Asian Economic Catharsis

FRANK-JÜRGEN RICHTER has lived, worked and traveled extensively throughout Asia. Fluent in Mandarin and Japanese as well as his native German, he holds a doctorate from Stuttgart (Germany) University, has studied business administration and mechanical engineering, and done other postgraduate work at Tsukuba University, Tokyo. Dr. Richter has written articles for various professional and scholarly journals, authored two books, and is the editor of two previous books for Quorum, Business Networks in Asia: Promises, Doubts, and Perspectives (1999) and The Dragon Millennium (2000).

• Crisis and Catharsis: An Overview A Perspective on Asian Management by Frank-Jurgen Richter Recovering from the Crisis: New Game Opportunities in Asia by Ian C. Buchanan, Chipper Boulas and Babu Raj Gopi Asian Economic Crisis and the Decline of Japanese Economic Leadership in Asia by Harold R. Kerbo and Robert Slagter The Asian Economic Crisis: A Forward Look at Issues and Implications for International Business by Frank L. Bartels and Hafiz R. Mirza Organizational Restructuring and the Management of the Firm Type, Magnitude and Timing of Organizational Responses to an Economic Crisis: The Case of Thai Construction Companies by Bettina Buchel Technology and Restructuring of Organization and Assets in an Indian Bank Faced with the Demands from Financial Restructuring and Globalization by Parthasarathi Banerjee Reforms of China's State-Run Enterprises-Chances and Risks for China and for Western Business by Wolfgang Klenner Allying and Venturing: The Unfolding of a New Interfirm Rationality Venturing Jointly: Oriental and Occidental Perceptions by John Kidd Reorganizing Japanese Groups in Times of Crisis: Sony's Bold Experiments by Yoshiya Teramoto and Caroline Benton Increasing Competitiveness of Indo-German Joint Ventures: The Role of Joint Venture Autonomy for Success by Briji Kumar and Markus Khanna New Economic Development and Strategic Alliances in the Japanese Finance Sector by Caroline Benton and Yoshiya Teramoto In Search of an Asian "Post-Crisis" Management Paradigm Evolution of Management in Thailand after the Asian Crisis by John Kidd, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai and Frank-Jurgen Richter The Crisis of Japanese Management and Its Transferability Abroad: The "Hybrid Model" by Lucrezia Songini Are Firms in South East Asia Ready for Knowledge Management? Validating a Framework for Knowledge Creation in Thai Telecommunication Firms by Bettina Buchel and Steffen Raub Chinese Network Management: An Alternative Strategic Management Model by George Haley Bibliography Index