Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Growth and Crisis in the Japanese Economy -- 2 Economic Ascent and Hegemony in the Capitalist World-Economy -- 3 The MIDAs-Steel-Ships Nexus -- 4 Creating Japan's Coal-Exporting Peripheries -- 5 Replicating Japan's New Model in Iron Ore -- 6 Transporting Coal...

This book is about the economic crises in Asia at the turn of the millennium. It explains how these crises changed the innovation and business production systems of China, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan, investigating several different industries, including...