Seung Ho Park is Parkland Chair Professor of Strategy at China Europe International Business School. He was the founding President of Samsung Economic Research Institute China. He co-authored the awarding-winning book Rough Diamonds: The Four Traits of Successful Breakout Firms in BRIC Countries, and his research has been published in leading journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and the Journal of International Business Studies. Gerardo R. Ungson is the Y. F. Chang Endowed Chair and Professor of International Business in the College of Business, San Francisco State University. He was formerly a Senior Resident Scholar with IEMS in Beijing. With Seung Ho Park, he won the Strategy and Business Journal award for the 2013 Best Book on Globalization for Rough Diamonds. Jamil Paolo S. Francisco is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). He has published journal articles on financial markets, environmental economics, and household adaptations to climate change, and has led several research projects under the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia of the IDRC, and under the East Asian Development Network.

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• Part I. The Antecedents of ASEAN Integration: 1. Our core arguments; 2. Mapping ASEAN integration; 3. Toward an ASEAN economic community; Part II. ASEAN Champions: Strategies for Enduring Success: 4. Preserving institutional legacy; 5. Leveraging market power; 6. Pioneering marketing strategies; 7. Deepening localization; 8. Fostering internationalization; 9. Building synergy; 10. Nurturing human capital; Part III. Strategic Imperatives and Policy Implications: 11. Implications for management and policy; 12. Epilogue.

Seung Ho Park is Parkland Chair Professor of Strategy at China Europe International Business School. He was the founding President of Samsung Economic Research Institute China. He co-authored the awarding-winning book Rough Diamonds: The Four Traits of Successful Breakout Firms in BRIC Countries, and his research has been published in leading journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and the Journal of International Business Studies. Gerardo R. Ungson is the Y. F. Chang Endowed Chair and Professor of International Business in the College of Business, San Francisco State University. He was formerly a Senior Resident Scholar with IEMS in Beijing. With Seung Ho Park, he won the Strategy and Business Journal award for the 2013 Best Book on Globalization for Rough Diamonds. Jamil Paolo S. Francisco is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM). He has published journal articles on financial markets, environmental economics, and household adaptations to climate change, and has led several research projects under the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia of the IDRC, and under the East Asian Development Network.

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• Part I. The Antecedents of ASEAN Integration: 1. Our core arguments; 2. Mapping ASEAN integration; 3. Toward an ASEAN economic community; Part II. ASEAN Champions: Strategies for Enduring Success: 4. Preserving institutional legacy; 5. Leveraging market power; 6. Pioneering marketing strategies; 7. Deepening localization; 8. Fostering internationalization; 9. Building synergy; 10. Nurturing human capital; Part III. Strategic Imperatives and Policy Implications: 11. Implications for management and policy; 12. Epilogue.