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Business organizations constantly seek creative innovation as a means to differentiate from competitors in the marketplace. Design Thinking (DT) has emerged in recent years as a methodology that promises organizations a means to innovate products and services. Yet, many East Asian organizations have only begun to consider DT as a method towards generating product and service ideas, and scholars cite cultural factors as barriers to DT adoption. This paper examines how East Asian firms implement DT in light of cultural barriers and explicates a framework that identifies four implementation models based on level of commitment and an internal/ external orientation. The four models are the baked-in approach, the “special ops” design lab, outsourcing, and the creative retreat. The findings contribute to the design thinking literature, which focuses on why DT works, but has only produced limited insights into how firms implement DT into organizational culture.

At present, little is known about best practices in mental health for cisgender South Asian women in the United States who experience domestic violence. The authors will review the diversity of South Asian communities, describe the prevalence of domestic violence and its impact on mental health, and explicate the myriad systems that serve as facilitators and barriers in help seeking within neocolonial contexts in which South Asians are minoritized and othered. We have collated the scant literature and provided concrete recommendations for best practices focused on connections, collectives, and communities to meet the diverse needs of South Asians in the United States while navigating the systems of care provided by South Asian domestic violence agencies and mental health services.

There is a lacuna in research work in terms of understanding how Asian information technology (IT) organizations can become global brands to achieve brand sustainability. The present research examines the impact of brand strength on sustainable global branding for Asian IT organizations. Survey conducted with sample size of 225 IT customers. Results show positive relationship between brand strength and global branding; between brand loyalty and brand sustainability; between global branding and brand sustainability. This research helps managers with a brand strength-based framework towards global branding of Asian IT organizations. Asia should optimally utilize its human potential, through building global IT brands. The success (or lack of it) of IT firms in Asia can potentially influence the performance of firms in other sectors and other developing regions as well. The originality of the study lies in proposing a conceptual framework for sustainable global branding of Asian IT organizations and conducting a quantitative study. The study further validates the model using structural equation modelling (SEM).

This paper attempts to examine the paradigm shift in ASEAN from a state-based to a people-based organization. We argue that by adopting a people-based organization, ASEAN now enters an era of Neo-Communitarianism replacing the Old Communitarianism of the old generation of ASEAN. By using communitarian perspectives, we look at the continuities and changes in ASEAN with regard to how it deals with issues involving their members. Three important issues namely the debates on intervention principle; the adoption of the three pillars of the ASEAN Community; and the inclusion of human rights are seen as the signposts where ASEAN departs from their Old to a Neo-Communitarianism. Although there have been a lot of challenges to the realization of the people-based organization, we see that the dynamics of debates and the active participation of the community in the debates show good prospects for the new paradigm to realize. In this paper, we use debate on the formation of ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (ICHR), to show the involvements of people in setting the agendas for the future ASEAN.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the activities of the Asian Productivity Organisation (APO). The study identifies the various roles and activities of the APO and evaluates how well it performs in these roles. The study also investigates the impacts of the APO on the productivity initiatives of National Productivity Organisations (NPOs) in 16 Asian countries. These productivity initiatives are important in enhancing productivity performance and national competitiveness in the countries of interest. Design/methodology/approach The study collects data from stakeholders in the NPOs in 16 countries. A Likert-scale questionnaire was used to collect data from two types of respondents – NPO CEOs and NPO professional/technical staff. Data were analysed by comparing the responses across the participating countries. Findings The result shows that there was general satisfaction with the mission, vision and strategic direction of the APO. With respect to the operational performance of the organisation, the study showed that there were some differences in perception of the performance of the APO although the overall perception was positive. Practical implications The study provides insights into the top management of the APO with regards to deciding on the future direction of the organisation and, in particular, the ways in which it understands and supports the varied requirements of the different NPOs. Originality/value Organisations such as the APO dedicate significant resources into supporting NPOs, and by extension productivity-related commercial operations, in several countries. It is important to understand how these services are perceived and experienced in these countries, and a definitive study to examine this has not previously been carried out.

A lecture presented by the author at a seminar held on October 17, 2009, at the University of Cambridge in England to celebrate the centenary of Dr. Laurence Picken is transcribed. The author focuses on Picken's research after 1972 and the controversial results of the Tang Music Project. Picken's goal was to discover how Tang music had changed over a millennium and more, and whether modern Japanese performance gave a fair idea of Tang-pierod practice in China. He also wanted to attempt to reconstruct Tang-period music. The seven volumes of \"Music from the Tang Court,\" edited by Picken and others from 1981 to 2000, are the primary output of the project. A brief look at the approach and findings of the \"Picken School\" is presented, and reactions to the work are considered.

ICT intensive services were found to contribute to the service export growth in developed countries. However, empirical work on the role of ICT in ASEAN's services export is sparse due mainly to the scarcity of bilateral services trade data. This study uses mirror data from the ASEAN-5's trading partners from 2000 to 2012 for examining the impact of ICT on the ASEAN-5's services export. A set of constructed ICT indicators are found to have significant positive network effect on the ASEAN-5's services export. Thus, the higher the ICT development level in both trading partner countries, the higher their bilateral services exports with each other. But, the positive impact of ICT on the ASEAN-5's trade in services can be offset by the presence of trade costs. Therefore, policies enhancing trade facilitation should be used in tandem with the development of ICT in order to promote the ASEAN-5's services export.