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101. Rural Capitalists in Asia

     A Comparative Analysis on India, Indonesia and Malaysia

     By Mario Rutten

     This is a comparative study of small capitalists and rural industrialists in three Asian countries. Studies on the entrepreneurial class in South Asia tend to focus on the structural aspects of entrepreneurial behaviour, while studies on this class in Southeast Asia tend to focus on cultural...

     Published November 27th 2002 by Routledge
102. Criminal Prosperity

     Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Financial Crisis after the Cold War

     By Guilhem Fabre

     Drug trafficking is the most visible part of the profits of organized crime, which have grown considerably since the end of the cold war. The mirror of history shows us the impact of the drug trade in the colonization of Asia. The post cold war geopolitical context reproduces elements of the past,...

     Published November 20th 2002 by Routledge
103. Japanese Contract and Anti-Trust Law

     A Sociological and Comparative Study

     By Willem Visser t'Hooft

     Little has been written on Japanese contract law and anti-trust law in Western languages. This book describes the role of this law in protecting the distributor against unilateral terminations of distribution agreements. There have been significant pressures both to lower prices and restructure...

     Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge
104. Asian-European Perspectives

     Developing the ASEM Process

     By Wim Stokhof, Paul van der Velde

     The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an interregional forum for political dialogue, education and culture, security and business, aimed at enhancing relations between Asia and Europe to achieve a better interregional balance in the spheres of politics, economics and culture. Its members are the seven...

     Published August 30th 2001 by Routledge
105. Agriculture in Crisis

     People, Commodities and Natural Resources in Indonesia 1996-2001

     By Francoise Gerard, Francois Ruf

     Indonesia's monetary and political crisis is examined here in relation to its impact on Indonesia's agricultural sector. The twelve essays that comprise this volume take a micro-economic approach and analysis relies on observed facts and first-hand data collected both before and after the country's...

     Published January 25th 2001 by Routledge
106. Mongolia in Transition

     Old Patterns, New Challenges

     By Ole Bruun, Ole Odgaard

     Squeezed between powerful neighbours, for decades Mongolia played the role of buffer state. Its full independence in 1990 offered new opportunities for both economic growth and the restoration of Mongolian identity. But with a huge land area, poor infrastructure and a small population, the new...

     Published October 9th 1996 by Routledge
107. Asian Entreprenuerial Minorities

     Conjoint Communities in the Making of the World Economy, 1570-1940

     By Christine Dobbin

     Advances the theoretical understanding of the behaviour of entrepreneurial minorities and draws a vivid picture of how various imperial powers came to rely on local entreprenuerial minorities to establish their hegemony in Asia....

     Published September 2nd 1996 by Routledge
108. Singapore: the Global City State

     By Geoffrey Murray, Audrey Perera

     Comprehensive evaluation of the market conditions and opportunities that will be relevant to traders, businessmen and other observers of the Singaporean economy and market-place, together with objective but informed analysis....

     Published January 10th 1996 by Routledge