Organizational Adaptation in Japan-Europe Business Environments....Pages 27-38 The Learning Organization: The Case of the Japanese RHQs in Europe....Pages 39-56 Toward an Analysis of Japanese-style Management: A Psycho-cultural and Socio-historical Approach....Pages 57-73 The Quest for Organizational Competence: Japanese Management Abroad....Pages 75-90 “Interpreneurship”: A New Management Concept from Japan....Pages 91-104 Current Assets Policies of European Corporations: A Critical Examination....Pages 105-117 Capital Structure in Large Malaysian Companies....Pages 119-130 The Performance of Mergers of Japanese Agricultural Cooperatives....Pages 131-144 Der Leser erhält wichtige interne Kenntnisse über asiatische Marktstrategien und die Gründe der jüngsten Wirtschaftskrise Japans. Den Schwerpunkt bilden Beiträge über vergleichbare nationale Unternehmen und ausländische Tochterunternehmen.Verzeichnis: Beiträge über vergleichbare nationale Unternehmen und ausländische Tochterunternehmen. Der Leser erhalt wichtige interne Kenntnisse uber asiatische Marktstrategien und die Grunde der jungsten Wirtschaftskrise Japans. Den Schwerpunkt bilden Beitrage uber vergleichbare nationale Unternehmen und auslandische Tochterunternehmen.Verzeichnis: Beitrage uber vergleichbare nationale Unternehmen und auslandische Tochterunternehmen.