Management In Southeast Asia: Business Culture, Enterprises And Human Resources

This edited volume deals with Management in SouthEast Asia. It widely agreed that this is a region of growing importance economically in todays 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 interdisciplinary and most of the contributions are by locallybased authors who are very well qualified to write about their chosen countrysetting. 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.