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The Creation of the East Timorese Economy : Volume 1: History of a Colony
Lundahl, Mats; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
1. ‘Where the Sandalwood Is Born’: East Timor until the Mid-Eighteenth Century -- 2. The Two Last Centuries of Portuguese Domination -- 3. The Indonesian Occupation -- 4. The Economy under Occupation -- 5. Launching a New State -- 6. Conclusions
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398699
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The Creation of the East Timorese Economy : Volume 2: Birth of a nation
Lundahl, Mats; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019.
1. A Poor Young Nation -- 2. From Independence to Turmoil -- 3. Political, Economic and Social Developments 2007-2018 -- 4. Population Growth and Job Creation: The Search for a Modern Sector -- 5. The Agricultural Sector -- 6. Oil and the Resource Curse -- 7. Conclusions and a Look to the Future.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012399174
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Women, Work and Colonialism in the Netherlands and Java : Comparisons, Contrasts, and Connections, 1830–1940
van Nederveen Meerkerk, Elise - 2019
Chapter 1: Introduction. Women’s work in the Netherlands and Java, 1830-1940 -- Chapter 2: An exceptional empire? Dutch colonialism in comparative perspective -- Chapter 3: Industrious women in an imperial economy: The Cultivation System and its consequences -- Chapter 4: Industrialisation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398420
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China in Malaysia : State-Business Relations and the New Order of Investment Flows
Gomez, Edmund Terence; Tham, Siew Yean; Li, Ran; … - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1. Introduction - State-State Relations and New State-Business Relations: China in Malaysia -- 2. State-Business Relations – Multinational SOEs, GLCs, and SMEs -- 3. Chinese Investment Case Studies from Malaysia -- 4. Analysing Chinese Investment Case Studies from Malaysia -- 5. Conclusion.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012399612
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Human Resource Development in Vietnam : Research and Practice
Hien Thi Tran (ed.); Tam To Phuong (ed.);  … - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
1. Historical and Cultural Contexts of Vietnam Affecting Human Resource Development -- 2. National Human Resource Development of Vietnam: An Exploratory Review Study -- 3. National Human Resource Development under Industry 4.0 and Implications for Vietnam -- 4. Vietnam and Regional Human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422811
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China and ASEAN: Pivoting Trade and Shock Transmission
Raghavan, Mala; Khan, Faisal; Devadason, Evelyn S. - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
This book highlights the critical relationship between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) associated with its trade interdependency. As the largest trade partner in the region, China has not only presented itself with opportunities for ASEAN to tap its market, but also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012508335
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Poverty reduction for inclusive sustainable growth in developing Asia
Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad (ed.); Panthamit, Nisit (ed.);  … - 2021
Developing Policies for Local Farmer Production Groups and Their Impacts on Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Lao PDR -- The Role of Social Trust in Expansion of the Sharing Economy for Poverty Reduction -- Developing the Tourism Sector for Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Sustainable Growth in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012519909
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Economic Miracles in the European Economies
Osińska, Magdalena (ed.) - 2019
This book undertakes a theoretical and econometric analysis of intense economic growth in selected European countries during the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty first. Focusing on the accelerated economic growth that occurred in Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397083
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The Economic Rise of East Asia : Development Paths of Japan, South Korea, and China
Glawe, Linda; Wagner, Helmut - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Japan’s catching up process -- Chapter 3: South Korea’s catching up process … -- Chapter 4: Chapter 4: The Rise of China -- Chapter 5: The development paths and strategies of Japan, South Korea, and China … development paths and strategies of Japan, South Korea, and China. It examines both the factors that enabled these countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012793280
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Confucian Capitalism : Shibusawa Eiichi, Business Ethics, and Economic Development in Meiji Japan
Sagers, John H. - 2018
Japan, where the pursuit of profit was considered beneath the dignity of the samurai elite. Seeking to overturn the Tokugawa …-stock corporations to Japan as institutions of economic development. As the entrepreneurial head of Tokyo’s Dai-Ichi Bank, he helped … Analects. A top leader in Japan’s business community for decades, Shibusawa contributed to founding the Tokyo Stock Exchange …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396803