Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction-Globalization: One Path or Many? -- Part One: How Asia Got Rich -- 1. Corning Home -- 2. Flying Geese -- 3. Second Invasion -- 4. Tsunami -- 5. Crisis? What Crisis? -- 6. Miracle...

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Rethinking the Chinese Developmental Miracle -- Part I. Origins -- 2. Economic Institutional Change in Post-Mao China: Reflections on the Triggering, Orienting,...

In Prosperity for All, the first international history of consumer activism, Matthew Hilton shows that modern consumer advocacy reached the peak of its influence in the decades after World War II and focused on creating a more equitable marketplace.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Editors' Note -- Map of South Asia -- Map of India -- Introduction -- Politics in India's Decentered Polity -- The Indian Economy: Pushing Ahead and Pulling Apart -- From Bangalore to Silicon Valley and Back: How the Indian...

An incisive look at the war for market share in the Asian life insurance market Although the life insurance industry in Asia has emerged from the financial crisis stronger than ever, it has not escaped unchanged. As the general focus of insurance companies across the continent moves towards...

Neither an argument for nor against globalization, this book is a careful and thorough analysis of the issues of globalization and an imaginative, wide-ranging picture of the globalizing world. It aims to both inform and enable readers to improve their own decisions about how to harness...

Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Latin America offers a new contribution to the literature on institutions and growth through the analysis of historical cases of institutional change and economic growth in Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

This book considers crucial changes to Malaysian economic areas and social well-being. The chapters cover diverse industries such as IT, green technology, retailing, banking, tourism and hospitality, education, logistics, finance, banking, and many others.