The course takes a comparative perspective – highlighting the unique cultural, historical, and institutional bases of Asian business systems. Hybrid – global, regional, and country-specific – processes are also identified. It highlights historical and evolutionary changes within Asian business systems due to the high growth rates of countries in the region and the emergence of large multinational enterprises (MNEs) with home countries in them, as well as globalization and pressures from a wider global community of business stakeholders. The reasons for business success in the region will be couched in the societal role of business in Asia and mounting pressures on their societal role and calls for reform emanating from various activist groups in the region.