Responses to Regionalism in East Asia - (Palgrave MacMillan Asian Business) by Andrew Staples (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

In the decade following the Asian financial crisis, the East Asian political economy has experienced a radical transformation. This book thus investigates the responses of Japanese automotive makers to the processes of regionalism and regionalization by locating firm-level analysis in a broader political economy context.

Review Quotes

"Andrew Staples provides an excellent analysis of Japanese automobile manufacturers in East Asia... The author's accomplishment is particularly noteworthy given that itis extremely difficult to penetrate the insular nature of the Japanese corporation." - Ali M. Nizamuddin, University of Illinois at Springfield

About the Author

ANDREW STAPLES is Associate Professor of Japanese Business at Kansia Gaidai University, Japan. He has previously been a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the school of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, UK, where he also gained his PhD.