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Title:
Economic globalization in Asia
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Aldershot, Hants, England : Ashgate, 2005
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9780754641148

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Summary

This timely volume examines various economic, managerial, social and political aspects of globalization and its impact on local economies. State-of-the-art analytical models and original empirical research is used to understand four key and interrelated facets of globalization; ¢ To understand the prospects and the problems of international business and MNCs in the global economy. ¢ To analyze globalization as a process of change. ¢ To understand the new roles of nation states in light of the above. ¢ To articulate the uneasy idea that globalization has resulted in serious imbalances in the global economy. The collection hosts a list of internationally eminent scholars who explain the implications of globalization for progress, crises and conflicts in South and Southeast Asia.


Author Notes

Partha Gangopadhyay is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics and Finance at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Manas Chatterji is a Professor at The State University of New York at Binghamton, USA.


Table of Contents

PrefaceMatthew F. McHugh
IntroductionPartha Gangopadhyay and Manas Chatterji
The role of complexity theory in international business strategy development: evidence from East and Southeast AsiaDavid McHardy Reid and John Walsh
Dynamic changes of Japan's FDI in South Korea from 1985 to 1997Tsuyoshi Koizumi
The Asian Crisis - signals from multinational enterprises: obstacles and managerial impediments to foreign direct investmentsFrank L. Bartels and Hafiz Mirza
International financial crises: causes, prevention and curesLawrence H. Summers
Social progress and the Asian crisisClive Hamilton
The Asian crisis and financial and capital account liberalizationChander Kant
Major causes of the Korean and Asian economic crisesChang Woon Nam
Questioning the explanations of the Asian crisisPartha Gangopadhyay
China beyond the Asian financial crisis: a new path of institutional changeLeong H. Liew
Problems of globalization in IndiaAlok Ray
Growth vs development: a challenge to China for the 21st CenturyLilai Xu and (Late) J.C. Liu
Globalization, growth and fiscal policy: lessons from East AsiaJocelyn Horne
Globalization, trade liberalization and economic growth: the case of VietnamBinh Tran-Nam
Decentralization and capacity building: selecting modes of training for IndonesiaKoichi Mera
Japan: maturity and stagnationBill Lucarelli and Joseph Halevi
Indicators and trends in economic globalizationStanislav Menshikov
Some theoretical foundations of Russian economic policiesA. Nekipelov
Characteristics of small firm managers: evidence from Sri LankaJonathan Batten and Samanthala Hettihewa
The political economy of rural health care in IndiaAmit S. Ray and Saradindu Bhaduri
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