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  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Authors; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Global ICT-Based Services Offshoring and Asia; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Development of ICT-Based Services Offshoring in the Global Economy; 1.2.1 Definition of Offshoring and Typology of ICT-Based Services Offshoring; 1.2.2 From Manufacturing Offshoring to ICT-Based Services Offshoring; 1.2.3 Upgrading of Globalization of ICT-Based Services Offshoring; 1.3 Asia as a Major Destination of Services Offshoring; 1.3.1 Development of ICT-Based Services Exports in Asia.
  • 1.3.2 Spread of ICT-Based Services Offshoring from India to East Asian Countries1.3.2.1 Growth of ICT-Based Service Industry in India; 1.3.2.2 Spread of Services Offshoring from India to East Asia; The Philippines; Vietnam; China; 1.4 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 2: East Asiaś Economic Development and Japanese Firms ́ICT-Based Services Offshoring; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The ICT-Based Services Offshoring of Japanese Firms and East Asia; 2.2.1 Japanś ICT Industry and Services Offshoring; 2.2.2 Services Offshoring of Japanś ICT Firms and Its Restructuring.
  • 2.2.3 The Different Types of ICT-Based Services2.3 ICT-Based Services Offshoring of Japanś User Firms; 2.3.1 Japanś Engineering Services Offshoring, Centering Manufacturing Industry; 2.3.2 ICT-Based Services Offshoring of Japanś Small- and Medium-Scale Firms; 2.4 Present Situation of East Asian Development and Moving to a Knowledge-Based Economy; 2.4.1 East Asian Economic Zone and the New Development Phase; 2.4.2 The Possibility of a Shift of the East Asian Economy to a Knowledge-Based Economy; 2.5 Concluding Remarks; References.
  • Chapter 3: Japanese ICT Firms ́Offshore Development and Software Business in East Asia3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Literature Review; 3.3 Methodology; 3.4 Japanese ICT Firms ́Offshore Development in East Asia; 3.4.1 The Current State of Technology Transfer Through Offshore Development; 3.4.2 Effect of the Technological Improvement of Chinese Firms; 3.4.3 The Continued Dependence on China; 3.5 Japanese ICT Firms ́Business Expansion in East Asia; 3.5.1 Plans of Raising the Foreign Sales Ratio; 3.5.2 Failures of MandA and Management of Foreign Subsidiaries.
  • 3.5.3 Reasons for Poor International Management3.5.3.1 Lack of Knowledge and Experience of International Business; 3.5.3.2 Liability of Foreignness; 3.5.3.3 Problems Related to Leadership and Authority; 3.5.4 Ways to Improve Foreign Subsidiary Management; 3.5.5 Willingness to Transfer a High Level of Technology to East Asia; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Offshoring of Engineering Labor in Japanese Manufacturing SMEs: Evolution of the ``Comprehensive Offshoring ́́Model; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Outline of the Case Study; 4.3 Case Study of Japanese Die and Mold Firms in Vietnam.