There is a lack of knowledge on how corporations in Asia develop strategies, organize their work processes and deal … styles. Learning about Asia, however, has always been a challenging task. The main challenge is the complexity encountered … as management activities in Asia can be and include a variety of different companies in several Asian countries. This …

, Wheels -- 3. Cities in a Garden -- 4. Buildings for a Greener Asia -- 5. Asia on the Move: Cars and Trains -- Part III …. Nature: Forests, Farms, and Water -- 6. "Water Is More Important Than Oil" -- 7. The Tropical Challenge: Saving Asia's Lungs … -- 8. "Adhere and Prosper": From Black Coal to Green Power -- Conclusion. From Black to Green: Asia's Challenge -- Appendix …

and Entanglement of Regional Integration in the Asia-Pacific: Combining Cutting-Edge and Traditional Agendas -- II. The …, Challenges, and Future -- 11. CJK FTA Rat ionale, Prospects, and Challenges -- IV. Old and Emerging Approaches to Asia …-Pacific Regional Integration -- 12. APEC at 25: Political Realities Realized -- 13. The TTIP, Megaregionalism and Asia -- 14. The …

-- Chapter 3: Free Trade Agreements in Goods Is Trade Bilateralism in Asia Consistent with WTO Rules and Norms? -- 3 ….4.2 Common features of Enabling Clause-based FTAs outside Asia -- 3.5 Empirical Study of Enabling Clause-based FTAs in Asia -- 3 ….5.1 Use of the Enabling Clause by developing Asian countries -- 3.5.2 Bilateral Enabling Clause-based FTAs in Asia -- 3 …

Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Section 1: Monetary and Exchange Rates Issues -- 1. Asia … -- Conclusion -- 4. A Central Banker's Holy Grail: Inflation-Targeting Frameworks with Reference to Asia (With Tony Cavoli … Financing of Development -- 6. Barbarians at the Gates: Foreign Bank Entry in Asia -- Introduction -- Economic Motivations …

Measures -- 2.2. Indirect Measures -- 3. Capital Flight from Asia -- 3.1. Sources of Information -- 3.2. Preliminary Analysis …

respective economic and political meritsSome chapters consider empirical effects of integration outside and inside of Asia and … -- Introduction International Economic Integration And Asia: An Overview -- An Overview of East Asian Integration -- The EU and Asia … -- The Logic of Economic Regionalism in East Asia -- Initiatives for Economic Regionalism -- Challenges for Closer Economic …

When did Europe pull ahead of Asia in terms of living standards? A number of well-known scholars compare economic and … considerable similarities in standard of living between Europe and Asia before the Industrial Revolution. …, and the Standard of Living in Eighteenth-Century India -- 5 Real Wages in Europe and Asia: A First Look at the Long …

include leading scholars fromAsia as well as specialists on Asia from the US, Europe, andAustralia. … Centers -- 4. Does an Asian Currency Need an Anchor? -- 5. An Inside Currency Anchor for Asia? -- 6. The Dollar as Anchor … of globalization and the new world -- 1.2. The European Economic Union -- 2. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC …