This book surveys Poland’s move from being a post-feudal, backward, peripheral country to being a modern, capitalist, European state: from the partition of the commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania to the abolishment of ‘second serfdom’; late industrialization to state socialism;...

This book explores how better governance can help Africa to achieve structural transformation (understood to be the reallocation of factors of production across and within sectors to better support inclusive development), which history has shown to be key to sustained, inclusive growth. The book...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Section 1: Investment -- Chapter 2: Understanding the Productivity Slowdown and its Practical Implications -- Chapter 3: Premature Deindustrialization, Economic Dualism and the Changing Dynamics of Growth -- Chapter 4: Revisiting the lessons and insights from East...

Potenzieller „Change Agent“? – Regime‐, Nischen‐ und Hybrid‐Akteure im Vergleich -- Innovations‐ und Adaptionsfähigkeit in der Agrar‐ und Ernährungswirtschaft -- Determinanten der Nachhaltigkeitsorientierung von Landwirten -- Algen‐ und Insektenproduzenten als innovative...

1 Introduction -- 2 Comparisons of Chinese and Japanese Development Process from Economic and Politico-economic Perspectives -- 3 Trade, FDI and Economic Growth -- 4 Digital China: The Fourth Industrial Revolution with Chinese Characteristics -- 5 Agricultural Development in China: Comparison...

Markus Hammer investigates a time-based and analytics-supported operations management approach. He explores five perspectives: 1) the needs of industry, in particular manufacturing in process industries, 2) the impact of digitization, with focus on Big Data and analytics, 3) the management of...

One of the first of its kind, this book examines the digitalization of Chinese businesses both theoretically and practically. Taking a fresh and unique approach, the authors seek to adopt individual theories for each empirical case explored and investigate the dramatic digital transformation...

Chapter 1 Relationship among Computer, Software, Internet and Industries in Last Eight Decades: Industrial Revolution -- Chapter 2 the "Chemical Reaction" Derived from the Interaction between Internet and Economic Methodology -- Chapter 3 Interpretation of Germany’s Industry 4.0 from the...

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Structural heterogeneity in Mexican manufacturing industry, 1994-2008 -- Chapter 2: Market concentration and structural change: The food, beverages and tobacco industry -- Chapter 3: The transformation of the textile and apparel sector after NAFTA -- Chapter 4: The...

Introduction -- Chapter 1 Structural changes of the Chinese economy: from the New Dream to Covid19 -- Chapter 2 Can China be less dependent on exports? -- Chapter 3 Chinese innovation capacity: state of the art of the leading edge -- Chapter 4 Chinese diplomacy, strategic partnerships and global...