This book deconstructs a series of myths surrounding China's economic rise. The first myth is that globalization led directly to China's rise; the second is that China is another East Asian developmental state; the third that China's market reform had been implemented in an incremental way; and...

The current study aims to analyze the factors influencing ASEAN economic growth and integration. Specifically, the variables of inter-regional trade, human resource development, and corruption were investigated in six lower-middle-income countries from 1996 to 2019 through Driscoll and Kraay's,...

Chapter I: Introduction -- Chapter II - The Manila Trade -- Chapter III - The Capital Markets of the Manila Trade -- Chapter IV - The Business Model of the one-Galleon System -- Chapter V – An Alternative model of Trade Finance -- Chapter VI – The Political Economy of the Manila trade --...

"This book argues for a targeted human rights approach, assigning enhanced priority to a bundle of rights, strategically important for counteracting ecologically unsustainable, economically predatory market practices that threaten our ability to maintain a livable planet. Specifically, it calls...

The topic of digital maturity has evolved into a full-grown hype in the last decade. It is widely assumed that the level of an organization’s digital maturity is directly linked to its performance. Digital Maturity Models (DMMs) have been designed specifically to assess an organization’s...

How does China reconstruct its participation in the global order? What is the theoretical framework of global governance? What are the new challenges for China? What is China?s diplomatic strategy in the transformation of the international structure? How will China and the US evolve under ?Two...