This text provides an introduction to the ways in which five different disciplines have approached the study of business and government. It examines how business interacts with government in different parts of the world, including the United States the EU, China, Japan and South America.

1. China and the World Trade Organization : the challenge for China's large-scale industry / Peter Nolan -- 2. Technical change and firm-level catch-up in developing countries : the case of telecommunications / Peter Nolan And Jin Zhang -- 3. Globalization and industrial concentration : the...

China is undergoing its long-awaited industrial revolution. There is no shortage of commentary and opinion on this dramatic period, but few have attempted to provide a coherent, in-depth, political economic framework that explains the fundamental mechanisms behind China's rapid...