Preface

Conversations about international business and globalization tend to be peppered with phrases like ‘ongoing growth’, ‘continued rapid advance’, ‘spectacular increases’ and ‘worldwide integration’, to identify a few. These phrases reflect the reality of the business environment in the Asia Pacific in the first decade of the 21st century.

These trends in the international business environment are unmistakably clear. Even in the post-financial crisis world in Asia, where many economies have strongly emerged from the chaos in the financial system wrought by US and European banks, international business remains an indelible part of the economic landscape.

International business is a reality in two parts of the business world in the Asia Pacific. ...

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