This edited collection examines thelabour laws of seven industrializing East ...This edited collection examines the labour laws of seven industrializing East Asian societies - China Indonesia Malaysia South Korea Taiwan the Philippines and Vietnam - and discusses the variation in their impact across the whole region. Leading...more
This edited collection examines thelabour laws of seven industrializing East ...This edited collection examines the labour laws of seven industrializing East Asian societies - China Indonesia Malaysia South Korea Taiwan the Philippines and Vietnam - and discusses the variation in their impact across the whole region. Leading...more
In recent years much attention has been given to the unparalleled economic dev...In recent years much attention has been given to the unparalleled economic development of East Asia. In The Changing Capital Markets of East Asia the contributors look at the growing sophistication of capital markets in this area and discuss the...more
During the last two decades India has experienced a high growth rate but the c...During the last two decades India has experienced a high growth rate but the contribution from productivity growth and technological progress has been very low. This has resulted in a poor performance in the employment generation in the formal...more
Recent developments inthe world economy including deindustrialisation andthe...Recent developments in the world economy including deindustrialisation and the digital revolution have led to an increasingly individualistic relationship between workers and employers which in turn has weakened labour movements and worker...more
The clothing industry provides employment for 60 million workers worldwide. Mo...The clothing industry provides employment for 60 million workers worldwide. More than a quarter of these workers are employed in the Asia-Pacific region where the industry is based on subcontracted production on behalf of international buyers. Rapid...more
We are witnessing a transformation inthe world economy as a result of the IT/...We are witnessing a transformation in the world economy as a result of the IT/e-business revolution. Modern logistics based on cheap communication and transportation are shifting the locus of production and the international division of labour...more
There is a deepening debate inEastAsia about the prospects for common exchan...There is a deepening debate in East Asia about the prospects for common exchange rate arrangements even including the formation of a common currency in the longer term. This raises a complex set of issues and this volume provides a detailed yet...more
This collection supplies fascinating insights into aspects of East Asian econo...This collection supplies fascinating insights into aspects of East Asian economic development. It will interest scholars in a variety of related fields and provoke further research and debate.more
The focus of international financial reform in recent years has largely been a...The focus of international financial reform in recent years has largely been at the global level in terms of improving the international financial architecture and at the national level in terms of getting domestic economic and structural policies...more
This book examines the diffusion of economic ideas inEastAsia assessing the ...This book examines the diffusion of economic ideas in East Asia assessing the impact of external ideas on internal theory and practice. It considers economists from Adam Smith onwards including Marx Keynes Hayek and contemporary economists and...more
There are competing theories to explain the reasons behind the international c...There are competing theories to explain the reasons behind the international competitiveness of manufacturing in Asia. Analysing these different theories will bring important lessons not just for Asia but for developing economies the world over....more
Every international negotiation bears a risk of collapse as even among like-mi...Every international negotiation bears a risk of collapse as even among like-minded countries different players often have different priorities and interests. This can result in conflict as states clash over certain agreement details and their...more
It s a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have...It s a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear such as markings highlighting slight damage to the cover minimal wear to the binding etc. but they will not affect the overall reading...more
The contributors look at the growing sophistication of capital markets inEast...The contributors look at the growing sophistication of capital markets in East Asia and discuss the possible economic and political consequences.more