Research Publications
The Centre's researchers and research affiliates engage in a wide range
of academic research concerning the Asian business environment. Publications
span a wide range of media, including
Books,
Refereed Journal Articles,
Conference Papers,
Book Chapters and Other Edited Volumes.
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2011 |
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Benson, J. & Zhu, Y. 2011. The Dynamics of Asian Labour Markets. Balancing control and flexibility. Routledge, London. |
| Asia has undergone rapid economic transformation over the past two decades. Despite its constant economic growth, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and the resulting surge in unemployment highlighted the vulnerability of national systems that base development solely on economic growth. This book fills a major research gap by exploring the nature, dynamics and functioning of Asian labour markets in eight major Asian economies, including Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Vietnam, India and Malaysia. It examines the type of labour markets that exist in Asia; how they have responded to globalisation; and how flexible they are to changing social and economic conditions. The book analyses how the current transformation has impacted on the key parties, such as employers, employees, trade unions, governments, organisations and society as a whole, and considers the likely future trends and developments in Asian labour markets. | |
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2010 |
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Hwang, S., Lee, Y-I., Kim, W-S & Lee, M. 2010. Gyeonggi-do's (Gyeonggi Province) R&D Intensive Foreign Direct Investment: Performance and Policy Issues (in Korean). Gyeonggi Research Institute, Seoul. |
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Zhu, Y., Webber, M. & Benson, J. 2010. Everyday Impact of Economic Reform in China: Management Change, Enterprise Performance and Daily Life. Routledge, London. |
| During the past 30 years, China has undergone extensive economic reform, replacing the government's administration of enterprises with increasing levels of market-oriented enterprise autonomy. At the heart of the reform are changes in the employment relationship, where state control has been superceded by market relationships. These reforms have had far-reaching implications for many aspects of everyday life in Chinese society. This book appraises the impact of the economic reforms on the employment relationship and, in turn, examines the effects on individual workers and their families, including salaries, working conditions and satisfaction, job security and disparities based on location, gender, age, skill, position and migrant status. In particular, it focuses on how changes in the employment relationship have affected the livelihood strategies of households. It explores the changing human resource management practices and employment relations in different types of enterprises: including State-Owned Enterprises, Foreign-Owned Enterprises and Domestic Private Enterprises; throughout different industries, focusing especially on textiles, clothing and footwear and the electronics industry; and in different regions and cities within China (Beijing, Haerbin, Lanzhou, Hangzhou, Wuhan and Kunming). Overall, this book provides a detailed account of the everyday implications of economic reform for individuals and families in China. | |
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2009 |
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Cavoli, T. and Rajan, R. 2009. Exchange Rates Regimes and Macroeconomic Management in Asia, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. |
| With the rise of China, India and the re-emergence of East Asia from the financial crisis of 1997-98, monetary issues in Asia have acquired great significance as the region holds the largest reserves in the world and consequently plays a major role in the global macroeconomy. In addition, there are also a great variety of monetary policy regimes at play in the region - reflecting each country's needs and policy preferences. This volume explores monetary, exchange rate and macroeconomic policies in Asia. A particular question that is analysed is Asia's experience since the crisis with the use of monetary policy to manage the resurgence in capital inflows. It also examines the theoretical and policy issues associated with international capital flows, the increasing degree of integration of financial markets and exchange rates for emerging Asian economies. The book is unique in focussing on China, India and Southeast Asia, rather than just having a sub-regional or country-specific focus. Rigorous empirical analysis is applied to important practical policy issues. The book also provides accessible overviews of recent research relevant to the questions that are explored and is written throughout in a manner that is accessible to policy makers, students and business/financial journalists. | |
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Huang, S. & Hsu, C.H.C. 2009. Structural Analysis of Tourist Behaviour: A Study on Past Mainland Chinese Visitors to Hong Kong, Lambert Academic Publishing, Australia. |
| Tourism is claimed to be one of the biggest industries in the world and characterizes by its people-to-people interactions. Tourist behavior plays a pivotal role in understanding tourism and thus remains at the center of tourism research. However, the complexity of tourist behavior under various social and cultural contexts challenges researchers in the field on their methodologies because tourist behavior appears to be influenced not by linear associations but by structural interactions and relationships among its determinants. The world tourism development currently witnesses a market shift signifying the importance of some developing countries like China as tourist-generating sources. Accordingly, studies on the behaviors of these new tourists form an emerging research agenda. This book provides a structural analysis on an emerging international travel market, mainland China, regarding tourist behaviors in the context of visiting Hong Kong as an outbound destination. The book provides insights and innovations in studying tourist behaviors theoretically, methodologically, and practically. | |
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Benson, J. & Zhu, Y. (eds.). 2008, Trade Unions in Asia, Routledge, London. |
| Offering a comprehensive
account of the role of trade unions in Asia
today, this book, put together by two
editors who have published extensively in
the areas of business and economics in Asia,
covers all the important Asian economies:
both developed and developing. Making a vital contribution to the very small amount of literature that has been published on this topic, this book focuses, in particular on how trade unions have organized to represent workers and the strategies they have adopted. It discusses the issues surrounding wages and working conditions, health and safety, women's employment opportunities and human resource development, in the context of the major regional economies, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, India, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. This is an essential read for both professional and postgraduate students , studying or working in the areas of Asian business. |
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Hsu, C.H.C., Killion, L., Brown, G., Gross, M., & Huang, S. 2008. Tourism Marketing: An Asia-Pacific Perspective. Milton, Australia. John Wiley & Sons, Australia. |
| Tourism Marketing provides
a contemporary approach to formulating,
implementing and monitoring marketing
strategy for regional tourism marketers and
small businesses, the latter comprising over
90% of the 'tourism industry'. The principal
aim of Tourism Marketing is to demonstrate
how marketing principles apply in the
tourism industry in Australia, New Zealand
and the Asia-Pacific. This text provides students with a thorough understanding of: - a conceptual framework for tourism and travel marketing - the role and importance of destination marketing organisations - factors influencing tourism demand and supply - characteristics of consumer-traveler behaviour - services marketing in tourism - the role of marketing research in management decision making - approaches to branding, positioning and segmentation - the philosophy of integrated marketing communications performance metrics |
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Kim, W-S. & Lee, Y-I. 2010. The Korean Economy: The Challenges of FDI-led Globalization. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. |
| The Korean Economy examines how Korea's
inward FDI-led globalization, particularly
since the financial crisis of 1997, has been
experienced, understood, managed and often
strongly resisted in various economic,
social and cultural domains. It is an
in-depth analysis combining perspectives
from politics and economics, examining a
number of grievances as seen through the
eyes of actual foreign investors operating
in Korea. The authors argue that it is
precisely these obstacles that need to be
addressed if Korea is to live up to its full
potential in terms of becoming a truly
attractive magnet for FDI and
comprehensively integrating into the global
economy. The authors make a convincing case
that the challenges Korea currently faces
are by no means limited to institutional and
policy reforms, but rather are entrenched in
an anti-globalization mindset shared by all
sectors of society. This critical examination of the Korean government's inward FDI policies includes the experiences of around 50 CEOs of operating MNCs in Korea including various chambers of commerce and law firms. It also examines both perceptions and realities of the Korean market from in-depth interviews with over 50 foreign CEOs of MNCs operating in Korea, as well as a critical examination of Korea's current efforts to become a Northeast Asian business centre. This book will appeal to academics and postgraduate students of Asian studies and international business, the foreign business community (including existing and potential foreign investors to the Korean market) as well as government and policy makers. |
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