Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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Intellectual Property Valuation and Innovation
Towards Global Harmonisation
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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...
To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Reform and Productivity Growth in India
Issues and Trends in the Labour Markets
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
During the last two decades, India has experienced a high growth rate, but the contribution from productivity growth and technological progress has been very low. This has resulted in a poor performance in the employment generation in the formal sector, and this book examines this phenomenon and...
To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Understanding Management in China
Past, present and future
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
China has become one of the fastest-growing economies in the world ever seen 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 light of...
To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Economic Growth and Employment in Vietnam
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Vietnam has enjoyed significant economic success since the implementation of its "doi moi" reforms, including rapid growth in GDP, exports and investment including foreign direct investment, and a shedding of poorly-performing state-owned enterprises. Despite this, however, the economic situation...
To Be Published March 30th 2014 by Routledge
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Workforce Development and Skill Formation in Asia
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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...
Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
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Income Inequality in Singapore
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Income inequality and social welfare are the two key issues discussed in this book. Empirical evidences are analysed with a well developed methodology for Singapore. The book attempts to analyse the links between social welfare and inequality in the light of rapid economic growth phase and adduced...
To Be Published January 29th 2014 by Routledge
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Sustaining Development and Growth in East Asia
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
For several decades, fast-growing East Asia has been the envy of the developing world. Not only has East Asia outperformed all other regions of the world, but it also recovered surprisingly swiftly from the 1997–98 Asian financial crisis and the 2008–09 global financial crisis. Nevertheless,...
Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge
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New Models of Human Resource Management in China and India
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the similarities and differences of contemporary human resource management systems, processes and practices in the two increasingly important economic great powers in Asia. It covers the full range of human resource management activities, including...
Published September 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Managers and Management in Vietnam
25 Years of Economic Renovation (Doi moi)
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
This book presents a comprehensive overview of managers and management in Vietnam, based on extensive original research, including interviews with a large number of managers in Vietnam. It shows how management in Vietnam is best understood from the perspective of Vietnamese managers themselves,...
Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
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Gender and Labour in Contemporary India
Eroding Citizenship
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Providing a comprehensive analysis of the electronics industry in India, this book highlights the gendered nature of labour regimes and domestic regimes and also the linkages between households, labour markets, factories and the state, to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the...
To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge
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Manufacturing Enterprise in Asia
Size Structure and Economic Growth
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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...
Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge
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Macroeconomic and Monetary Policy Issues in Indonesia
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Following the acquisition of its sovereignty from the Netherlands in 1949, Indonesia experienced serious economic and political problems during the 1950s and 1960s, before entering a three-decade-long period of rapid economic growth. Hard-hit by the financial crisis of the late 1990s, Indonesia...
Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
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Economic Reform Processes in South Asia
Toward Policy Efficiency
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
While South Asia’s economic reform initiatives of the last two decades were often born in crisis, this alone does not account for their occurrence. This book looks at the processes and institutional arrangements behind these reforms, and analyses what lessons can be learnt about how South Asia can...
Published May 30th 2012 by Routledge
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Taxation in ASEAN and China
Local Institutions, Regionalism, Global Systems and Economic Development
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
China and the ASEAN region have risen rapidly to a position of immense economic significance in the global economy. Academics, policy makers and businesses are all keen to understand more about taxation in China and ASEAN, and this work seeks to address this key issue by providing a comprehensive...
Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
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An Economic History of Indonesia
1800-2010
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Based on new datasets, this book presents an economic history of Indonesia. It analyses the causes of stagnation of growth during the colonial and independence period, making use of new theoretical insights from institutional economics and new growth theory. The book looks at the major themes of...
Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
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State Structure, Policy Formation, and Economic Development in Southeast Asia
The Political Economy of Thailand and the Philippines
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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,...
Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
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Pakistan - The Political Economy of Growth, Stagnation and the State, 1951-2009
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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...
Published August 11th 2011 by Routledge
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Korean Women Managers and Corporate Culture
Challenging Tradition, Choosing Empowerment, Creating Change
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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...
Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
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Pro-poor Growth and Liberalization in Developing Economies
The Case of Nepal
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
By looking at the link between trade liberalization and pro-poor growth in Nepal, this book explores how a developing and transition economy can attain higher and pro-poor growth along with the ongoing trend of globalization. The author develops a social accounting database for Nepal and applies it...
Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
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China and the Global Economy in the 21st Century
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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...
Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in South Asia
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
The link between trade liberalisation and poverty has arguably been one of the most debated topics in development policy debate. Existing studies on the subject have primarily used multi-country cross-sectional data, and there is a growing concern about the limitations of this approach in providing...
Published July 10th 2011 by Routledge
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The Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry
Its Evolution and Current Challenges
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
This book explores why Japan, despite being a world leader in many high technology industries such as automobiles and consumer electronics, is only a minor player in the global pharmaceutical industry. Japan provides a huge market for pharmaceuticals as the second largest consumer of prescription...
Published March 3rd 2011 by Routledge
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The Dynamics of Asian Labour Markets
Balancing Control and Flexibility
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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...
Published February 24th 2011 by Routledge
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The Migration of Indian Human Capital
The Ebb and Flow of Indian Professionals in Southeast Asia
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
In an increasingly globalised world manifested in greater economic integration, human capital is an important factor. One of the key sources of human capital to the global economy is India, and the main destinations for Indian professionals has been Western developed economies, the Middle East and...
Published December 1st 2010 by Routledge
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Economic Development and Inequality in China
The Case of Guangdong
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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....
Published October 20th 2010 by Routledge
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Special Economic Zones in Asian Market Economies
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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....
Published August 24th 2010 by Routledge
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Intellectual Property, Innovation and Management in Emerging Economies
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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...
Published August 17th 2010 by Routledge
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The Rise of Asia
Trade and Investment in Global Perspective
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
The Rise of Asia examines emerging trends and patterns of foreign trade and investment in Asia with a view to contributing to the policy debate on how development strategies should be adopted in response to challenges to economic globalization. The existing body of knowledge in this subject area...
Published June 2nd 2010 by Routledge
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The Everyday Impact of Economic Reform in China
Management Change, Enterprise Performance and Daily Life
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
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...
Published May 4th 2010 by Routledge
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Responsible Development
Vulnerable Democracies, Hunger and Inequality
Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Until the dramatic economic collapse of 1997, East Asia was the symbol of a successful market-led development strategy for Western governments, aid agencies and academics, despite underlying concerns about a lack of rights and freedoms. The crisis changed Asia and the world; currency depreciations,...
Published March 18th 2010 by Routledge