Introduction : the attributes of the crisis / David Bailey, Dan Coffey, Philip R. Tomlinson -- The workings of the Japanese economy / Donald W. Katzner -- The cause of Japan's recession and the lessons for the world / Richard A. Werner -- Transnational monopoly capitalism, the J-mode firm and...

Localized creativity, small high-tech entrepreneurship, related innovation platforms, social capital embedded in dynamically open territorial communities and context-specific though continuously upgrading policy platforms are all means to face new challenges and to promote increased absorptive...

This book draws together recent contributions by Sanjaya Lall--leading authority on international investment, technology and industrial policy--on competitiveness and its major determinants. It draws upon his wide experience of competitiveness analysis in Asian and African countries and his...

1. Industrial policy : tools, targets, and goals -- 2. Better markets, better government, better society -- 3. Industrial policy in America's economic history : a birds-eye view -- 4. Industrial policy in America's recent history -- 5. Industrial policy of the Obama administration -- 6. Vertical...

Contents: Introduction -- 1. Introduction: globalisation and the manufacturing revolution -- 2. The first manufacturing revolutions: not just technological change -- 3. The Fourth Industrial Revolution -- 4. New modes of interacting on markets: online platforms -- 5. A concrete experiment of...

Contents: Part I: Impact of industry 4.0 on manufacturing -- 1. The role of manufacturing versus that services in economic development / Jostein Hauge and Ha-Joon Chang -- 2. The "lightness" of industry 4.0 lead firms: Implications for global value chains / Lukas Brun, Gary Gereffi and James...

Industrial Policy after the Crisis provides a fresh and insightful study on the lessons that can be drawn from the global financial crisis for the analysis, definition and implementation of industrial policy. The authors utilize a political economy framework for the analysis of industrial...

This detailed book explores and provides insights into the development and transformation of various clusters, economies and industrial sectors in East and Southeast Asia. The authors study a number of important issues including the role of information and communication technology in economic...

Deng Xiaoping's economic strategy is widely regarded as a complete anathema to Mao's, but this study strongly argues that without the material foundations laid by Mao, it would have been very difficult for Deng to launch his reform and open-door policy. Deng basically shared Mao's aspirations...