Trust and Antitrust in Asian Business Alliances: Historical Roots and Current Practices

by John B. Kidd, Frank-Jurgen Richter

Overview

This book reviews the deep historical roots of Asian business ethics and firmly places these into the modern context. From this analysis the various authors review the role of trust in alliances - in general, and in operational detail in several countries in South and East Asia: Malaysia, Japan, Singapore and Korea are featured. Finally we note the need to develop trust looking at the obstacles of understanding these aspects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403916198
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/03/2004
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	418
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

HOCK-BENG CHEAH School of Business, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia
CHEI HWEE CHUA INSEAD, Singapore
DIETER ERNST East-West Center, Hawaii
SIMON EVENETT World Trade Institute, Switzerland
TONY FANG Assistant Professor, Stockholm University School of Business, Sweden
ANNA GOUSSEVSKAIA Research Fellow, Unit for the study of Innovation, Knowledge and Organisational Networks, Warwick Business School
RENÉ HAAK Deputy Director and Head of Business and Economics Section of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo
YOKO ISHIKURA ICS, Graduate School of Internation Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
PAWEL KOMENDER Simon, Kucher & Partners, Tokyo
JOHN BARRY KOTCH Graduate School of International Studies, Korea
GILL-CHIN LIM Professor of Asian Studies, Michigan State University
LOW SUI PHENG School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore
PHILIPPE RÉGNIER Director, Centre de Recherche sur L'Asie Moderne, Geneva
GUNTHER STAHL INSEAD, Singapore
LIONEL STAPLEY
IVAN TSELICHTCHEV
DAVID WONG Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MICHAEL YEOH Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Table of Contents

Building Trust; J.Kidd & F-J.Richter East Asian Economies: Westernization, Liberalization and New Regionalism; I.Tselichtchev Is Wealth Creation Sustainable? Trust Need and Greed in the Development Process; H-B.Cheah Sustainable Governance for Sustainable Development; G-C.Lim The "Coop-Comp" Chinese Negotiation Strategy; T.Fang Tao Zhugong's Chinese Business Principles (770 to 221 BC): A Convergence with Modern Day Construction and Real Estate Practices; L.S.Pheng The Role of Trust in the Process of Alliance Evolution; A.Goussevskaia & J.Kidd Business Linkages and Resilience of SMEs during the East Asian Crisis: The Role of Networks and Trust Between TNCs and Local Suppliers; P.Régnier How Sustainable are Benefits from Global Production Networks? Malaysia's Upgrading Prospects in the Electronics Industry; D.Ernst Asian Values, Malaysian Style: Imperatives for Building Cross Cultural Partnerships in Malaysia; D.Wong & M.Yeoh Focus on China: New Challenges for Japanese-German Strategic Business Alliances in a Dynamic Environment. A Theoretical View of Third Market Business Collaboration; R.Haak Trust and Antitrust in Cross Cultural Alliances: Cross Cultural Management Challenges in Japan; P.Komender Cluster as "ba" for Knowledge Management; Y.Ishikura A Cross Cultural Comparative Study of German and Singaporean Employees' Trust Decisions Following a Takeover: Implications for Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions; G.Stahl & C.H.Chua Creating Trust in The Korean Chaebol; J.B.Kotch Developing Trust: Obstacles and Understanding; L.Stapley Trust and Antitrust: The Consequences for Markets of Informal Network Formation; S.Evenett