Evaluating the evolution of 'Big Business in Asia' as we enter the new millennium, this text explores recent issues affecting large corporations along with key events.This book was published as a special issue of the Asia Pacific Business Review.

1. Introduction: Big Business in Asia. Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner. 2. Asian Network firms: An Analytical Framework. Peter J. Buckley. 3. The Conditional Relevance of Corporate Governance Advice in the Context of Asian Business Systems. Gordon Redding. 4. Business Goals and Corporate Governance. Geert Hofstede. 5. Big Business in South Korea: The Reconfiguration Process. Chris Rowley and Johngseok Bae. 6. 'Late Development' Experience and the Evolution of Transnational Firms in the People's Republic of China. Malcolm Warner, NG Sek Hong and Xu Xiaojun. 7. Internal Corporate Governance Discipline and the HRM System in Large Japanese Companies. Philippe Debroux. 8. From a 'Barren Rock' to the Financial Hub of East Asia: Hong Kong's Economic Transformation in the Coordinating Perspective. Fu-Lai Tony Yu. 9. Equity-for-Debt Swaps in Chinese Big Business: A Case Study of Restructuring in One Large State-Owned Enterprise. Russell Smyth, Junli Wang and Xin Deng. 10. The Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis on Human Resource Management in Malaysia. Wendy Smith and Asma Abdullah. 11. Globalization Strategies of South Korean Electronics Companies after the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. Seung-Ho Kwon, Dong-Khee Rhee and Chung-Sok Suh. 12. Business Strategy, Government and Globalization: Policy and Miscalculation in the Korean Electronics Industry. Robert Fitzgerald and Young Chan Kim. 13. Dynamic Capabilities of Japanese and Korean Enterprises and the 'Flying Geese' of International Competitiveness. Pradeep Kanta Ray, Masahiro Ida, Chung-Sok Suh and Shams Rhaman. 14. Conclusion: Big Business in Asia: Coverage, Themes and Prospects. Chris Rowley and Malcolm Warner.