Advancing Technologies for Asian Business and Economics: Information Management Developments

Advancing Technologies for Asian Business and Economics: Information Management Developments

Dasho Karma Ura, Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos

Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 329

ISBN13: 9781466602762|ISBN10: 1466602767|EISBN13: 9781466602779

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0276-2

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Business in Asia is governed, as elsewhere around the globe, by a burgeoning amount of information in the form of analytics, knowledge, and research.

Advancing Technologies for Asian Business and Economics: Information Management Developments offers the latest research available within the field of information management as it pertains to the Asian business market. The book promotes and coordinates developments in the field of Asian and Chinese studies, as well as presents strategic roles of IT and management towards sustainable development with emphasis on practical aspects in Asia. It provides a comprehensive resource for policymakers, government officials, academicians, and practitioners, with a wealth of valuable research on theories and practices which underpin successful business and management in Asia.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Chapters

Chinese Cultural Values and Industry

Chapter 1

Local Milieu in Developing China’s Cultural and Creative Industry: The Case of Nanluoguxiang in Beijing (pages 1-12)

Jici Wang, Chun Zhang, Ching-Ning Wang, Ping Chen

This paper examines the role of creative milieu and cultural heritages in the development of Chinese cultural industry. Through case study of Beijing’s Nanluoguxiang, where several arts institutions and theaters concentrate, it...

Chapter 2

Australian Businesses in China: Strategies to Overcome the Cultural Gap (pages 13-24)

Mona Chung, Jane Menzies

This paper indentifies a main barrier when doing business with China, the cultural gap, and provides the strategies that companies can use when entering the Chinese market. This empirical study examined 40 Australian organisations in...

Chapter 3

Confucianism Values for Transformational Leadership Development in the Chinese Context (pages 25-37)

Balakrishnan Muniapan, Ee Yaw Seng

Transformational leadership has received a great significance in the leadership literature during the past two decades. However, this research is dominated by Western traditions and scant attention is paid to Asian traditions....

Chapter 4

Study on Cultural Commercialization and Public Consumption: The Case of China (pages 38-49)

Yuhong Li, Jingyuan Zhao, Han Weixi

This paper demonstrates the commercializing trend and phenomenon of the contemporary culture, arguing that as an intangible commodity, culture has special and limited commercialization that it’s only a superficial homogeneity brought...

Chapter 5

The Interactive Relationship between Corporate Cultures, Leadership Style and Knowledge Management (pages 50-64)

Valerie (C. Y.) Zhu, Linyan Sun

In the knowledge economy era, increasing attention has been on the myths and secrets of knowledge management (KM). Being the core of the intangible assets of organizations, proper and effective KM is an inimitable and sustainable...

Chapter 6

Interactive Strategies for Cultural Heritage Tourism and Macau City Development: The Tourists’ Perspectives (pages 65-84)

Aliana M. W. Leong, Jacky X. Li

This paper examines the cultural heritage resources of Macau in tandem with the city’s development. The investigation encompasses the actual condition of Macau’s cultural heritage tourism and the challenges and opportunities for its...

Chapter 7

Embracing Guanxi: The Literature Review (pages 85-93)

Jilong Zhang, Nattavud Pimpa

Guanxi is deeply ingrained in Chinese society and business etiquette; therefore, it is critical to understand and appreciate it to gain a commercial foothold in China. This paper explores the fundamental differences between Chinese...

Marketing in Asia

Chapter 8

A Study of Customer Satisfaction of an Automotive Company in Malaysia (pages 95-103)

Noor Azlina Fakiruddin, Hebat Allah A. Wagih, Waleed F. Faris

This paper was conducted to present an analysis of the current level of customer satisfaction on the services offered by an automotive outlet in Malaysia. In an effort to make the company more effective, many have targeted various...

