The aim of this paper is to investigate the likely future path of China’s metal intensity by referencing the experience of relevant peers through initial engagement with a technology-led strategy and beyond. This question cuts to the very roots of Chinese long run economic strategy and...

This essay considers the economic performance of East Asia’s two largest economies in the second half of the twentieth century and debates prospects for the first half of the twenty-first. The discussion takes place in the context of dynamic strategy theory. First in Japan, and then later in...