Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Asia-Pacific Economy -- Chapter 2: Singapore -- Chapter 3: Korea -- Chapter 4: Taiwan -- Chapter 5: Hong Kong -- Chapter 6: Labour and Industry in East Asia -- References...

Intro -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Aims and frames of reference -- 1.2 On multiple interpretations -- 1.3 On knowledge-constitutive ideals -- 1.4 Plan of the book -- 2 Information meeting about a new organization -- 2.1 From structure and actor to situation and communication -- 2.2 The advantages...

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Overseas Chinese as an Economic Culture -- The Spirit of Capitalism -- A Spirit of Chinese Capitalism? -- Chapter 2. The Sojourners -- Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore -- Indonesia -- The Philippines -- Malaysia -- Thailand -- The Nanyang --...

Intro -- The Logic Of Organizational Disorder: An Introduction -- Introduction -- The Emergence Of Organizational Disorder: The Garbage Can Model'S Messing With Tradition -- Parallel, Emergent Behavior -- Formal Structures And Emergent Behaviors -- Ambiguity And Loose Coupling -- Modeling...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Human Resource Management as a Strategie Factor -- 2. National Human Resource Management Concepts -- 3. No Universal Model of HRM -- 4. Some Remarks on Methodological Problems of Comparative Management Research -- Human Resource Management and Corporate...

Intro -- Preface To The Third Edition -- I The Japanese Industrial System -- Chapter 1. Japan And The New Global Economy -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Japan As Industrial Superpower -- 1.3 Paradoxes Of Asian Growth -- 1.4 Japan As Learner And Teacher -- 1.5 From Follower To Leader -- 1.6 Strategies...