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.
Understanding Japanese Savings: Does Population Aging Matter?
1st Edition
By Robert Dekle
June 19, 2014
Japan's savings are among the highest in the world, and these high rates have played a valuable role throughout the post-war period. However, over the next several decades, Japan's population will be ageing rapidly. Will this lower Japanese savings rates?Using up-to-date financial and demographical...
Japanese Economics and Economists since 1945
1st Edition
Edited
By Aiko Ikeo
February 14, 2014
In this book, leading Japanese scholars present an objective study of Japanese economics since 1945, based on statistical data and analysis.The first half of the book assesses the impact and influence of Japanese economics within the international academy, demonstrating the increasingly important ...
China and the Global Economy in the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By John Saee
January 03, 2014
As China continues to ride out the global economic crisis while still retaining year on year GDP growth it is increasingly important to understand how this 'new' economic giant, with its communist-capitalist model operates its economic and business environments. This book is designed to ...
Understanding Management in China: Past, present and future
1st Edition
By Malcolm Warner
November 12, 2013
China has become one of the fastest-growing economies ever seen in the world in recent times. In the last three decades, China has transformed itself from a command economy to a market one, albeit a nominally socialist one, and its management systems have been reformed accordingly. In the ...
Innovation and Business Partnering in Japan, Europe and the United States
1st Edition
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By Ruth Taplin
November 08, 2013
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,...
Intellectual Property, Innovation and Management in Emerging Economies
1st Edition
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By Ruth Taplin, Alojzy Z. Nowak
October 25, 2013
This book argues that intellectual property (IP) management development and innovation are fundamental to economic development , especially in newly emerging economies which often hold vast reserves of natural resources and human knowledge that remain unprotected. It sheds light on countries that ...
Korean Women Managers and Corporate Culture: Challenging Tradition, Choosing Empowerment, Creating Change
1st Edition
By Jean R. Renshaw
October 25, 2013
The typical view of Korean women is not as managers. The stereotype is of Korean women serving and pleasing men, or more recently as aggressive shopkeepers and bar-owners. Very little has been written to challenge this misconception. This fascinating book reveals there have always been managers ...
Pakistan - The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951-2009
1st Edition
By Matthew McCartney
October 25, 2013
This book provides a comprehensive reassessment of the development of the economy of Pakistan since independence to the present. It employs a rigorous statistical methodology, which has applicability to other developing economies, to define and measure episodes of growth and stagnation, and to ...
The Dynamics of Asian Labour Markets: Balancing Control and Flexibility
1st Edition
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By John Benson, Ying Zhu
October 25, 2013
Asia has undergone rapid economic transformation over the past two decades. Despite its constant economic growth, the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and the resulting surge in unemployment highlighted the vulnerability of national systems that base development solely on economic growth. This book ...
State Structure, Policy Formation, and Economic Development in Southeast Asia: The Political Economy of Thailand and the Philippines
1st Edition
By Antoinette R. Raquiza
October 03, 2013
Why do some small, developing countries industrialize and others don’t? What factors account for different economic performance among states that are vulnerable to external shocks, crony capitalism, and political instability? This book argues that the answer lies in the structuring of state power, ...
Special Economic Zones in Asian Market Economies
1st Edition
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By Connie Carter, Andrew Harding
September 20, 2013
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have proliferated rapidly during the past decade and are set to multiply in the next – embracing not only Asia and Europe but also Africa and the Americas. This book is the first to examine the Asian experience of SEZs in China, India, Malaysia and the Philippines. ...
The Everyday Impact of Economic Reform in China: Management Change, Enterprise Performance and Daily Life
1st Edition
By Ying Zhu, Michael Webber, John Benson
September 20, 2013
During the past 30 years, China has undergone extensive economic reform, replacing the government’s administration of enterprises with increasing levels of market-oriented enterprise autonomy. At the heart of the reform are changes in the employment relationship, where state control has been ...