This book compares the experiences of the Philippines and Vietnam to gain insight into how openness to trade and financing can increase prosperity. In contrast, theoretical and empirical work in the 20th and early 21st centuries have returned mixed results regarding this assertion. The book also...

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 – A Comparison -- Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Current...

Macroeconomics is the application of economic theory to the study of the economy’s growth, cycle and price-level determination. Macroeconomics takes account of stylized facts observed in the real world and builds theoretical frameworks to explain such facts. Economic growth is a stylized fact...

1. Introduction: Work Hard and Play by the Rules -- 2. From Socrates to Smith: The Moral and Cultural Foundations of Economics -- 3. Just the Facts, Mammon: Modern Aspirations to Moral and Cultural Neutrality -- 4. Keynes' Revolutionary Vision: Consumer Satisfaction as Moral Crusade -- 5....

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The 1891-92 Crisis and Beyond -- Chapter 3: World War I and the 1920s Financial Crisis -- Chapter 4: The Estado Novo period: The 1930s and World War II -- Chapter 5: The Estado Novo period after World War II: The golden age of economic growth (1946-1973) --...

Part I Accounting/Audit -- The Impact of Free Cash Flow on Firm’s Performance: Evidence from Malaysia -- The Analysis of the Appliance of Fair Value Concept in Croatian Companies from Real Sector -- The Link Between Accounting Measures of Biological Assets and Financial Standing of the...

1. Introduction -- 2. Quality of institutions and the macro-return to education: The case of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) -- 3. Short and Long Run Causality Between Remittances and Economic Growth in MENA Countries: A Panel ARDL Approach -- 4.Asymmetric impact of oil price shocks on...

Chapter 1. The Effect of HR Practices on the Fulfilment of a Psychological Contract in the Context of the Polish Organizational Culture -- Chapter 2. A Seat at the Table: Exploring 4.0 Leadership Attributes Using a Thematic Approach -- Chapter 3. Are Co-working Spaces Communitarian, and Open?...

The end of the EURO -- The effects of alternative currencies to national economies: the European experience -- The role of FDI in increasing employment for South-Eastern Europe countries -- Trends in the Balkans and Eurasia under globalization – geostrategic analysis -- The impact of...

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...