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During the last two decades, India has experienced a high growth rate, but the contribution from productivity growth and technological progress has been very low. This has resulted in a poor performance in the employment generation in the formal sector, and this book examines this phenomenon and the Indian growth pattern.

Focusing on a relatively unexplored aspect of one of the world's most dynamic economic regions, this book examines the changing nature of unemployment in a range of key Asian countries over the last two decades.

Taplin considers the different attitudes towards risk and innovation, and the different ways in which risk and innovation are handled, in Japan, Britain the USA.

This book looks at Korea's economic, social and spatial development processes from the early Modernisation period to the financial crisis of 1997. The author gives a comprehensive view of both Korea's economic miracle and recent problems.

This book brings together a rich array of papers analyzing the determinants of, and impediments to, investment and growth. It discusses a range of issues bearing on investment and development. The chapters cover domestic and international economic, institutional and political factors, including the role of foreign direct investment, and the importance of public infrastructure, fiscal policy and export-oriented growth strategies. Trade and trade policy, in particular, are emphasized, with contributions ranging from an analysis of global production networks in electronics manufacturing, to the effects and implications of economic integration in the Mekong states.

This new study examines the economic relationship between China and Europe, its importance and how it is likely to evolve and includes case studies of the automobile, toy, watch, telecommunications, banking and insurance industries.

This book discusses the future of Asian currencies in a changing monetary system assessing the roles of the dollar, Euro and yen.

In the ROUTLEDGE STUDIES IN THE GROWTH ECONOMIES OF ASIA series, a collection of essays tracing the economic development of the Pacific Rim over four centuries. Broad historical syntheses are combined with essays on a wide range of specific topics such as environmental history, trade with Hong Kong and British overseas banking.

This volume looks at the origins and consequences of the accelerated growth of the Thai economy since the mid-1980s, and explores the factors that set Thailand apart from other Asian, African and Latin American countries.

This text critically analyses the Filipino economy and attempts to explain the problems that it has faced, as well as the solutions that need to be put into practice.

This book provides a highly reliable guide to the industrial economy and history and will be of interest to those involved in Asian studies, Japanese studies, economists and professionals in business and enterprise culture

This text examines the prolonged negotiations for the admission of China to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and its successor, the World Trade Organisation.

How can private enterprises help China mitigate its macroeconomic problems? And what are the main obstacles to private enterprise development? This book answers these questions by identifying the range of cultural, political and financial challenges confronting China's private enterprises, and assessing their performance and potential.

This book brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries.

Reviews Pakistan's post-independence political economy of trade liberalisation, the resulting structural change and the story of regional disparities, identifying possible relations with political regimes.

Examines the role of business partnering as a pathway to innovation for small and medium enterprises - SMEs. This text outlines global and regional trends, focusing in particular on the role of Poland and Eastern Europe as a region for innovative ideas, how innovation is promoted in the United States, and how it is facilitated in Japan.

Considers the different attitudes towards risk and innovation, and the different ways in which risk and innovation are handled, in Japan, Britain the USA. Providing an examination of the subject, this book discusses topics including risk management standards, managing risk in marketing, the insurance industry, patents, and more.

Bringing together an analysis by experts in the field, this book presents a survey of the telecommunications industry in Japan. Covering the different sectors of the industry including mobile, broadband and satellite, it considers questions such as the structure and economics of the industry, government policy, and international relations issues.

Examines the changing nature of unemployment in a range of key Asian countries over years.

During the second half of the twentieth century, development in the Asia-Pacific region has been dominated by industrialization. However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, services, in particular, finance, information and creative services, have become deeply embedded in the processes of urban growth.

What sorts of institutions work well at a regional level? Do regions need a regional monetary fund? What is going on in East Asia and how is it different to other regions? This volume brings together a range of policy, practical and conceptual papers to explore these and other issues.

This book focuses on the key role played by producer services in shaping new business areas and new patterns for social mobility, and their interdependence with the State and the emergence and flourishing of the new professions.

A comprehensive collection of writings from economists of Vietnamese origin. Topics covered include macroeconomics, microeconomics, education, international trade, communication, income distribution and poverty measurement.

While the financial crisis in East Asia could be said to be on the wane in some countries, the reconstruction process in the aftermath and the debate about the financial policies best suited to the region still rages on. This book examines both of these processes in authoritative detail.

This book provides a detailed cross-country study of the automotive industry in South East Asia.

A collection that examines the labour laws of seven industrializing East Asian societies - China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam. It considers both laws pertaining to working conditions and industrial relations, and those that regulate the labour market as a whole.

Leading Japanese scholars present an objective study of Japanese economics since 1945, based on statistical data and analysis. It presents a wealth of original empirical data, and a new perspective on international economic theory.

Long-awaited reforms in technology policy and corporate strategy are now taking place in Japan. This book asks whether it is the programme of reform or the will and ability to implement reforms which is new.

Pereira looks at Singapore and China to examine governmental collaboration on a foreign direct investment-oriented strategy.

Asia has undergone rapid transformation over the past several decades as many countries have embraced new technologies and the processes of globalisation. Focusing on a number of developed and developing Asian economies, this book explores the dynamics of workforce development and skill formation, and considers questions of both skills shortages and skills gaps.