Globalization and regionalization: an introduction / Hafiz Mirza -- A perspective on the emerging world economy: protectionism, regionalization and competitiveness / Peter J. Buckley -- Samsung's views on global regionalization strategies / Kirsty O'Neil -- Regionalism and Europe -- Global competitive strategies for the European domestic market / B. Nino Kumar -- Regional headquarters in Europe: a new Japanese management initiative? / John B. Kidd -- Japanese multinationals' strategies towards the process of European regionalization, with special reference to former socialist countries: an empirical study (1990-1992) on Japanese multinationals' activities in Berlin and Eastern Germany / Sung-Jo Park, Heike H. Rudolph, Natascha Haehling von Lanzenauer -- Investment strategies of Japanese firms in the new Federal States / Dieter Beschorner, Christine Muller -- Regionalism and North America -- Regional economic agreements and multinational firms: the investment provisions of the NAFTA / Edward M. Graham, Christopher Wilkie -- Canada, the Free Trade Agreement and US trade actions: the implications for business / Mary-Anne Stevens -- The NAFTA and the Single European Market: an empirical study of Canadian and UK companies' trade and investment strategies / Christopher L. Pass, Kate Prescott, Peter J. Buckley -- Overseas production activities of Toyota Motor Corporation / Hiroshi Kumon -- Toshiba's overseas production activities: seven large plants in the USA, Mexico, the UK, Germany and France / Tetsuo Abo -- Regionalism and Asia.