banking performance in four Asian economies : the People's Republic of China (PRC); Hong Kong, China; Singapore; and Taipei,China …. Both the PRC and Hong Kong, China operate under a fragmented financial regulatory structure, while Singapore and Taipei,China …

increasing regionalization of knowledge flow in East Asia. Korea and Taiwan, the region's leading innovators, cite each other at …. With the exception of Thailand, all of the East Asian economies that I examine, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, and Malaysia …, cite Korea and Taiwan at least as frequently as they cite the US and Japan. The "G5" group, which includes Britain, Canada …

The accession of both China and Taiwan to the World Trade Organization (WTO) had important implications for relations … these restrictions, Taiwan under-utilises trade potential with China and with the world at large compared with other … across the Taiwan Strait and Taiwans position in the regional economy although it did not fundamentally change trade policies …

Up to this point, Taiwan has had discriminatory trade and investment policies towards China, severely limiting economic … engagement across the Straits. Not having free and open trade with China, one of the largest and most important parts of the East … Asian economy, has resulted in Taiwan underperforming in attracting FDI, effectively cut Taiwan off from participating fully …

degree of various agricultural contracts involved in the production and marketing of mangoes, hogs, rice and selected … to credit and marketing institutions and functioning of insurance markets are essential for the transformation of …

Contract growing has been defined as an agreement between farmers and processing and/or marketing firms under forward … such, it offers a solution to a number of production and marketing problems that lead to low farm productivity and … how contract growing can address various marketing and production problems in the farm sector. This is demonstrated in …

entrepreneurship and, believing that it is important to begin with a good educational foundation, the features of some alternative …

Entrepreneurship is viewed by economists to be a combination of innovation and risk taking. When such activity thrives … benefit form growth and employment as well as throughopportunities for entrepreneurship. In Pakistan innovation and risk … protection and subsidy polic ies determined winners in the market place, entrepreneurship has been diverted to seeking government …

some policy questions that confront China, as a major resource-procuring economy seeking resource security through foreign …