This volume is the outgrowth of a conference held at Peking Universityin May 2002, jointly sponsored by the American Committee on AsianEconomic Studies, the Peking University School of Economics, and theChina Reform Forum. The contributors include leading scholars fromAsia as well as specialists...

This book presents a socio-technical view of strategic informationsystems issues such as enterprise systems implementation andmanagement, knowledge management, customer relationship management,and e-government initiatives. It contains eight case studiesdocumenting experiences of utilizing...

The term "economic globalization" has been discussed extensively in the popular press, by business executives and by policy-makers all over the world. While academic economists have made some excellent contributions to specific, technical aspects of economic globalization, there appears to be a...

Intro -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- 1. External Liberalization in Asia, Post-Socialist Europe, and Brazil -- 2. Belindia Goes to Washington: The Brazilian Economy after the Reforms -- 3. External Liberalization, Growth, and Distribution in China -- 4. Opening Up the Hungarian...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Challenge and response: North American firms in East Asia -- Persistent adaptability as survival strategy for MNCs in emerging markets: The case of Nortel Networks in China -- Establishing a successful joint venture: Moore Business Forms in Japan -- Employee...

This volume addresses the two key financing constraints that firms must face: taxation and finance. The taxation analysis focuses on how tax systems in selected Asian economies affect growth. The study of financial frameworks focuses on corporate finance.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- CONTRIBUTORS -- OVERVIEW -- DEMOCRACY AND THE MARKET ECONOMY: TWO WHEELS OF A CART* -- DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE* -- POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, DEMOCRACY, AND DEVELOPMENT -- PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM...

Distortions to Agricultural incentives in Asia is the third volume in a series of books that brings together analytical narratives of the evolution over the past half-century of policy-imposed distortions to farmer incentives and food prices in 80 countries. Drawing on new consistent set of...

The impact of the economic downturn and the increase in financial scandals emerging from major corporations has generated a growing interest in governance issues and has emphasized the need for companies to be transparent in their dealings with shareholders and the markets. Although the issues...

This collection explores the expansion of Japanese multinational firms into Asia, a process which paralleled the region's growth as a major economic region. The contributors discuss a wide range of topics, including the reasons for moving manufacturing to other countries, the flow of trade...