International economics Books

Book SynopsisIn countries that have managed to confront and cope with the challenges of food insecurity over the past two centuries, markets have done the heavy lifting. Markets serve as the arena for allocating society's scarce resources to meet the virtually unlimited needs and desires of consumers: no other mechanism can efficiently signal fluctuations in scarcity and abundance, the cost of labor, or the value of commodities. But markets fail at tasks that society regards as important; thus, governments have had to intervene to stabilize the economic environment and provide essential public goods, such as transportation and communications networks, agricultural research and development, and access to quality health and educational facilities. Ending hunger requires that each society find the right balance of market forces and government interventions to drive a process of economic growth that reaches the poor and ensures that food supplies are readily, and reliably, available and accessible to eTrade Review"Peter Timmer is one of the world's foremost experts on global food policy. This book draws on his very extensive experience, primarily but not exclusively from Asia, his very impressive research record, his large number of publications and his effective application of economic theory to food policy analysis. . . . In this book, Timmer has once again guided those of us interested in food policy through the complexities of the food sector and its interaction with economics and politics." * American Journal of Agricultural Economics *"In a deeply insightful examination of how to address the complex task of ending hunger-an analysis based on decades of work in this area-Timmer calls for markets, policies, and investments that focus on pro-poor growth, agricultural development, and stable food economies. Reiterating the importance of a historical perspective, he highlights short-, medium-, and long-term actions, including managing volatile food prices, managing the demand for food, and managing a sustainable increase in food supplies. His perspectives are immensely valuable and timely as we strive to accelerate the pace of progress and end hunger and undernutrition by 2025, a realistic goal if key stakeholders work together." * Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute *"A unique and valuable book which showcases Timmer's clear-headed approach to the interpretation and use of the data on food security. Drawing on his own past work as well as recent published research, Timmer extracts important lessons about what has changed and what has not." * Robert L. Paarlberg, Wellesley College *"This book is an excellent treatment of a highly complex question: why it is so hard to end hunger. It deserves to take its place among the most definitive and transparent contributions to the analysis of food security and scarcity." * Erik Thorbecke, Cornell University *

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Book SynopsisEnding hunger requires that each society find the right balance of market forces and government interventions to bring even a country's most vulnerable citizens into a sustainable food system. C. Peter Timmer explains how food markets operate and when it is effective for governments to step in.Trade Review"Peter Timmer is one of the world's foremost experts on global food policy. This book draws on his very extensive experience, primarily but not exclusively from Asia, his very impressive research record, his large number of publications and his effective application of economic theory to food policy analysis. . . . In this book, Timmer has once again guided those of us interested in food policy through the complexities of the food sector and its interaction with economics and politics." * American Journal of Agricultural Economics *"In a deeply insightful examination of how to address the complex task of ending hunger-an analysis based on decades of work in this area-Timmer calls for markets, policies, and investments that focus on pro-poor growth, agricultural development, and stable food economies. Reiterating the importance of a historical perspective, he highlights short-, medium-, and long-term actions, including managing volatile food prices, managing the demand for food, and managing a sustainable increase in food supplies. His perspectives are immensely valuable and timely as we strive to accelerate the pace of progress and end hunger and undernutrition by 2025, a realistic goal if key stakeholders work together." * Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute *"A unique and valuable book which showcases Timmer's clear-headed approach to the interpretation and use of the data on food security. Drawing on his own past work as well as recent published research, Timmer extracts important lessons about what has changed and what has not." * Robert L. Paarlberg, Wellesley College *"This book is an excellent treatment of a highly complex question: why it is so hard to end hunger. It deserves to take its place among the most definitive and transparent contributions to the analysis of food security and scarcity." * Erik Thorbecke, Cornell University *

