Abbreviations
APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
CCC Chinese Culture Connection
CCP Chinese Communist Party
CCT Cross-Cultural Training
CEE Central and Eastern Europe
CFL Chinese Federation of Labour (Taiwan)
COEs Collective-owned Enterprises
CSAs Country-specific Advantages
DPEs Domestic Private Enterprises
ECB European Central Bank
EEA European Economic Area
EEC European Economic Community
EMU Economic and Monetary Union
ETUC European Trade Union Confederation
EU European Union
EWC European Works Council
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FOEs Foreign-owned Enterprises
FSAs Firm-specific Advantages
HCN Host Country National
HQ Headquarters
HR Human Resources
HRD Human Resource Development
HRM Human Resource Management
IHRM International Human Resource Management
IR Industrial Relations
JVs Joint Ventures
KMT Kumintang (Nationalist Party in Taiwan)
LDCs Less Developed Countries
LEs Large-sized Enterprises
M&A Mergers and Acquisitions
MNCs Multinational Corporations
MOL Ministry of Labour (Japan)
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
OJT on the job training
PCN Parent Country National
PRC People’s Republic of China
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