area. The paper looks primarily at Italy, using the examples of Germany and Japan to search for parallels and contrasts … Germany and Japan followed a much more orthodox stance than Italy), in institutional set-ups (with Italy much less efficient … than Germany and Japan), in labour market relations (with much greater conflict in Italy than in the other two countries …

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 … development paths and strategies of Japan, South Korea, and China. It examines both the factors that enabled these countries …