*Dear Colleagues,* *The Special Issue on Internationalization of Asian Firms, Journal of East West business is now online. * *SI Editor: Justin Paul, Professor, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA (Former Faculty member, University of Washington)* *Links to special issue:* *http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10669868.2016.1217721 <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10669868.2016.1217721>* http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjeb20/current *Volume 22 – Issue 4 – 2016* *Table of Contents* The Internationalization of Asian Firms: An Overview and Research Agenda <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10669868.2016.1217721> Justin Paul <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Paul%2C+Justin> & Desislava Dikova <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Dikova%2C+Desislava> Pages: 237-241 *Published online:* 21 Sep 2016 research article What Drives Precocity? A Study of Indian Technology-Intensive Firms <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10669868.2016.1217724> Sumati Varma <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Varma%2C+Sumati>, Rishika Nayyar <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Nayyar%2C+Rishika> & Vishakha Bansal <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Bansal%2C+Vishakha> Pages: 242-269 research article Guanxi’s Changing Nature: A Chinese Born Global’s Experience <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10669868.2016.1215661> Tiia Vissak <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Vissak%2C+Tiia> & Xiaotian Zhang <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Zhang%2C+Xiaotian> Pages: 270-295 research article Founding Environment, Inward Internationalization, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Chinese Private Enterprises <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10669868.2016.1215667> Hongxin (John) Zhao <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Zhao%2C+Hongxin+John> & Jieqiong (Jeccy) Ma <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Ma%2C+Jieqiong+Jeccy> Pages: 296-323 research article Internationalization of Indian Firms: An Exploratory Study of Two Firms from the Tyre Industry <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10669868.2016.1215670> Sundar Parthasarathy <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Parthasarathy%2C+Sundar>, Kirankumar S. Momaya <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Momaya%2C+Kirankumar+S> & Shishir K. Jha <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Jha%2C+Shishir+K> Pages: 324-350 research article Divergence and Convergence of Firm-Level Best Practices: The Case of Bajaj and Hero-Honda in India’s Two-Wheeler Industry <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10669868.2016.1217722> Murali Patibandla <http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Patibandla%2C+Murali> Pages: 351-368 Our sincere gratitude to 33 reviewers (11 articles were reviewed to select 5) who supported us by sending us their reviews within a month. Reviewers for this special issue. They include known experts- AIB President Prof Masaki (Mike) Kotabe, Gabriel Benito, Shige Makino, George White, Jane Menziez, Snehal Awate, C.Gopinath, Murali Patibandla, Kiran kumar Momaya, Mitza Ruzzier, Tiia Vissak, Parul Gupta, Karen Orengo, Sumit Mitra, and D. Sunder. -- Regards, JUSTIN PAUL, Ph.D Professor, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, P.O. Box 23332, PR, USA 00931 Author: Export-Import Management, Oxford Uty Press. International Business (6th edition), International marketing (2nd edition) & Business Enviornment(3rd ed)- McGraw-Hill. Web: justinpaul.uprrp.edu , drjustinpaul.com Download my articles /books/cases from http://washington.academia.edu/JustinPaul https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Paul2 Page: facebook.com/drjustinpaul <http://facebook.com/drjustinpaul> Latest Article: Paul, J & Shrivastava, A (2016). Do young managers in a developing country have stronger entrepreneurial intentions? Theory and debate.*International Business Review*. doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.03.003 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.03.003> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969593116300269. ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.