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CONTENTS
Volume 1, Number 1, June, 2011.
Editor’s Introduction 4
INVITED ARTICLE
China: The Elephant in Every Room 8
David McHardy Reid
RESEARCH ARTICLES
1. Study of Cross-Border Trading of Myanmar and Thailand: Reviewing the Unseen Importance of Maw Danung and Dan Singkorn Checkpoints 41
Sittichai Anantarangsi
2. Employees’ Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Performance Appraisals: The Case of Pakistan 58
Muhammad Kashif Saeed and Nosheen Shahbaz
3. The Impact of Theravada Buddhist Values on Work Practices in Southeast Asia 76
Scott A. Hipsher
CONFERENCE REPORT
ICBM 2011 102
Mark Neal
Invited Conference Paper: Strictly in Confidence: Thai Economic Virility, Internal Angst and the Market: Problems, Perceptions, Prognoses 105
Frank Faulkner
BOOK REVIEWS
1. The River of Life: Changing Ecosystems of the Mekong Region by Yos Santasombat 125
John Walsh
2. An Economic History of Cambodia in the Twentieth Century by Margaret Slocomb 129
John Walsh
CALL FOR PAPERS 132
AUTHOR’S GUIDELINES 134
ABOUT SHINAWATRA UNIVERSITY 136
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD 139