Multinational Management: A Casebook on Asia’s Global Market Leaders - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319230115 ISBN 13: 9783319230115

Publisher: Springer, 2016

Synopsis

This casebook demonstrates that the future of global business lies in how well the multinational landscape is charted and how the importance of Asian market leaders is deeply embedded in it. It offers international management students and researchers an extensive guide to the business history, strategy development, and foreign market entry modes used by emerging Asian multinationals. The cases focus on well-known companies such as Lenovo, Alibaba, Infosys, Huawei, Panasonic, and Rakuten. These companies, all of which generate huge revenues in their own countries (e.g. in China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam), are now becoming increasingly sophisticated and striving to become global brands, while also enjoying the active support of their governments in terms of their international business.

Readers will learn about the current multinational landscape in Asia, the management challenges, and the future implications for traditional western companies seeking to retaintheir market share. Chapters on corporate entrepreneurship, human resource management and intercultural competence, and current branding trends in Asia will provide a cutting-edge update on international business strategy for students and practitioners alike. 

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About the Author

Professor Rien T. Segers, the editor of this book, is professor of Asian Business Strategies at the International Business School of Hanze University in Groningen, the Netherlands. He has been a visiting professor at many universities and research institutions in China, Japan, South Korea and the United States and has published widely concerning Asian economic affairs.

From the Back Cover

This casebook demonstrates that the future of global business lies in how well the multinational landscape is charted and how the importance of Asian market leaders is deeply embedded in it. It offers international management students and researchers an extensive guide to the business history, strategy development, and foreign market entry modes used by emerging Asian multinationals. The cases focus on well-known companies such as Lenovo, Alibaba, Infosys, Huawei, Panasonic, and Rakuten. These companies, all of which generate huge revenues in their own countries (e.g. in China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam), are now becoming increasingly sophisticated and striving to become global brands, while also enjoying the active support of their governments in terms of their international business.

Readers will learn about the current multinational landscape in Asia, the management challenges, and the future implications for traditional western companies seeking to retain their market share. Chapters on corporate entrepreneurship, human resource management and intercultural competence, and current branding trends in Asia will provide a cutting-edge update on international business strategy for students and practitioners alike.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319230115
• ISBN 13: 9783319230115
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 377
• Editor: Segers Rien