1st Edition
International Business in China Understanding the Global Economic Crisis
1. Introduction Robert Taylor (University of Sheffield)
2. Control of French and Japanese Subsidiaries in China: implementing control mechanisms before and after the global economic crisis Johannes Schaaper (BEM Bordeaux Management School) Shuji Mizoguchi, Hiroyuki Nakamura and Seiji Yamashita (all at the University of Yokohama)
3. MNCs location choice and agglomeration: a comparison between US and European affiliates in China Jean-Louis Mucchielli and Pei Yu, (University of Paris, Pantheon-Sorbonne)
4. Reasons behind management localisation in MNCs in China Lingfang Fayol-Song, (ESCEM School of Business and Management, France.)
5. When in China: the HRM practices of Chinese and foreign owned enterprises during a global crisis Jacques Jaussaud (University of Pau) and Xueming Liu, (University of Poitiers)
6. China’s labour legislation: implications for competitiveness Robert Taylor, University of Sheffield)
7. Playing the game of catching up: global strategy in a Chinese company Yi Zhu, Richard Lynch and Zhongqi Jin,’ (Middlesex University Business School, London.)
8. Epilogue Robert Taylor, University of Sheffield)
Biography
Robert Taylor was formerly Reader in Modern Chinese Studies and Co-Director of the Centre for Chinese Studies at the University of Sheffield.. He is the author of a number of books and academic articles relating to China’s management systems and Chinese foreign policy, including Greater China and Japan (Routledge, 1996).
