This book examines the need for co-operation between Europe and Asia, particularly in view of China's accession to the WTO. It looks at the cultural implications for closer cooperation between the two parts of the world, exploring corporate culture and leadership in integration management through mergers and acquisitions. It then goes onto discuss whether the world is big enough for several cultures or whether further integration will result in homogenisation. The authors are leading researchers in the field of economic and cultural co-operation.

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TETSUO ABO Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Economics, Teikyo University SAYEEDA BANO Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Waikato, New Zealand DIETER BESCHORNER Deputy Head of the Department of Business Planning, University of Ulm NOBUYUKI CHIKUDATE Assistant Professor at the School of Business Administration, Asia University Tokyo ZAHIRUDDIN GHAZALI Lecturer at the School of Finance and Banking, University Utara, Malaysia HARUKIYO HASEGAWA Senior Lecturer at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield MARTIN HEMMERT Lecturer in Business Administration, University of Essen TADAMASA IMAGUCHI Professor in the Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, Japan ULRICH JÜRGENS Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Political Science at the Freie Universität, Berlin AKIRA KURODA Professor at the Toyohashi Sozo College, Japan XINJIAN LI Doctoral Candidate at the Department of Business and Commerce of Keio University, Japan HENDRIK MEYER-OHLE Assistant Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore MOHAMAD HANAPI MOHAMAD Associate Professor at the School of Management, University Utara, Malaysia ROMDEJ PHISALAPHONG PhD Student at Tinbergen Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam FRED ROBINS Researcher at The Graduate School of Management, University of Adelaide KENJI SUZUKI Assistant Professor at the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics THORAYA YOUNES PhD Student atthe University of Ulm, Germany

Inhalt
Japanese Hybrid Factoris in Germany: Survival in a Different Environment; T.Abo Two Faces of Corporate Governance in Britain: Symbiotic Diffusion of HRM/Japanization and European Works Council; H.Hasegawa Effect of Amakudari on Bank Performance in the Post-Bubble Period; K.Suzuki Transformation of Corporate Governance Systems in Japan and Germany: The End of Rhenian Capitalis?; U.Jürgens The International Organization of Technology Acquisition Activities: A Comparative Study of Japanese and German High-Tech Business Units; M.Hemmert International Trade in Services: A WTO and APEC Perspective; S.Bano Students' Perceptions of Choice Criteria in the Selection of Tertiary Institutions: A Comparison Between Region and Selecting; Z.Ghazali, M.Mohamad & M.Kassim The Impacts of the Single European Market Program on Inward Direct Investment From Japan: Case Studies of Canon, YKK & Mitsui O.S.K Lines; R.Phisalaphong Japanese Businesses in China: Performance, Control, Trust and Their Relations at Japan-China Joint Ventures; T.Imaguchi & X.Li The Impact of European Union and Middle East Partnership: Agreements on Developing Environmentalism Level; D.Beschorner & T.Younes The Development of Global Education in Malaysia: Strategies For Internationalization; M.Mohammad, Z.Ghazali & M.Kassim The Determinants of Share Market Response to Employee Share Option Plans, Announcements and Implementations: A Review of Malaysian Bourse; Z.Ghazali, N.Manab, R.Ismail, N.Zaluki, H.Tolos & M.Mustaffa Technology Transfer in Asia; A.Kuroda Limitations and Potentials of Intercultural Communication in Unethical Business Conventions: A Theoretical Scrutiny in Intercultural Communication, Business Ethics, Habermasian Discourse Ethics and Foucaultian Aesthetics; N.Chikudate Networking Bricks and Clicks: Convenience Stores and the Organization of E-Commerce in Japan; H.Meyer-Ohle Online Marketing: Displaced Dichotomies; F.Robins