Chapter 9

Creating a Chinese “Miele”?: Asymmetries in the Consumer Perception of Chinese and German Brands (pages 104-117)

Cora F. Jungbluth

This paper analyzes the country-of-origin effects of Chinese brands going international. To approach this topic, the author uses a comparative case study, in which a Chinese manufacturer of white goods, Haier, and a German...

Economic Development and Investments

Chapter 10

Chinese Investments in Italy: Is the Wave Arriving?1 (pages 119-142)

Francesca Spigarelli

This paper focuses on the effects of the Go Global policy in Italy. The main type of Chinese investments, their strategic motivations, as well as the role of ethnic networks are analyzed. The phenomenon is still not significant in...

Chapter 11

Entry Strategies into the P.R.C. for Post Recession Wealth Management Service (pages 143-153)

Andrew Chan, Carlson Chan

Trillions of dollars were evaporated worldwide as a result of the financial tsunami that shocked the world in 2007 (Soros, 2008). This paper argues that in a time of global recession, banks seeking to expand wealth management service...

Chapter 12

Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment: In Search of a New Theory (pages 154-168)

Fernanda Ilhéu

In past years, China recorded a fast sustainable economic growth with an estimated average GDP growth rate of 9.7% in the period of 1980-2008, turning China into the world’s second largest economy. With an export oriented economic...

Chapter 13

No Strategy is an Island to Itself: China First-Mover and Other FDI Strategies’ Interaction Effects (pages 169-187)

Bradley J. Koch

The first-mover strategy for foreign investment is examined to determine under what conditions a significant effect exists when it is combined with other foreign investment strategies like partner selection, geographical market...

Chapter 14

Study on the New Tendency of the International Industry Shifts and Chinese Enterprise Implementation Tactics (pages 188-197)

Jing Sun, Mingyou Wang

At the beginning of 21st century, the Multinational Corporation take globalization strategy as the foundation and the starting point, accelerate the industry restructure greatly, the industrial shift presented the depth and breadth...

Chapter 15

Blue Ocean Strategy: A Vehicle for Entrepreneurship Development and Economic Growth in Rural Areas (pages 198-206)

Vinay Sharma, Piyush Seth, Shujauddin Niyazi

This paper emphasizes on the role of entrepreneurship in economic development of a society with the perspective of Blue Ocean strategy used by organizations across the globe and especially in the context of Indian rural markets. The...

Chapter 16

Study on Environmental Tax: A Case of China (pages 207-219)

Huifeng Li, Xuanwei Zhang

Since the industrial age, along with the promotion of economic development, problems of ecological destruction and environmental pollution are becoming more serious. To solve this problem, the implementation of environmental tax is...

Chapter 17

Study on Chinese Low Carbon Economic Model (pages 220-228)

Huifeng Li, Xiaofang Wang

Global warming, which is caused by over consumption of fossil energy during economic development in human society, threatens global ecological balance, tampers social and economic development, imperils energy security, ecological...

Managerial Issues in China

Chapter 18

Mutual Guarantee Systems of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in China: An Application of Self-Organization Theory (pages 230-238)

Yi Yang, Hong-yan Yan, Ze-yun Yang

Mutual guarantee systems (MGS) of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are complex system mainly serving the SMEs, including the mutual guarantee institutions formed by SMEs, financial institutions, industry associations and credit...

Chapter 19

A Trilogy of Unfortunate Events in China: Reflecting on the Management of Crises (pages 239-248)

Zhang A. Long, William Crandall, John Parnell

In this paper, the authors address three recent organizational crises that have occurred in China; the SK-II cosmetic incident, the Sharon Stone comment on the May 2008 earthquake in China, and the melamine milk contamination crisis....

Chapter 20

Implementation Concerns of Scholar-Practitioners: A Pilot Study of the Link between Research and Practice (pages 249-264)

Claretha Hughes, Jai Wang, Wei Zheng, Laird McLean

The challenge of combining research and practice in HRD has led to continuing debate on who are scholar-practitioners and how they integrate research and practice in the workplace. This qualitative collective case study provides...

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