Pacific Service Enterprises And Pacific Cooperation

"This book is the result of a team effort that has brought together researchers

from Europe, Japan and North America. Their backgrounds and experience

reflect the interdisciplinary scope of the book, which covers economic, political

and business aspects of service enterprises and cooperation in the Pacific-Asia

region.

The idea for this project originated with Gavin Boyd, who approached

l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in 1990 in order to explore

possible avenues of cooperation. HEC's Center for International Business

Studies (CETAI), which has a long-standing interest in Asia, agreed to support

the project, and the newly created Orner DeSerres Chair of Commerce, also at

HEC, accepted to coordinate the project and to provide technical support. Gavin

Boyd, Associate Member of CET AI, and Gunnar K. Sletmo, Orner DeSerres

Professor of Commerce and Member of CETAI, agreed to serve as coeditors for

the book."