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Canadian interests and policies in the Far East since World War II

Canada and the Pacific: prospects and challenges

The people link : human resource linkages across the Pacific

People Make Economies Grow. "The People Link" Focuses On The Characteristics of people, and their respective organizations, that contribute to integration and growth among the economies of the Asia-Pacific region. Particular attention is paid to three people links that have spanned the Pacific: the ethnic Chinese networks; the contributions made to Canada by Asian immigrants; and the role of Asian immigrants, as 'trade intermediaries' in promoting trade between North America and Asia. All western managers must be familiar with the role of people organizations, especially the values and practices in family-owned businesses. To identify future business partners, Canadian firms must understand the strategies of people and organizations from other cultures and figure out how to work with them. The purpose of the Hongkong Bank of Canada Papers on Asia series is to provide practical information, in the form of timely and readable works, to Canadian business and government decision makers that will help increase knowledge and familiarity with the distant markets of East Asia. This interdisciplinary series establishes benchmarks against which Canada's future can be measured systematically. Volume I, Benchmarking the Canadian Business Presence in East Asia, explained Canada's relatively modest business presence in the region and outlined the high costs of entering into these dynamic markets. Volume II, East Asian Capitalism: Diversity and Dynamism, examined these systems as one aspect of reducing such entry costs.This volume is the third in a series that examines Canada's economic relationships with the countries of East Asia. The purpose of this volume is to illuminate the links among the peoples of the region that Canadians needs to understand when doing business abroad or cooperating with East Asians in North America. The book's six papers examine the role of culture in institutional similarities and differences, both within East Asia and between East Asia and the west, the impact immigrants have on the receiving economy, the role of education and human capital in economic growth, and the role international linkages like trade, investment, cooperation and immigration play in the spread of knowledge.