This Special Issue looks to shed more light by focussing on a specific host base for global multinational enterprises and specific International Human Resource Management issues in a local context. Japan as a case study offers an interesting perspective. From a practitioner's point of view, intercultural International Human Resource Management activities will become ever more prominent in a globalised market, and this Special issue will offer insights of considerable practical value.

Dr. Ralf Bebenroth is Professor for International Business at Kobe University. Dr. Werner Pascha is Professor for East Asia Economy/Japan and Korea at University Duisburg-Essen.