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Book SynopsisGlobalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs focuses on the role played by local growers and exporters in Ecuador, which has been the world's leading banana exporter for more than sixty years without ever being dominated by foreign corporations.Trade Review"Based on sound historical and contemporary assessment, Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs refreshingly corrects conventional wisdom about the banana industry." * Joachim von Braun, University of Bonn *"Globalized Fruit, Local Entrepreneurs is an entertaining and insightful work providing a synthetic, alternative history of the banana industry." * Paul Sabin, Yale University *Table of ContentsList of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. The Octopus Chapter 2. El Pulpo's South American Rivals Chapter 3. Never a Banana Republic Chapter 4. Good Governance, for a Change Chapter 5. South American Entrepreneurs Go Global Chapter 6. Keeping Up with Technological Advances Chapter 7. Agrarian Reform, Unionization, and a Policy Tilt Against Agriculture Chapter 8. Ecuador's Resurgence Chapter 9. The Environmental Impact Chapter 10. Continuing Challenges, New Risks Chapter 11. Creative Destruction? Appendix: Ecuadorian Banana Production and Exports, 1961 to 2013 Notes References Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisOrganized into three thematic sections - foreign policy and national security, economic policy and social issues, and domestic politics and governance, this book includes essays that cover salient topics such as China's military power, de-communization, growing economic strength, nationalism, and the possibility for democracy.Trade ReviewAn excellent resource. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsIntroductionDavid B. H. DenoonPart I1. The People's Army: Serving Whose Interests? June Teufel Dreyer 2. Uncertainty, Insecurity, and China's Military Power Paul H. B. Godwin 3. Does China Have a Grand Strategy? Michael D. Swaine 4. Sino-American Relations since September 11: Can the New Stability Last?David Shambaugh 5. Asia in the Balance: America and China's "Peaceful Rise" Robert Sutter Part II6. The Long March from Mao: China's De-Communization Liu Binyan7. China's North-South Split and the Forces of DisintegrationEdward Friedman 8. The Dangers of Economic ComplacencyBarry Naughton 9. Rumblings from the Uyghur Dru C. Gladney 10. Beijing's Ambivalent Reformers Bruce J. Dickson11. China's New Exchange Rate Regime Barry EichengreenPart III12. Is Democracy Possible?Merle Goldman 13. The Leader in the ShadowsLucian W. Pye 14. Village Elections: Democracy from the Bottom Up? Tyrene White 15. An All-Consuming Nationalism Michael Dutton 16. Understanding Falun Gong Richard Madsen 17. China's New LeadershipTony Saich18. China's Environmental Challenge Elizabeth Economy Chronology of Recent EventsAbout the Contributors

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Book SynopsisProvides an in-depth examination of the relationship between - and the impacts on - migration, remittances, and development. Using household surveys and census data, the determinants and impact of migration, and remittances on various measures of welfare are analyzed.Table of ContentsPART 1: INTRODUCTION PART 2: SKILLED MIGRATION: EVIDENCE AND EFFECTS Brain Drain by Educational Attainment, 1990-2000; F.Docquier & A.Marfouk The Determinants of Brain Waste; A.Mattoo, . zden & C.Neagu The Impact of Foreign Students and Skilled Migrants on Patenting in the US; K.Maskus & A.Mattoo Brain Gain: Its Size and Welfare and Growth Impact have been Greatly Overstated; M.Schiff PART 3: TEMPORARY MIGRATION Temporary Migration Policies: A Survey; V.Manole & M.Schiff Swiss Migration Policy; D.Gross Overstaying Temporary Workers: Towards a Solution; M.Schiff PART 4: REMITTANCES; THEIR IMPACT ON INCOME AND EXPENDITURES Guatemala: Impact on Poverty, Education, Health and Housing; R.Adams Mexico: Determinants of Migration; E.J.Taylor Mexico: Impact of Migration on Inequality, Education and Child Health; D.McKenzie Philippines: The Impact of Migrants' Exchange Rate Shocks on Child Education and Entrepreneurship; D.Yang PART 5: CONCLUSION

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Book SynopsisProvides the first collection of analytic contributions, as opposed to advocacy essays and black box estimates, on illicit financial flows. Some chapters present new empirical findings; others, new conceptual insights. All of them enrich the understanding of the dynamics of the illicit flows phenomenon.

