TY - JOUR
T1 - Japanese management at a crossroads? The changing role of China in the transformation of corporate Japan
AU - Horn, Sierk A.
AU - Cross, Adam R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This special issue comprises a selection of studies presented at the workshop, Cross-cultural management practices in East Asia: lessons for Japanese MNEs held at the University of Leeds on 26–27 January 2007. The guest editors would like to thank the following organisations and individuals who helped to make the workshop such a success: Prof. Sung-Jo Park (Professor Emeritus, Freie Universität Berlin), the staff of the Embassy of Japan in the UK, especially Masato Takaoka (Minister for Economic Affairs) for his perceptive keynote speech; the British Academy, the Leeds Humanities Research Institute and the White Rose East Asia Centre (a collaboration between the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, UK) for their generous financial assistance; and staff and doctoral students of Leeds University Business School, the Centre for International Business (CIBUL) and the Department of East Asian Studies, all at the University of Leeds, for their support of the event. We are also grateful to the conference attendees whose enthusiasm and insight helped spark suchstimulating debate, and especially Markus Thinnes (Technotrans East Asia), Miles Dodd (Asian Expertise), and Bill Reed (managing consultant on East Asian business), who shared their experiences in practitioner-focused sessions. In addition, we wish to thank Tetsu Abo, John Cassidy, Keith Glaister, Frank McDonald, Masahiro Miyagawa, Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner, who each contributed to this special issue in various ways. Finally, Helen Ashworth, who provided administrative and operational support, is due special thanks.
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - This introduction to the special issue, 'Cross-cultural management practices in East Asia: lessons for Japanese MNEs', argues that better understanding is needed of how the economic rise of China is influencing the transformation of corporate Japan. After examining key trends in the evolution of Sino-Japanese business relations, we consider potential triggers of corporate transformation under the headings of marketing and distribution, inter-corporate networks and human resources management. Each of these areas is discussed in the context of increasing engagement of Japanese firms with the Chinese economy and the ability of Japanese firms to transfer sources of competitive advantage to this emerging market.
AB - This introduction to the special issue, 'Cross-cultural management practices in East Asia: lessons for Japanese MNEs', argues that better understanding is needed of how the economic rise of China is influencing the transformation of corporate Japan. After examining key trends in the evolution of Sino-Japanese business relations, we consider potential triggers of corporate transformation under the headings of marketing and distribution, inter-corporate networks and human resources management. Each of these areas is discussed in the context of increasing engagement of Japanese firms with the Chinese economy and the ability of Japanese firms to transfer sources of competitive advantage to this emerging market.
KW - Challenges of localisation
KW - China
KW - Corporate transformation
KW - Japanese management systems
KW - Japanese multinational enterprise
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449451201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13602380802667221
DO - 10.1080/13602380802667221
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70449451201
SN - 1360-2381
VL - 15
SP - 285
EP - 308
JO - Asia Pacific Business Review
JF - Asia Pacific Business Review
IS - 3
ER -