Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Erhard Louven anlässlich seiner Emeritierung und der Vollendung seines 65. Lebensjahres. Beteiligt haben sich Kollegen, Freunde und Schüler von ihm aus seiner Schaffenszeit am Institut für Asienkunde, Hamburg (1981-1991), und an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität,...

Introduction and overview / Prema-chandra Athukorala -- Asian trade and investment : trends and patterns / Prema-chandra Athukorala and Hal Hill -- The spatial patterns of production and distribution networks in East Asia / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura -- Production fragmentation and...

Asia has undergone rapid transformation over the past several decades as many countries have embraced new technologies and the processes of globalisation. Focusing on a number of developed and developing Asian economies, this book explores the dynamics of workforce development and skill...

For several decades, fast-growing East Asia has been the envy of the developing world. Not only has East Asia outperformed all other regions of the world, but it also recovered surprisingly swiftly from the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and the 2008-09 global financial crisis. Nevertheless,...