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Book SynopsisThe first book in any language to describe and analyse the history of all Japanese teas from the plant's introduction to the archipelago around 750 to the present day. A Bowl for a Coin makes a convincing case for how tea can serve as a broad lens through which to view the development of Japanese society over many centuries.Trade ReviewOne of the strengths of this book is Farris’s ability to draw the reader’s attention to continuities across time while also highlighting the many changes that took place. As all good macro-histories do, Farris gives the reader some key moments of change to consider. . . . Another strength of the book is the new perspective it gives on some of the oft-repeated points in the story of tea in Japan. Indeed, this alone makes it a must-read for all those interested in Japanese tea history, including the many practitioners of chanoyu tea culture and the increasing number of people working in tea-related business, who all communicate general information about the origins and early development of tea in Japan to public audiences.

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Book SynopsisIn the early decades of the eighteenth century, Yemen hosted a bustling community of merchants who sailed to the southern Arabian Peninsula from the east and the west. In Shipped but Not Sold, Nancy Um opens the chests these merchants transported to and from Yemen and examines the cargo holds of their boats to reveal the goods held within.

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Book SynopsisBiological control has made a major contribution to integrated pest management (IPM) in Africa, but its documentation has been scattered and often under-reported. This book provides a review of the most important studies, including not only successes, but also on-going challenges. The focus is on arthropod pests and weeds, but diseases are also covered where significant. In 24 chapters, case studies and promising research results are presented that cover biocontrol by naturally occurring agents, by exotic agents or by seasonal manipulation. This book provides a valuable resource for scientists worldwide. It is particularly useful for pest control professionals working in Africa.Table of Contents1: Historical overview of biological control in Africa 2: Biological control of alien plant invaders in southern Africa 3: Biological control of cassava and mango mealybugs in Africa 4: Cassava green mite in Africa - A unique example of successful classical biological control of a mite pest on a continental scale 5: Biological control of the potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella in Africa 6: Biological control of whiteflies in sub-Saharan Africa 7: Homopteran pests of conifers in Africa 8: Biological control of defoliating, and phloem-or-wood feeding insects in commercial forestry in Southern Africa 9: Biological control of gramineous lepidopteran stemborers in sub-Saharan Africa 10: Biological control and management of the alien invasive shrub Chromolaena odorato in Africa 11: Aquatic weeds in Africa and their control 12: Endophytic microbial biodiversity and plant nematode management in African agriculture 13: Species of Trichoderma and Aspergillus as biological control agents against plant diseases in Africa 14: Towards the registration of microbial insecticides in Africa: Non-target arthropod testing on Green MuscleTM, a grasshopper and locust control product based on the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum 15: Microbial control of termites in Africa, J Langewald 16: Integrated pest management of banana weevil in Africa with emphasis on microbial control 17: The role of biological control in integrated management of Striga species in Africa 18: Mango-infesting fruit flies in Africa: perspectives and limitations of biological approaches to their management 19: Biological control, a non-obvious components of integrated pest management for cowpea 20: Biological control and other pest management options for larger grain borer Prostephanus truncatus 21: Biological control of Helicoverpa armigera in Africa 22: Biological control in integrated pest management of coffee 23: Biological control of diamondback moth Plutella xylostella in Africa 24: Biological control for increased agricultural productivity, poverty reduction and environmental protection in Africa

