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1. Innovation and Business Partnering in Japan, Europe and the United States

   Edited by Ruth Taplin

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Innovation studies and partnering/collaborative alliances are rapidly growing areas of interest. Originally combining the two areas, this book examines the role of business partnering as a pathway to innovation for small and medium enterprises – SMEs. This text outlines global and regional trends,...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. Workforce Development and Skill Formation in Asia

   Edited by John Benson, Howard Gospel, Ying Zhu

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Asia has undergone rapid transformation over the past several decades as many countries have embraced new technologies and the processes of globalisation. Over this period the inflow of foreign capital into the region, the level of trade amongst these countries, and trade with other parts of the...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. East Asia, Globalization and the New Economy

   By F. Gerard Adams

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   We are witnessing a transformation in the world economy as a result of the IT/e-business revolution. Modern logistics based on cheap communication and transportation are shifting the locus of production and the international division of labour between the West and the lower wage countries of East...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
4. Chinese Capitalism and the Modernist Vision

   By Satyananda Gabriel

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   In the past fifty years, the experience of the Chinese economy has continually challenged the assumptions of laissez-faire economics. It has sustained a strong growth rate, changed the structure of international economic relationships and has become critical to many multinational corporations. Now,...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
5. China as the World Factory

   Edited by Kevin H. Zhang

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Few countries have integrated into the world economy as fast – or as dramatically – as China has since 1978. The world’s most populous country is emerging as a world workshop and export machine: a visit to a department store in any country will unearth a plethora of goods manufactured in the People...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
6. Small and Medium Enterprises in India

   Infirmities and Asymmetries in Industrial Clusters

   By Satyaki Roy

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Small and medium enterprises (SME) have attracted increasing interest in the last few years, and industrialization is no longer seen as a linear way of development. This book analyzes how SME clusters emerge in a developing economy. Using India as a case study, it addresses one central question: If...

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
7. The Rise and Fall of the East Asian Growth System, 1951-2000

   Institutional Competitiveness and Rapid Economic Growth

   By Huang Xiaoming

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Huang examines a recurring pattern of rapid economic growth in East Asia from 1951 to the present and explores how far a single East Asian Growth model can be said to exist. Assessing the various theories put forward to explain the phenomenon and supported by the most comprehensive data, the...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. Japanese Telecommunications

   Market and Policy in Transition

   Edited by Ruth Taplin, Masako Wakui

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Presenting a comprehensive survey of the telecommunications industry in Japan, Taplin and Wakui cover the different sectors of the industry – including mobile, broadband and satellite, whilst considering key questions such as the structure and economics of the industry, government policy,...

   Published November 1st 2012 by Routledge
9. Sustaining Development and Growth in East Asia

   Edited by Timo Henckel

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   For several decades, fast-growing East Asia has been the envy of the developing world. Not only has East Asia outperformed all other regions of the world, but it also recovered surprisingly swiftly from the 1997–98 Asian financial crisis and the 2008–09 global financial crisis. Nevertheless,...

   Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge
10. Unemployment in Asia

    Organizational and Institutional Relationships

    Edited by John Benson, Ying Zhu

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    The rate of economic change in East Asia over the past two decades has been astounding. High levels of growth have been experienced by a number of the region’s developing economies, centralized systems have developed large market sectors, Japan has suffered a prolonged downturn and the 1997 crisis...

    Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge