Using an institutionalist approach as the main framework, this research examines the evolution of Vietnamese agricultural cooperatives over the last six decades through four distinct phases - the voluntary collectivization period of 1954-1975, the compulsory collectivization period of 1975-1981,...

The contributions to this symposium on 'Demystifying Chinese Management' have attempted to tackle new strategic issues and challenges <italic>vis-à-vis</italic> the newly diversified ownership and management system which has occurred since Deng's economic reforms. It is clear that when we try to 'make sense' of...

The Chinese economy has dramatically changed in its nature over the last three decades or so. It has moved from being a command economy into market socialist system over the period and has morphed from an economy dominated by state-owned enterprises to an economy with a wide range of ownership...

[Introduction]: This book on the changing 'face' of women managers in Asia has covered nine economies. These have a disparate range of economic, spatial and demographic sizes, structures and development stages, patterns and trajectories. Thus, the small populations of Hong Kong, Taiwan and...

The influence of Asian cultures and religious traditions has often been used to explain Asian women’s under-utilisation and under-representation in management. This book examines the influence of culture and tradition on organisational and management practices, and how these affect the...