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Book SynopsisPresents research on corporate governance from a number of countries across the world, including the United States, Spain, Malaysia, Israel and others. This title examines many important corporate governance mechanisms, such as board characteristics, ownership structure, legal protection of shareholders, and annual general meetings.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Corporate Governance of Dual-Class Firms. The Effect of CEO Pay on Firm Valuation in Closely Held Firms. Does Public Debt Discipline Managers and Controlling Owners?. The Use of Warrants in Mergers and Acquisitions. The Role of Annual General Meetings in a Civil-Law Country. Corporate Governance and Agency Costs. Does Corporate Governance Matter? Evidence from Related Party Transactions in Malaysia. The Influence of Corporate Venture Capital Investment on the Likelihood of Attracting a Prestigious Underwriter. International Corporate Governance. Advances in Financial Economics. Advances in Financial Economics. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThis essential volume examines the influence of immigrants on the process of international economic integration – specifically, their influences on bilateral and multilateral trade flows. Is the influence of immigrants on trade conditional on the volume of trade taking place between their host and home countries?Trade ReviewThis important book illustrates once again the significant place that immigration has in the global economy in general, and with respect to international trade in particular. As both immigration and international trade grow over the 21st century, this relationship will become even more important. This book makes a valuable contribution to the study of that relationship. --Bill Marr, Canadian Studies in PopulationPolicy makers looking for scholarly perspective on immigration should take careful note of International Migration and Economic Integration. Its authors make a convincing case for the value that immigration will bring to their societies - and the losses these same societies are liable to incur if they attempt to slow immigration's pace. --Rick Docksai, World Future ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introducing the Immigrant–Trade Link 1. Migration, Trade and Globalization 2. The Gravity Model and the Literature on the Immigrant–Trade Link Part II: The Effects of Immigrants on International Trade in Goods and Services 3. Immigration Policy, Economic Development and the Immigrant–Trade Link: The Case of the White Australia Policy 4. East–West Migration and Trade: The Pro-Trade Effects of Immigrants in Italy 5. Beyond Trade in Goods: Immigrants and US Exports of Tourism Services Part III: The Cultural Bridging Effects of Immigrants on Trade 6. The Trade-Inhibiting Effects of Cultural Differences: Evidence from Nine OECD Countries 7. Immigrants and the Effects of Cultural Distance: An Examination of Aggregate US Trade Data 8. Heterogeneity Across Immigrant Groups: The Effects of Refugee and Non-Refugee Immigrants on US Trade Part IV: The Operability and Universality of the Immigrant–Trade Link 9. The Effects of Immigrants on Trade in Cultural and Non-Cultural Goods: Evidence from US State-Level Exports 10. Asymmetric Information and Trade-Facilitating Infrastructure: Variation in the Immigrant–Trade Link Across Migration Corridors 11. Transaction Costs and the Immigrant–Trade Link: Does the Volume of Bilateral Trade Matter? 12. Are the Effects of Immigrants (Emigrants) on Trade Universal? Part V: Findings, Implications and Questions that Remain 13. A Summary of Findings from the Application of the Gravity Model 14. Lessons Learned and Suggestions for Future Research References Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book explores the economic conditions and policy response of four major East Asian economies in the wake of the 2008 global economic crisis.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND FINANCIAL CRISIS 1. The Global Financial Crisis: Lessons for Taiwan Sheng-Cheng Hu 2. A Perspective on the US Dollar after the Current Financial Crisis: Lessons from the Fall of the Pound Sterling and the Gold Standard after World War I Lee-Rong Wang 3. De-Privatization? Case Studies of Government Banks’ Performance in Developing Countries During the Financial Crisis Chung-Hua Shen and Chih-Yung Lin PART II: IMPACTS, CONSEQUENCES AND POLICY RESPONSES 4. Why World Exports are so Susceptible to the Economic Crisis: The Prevailing ‘Export Overshooting’ Phenomenon, with Particular Reference to Taiwan Bih Jane Liu 5. The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Taiwanese Economy and its Industrial Policy in Response Jiann-Chyuan Wang and Chia-Hui Lin 6. The American Crisis and Korean Financial Distress Un Chan Chung 7. Why Was Japan Hit So Hard by the Global Financial Crisis? Masahiro Kawai and Shinji Takagi 8. China’s Policy Responses to the Global Financial Crisis Yongding Yu PART III: POLICY CONSTRAINTS 9. Fiscal Discipline in the Recovery from a Global Financial Crisis Chih-Chin Ho, Yu-Shan Hsu and Ching-Shin Mao 10. A Challenge to Sustainable Development: The Dual Crisis of Energy and the Economy Daigee Shaw and Pi Chen Index

