1st Edition

Economic Globalization in Asia

Edited By Partha Gangopadhyay, Manas Chatterji Copyright 2005
    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    This timely volume examines various economic, managerial, social and political aspects of globalization and its impact on local economies. State-of-the-art analytical models and original empirical research is used to understand four key and interrelated facets of globalization; ¢ To understand the prospects and the problems of international business and MNCs in the global economy. ¢ To analyze globalization as a process of change. ¢ To understand the new roles of nation states in light of the above. ¢ To articulate the uneasy idea that globalization has resulted in serious imbalances in the global economy. The collection hosts a list of internationally eminent scholars who explain the implications of globalization for progress, crises and conflicts in South and Southeast Asia.

    Contents: Preface, Matthew F. McHugh; Introduction, Partha Gangopadhyay and Manas Chatterji; The role of complexity theory in international business strategy development: evidence from East and Southeast Asia, David McHardy Reid and John Walsh; Dynamic changes of Japan's FDI in South Korea from 1985 to 1997, Tsuyoshi Koizumi; The Asian Crisis - signals from multinational enterprises: obstacles and managerial impediments to foreign direct investments, Frank L. Bartels and Hafiz Mirza; International financial crises: causes, prevention and cures, Lawrence H. Summers; Social progress and the Asian crisis, Clive Hamilton; The Asian crisis and financial and capital account liberalization, Chander Kant; Major causes of the Korean and Asian economic crises, Chang Woon Nam; Questioning the explanations of the Asian crisis, Partha Gangopadhyay; China beyond the Asian financial crisis: a new path of institutional change, Leong H. Liew; Problems of globalization in India, Alok Ray; Growth vs development: a challenge to China for the 21st Century, Lilai Xu and (Late) J.C. Liu; Globalization, growth and fiscal policy: lessons from East Asia, Jocelyn Horne; Globalization, trade liberalization and economic growth: the case of Vietnam, Binh Tran-Nam; Decentralization and capacity building: selecting modes of training for Indonesia, Koichi Mera; Japan: maturity and stagnation? Bill Lucarelli and Joseph Halevi; Indicators and trends in economic globalization, Stanislav Menshikov; Some theoretical foundations of Russian economic policies, A. Nekipelov; Characteristics of small firm managers: evidence from Sri Lanka, Jonathan Batten and Samanthala Hettihewa; The political economy of rural health care in India, Amit S. Ray and Saradindu Bhaduri; Index.

    Biography

    Partha Gangopadhyay is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Finance at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Manas Chatterji is a Professor at The State University of New York at Binghamton, USA.