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Employment of Women in Chinese Cultures
Edited by Cherlyn Skromme Granrose
Examining the employment lives of Chinese women living under different government systems at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the contributors to this volume present an overview of factors affecting the employment status of wom...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Productivity, Competitiveness and Incomes in Asia
Hans-Peter Brunner, Peter M. Allen
The authors of this book link productivity change, trade competitiveness, networks of interaction and cooperation and income growth in developing Asian countries with the complex evolutionary processes of economic development and interna...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Liberalization and Growth in Asia
Mohamed Ariff, Ahmed M. Khalid
This book reveals significant lessons on how economic prosperity was secured for people over three decades in eight Asian countries. It focusses on the careful way in which these nations designed and implemented pro-growth, liberal econo...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Evolution of the Economic System in Japan
Juro Teranishi
The economic system of ‘high-growth-period’ Japan was characterized by various properties such as its unique banking system, industrial policy and lifetime employment. Juro Teranishi argues that since the ‘bubble period’ and the subseque... -
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Environmental Policy in Japan
Edited by Hidefumi Imura, Miranda A. Schreurs
The book introduces Japan’s environmental history, its key environmental regulations and the forces that have driven Japan to introduce these environmental regulations and programs. It also examines the various formal and informal instit...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regionalism in the New Asia-Pacific Order
Joseph A. Camilleri
Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific is a complex, diverse, highly contested and still rapidly evolving phenomenon. Crucial to an understanding of this phenomenon is the relationship between globalization and regionalization, between states, ...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Globalization in the Asian Region
Edited by Gloria Davies, Chris Nyland
Bringing together contributors from both the university sector and business-centered research institutions, this comprehensive volume offers diverse perspectives on the impacts and consequences of globalization in different parts of the ...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Malaysian Economics and Politics in the New Century
Edited by Colin Barrow, Francis K.W. Loh
Malaysia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world today, and this book reflects current debates about the future directions of the national economy, polity and society in light of the late 1900s watershed period of financial ... -
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Sustaining Growth and Performance in East Asia
Edited by Charles Harvie, Boon-Chye Lee
This third book in the series focuses on how small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute to achieving and sustaining growth and performance in their economies, as well as the ways in which governments can assist and enhance that...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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High-Tech Industries in China
Chien-Hsun Chen, Hui-Tzu Shih
Following China’s accession to the WTO in 2001, reform of its science and technology system has deepened. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the high-tech sector, examining Chinese high-tech industry policy, the emergence of indu...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Korean Economy Beyond the Crisis
Edited by Duck-Koo Chung, Barry Eichengreen
Providing an integrated analysis of the event and its consequences, the chapters in the book consider the causes of the crisis, the response of the US government and International Monetary Fund, adjustments in the Korean monetary and fis...eBook:Find out more$79.16
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Telecommunications Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region
Edited by Allan Brown, Moazzem Hossain, Duc-Tho Nguyen
This book attempts to draw lessons from the experiences of developed as well as developing countries in carrying out telecommunications reform. Contributors come from academia, as well as from stakeholders in telecommunications policy in...eBook:Find out more$40.00