"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."