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Book SynopsisThis well-documented book analyzes the possibilities and constraints of regulatory cooperation between the EU and the US (particularly California) with a specific focus on environmental protection, food safety and agriculture, biosafety and biodiversity.Trade ReviewIn this increasingly globalised regulatory environment there is a need to better understand how the world s two most active trade-blocks are cooperating especially with regard to pending complicated regulations be it REACH or the proposed revision of US TSCA. In this most timely book, Vogel and Swinnen bring together an outstanding group of scholars to help explain the delicate and important intricacies of present policy debates, making the volume essential reading for policy researchers, regulators and consultants active in the area. Ragnar Lofstedt, King's College London, UK David Vogel and Johan Swinnen have assembled a first-rate book on regulatory cooperation between the US and EU. The case studies provide detailed and nuanced analyses of policy areas from water to climate change and biotechnology, and the concluding chapters offer well-judged and balanced assessments of the regulatory challenges for future transatlantic relations. - Robert Falkner, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation represents a cutting-edge contribution to the study of economic regulation, and in particular the prospects for cooperation between the US and the EU as the world's dominant economic blocs. The authors, among the leading scholars in their fields, provide theoretically and empirically informed studies of transatlantic cooperation and conflict in areas such as the environment, climate change, food safety, and genetically modified foods, deriving provocative and compelling policy recommendations from each. The discussion of federalism, and the opportunities and constraints it presents for international cooperation, is superb. --- Mark A. Pollack, Temple University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Heddy Riss, Johan F.M. Swinnen and David Vogel PART I: FEDERALISM AND COOPERATION AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS 1. Legal Guidelines for Cooperation between the EU and American State Governments Daniel Farber 2. Transatlantic Environmental Regulation-making: Strengthening Cooperation between California and the EU Christina G. Hioureas and Bruce E. Cain 3. California Motor Vehicle Standards and Federalism: Lessons for the EU Ann E. Carlson PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 4. Rivers of Diversity: Water Regulation in California and the EU Gabrielle Bouleau and Matt Kondolf 5. Reshaping Chemicals Policy on Two Sides of the Atlantic: The Promise of Improved Sustainability through International Collaboration Megan R. Schwarzman and Michael P. Wilson 6. Climate Change Policy in California: Balancing Markets versus Regulation Michael Hanemann and Chris Busch PART III: FOOD SAFETY AND AGRICULTURE 7. US versus EU Biotechnology Regulations and Comparative Advantage: Implications for Future Conflicts and Trade Gal Hochman, Gordon C. Rausser and David Zilberman 8. Circuits of Regulation: Transatlantic Perspectives on Persistent Organic Pollutants and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Chris Ansell and Jörg Balsiger 9. How to Get Out of the Transatlantic Regulatory Deadlock Over Genetically Modified Organisms? Alberto Alemanno PART IV: THE POTENTIAL AND LIMITS OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY COOPERATION 10. Food Labels and the Environment: Towards Harmonization of EU and US Organic Standards David E. Winickoff and Kendra Klein 11. EU–US Horizontal Regulatory Cooperation: Mutual Recognition of Impact Assessment? Anne C.M. Meuwese PART V: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS 12. Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: Conclusions and Implications Axel Marx and Jan Wouters 13. Lessons Learned and Suggestions for Improving Regulatory Cooperation between California and the EU Ian Clark Index

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book illustrates why the `old’ international order is unable to provide crucial global public goods such as monetary and financial stability in the fight against mass poverty and climate change.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Why a Supranational Political Economy? 1. The Invisible Leviathan Part II: Global Imbalances, Income Inequalities and Regional Integration 2. Global Imbalances and the Dollar Standard 3. Globalization and Income Inequalities 4. Multipolarity and Regional Integration Part III: Money and Finance as Supranational Public Goods 5. Money as a Supranational Public Good 6. Finance as a Supranational Public Good References Index

