Contents -- Foreword: Markku Markkula -- Foreword -- Bror Salmelin: Foreword: Se-Hwa Wu -- Preface: Leif Edvinsson -- Preface: Carol Yeh-Yun Lin -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Impact of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- 3. National Intellectual Capital Development of the Four...

Frontmatter -- PREFACE / Η. H., G. -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- PART ONE: THE ITALIAN MIRACLE -- CHAPTER I. THE POSTWAR ECONOMY OF ITALY IN PERSPECTIVE -- CHAPTER II. INFLATION AND MONETARY POLICY, 1945-1949 -- CHAPTER III. THE LONG BOOM, 1948-1961: OUTPUT, PRICES, AND INCOME -- CHAPTER IV. THE...

This is the story of a paradox that both limited and stimulated Hong Kong's post-war economy. The book examines how Hong Kong handled, by negotiation, attempts by developed economies to limit international trade through protective measures

Hong Kong SAR is now highly unusual as a large economy running a currency board system that pegs the Hong Kong Dollar to the US Dollar. This volume explores the origins and persistence of this system, presenting the viewpoint of several of the main protagonists in the operation of the currency...

Brazil constitutes a globally vital but troubled economy. It accounts for the largest GDP in Latin America and ranks among the world's largest exporters of critical commodities including iron ore, soya, coffee, and beef. In recent years Brazil's global economic importance has been magnified by a...

This paper analyzes the effects of land market restrictions on structural change from agriculture to non-farm in a rural economy. This paper develops a theoretical model that focuses on higher migration costs due to restrictions on alienability, and identifies the possibility of a reverse...