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Productivity in Asia : economic growth and competitiveness

Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau (contributor); … - 2007

1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth accounting and productivity analysis by 33 industrial...

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Foreign direct investment in Europe : a changing landscape

Liebscher, Klaus (contributor) - 2007

This book provides authoritative academic and professional insights into the effects of FDI on home and host countries. It highlights global trends and patterns, and explores related policy challenges all with a special focus on the countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The...

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Ageing and the labor market in Japan : problems and policies

Hamada, Kōichi (contributor); Katō, Hiromi (contributor) - 2007

1. Ageing and employment in Japan -- 2. Factors affecting labor force participation in Japan : empirical study of labor supply of the elderly and females -- 3. Labor force ageing and economic growth in Japan -- 4. Ageing and elderly care in an open economy -- 5. Immigration vs. foreign...

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Economic growth : new directions in theory and policy

Arestis, Philip (contributor); … - 2007

Is growth theory a real subject? /Franklin M. Fisher --What is endogenous growth theory? /Mark Roberts and Mark Setterfield --Is the natural rate of growth exogenous? /Miguel Leon-Ledesma and A.P. Thirlwall --The representative firm and increasing returns : then and now /Stephanie Blankenberg...

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Emerging economies and the transformation of international business : Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs)

Jain, Subhash Chandra (contributor) - 2006

The economic power of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) is rapidly increasing, changing the landscape of global economics and politics. Top scholars of international business address in this vital volume the markets, strategy implications, challenges and possibilities of this new economic...

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China's economy in the post-WTO environment : stock markets, FDI and challenges of sustainability

Xu, Lilai (contributor) - 2011

The book explores the implications of both the extension of the market into key parts of the Chinese economy and the integration of China into the global economy. The main focus of the book is on the role and nature of China's financial system and its ability to transform enterprise and...

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Competitiveness, FDI and technological activity in East Asia

Lall, Sanjaya (contributor); Urata, Shu§jiro (contributor) - 2003

This book addresses this imbalance with new country studies on the interaction between foreign direct investment (FDI) and technological activity in building export competitiveness. The book covers China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand,...

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Recent advances in neo-Schumpeterian economics : essays in honour of Horst Hanusch

Pyka, Andreas (contributor); Hanusch, Horst (contributor) - 2009

This judicious selection of recent essays demonstrates the applicability of the fundamental principles of neo-Schumpeterian economics, namely, innovation and uncertainty. The authors demonstrate how neo-Schumpeterian economics is developing into a comprehensive economic theory encompassing...

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Innovation, agglomeration and regional competition

Johansson, Börje (contributor); … - 2009

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on regional competition and co-operation. Developing … why do regions compete? How does competition between border regions operate? Which regions are successful and which … regions fail? What are the implications of regional competition in terms of resource allocation, the location of economic …

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Institutional competition

Bergh, Andreas (contributor); Höijer, Rolf (contributor) - 2008

Why is competition between institutions usually viewed in a negative light, when competition is considered positive in …1. The concept of institutional competition / Rolf Höijer -- 2. A history of thought on institutional competition … / Roland Vaubel -- 3. Learning through institutional competition / Michael Wohlgemuth -- 4. Institutional competition …

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