Organizational Learning in Asia

Jacky Hong is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of Macau, Macau. He received his PhD from Lancaster University. Since early 2000, he has been researching and publishing papers on the broader themes of organizational learning and knowledge management in the Asian context in journals such as Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, Journal of World Business, Journal of International Management, International Business Review and others. He is on the editorial board of Journal World Business, Management Learning and other journals. Robin Snell is Professor of Management at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He received his PhD form Lancaster University. An exponent of qualitative research, he is an Associate Editor of the journal, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management and is on the editorial board of the Asian Journal of Business Ethics. His main interests are organizational learning and business ethics. He has published in many journals, including Asia Pacific Business Review, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, British Journal of Management, Business Ethics Quarterly, Business & Society, Human Relations, Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Management, Journal of Management Studies, Management Learning, Organization Studies, and Thunderbird International Business Review. He is Editor of the leading journal Asia Pacific Business Review, Series Editor of the Working in Asia and Asian Studies book series. He has given a range of talks and lectures to universities and companies internationally with research and consultancy experience with unions, business and government. Professor Rowley has published widely in the area of HRM and Asian business, with over 500 articles, books and chapters and practitioner pieces.

"Therefore, the book provides a comprehensive overview of OL across Asian countries with relevant research approaches, methods, and findings to support furthers research projects, i.e. replication studies to other BRICS countries; and analyses based on chapters’ propositions and frameworks." --The Learning Organization

• Part I: Introduction and Background1. Introduction: Organizational Learning in Context, Not Isolation2. Organizational Learning in the Context of Institutional Voids: Government Interventionism and Business Networks in AsiaPart II: Learning At Individual And Team Levels3. Lose it to Gain it! Unlearning by Individuals and Relearning as a Team4. Knowledge Management Strategies, Imitation, and Innovation: An Empirical Study of Vietnamese FirmsPart III: Learning At Organizational & Inter-Organizational Levels5. An Entrepreneurial Perspective on Developed Economy Firms’ Learning from Asia6. How Chinese Exporters Acquire Learning Capability: Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Economy7. Public–Private Partnerships in Chinese Hospitals and Knowledge TransferPart IV: Conclusions8. A Contextual Perspective on Organizational Learning9. Conclusion: Challenges for Organizational Learning—Institutional Contexts, Cross-Border Knowledge and Context