of the literature / Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan -- 3. Regional production networks in Asia - a focus on china, japan … safety) / Maria Bruna Zolin -- Part II: China and Chinese MNEs -- 5. A correlation of China's economic growth and trade … by multinational investors in the region in which they invest. It shows that despite high rates of economic growth in …

Following rapid economic growth in recent decades, Asia and the Pacific experienced an impressive reduction in extreme … 'poverty miracle' and argues for the development and use of an Asia-specific poverty line. This is a timely and … multidimensional assessment of the much-neglected issues of, and links between, poverty, vulnerability, and ethnicity in Asia. It will …

strong state in Southeast Asia -- 8. Managing cash flow in the Bamboo networks : overseas Chinese and the Singapore system … -- 9. Managing cultural diversity in Southeast Asia. …

Singapore and over 120 of their foreign affiliates in Asia …

Asia : trends, patterns and prospects -- Multinational enterprises and manufacturing for export : emerging patterns and … opportunities for latecomers -- Product fragmentation and trade patterns in east Asia -- Multinational firms in crisis and recovery … direct investment in economic development in light of the experiences of developing countries in Asia …

sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth … and output growth in Taiwan, 1981-1999 -- 7. Purchasing power parities for international comparisons of output and … project by RIETI (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry), Japan. The total factor productivity growth and level …

During the 1990s over two dozen countries in Europe and Asia underwent a transition from centrally planned to more …

-based regional and bilateral economic integration is driven by the Factory Asia phenomenon. The authors also compellingly show where … trading system and explores policy implications for Asia. The world trading system, led by the World Trade Organization (WTO …), is under pressure to evolve and address 21st-century trade issues. Meanwhile, economically salient Asia has built deep …

reregulation have been addressed in Asia. The role of government in business has gone through distinct, if overlapping, cycles …, particularly in relation to Asia. The contributors to this book examine the links between the cycles through detvailed analyses of … the electricity market, pensions and stock markets in the Asia Pacific. They also offer an explanation of regulatory …