Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of the growth economies of Asia.
Laggards and Leaders in Labour Market Reform: Comparing Japan and Australia
1st Edition
Edited
By Jenny Corbett, Anne Daly, Hisakazu Matsushige, Dehne Taylor
August 26, 2016
A flexible labour market is widely regarded as a key factor in encouraging economic growth and prosperity. In recent years some economies have successfully reformed their labour markets, making part-time and flexible hours easier, limiting the restrictive practices of trade unions, encouraging ...
Marketing and Consumption in Modern Japan
1st Edition
By Kazuo Usui
August 26, 2016
This book explores the development in Japan throughout the twentieth century of marketing and consumerism. It shows how Japan had a long established indigenous traditional approach to marketing, separate from Western approaches to marketing, and discusses how the Japanese approach to marketing was ...
Studies in the Economic History of the Pacific Rim
1st Edition
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By Dennis O. Flynn, A.J.H. Latham, Sally M. Miller
July 15, 2016
Trade across the Pacific will be one of the dominant forces in the economy of the next century. This collection reflects the birth of Pacific Rim history, until recently largely neglected. It addresses the development of the Pacific Rim over four centuries, combining broad historical syntheses with...
Intellectual Property and the New Global Japanese Economy
1st Edition
By Ruth Taplin
July 12, 2016
The Japanese economy is the second largest in the world and is becoming once more one of the most competitive. Despite the stagnation and deflation experienced during the 1990s, Japan has progressively become more aware of the need to be a global player, in particular under the radical ...
Economic Cooperation between Singapore and India: An Alliance in the Making?
1st Edition
By Faizal bin Yahya
July 08, 2016
Asian interregional economic cooperation has assumed greater prominence with the rise of Asia’s two giant economies of China and India. The economic liberalization of China’s economy in 1979, followed by India in 1991, signalled the presence of business opportunities to foreign investors - ...
Papua New Guinea: The Struggle for Development
1st Edition
By John Connell
June 14, 2016
Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include: * rapid economic growth and political conflict * civil war on the island of Bougainville * population growth and urbanisation * mining: gold, copper ...
Asia Pacific Dynamism 1550-2000
1st Edition
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By Heita Kawakatsu, A. J. H. Latham
May 04, 2016
First Published in 2004. This volume showcases the latest research by a team of international scholars into the economic development of the Asia Pacific region. A geographically and historically diverse range of case studies cover the spectrum of Asian economic activity, from finance to trade and ...
Intellectual Property Valuation and Innovation: Towards global harmonisation
1st Edition
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By Ruth Taplin
March 03, 2016
With the recent global economic crisis, attitudes and practices in relation to intellectual property valuation are changing as exemplified by the dichotomy explained in this book, which makes it unique. While there has been a move towards global harmonisation in terms of valuation of both tangible ...
The Future of Asian Trade and Growth: Economic Development with the Emergence of China
1st Edition
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By Linda Yueh
February 29, 2016
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of current trends of trade and economic growth in Asia, assessing how they are likely to develop in the future. It examines the evolving patterns of Asian economic development with the emergence of China, including since China’s accession to the World ...
Economic Development and Inequality in China: The Case of Guangdong
1st Edition
By Hong Yu
January 20, 2016
The conventional belief that all regions have equally benefited from China’s remarkable development over the last three decades is subjected to criticism in this book as Hong Yu systematically analyses the issue of regional inequality during the post-1978 period using the case of Guangdong. ...
Trade Liberalisation and Regional Disparity in Pakistan
1st Edition
By Muhammad Shoaib Butt, Jayatilleke S. Bandara
November 24, 2015
Pakistan’s military, which has directly controlled the country’s affairs for more than half of its post-independence history and which often retained real political power even during periods of democratic rule, has played a significant role in trade liberalisation. Regional disparities have ...
Workforce Development and Skill Formation in Asia
1st Edition
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By John Benson, Howard Gospel, Ying Zhu
October 16, 2015
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 ...