Dear friends and colleagues, despite huge market potential, foreign companies increasingly face a variety of challenges during the "soft landing" of the Chinese economy and amidst globalization tendency (e.g. Trump). Asian Business & Management has just published a focused issue touching upon opportunities and challenges for foreign companies in China. Find out more at: https://link.springer.com/journal/41291/18/4 *Asian Business & Management* <https://link.springer.com/journal/41291> All Volumes & Issues <https://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/41291> Volume 18, Issue 4, September 2019 *Focused Issue: Challenges and opportunities for foreign companies in China* Challenges for foreign companies in China: implications for research and practice <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41291-019-00084-0> Fabian Jintae Froese <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Fabian+Jintae+Froese%22> , Dylan Sutherland <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Dylan+Sutherland%22>, Jeoung Yul Lee <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Jeoung+Yul+Lee%22>…Pages 249-262 Influences of expatriate managerial styles on host-country nationals’ turnover intention <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41291-018-0047-5> Yong Suhk Pak <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Yong+Suhk+Pak%22>, Qinglu Sun <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Qinglu+Sun%22>, Yi Yang <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Yi+Yang%22>Pages 263-280 Unions and the productivity performance of multinational enterprises: evidence from China <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41291-018-00052-0> Tony Fang <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Tony+Fang%22>, Ying Ge <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Ying+Ge%22>, Youqing Fan <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Youqing+Fan%22>Pages 281-300 When does knowledge similarity help foreign firms improve performance? <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41291-018-0048-4> Xuelian Piao <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Xuelian+Piao%22>, Jon Jungbien Moon <https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Jon+Jungbien+Moon%22>Pages 301-323 Best regards, Fabian ***** Fabian Jintae FROESE, Ph.D., Dr. oec. Professor and Chair of HRM and Asian Business, University of Goettingen <https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/359099.html> Director of Master in Global Business <https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/580332.html> Editor-in-chief of Asian Business & Management <http://www.palgrave.com/gb/journal/41291> Chair of Academy of International Business <https://aib.msu.edu/> Western Europe President of the Association of Japanese Business Studies <https://ajbs.org/About_AJBS.php> Now on Twitter: @froesefabian <https://twitter.com/fabianfroese> Google scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FWJ38N0AAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao> profile ____ 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.