The 2013 symposium will focus on High Performance Manufacturing：Global Perspective. GMC’13 invites articles on, but not limited to, following topics: High Performance Manufacturing Strategy: Learning and Building Capabilities for Dynamic Market Information Technologies for High-Performing Processes Theory and Best Practices of Global Production Network(GPN) Outward Foreign Direct Investment(ODI) Strategy Foreign Direct Investment: Effectiveness and Spillover Effects Knowledge Management in Global Manufacturing Servitization in Manufacturing Firms Open Innovation and R&D Globalization Business Model Innovation Macroeconomic and Institutional Implications for High Performance Manufacturing