The launch of the ASEAN Economic Community raises key issues: the deepening of regional trade and production sharing and the associated problem of exchange rate management. This volume questions the capacity of a shallow institution to deal with complex consequences on employment and...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Open Data: A Short History -- Chapter 3: Open Data in Southeast Asia -- Chapter 4: Opportunities and Challenges in Open Data -- Chapter 5: Conclusion and Outlook: Towards Economic Union, Urban Resilience, and Participatory Policy Making -- Appendix 1: Study...

Chapter 1: Destination ASEAN, Beyond 2015 -- Chapter 2: Factors Affecting Willingness of Foreign Tourists to Spend Money in Benefiting Local People -- Chapter 3: Destination Loyalty Model of Senior Foreign Tourists Visiting Bali Tourism Destination -- Chapter 4: Hedonic Shopping Motivation: Does...

This book reports on the findings from a research study of vocational and higher education graduates’ employability challenges. The nature and extent of these challenges, their underlying causes, and effective strategies to address the problems in this area are all analysed from a...

Verico discusses the ASEAN economic integration from dual perspectives of time span (trade, investment and finance) and framework (bilateral, sub-regional, regional and regional plus). The work is a comprehensive study of the integration in the wake of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)’s...

An analysis of the feasibilities of East Asian economic integration, providing diverse positions on East Asian economic integration by ASEAN countries as well as the north-eastern countries of China, Japan, and Korea.

Broadening and deepening of economic and political integration are hallmarks of the EU and ASEAN. This book critically analyses the economic and institutional changes in both Europe and Asia. There is considerable potential for instability, but one also finds regional growth opportunities....

A comprehensive picture of the effects of economic integration on industry location in less developed East Asia - particularly in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar - who pursued trade liberalization and economic integration after the 1990s. Studies include detailed empirical analyses of...

Drawing from the detailed case studies of India and five ASEAN countries, this volume establishes the complementary role of innovation system and trade regime in promoting production and use of ICT and draws lessons for other developing countries that adopted a liberal trade regime to catch up...