I. Competitive Advantages of Country

Porter, Michael (1990) The Competitive Advantage of Nations, New York, The Free Press.(Chapter 3)
World Economic Forum (2013) The Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, Geneva, World Economic Forum.

II. Japanese Management Systems

Abegglen, James (2006) 21st Century Japanese Management: New Systems, lasting value, New York, Palgrave Macmillan (chapter 4)
Flath, David (2005)The Japanese Economy (2nd Edition), Oxford, Oxford University Press (Chapter 15)
Itagaki, Hiroshi (2011) “The Japanese Management System and the Corporate Strategies of Japanese Companies” in Kawamura, T (ed.) Hybrid Factories in the United States, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

III. Japanese Production Management 

Imai Masaaki (1997) Gemba Kaizen: a commonsense, low-cost approach to management, New York, MacGraw-Hill. (Chapter 1)
Urata Shujiro (1999) “Intrafirm Technology Transfer by Japanese Multinationals in Asia”, in Encarnation (ed.), Japanese Multinationals in Asia, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

IV. Industrial Organisation in Japan (Keiretsu & Sogo Shosha)

Flath, David (2005)The Japanese Economy (2nd Edition), Oxford, Oxford University Press (Chapter 12)
Chen, Min (2004) Asian Management Systems (2nd edition), London, Thomson. (Chapter 12)

V. Government-Business Relationship in Japan and the Asia Pacific

Chen, Min (2004) Asian Management Systems (2nd edition), London, Thomson. (Chapter 11)
Chiu, Stephen and Lui, Tai-lok (1998) “ The Role of the State in Economic Development”, in Thompson, G. (ed.) Economic Dynamism in the Asia-Pacific, London, Routledge.

VI.  Japanese Foreign Economic Policies and FDI in the Asia Pacific 

Natsuda, Kaoru (2008) “Japan’s Foreign Economic Policies towards East Asia in the Post War Era”, Asian Profile, vol. 36, no.5,pp.455-468
Farrell, Roger (2008) Japanese Investment in the World Economy, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.

VII. Japanese Production Networks in the Asia Pacific

Hatch, Walter and Yamamura Kozo (1996) Asia in Japan’s Embrace: Creating a Regional Production, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. (Chapter 2)

VIII. Investment Promotion Presentation 

VIIII. Japanese Corporations and Future of the Asia Pacific