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41. China and India

    A Tale of Two Economies

    By Dilip K. Das

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    The economies of the People’s Republic of China and India are emerging-market economies, which account for more than a third of the global population. These two economies share many similarities in that they are large populous neighbours, who were regarded as abjectly poor countries until the 1980s...

    Published April 28th 2009 by Routledge
42. The Korean Developmental State

    From dirigisme to neo-liberalism

    By Iain Pirie

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    The Korean Developmental State is a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of processes of state and economic restructuring in South Korea since the 1997 crisis. The book distinguishes itself from previous studies by consistently arguing that structural changes in the global political economy have...

    Published April 14th 2009 by Routledge
43. Intellectual Property and the New Global Japanese Economy

    By Ruth Taplin

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    The Japanese economy is the second largest in the world and is becoming once more one of the most competitive. Despite the stagnation and deflation experienced during the 1990s, Japan has progressively become more aware of the need to be a global player, in particular under the radical...

    Published April 2nd 2009 by Routledge
44. Asian Informal Workers

    Global Risks Local Protection

    By Santosh K. Mehrotra, Mario Biggeri

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    This thoroughly researched volume surveys the nature and extent of 'informal' work in Asia, which is a powerful and under-studied force in the region. After over half a century of development, even in the fast growing economies of Asia, the formal sector, and industrial jobs have grown rather...

    Published April 2nd 2009 by Routledge
45. Trade Liberalisation and Regional Disparity in Pakistan

    By Muhammad Shoaib Butt, Jayatilleke S. Bandara

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Pakistan’s military, which has directly controlled the country’s affairs for more than half of its post-independence history and which often retained real political power even during periods of democratic rule, has played a significant role in trade liberalisation. Regional disparities have...

    Published December 3rd 2008 by Routledge
46. Economic Cooperation between Singapore and India

    An Alliance in the Making?

    By Faizal bin Yahya

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Asian interregional economic cooperation has assumed greater prominence with the rise of Asia’s two giant economies of China and India. The economic liberalization of China’s economy in 1979, followed by India in 1991, signalled the presence of business opportunities to foreign investors -...

    Published May 14th 2008 by Routledge
47. The Singapore Economy

    An Econometric Perspective

    By Tilak Abeysinghe, Keen Meng Choy

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Singapore's phenomenal transformation from Third World to First World status has been of great interest to economists around the world yet there has been little quantitative research done on its economy and institutions. This innovative new research monograph fills the lacunae by presenting the...

    Published February 27th 2007 by Routledge
48. China's State Owned Enterprise Reforms

    An Industrial and CEO Approach

    By Leila Fernandez-Stembridge, Juan Antonio Fernandez

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Much has been written on China's State-Owned Enterprises ( SOEs) reform following the restructuring impact on China's economic reform process in the last decade. However, as a major root of social and economic change, little has been discussed beyond a description of SOEs shortcomings and their...

    Published December 3rd 2006 by Routledge
49. Innovation and Business Partnering in Japan, Europe and the United States

    Edited by Ruth Taplin

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Innovation studies and partnering/collaborative alliances are rapidly growing areas of interest. Originally combining the two areas, this book examines the role of business partnering as a pathway to innovation for small and medium enterprises – SMEs. This text outlines global and regional trends,...

    Published October 17th 2006 by Routledge
50. China as the World Factory

    Edited by Kevin H. Zhang

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Few countries have integrated into the world economy as fast – or as dramatically – as China has since 1978. The world’s most populous country is emerging as a world workshop and export machine: a visit to a department store in any country will unearth a plethora of goods manufactured in the People...

    Published May 31st 2006 by Routledge