The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only …. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for now, its position in the world system, it may nonetheless create the … conditions for sustained economic growth and development by deepening democracy, enhancing the stability of political regimes and …

This article discusses Africa's deepening marginalization in the globalization of production, finance, and labor. It … underscores critical development issues that result from, and are exacerbated by, globalization in the context of unequal global …

-intensive manufacturing expanded, especially in China. In land-abundant developing regions, however, manufacturing stagnated or declined …

industrial development in China. Third, we provide evidence on achievements in indigenous innovation—by which we mean …, we sketch out the implications of our approach for current debates on the role of innovation in China’s development path …We employ the “social conditions of innovative enterprise” framework to analyze the key determinants of China …

This paper analyses the transformation of Suzhou, known previously for its Sunan model of development into a … globalizing foreign direct investment (FDI) and high-technology centre. It is argued that the key to the transformation has been … the efforts of states in utilizing global capital, mainly through the development of the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP …

I attempt to advance the research on globalization and regional development in China through a study of Kunshan City. I … production network perspectives can fully explain regional development in China with huge domestic markets and large regional … investigate the restructuring process, the structure of foreign direct investment, and the nature of global and local networks to …

The emergence of global corporate networks that integrate dispersed production, engineering, product development and … of knowledge?• Where does China's ambitious strategy to upgrade its economy through innovation fit into this new … participation at the Cátedra Extraordinaria México-China in 2015 and during a series of lectures I gave in March 2015. I owe new …

This paper studies the relationship between Asia’s economic engagements in Africa and individual African nations …’ participation in global value chains (GVC) over the past two decades. We find that while overall exports from Africa to Asia are …, in contrast to the common view that China has become the dominant trade partner of most African nations. Using a panel …

We investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade, as two measures of globalization, on female …

development. It can expose the multiplicity of forces - the newer actors, directions and domains - within global intellectual …