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Book SynopsisAsia’s trading and financial hubs have become global cities which frequently have more in common and closer linkages with each other than with their corresponding hinterlands.Trade Review'Gateways to Globalisation cogently demonstrates that Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo operate as gateways to Asia and as linchpins for Asia to the global economy. The authors' theoretical frameworks and original empirical research support provocative findings that challenge conventional thinking. Tokyo's may decline as a global city. As Beijing and Shanghai ride China's rapid growth they face uncertainty about its future openness to the global economy. Vibrant Hong Kong and Singapore confront challenges from other rising centers.' - David Meyer, Washington University in St Louis, US 'This book distinguishes itself in its emphasis on historical and cultural links as well as contemporary globalization processes on large East Asian cities. Arising from a research program and four seminars, the editor has picked scholars who can relate past and present trends. Historical links of Japanese cities are explored. Leading world cities in the region are analyzed in their evolution from entrepots to modern gateways, service integrators, transport hubs and financial centres. It is a study of the integration and interrelationships of East Asian cities in the global economy.' --- Yue-man Yeung, Chinese University of Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. From Entrepôts to Service Integrators: Asian Metropolises in a Changing Flows and Nodes Configuration François Gipouloux PART I: THE LEGACY OF HISTORY 2. Tokyo’s Changing Role as a Financial Center Since the Seventeenth Century Hisasue Ryoichi 3. 17th-Century Nagasaki: Entrepôt for the Zheng, the VOC and the Tokugawa Bakufu Patrizia Carioti PART II: HIGH VALUE-ADDED SERVICES AND METROPOLITAN DYNAMISM 4. Regional Headquarters for Multinational Enterprises in Chinese Cities: Strategies for Location Christine Hung 5. China’s Tax System on Foreign Enterprises and its Impact on Multinational Firms’ Localization Strategies Hu Ying 6. Hong Kong and Shanghai: Rivalry or Complementarity Among Asia’s International Service Hubs? Sung Yun-Wing 7. Hong Kong: An Upgraded Gateway for China Trade James J. Wang 8. Singapore in the New Economic Geography: From Geographical Location to the Relocation of Economic Dynamics Loïs Bastide 9. The Factors of Competitiveness of Greater Chinese Cities: The Case of the Localization of Foreign Research and Development in Beijing and Shanghai Du Debin and Pierre Miège PART III: COMPLEMENTARITY AND RIVALRY AMONG ASIAN TRADING AND FINANCE CENTRES 10. The Global Economic Crisis: Opportunities for Major Cities in East and Southeast Asia? Peter W. Daniels 11. The Eastward Shift: Rising Role and New Positioning of East Asian Cities in the Global Economy Alice Ekman 12. Can Shanghai Become the New Hong Kong of China? Yuan Zhigang 13. China’s Emerging Financial Centers: Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong Simon X.B. Zhao, Zhang Li and Christopher J. Smith 14. Evaluating Beijing and Shanghai as Global Financial Centers Xu Xun and Meng Jianjun Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis pathbreaking book goes some way to fill this gap in the literature and as such, will prove invaluable to academics, R&D managers, regional policy makers and students with an interest in international business, business economics, regional studies and organization studies.Trade ReviewThis wonderful volume brings together contributions mainly from the innovation literature, whose findings are in a sense quite familiar, but which in this collection are juxtaposed in such a way as to highlight their common institutional underpinnings. This is very much due to the efforts of the editor, whose insightful introduction and editorial vision brings out several interesting and emerging themes from this collection of papers. I think this volume breaks new ground in highlighting the embeddedness of MNE subsidiaries in multiple contexts, and it will be of considerable interest to scholars engaged with institutional analysis. However, I also believe that researchers interested in regional embeddedness, the geography of innovation, and knowledge management will find new angles to their work in this collected volume. --- Sarianna M. Lundan, University of Bremen, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Debate on Corporate Embeddedness Martin Heidenreich PART I: CHALLENGES AND VARIETIES OF CORPORATE EMBEDDEDNESS 2. Regional Embeddedness of Multinational Companies and their Limits: A Typology Martin Heidenreich and Jannika Mattes 3. The Multi-home-based Corporation: Solving an Insider–Outsider Dilemma Örjan Sölvell 4. MNCs between the Local and the Global: Knowledge Bases, Proximity and Distributed Knowledge Networks Bjørn T. Asheim, Bernd Ebersberger and Sverre J. Herstad 5. MNCs, Clusters and Varieties of Innovative Impulse Philip Cooke PART II: KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURES AS EMBEDDING DEVICES 6. Simulating the Role of MNCs for Knowledge and Capital Dynamics in Networks of Innovation Petra Ahrweiler, Michel Schilperoord, Nigel Gilbert and Andreas Pyka 7. Technological Capabilities and the Regional Embeddedness of Multinational Enterprises. A Case Study of Germany and the UK Simona Iammarino, Jan-Philipp Kramer, Elisabetta Marinelli and Javier Revilla Diez 8. The Organizational Decomposition of Innovation and Territorial Knowledge Dynamics: Insights from the German Software Industry Simone Strambach and Benjamin Klement 9. The Impact of Regional Institutional Characteristics on the Location of MNCs – a European Perspective Knut Koschatzky and Elisabeth Baier PART III: THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONSTRUCTION OF CORPORATE EMBEDDEDNESS 10. Modes of Regional Embeddedness: Companies in Seven European Regions Compared Dieter Rehfeld 11. The Pôles de Compétitivité: Regional Innovation Clusters with a French Touch Christoph Barmeyer and Katharina Krüth 12. Multinational Companies and the Production of Collective Goods in Central and Eastern Europe Bob Hancké 13. The Role of Multinational Corporations in the National Innovation Systems of the EU New Member States Rajneesh Narula and José Guimón 14. Conclusion: Corporate Embeddedness as a Strategic and Dynamic Process of Skilled Actors Jannika Mattes and Martin Heidenreich Index

