Books in the Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia series

Examines the role of business partnering as a pathway to innovation for small and medium enterprises - SMEs. This text outlines global and regional trends, focusing in particular on the role of Poland and Eastern Europe as a region for innovative ideas, how innovation is promoted in the United States, and how it is facilitated in Japan.

Leading Japanese scholars present an objective study of Japanese economics since 1945, based on statistical data and analysis. It presents a wealth of original empirical data, and a new perspective on international economic theory.

Reviews Pakistan's post-independence political economy of trade liberalisation, the resulting structural change and the story of regional disparities, identifying possible relations with political regimes.

A collection that examines the labour laws of seven industrializing East Asian societies - China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam. It considers both laws pertaining to working conditions and industrial relations, and those that regulate the labour market as a whole.

This book brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries.

This text critically analyses the Filipino economy and attempts to explain the problems that it has faced, as well as the solutions that need to be put into practice.

This volume looks at the origins and consequences of the accelerated growth of the Thai economy since the mid-1980s, and explores the factors that set Thailand apart from other Asian, African and Latin American countries.

Taplin considers the different attitudes towards risk and innovation, and the different ways in which risk and innovation are handled, in Japan, Britain the USA.

Bringing together unique analysis by renowned experts in the field, Ruth Taplin and Masako Wakui present a comprehensive survey of the telecommunications industry in Japan, covering the different sectors of the industry including mobile, broadband and satellite.

Intellectual property is an increasingly key element in business worldwide. Methods for valuing intellectual property however vary widely. Moreover, issues surrounding the ownership and valuation of intellectual property give rise to a wide range of ethical issues, which apply especially in developing countries as they are increasingly integrated into the world economy. International agreement on how intellectual property should be valued is urgently needed. This book provides an overview of the issues surrounding the valuation of intellectual property, and assesses the steps being made towards harmonisation.

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 sector, and this book examines this phenomenon and the Indian growth pattern.

Asiäs experience during the global financial crisis raises a range of important questions about the future direction of the region¿s economic policy and financial cooperation. This book examines what Asia should learn from the crisis; whether global imbalances are a result of policy distortions or a natural outcome of global division of labour; the lessons and implications from the financial market reform and liberalization of some of the region¿s major economies; and what should Asia do to promote regional financial integration.

Leading Japanese scholars present an objective study of Japanese economics since 1945, based on statistical data and analysis. It presents a wealth of original empirical data, and a new perspective on international economic theory.

This book explores the substantial and dynamic innovations of the wartime era, identifying this period as the most influential on Japan's post-war economic structure.

This book is the first systematic exposition of the Japanese approach to economic development and systematic transition to appear in the English language and is important reading for students, researchers and professional policy makers.

Cyber risk has become increasingly reported as a major problem for financial sector businesses. It takes many forms including fraud for purely monetary gain, hacking by people hostile to a company causing business interruption or damage to reputation, theft by criminals or malicious individuals of the very large amounts of customer information ("big data") held by many companies, misuse including accidental misuse or lack of use of such data, loss of key intellectual property, and the theft of health and medical data which can have a profound effect on the insurance sector. This book assesses the major cyber risks to businesses and discusses how they can be managed and the risks reduced. It includes case studies of the situation in different financial sectors and countries in relation to East Asia, Europe and the United States. It takes an interdisciplinary approach assessing cyber risks and management solutions from an economic, management risk, legal, security intelligence, insurance, banking and cultural perspective.

This book discusses the key elements of labour market reform, contrasting a country where reforms have been successfully carried through, Australia, with one where reforms have been less successful, Japan. The book demonstrates what the key elements of labour market reform are, and explores the key issues surrounding its implementation.

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of current trends in the patterns of trade in Asia, assessing how they are likely to develop in the future. Informed by the latest technical economic thinking, this book is a rigorous, but accessible, examination of the influence of an emerging economic superpower.