Although Asia has been the world engine of economic growth since World War II, growth rates have differed sharply among … the countries of the region. Still, all Asian countries have experienced some degree of growth limitation. Japan is facing … to all scholars of economics, management and the political sciences who work on the economies of East Asia, and also to …

This book provides a much-needed review of Asia’s economic growth and its challenges in the context of post …-war industrialization. In the early 1990s, the World Bank (1993) recognized eight high-performing Asian economies (HPAEs) (Japan, the Asian … is to bring together a comprehensive picture of Asia’s growth, taking into account the adverse consequences. Finally …

Asien? Wo lauern die Tücken im Verhandlungsalltag und im Umgang mit Geschäftspartnern? Welche asienspezifischen Faktoren …

framework or, in an institutionalized form, security community, in Northeast Asia, the authors in this volume are realistic as … disappointment. The past two years again saw the rising of tensions in Northeast Asia and the masterful way in which even an … and maybe even more than ever the search for a stable security framework for Northeast Asia as a precondition for peaceful …

-- Kazakhstan: Trade and Oil: Central Asia at Stake -- Kyrgyzstan: A Leadership Role in Central Asia -- Laos: Southeast Asia … Neighbor -- Nepal: A Foothold in South Asia -- North Korea: Aid, Ideology, and Atomic Bombs -- Pakistan: An Enduring Alliance …

analyses the economic and institutional changes in both Europe and Asia. There is considerable potential for instability, but …