The life and times of regional studies / Peter Vale -- The Association of South East Asian Nations / Lee Chong Kai -- Australia and the South Pacific forum / Philip McElligott -- The European Community / Jerome Heldring -- A form of regionalism and its challenges / Philippe Moreau-Defarges --...

In this book, the focus is on how developing economies in Southeast Asia ride on the wave of globalization that brings about benefits and economic growth with expanding trade and investment linkages. The central concept used in this study is production networks and industrial clusters. With...