Front Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: Property Rights and Sustainable Development - Terry L. Anderson -- 1. The Skeptical Environmentalist - Bjørn Lomborg -- 2. Economic Growth, Technological Change, and...

This book examines two factors which are at the heart of Japanese management - the pursuit of growth and the intensive competition within and between Japanese firms. The author looks at how they interact and how they affect economic efficiency, stability, and dynamism. He avoids popular...

The East Asian expansion since the 1960s stands out as a global power shift with few historical precedents. The Resurgence of East Asia examines the rise of the region as one of the world's economic power centres from three temporal perspectives: 500 years, 150 years and 50 years, each denoting...

This well-written book is the first to deal with entrepreneurship in all its aspects. It considers the economic, psychological, political, legal and cultural dimensions of entrepreneurship from a market-process perspective. David A Harper has produced a volume that analyses why some people are...

In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success. But why are some nations more creative than others, and why do some highly innovative societies--such as ancient China, or Britain in the industrial...

The most intriguing question about Indonesia's economic development during the twentieth century is why the country's growth performance has been so erratic and displayed such a high degree of discontinuity. This is connected with the fundamental question about the nature of long-run economic...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter One Introduction -- 1.1 Objective of Study -- 1.2 Literature Review -- 1.2.1 Literature Review on Economic History of Singapore prior to Independence -- 1.2.2...

Key Features:First of its kind to systematically analyze and apply the S-Curve hypothesis to economic growth and economic transitionAttempts to integrate the effects of technological diffusion and social infrastructure on economic developmentApplies the S-Curve hypothesis to predict long-term...

Key Features:Integrates concepts in development economics, political economy and factors and the experience of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regionProvides up-to-date data and analysis on key issues such as unemployment, water scarcity, private sector development and oil...