Asian Studies
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![Shrimp Farming and Mangrove Loss in Thailand]()
Shrimp Farming and Mangrove Loss in Thailand
Edited by Edward B. Barbier, Suthawan Sathirathai
Through in-depth case studies of local communities in four distinct coastal areas in Southern Thailand, the authors are able to assess objectively the underlying economic causes, and consequences, of mangrove deforestation due to the exp...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Banking and Insurance in the New China]()
Banking and Insurance in the New China
Chien-Hsun Chen, Hui-Tzu Shih
Financial reform has been a major concern for China’s transitional economy – especially in the realms of banking and insurance – since accession to the WTO in 2001. This book scrutinizes the development and limitations of these industrie... -
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China’s Telecommunications Market
Ding Lu, Chee K. Wong
The authors examine the singularity of the Chinese experience in building up its extensive telecommunications network in merely a decade, by reviewing China’s national industrial policies and institutional reforms within the industry. Th... -
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Industrial Relations in China
Bill Taylor, Kai Chang, Qi Li
This enlightening book provides the first systematic introduction to, and exploration of, the emerging system of industrial relations in China, and draws on the authors’ extensive research and direct involvement in the developments takin...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Korea’s New Economic Strategy in the Globalization Era]()
Korea’s New Economic Strategy in the Globalization Era
Edited by O. Y. Kwon, Sung-Hee Jwa, Kyung-Tae Lee
This book presents Korea’s economic strategy to meet the emerging challenges, as it recovers from the 1997 financial crisis and moves on into the globalization and information era. For important policy areas, the authors evaluate existin... -
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![Elites and Political Power in South Korea]()
Elites and Political Power in South Korea
Byong-Man Ahn
In Elites and Political Power in South Korea, Byong-Man Ahn examines problems related to Korea’s political and ruling systems. He examines the Korean government in a global context and explores Korea’s cultural and political matrix. Th... -
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![Sustaining Competitiveness in the New Global Economy]()
Sustaining Competitiveness in the New Global Economy
Edited by Ramkishen S. Rajan
While the Singaporean economy has experienced one of the highest rates of growth in the world over the past three decades, questions have recently been raised about the sustainability of the Singapore development model and its continued ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Competition Policy and Global Competitiveness in Major Asian Economies]()
Competition Policy and Global Competitiveness in Major Asian Economies
Edited by Tran Van Hoa
In this book, Tran Van Hoa reveals how competition policy and competitiveness are essential for contemporary economic, financial and trade management as well as national and international governance. Containing new in-depth studies of th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Return Migration in the Asia Pacific]()
Return Migration in the Asia Pacific
Edited by Robyn Iredale, Fei Guo, Santi Rozario
Globalisation and social transformation theorists have paid significantly less attention to the movement of people than they have to the movement of capital. This book redresses the balance and provides timely insights into recent deve...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Competitiveness, FDI and Technological Activity in East Asia]()
Competitiveness, FDI and Technological Activity in East Asia
Edited by Sanjaya Lall, Shujiro Urata
This book addresses this imbalance with new country studies on the interaction between foreign direct investment (FDI) and technological activity in building export competitiveness. The book covers China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysi... -
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![Consequences of Creating a Market Economy]()
Consequences of Creating a Market Economy
Kathryn Anderson, Richard Pomfret
This book uses household survey data from five Central Asian countries to analyse the important consequences of, and elements that constitute, the creation of a market economy. The countries studied – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Taj...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Japan’s Economic Recovery]()
Japan’s Economic Recovery
Edited by Robert M. Stern
The contributors to this book, from the US and Japan, explore the main issues involved in the international trade, foreign direct investment, and macro/financial relations of the United States and Japan and provide guidance to policy mak...eBook:Find out more$40.00
