European Business Review: Volume 98 Issue 4

Regionalism in Southeast Asia: opportunities and threats for the European Union

Christopher M. Dent

This paper analyses the current and potential impact of Southeast Asia’s regionalism on the European Union. It begins by giving an overview of the different manifestations that…

Electronics foreign direct investment in Singapore: a study of local linkages in “Winchester City”

Ross Brown

The paper examines the role played by foreign direct investment in developing local linkages in Singapore’s electronics industry. Backward material linkages have developed as a…

Overcoming multicultural clashes in global joint ventures

Farid Elashmawi

This article presents examples of culture clashes in global joint ventures and shows how to overcome them. As organizations expand their business globally, they are faced with…

Financial management practices in China: a case study approach to companies in the Shanghai region

Hubert Ooghe

The objective of this study is to describe financial management practices in China by means of a qualitative, case study approach. A total of 16 firms in the Shanghai region were…

Do Japanese companies have a competitive strategy?

Panos Mourdoukoutas, Stratos Papadimitriou

Responding to Michael Porter’s claim that “Japanese companies rarely have a strategy”, this paper argues that the competitive advantage of Japanese enterprises is not to be found…

Foreign debt in Asia Pacific and the Latin American and Caribbean region: is there a cause for concern?

Nicolino Strizzi, Gurprit S. Kindra

Many countries in both the LAC region and Asia Pacific have large and growing foreign debts. Country risk ratios and the profile of foreign debts for the majority of these…

Mastering Modern European History 2nd edition

Jennifer Taylor

Revolution and Change in Central and Eastern Europe: Political, Economic and Social Challenges

Tibor Gönye

Fifty Years of Europe: An Album

C. Thelma Wilson