This book reviews the deep historical roots of Asian business ethics and firmly places these into the modern context. From this analysis the various authors review the role of trust in alliances - in general, and in operational detail in several countries in South and East Asia: Malaysia, Japan, Singapore and Korea are featured. Finally we note the need to develop trust looking at the obstacles of understanding these aspects.
Autorentext
HOCK-BENG CHEAH School of Business, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia CHEI HWEE CHUA INSEAD, Singapore DIETER ERNST East-West Center, Hawaii SIMON EVENETT World Trade Institute, Switzerland TONY FANG Assistant Professor, Stockholm University School of Business, Sweden ANNA GOUSSEVSKAIA Research Fellow, Unit for the study of Innovation, Knowledge and Organisational Networks, Warwick Business School RENÉ HAAK Deputy Director and Head of Business and Economics Section of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo YOKO ISHIKURA ICS, Graduate School of Internation Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo PAWEL KOMENDER Simon, Kucher & Partners, Tokyo JOHN BARRY KOTCH Graduate School of International Studies, Korea GILL-CHIN LIM Professor of Asian Studies, Michigan State University LOW SUI PHENG School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore PHILIPPE RÉGNIER Director, Centre de Recherche sur L'Asie Moderne, Geneva GUNTHER STAHL INSEAD, Singapore LIONEL STAPLEY IVAN TSELICHTCHEV DAVID WONG Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia MICHAEL YEOH Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Zusammenfassung
This book is about relationships in global alliances in which we have to work with people from many regions of the world who each hold quite different views about their business relationships. As we are concentrating upon "Asian Business Alliances" we review the old Confucian foundations of behaviour which today still pervade businesses and interpersonal relationships in East Asia. Outsiders have to learn to interact with Confucianism, as well as other indigenous beliefs and religions. Naturally one facet of business relates to corruption which may be promoted by nepotism, cronyism and favouritism. If corruption and malpractice is rife we can't trust easily, and so we increase our transaction costs in ill-defined ways as we individually attempt to create insurances against losses. This book looks widely at business practices across Asia but concentrates on the larger economies of Japan, China, Malaysia and Singapore as they contrast in style, ethics, and business processes. The authors point out that there is scope for radical change to take place in the near future and note that it is in the Asian countries that necessary changes must take place, as their institutions are re-created to meet the modern world. Once this is achieved, Asian leaders will have the opportunity to facilitate and re-direct institutions in the developed world. The time for this is coming fast as China becomes the manufacturing powerhouse of the world, so altering the balances of power and trust in global partnerships.
Inhalt
Building Trust; J.Kidd & F-J.Richter East Asian Economies: Westernization, Liberalization and New Regionalism; I.Tselichtchev Is Wealth Creation Sustainable? Trust Need and Greed in the Development Process; H-B.Cheah Sustainable Governance for Sustainable Development; G-C.Lim The "Coop-Comp" Chinese Negotiation Strategy; T.Fang Tao Zhugong's Chinese Business Principles (770 to 221 BC): A Convergence with Modern Day Construction and Real Estate Practices; L.S.Pheng The Role of Trust in the Process of Alliance Evolution; A.Goussevskaia & J.Kidd Business Linkages and Resilience of SMEs during the East Asian Crisis: The Role of Networks and Trust Between TNCs and Local Suppliers; P.Régnier How Sustainable are Benefits from Global Production Networks? Malaysia's Upgrading Prospects in the Electronics Industry; D.Ernst Asian Values, Malaysian Style: Imperatives for Building Cross Cultural Partnerships in Malaysia; D.Wong & M.Yeoh Focus on China: New Challenges for Japanese-German Strategic Business Alliances in a Dynamic Environment. A Theoretical View of Third Market Business Collaboration; R.Haak Trust and Antitrust in Cross Cultural Alliances: Cross Cultural Management Challenges in Japan; P.Komender Cluster as "ba" for Knowledge Management; Y.Ishikura A Cross Cultural Comparative Study of German and Singaporean Employees' Trust Decisions Following a Takeover: Implications for Cross Border Mergers and Acquisitions; G.Stahl & C.H.Chua Creating Trust in The Korean Chaebol; J.B.Kotch Developing Trust: Obstacles and Understanding; L.Stapley Trust and Antitrust: The Consequences for Markets of Informal Network Formation; S.Evenett