reconciles how key factors such as industrialization, innovation, and infrastructure can influence a nation's competitiveness. He … distinguishes the competitor-focused strategies of the West from China's economy-centred approach to delineate how China has …

inequality in China's transition -- 8. Infant mortality and external openness in Chinese provinces -- 9. The regional …In twenty years of reform in China, the key development has been the opening-up of the market to foreign trade and …1. On the measurement of the openness of the Chinese economy -- 2. Social consequences of economic reform in China : an …

The rate of economic growth in China over the last 50 years has been remarkable. However this has only highlighted the … inequalities between regions in China, making for considerable disquiet at the highest levels of Chinese policy-making. Not … proposals that have been applied to this thorny problem. The authors find that the industrial core of China (the South East and …

's pattern of regional development during the Communist era. The uneven pace of industrialisation across China's provinces during …This book surveys the competing, or sometimes complementary, roles of the state and the market in shaping China … rising inequality across China as being both inevitable and ongoing. The central government's 'Western Development Strategy …

and competition policy issues arising from trade liberalization …pt. 1. Trade liberalization -- pt. 2. Competition -- pt. 3. The World Trade Organization …

Entrepreneurial Competition and Industrial Location explores the notion of entrepreneurial competition from its … establish entrepreneurship, learning and fair markets as the main pillars of modern competitiveness policy. This volume paves …

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 …

Elena Pisani -- 15. Research on social capital and regional development in China: what has been done so far and what should …

Part I framing the discussion on the competitiveness challenge -- 1. Boosting European competitiveness / Marek Belka … Landesmann -- Part II the various dimensions of competitiveness -- 4. New indicators of competitiveness - the Austrian … perspective / Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald, Maria Silgoner and Klaus Vondra -- 5. Globalisation and growth: the case of China / Linda …