This module is designed to introduce the contemporary business systems and environments of East Asian countries to students. With a strategic perspective, this module focuses mainly on particulars of corporate systems and strategies of multinational and local firms in Asian countries, such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, India, Taiwan, and China, etc. In addition to issues of specific countries, this module also discusses important management topics that are important in doing business in Asia, such as human resource management, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility. Students will elaborate and analyse how the unique political and cultural contexts, as well as characteristics of Asian business systems, contribute to the economic growth and their corporate success and failure in these countries.