Is Asia Different From the Rest of the World?

Is Asia Different From the Rest of the World?

One of the most difficult challenges for the field of international management is the application of theories and models developed in one part of the world to understand phenomena that occur in another part of the world. Much of the early concern about this issue concentrated on the relevance of American theories abroad. But more recently, the same problem has been faced by Japanese theories of quality control and knowledge creation; or by European theories of joint ventures or organizational design.

The goal of these ...