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.
Chinese Capitalism and the Modernist Vision
1st Edition
By Satyananda Gabriel
March 05, 2013
In the past fifty years, the experience of the Chinese economy has continually challenged the assumptions of laissez-faire economics. It has sustained a strong growth rate, changed the structure of international economic relationships and has become critical to many multinational corporations. Now,...
The Political Economy of the SARS Epidemic: The Impact on Human Resources in East Asia
1st Edition
By Grace Lee, Malcolm Warner
December 14, 2012
This book discusses the political economy of the SARS epidemic and its impact on human resources in East Asia, as it occurred in 2003. The epidemic spread from the People’s Republic of China, to Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, amongst other countries in East Asia and as far away as North America, ...
The United States and the Malaysian Economy
1st Edition
By Shakila Yacob
December 14, 2012
This book explores the relationship between the United States and the Malaysian economy, concentrating on the period 1870 to 1957, with particular focus on trade flows and foreign direct investment. This is the first book to examine, in depth, US economic involvement in colonial Malaya. Exploring ...
The Rise and Fall of the East Asian Growth System, 1951-2000: Institutional Competitiveness and Rapid Economic Growth
1st Edition
By Huang Xiaoming
November 14, 2012
Huang examines a recurring pattern of rapid economic growth in East Asia from 1951 to the present and explores how far a single East Asian Growth model can be said to exist. Assessing the various theories put forward to explain the phenomenon and supported by the most comprehensive data, the ...
Japanese Telecommunications: Market and Policy in Transition
1st Edition
Edited
By Ruth Taplin, Masako Wakui
November 01, 2012
Presenting a comprehensive survey of the telecommunications industry in Japan, Taplin and Wakui cover the different sectors of the industry – including mobile, broadband and satellite, whilst considering key questions such as the structure and economics of the industry, government policy,...
Globalization, Labour Markets and Inequality in India
1st Edition
By Dipak Mazumdar, Sandip Sarkar
October 02, 2012
India started on a program of reforms, both in its external and internal aspects, sometime in the mid-eighties and going on into the nineties. While the increased exposure to world markets (‘globalization’) and relaxation of domestic controls has undoubtedly given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, ...
Manufacturing Enterprise in Asia: Size Structure and Economic Growth
1st Edition
By Dipak Mazumdar, Sandip Sarkar
September 25, 2012
Issues relating to the size of firms in manufacturing are central to the discussion of development strategies. This book offers an interpretation of growth trajectories in selected Asian economies in terms of the size-structure of enterprises in the manufacturing sector of these economies. The book...
Unemployment in Asia: Organizational and Institutional Relationships
1st Edition
Edited
By John Benson, Ying Zhu
September 25, 2012
The rate of economic change in East Asia over the past two decades has been astounding. High levels of growth have been experienced by a number of the region’s developing economies, centralized systems have developed large market sectors, Japan has suffered a prolonged downturn and the 1997 crisis ...
Outsourcing and Human Resource Management: An International Survey
1st Edition
Edited
By Ruth Taplin
September 18, 2012
Outsourcing is an increasingly popular strategy deployed by a variety of institutions, including banks, multinational companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The book assesses the problems and solutions for those attempting to outsource through an analysis of human resource ...
Risk Management and Innovation in Japan, Britain and the USA
1st Edition
Edited
By Ruth Taplin
September 18, 2012
Assessing and managing risk is vitally important, and is increasingly studied in a range of areas including politics and international relations, finance and insurance, and innovation and the valuing of intangible assets such as patents and intellectual property. The degree to which innovation is ...
China's State Owned Enterprise Reforms: An Industrial and CEO Approach
1st Edition
By Leila Fernandez-Stembridge, Juan Antonio Fernandez
September 10, 2012
Much has been written on China's State-Owned Enterprises ( SOEs) reform following the restructuring impact on China's economic reform process in the last decade. However, as a major root of social and economic change, little has been discussed beyond a description of SOEs shortcomings and their ...
State Competence and Economic Growth in Japan
1st Edition
By Yoshiro Miwa
September 10, 2012
Yoshiro Miwa asks whether a state can correct market failures and in particular critically analyses the performance of the Japanese economy as a result of state intervention within it. In order to examine the capacity of the state to promote growth, Miwa examines the Japanese machine tool industry,...