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The Chinese Stock Market
Nicolaas Groenewold, Yanrui Wu, Sam H.K. Tang, Xiang M. Fan
The emergence of a stock market in China only occurred a decade ago and it remains something of an unknown quantity to many observers and traders outside of the country. This book provides an extensive historical and empirical analysis o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalization and Marketization in Education
Ka-Ho Mok, Jason Tan
Globalization has effected tremendous change to the character and functions of education worldwide. This unique book focuses on its impact upon Hong Kong and Singapore, and how these two East Asian Tigers have responded to the strong glo...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Productivity in Asia and Australia
Renuka Mahadevan
Productivity growth has long been recognised by both economists and non-economists as being necessary for all economies aspiring to raise their standard of living. Thus, Renuka Mahadevan aims to highlight the conceptual differences, adva...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regional Security in the Asia Pacific
Edited by Marika Vicziany, David Wright-Neville, Pete Lentini
The September 2001 terrorist attacks shocked the world. But what did they change? In this book Asia specialists from academe and policy think tanks assess the impact of 9/11 on the Asia Pacific. Drawing on unique fieldwork, access to a w...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Sustaining Competitiveness in the New Global Economy
Edited by Ramkishen S. Rajan
While the Singaporean economy has experienced one of the highest rates of growth in the world over the past three decades, questions have recently been raised about the sustainability of the Singapore development model and its continued ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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States, Markets and Civil Society in Asia-Pacific
Joseph A. Camilleri
This first volume of a two-volume study concentrates on the geopolitical and economic transformation of Asia Pacific. It focuses on the complex relationship between the decline of ideological bipolarity, the rapid industrialization of Ea... -
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The Role of SMEs in National Economies in East Asia
Edited by Charles Harvie, Boon-Chye Lee
This volume presents detailed analyses of the role and significance of Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the economies of East Asia. Various aspects of SME operations are studied.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Technology, Economic Growth and Crises in East Asia
G. C. Rodrigo
This important book develops an evolutionary conception of growth in East Asia, in which technology, organizations and institutions interact and co-evolve to advance productivity. Episodic crises are seen as disruptions which bring to th... -
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The Political Economy of the East Asian Crisis and its Aftermath
Edited by Arvid J. Lukauskas, Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz
The East Asian crisis has sparked debate regarding the future of emerging markets and the globalization of world capital markets. This book, with contributions by leading economists and political scientists, provides an up-to-date assess... -
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Contemporary Minority Migration, Education and Ethnicity in China
Robyn Iredale, Naren Bilik, Wang Su, Fei Guo, Caroline Hoy
Rural–urban migration is an important aspect in the development of countries. Until the late 1980s China was one of the few countries that controlled population movement both directly and indirectly through policies of economic and socia... -
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European Working Lives
Edited by Steve Jeffreys, Frederik M. Beyer, Christer Thörnqvist
The contributors examine global trends such as the decentralisation of industrial relations and the revival of neo-liberalism, and discuss them from a theoretical and empirical perspective. They go on to argue that these global trends ca... -
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Economic Integration and Asia
Edited by Mordechai E. Kreinin, Michael G. Plummer
Economic integration, both within Asia and around the world, has had a major impact on the economies of the Asia-Pacific. NAFTA, the European Union, and ASEAN have determined the course of foreign direct investment, development, trade an...