Management in South-East Asia : Business Culture, Enterprises and Human Resources Paperback / softback

This edited volume deals with Management in South-East Asia.

It widely agreed that this is a region of growing importance economically in today’s globalized world.

This area contains a diverse range of dynamic economies, ranging from the ‘highly developed’ through to the ‘newly emerging’, each competing in a different manner and with different characteristics.

This book specifically focuses on current and future developments in areas such as Business Culture, Enterprises and Human Resources.

It covers a range of topics, industries, size of firms and countries (Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, three of which are capitalist economies, with the latter a transitional communist one).

These locations also comprehend a variety of business cultures, with a variety of religious values, ranging from Buddhist to Islamic, and ethnic identities.

The approach taken is inter-disciplinary and most of the contributions are by locally-based authors who are very well qualified to write about their chosen country-setting.

The experts contributing include those specialized in banking, business management, economics, finance, sociology, psychology and so on, all based in business schools and universities, encompassing a good number of national origins.

This book was previously published as a special issue of the Asian Pacific Business Review.