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Book SynopsisThe Financial Crisis and Developing Countries is an invaluable discussion and analysis of the regional and country specific impacts of the financial crisis in both emerging markets and developing countries.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Crisis? What Crisis? For Whom? Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Arjan de Haan and Rolph van der Hoeven PART I: THE CRISIS AND CONCEPTS OF DEVELOPMENT 2. Re-orienting Development in Uncertain Times Jayati Ghosh 3. How Have Poor Women and Men Experienced the Global Economic Crisis: What Have We Learned? Duncan Green and Richard King 4. After the Gold Rush: Prospects for Africa, Economic Recovery and Long-term Growth Fantu Cheru 5. A Historical Ethnography of Recessions: Crises in Yogyakarta Ben White PART II: HETERODOX (POLITICAL) ECONOMIC INTERPRETATIONS 6. Chinese Savings Gluts or Northern Financialisation? The Ideological Expediency of Crisis Narratives Andrew Martin Fischer 7. Short- and Long-run Macroeconomic Effects of Keynesian Trade Policies in the Presence of Debt Servicing Syed Mansoob Murshed 8. FDI Volatility and Development Irene van Staveren 9. Financial Globalization, Current Crisis and Labour in Developing Countries Rolph van der Hoeven PART III: REGIONAL AND COUNTRY EXPERIENCES 10. Impact of the Global Crises (Financial, Economic and Food): The Case of Microfinance in Latin America Reynaldo Marconi and Harry Clemens 11. Crisis, Employment and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa Mahmood Messkoub 12. Crisis and Exclusionary Growth in Europe’s ‘East’ Max Spoor 13. The Crisis in South Asia: From Jobless Growth to Jobless Slump? Karin Astrid Siegmann 14. Diamonds are for Never: The Economic Crisis and the Diamond Polishing Industry in India Astha Kapoor 15. Defending Vulnerable Workers in South Africa after the Crisis: What Role for COSATU? Freek B. Schiphorst 16. How China Managed the Impact of the Financial Crisis: Globalization and Public Policy Responses in an Emerging Economy Arjan de Haan and Sen Gong 17. Thailand From Crisis to Crisis: Do We Ever Learn? Karel Jansen PART IV: PREPARING FOR THE NEXT CRISIS? 18. The Global Economic Crisis and the Future of Globalization Rob Vos References Index

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Book SynopsisThis effort is particularly important in a period of economic crisis, as an economic downturn generates high uncertainty about the future of economic systems, and consequently will determine the new winners and losers in a globalized world.Trade Review'The rise of endogenous growth thinking has produced an understanding that the national and in fact the global economy depends generally on supply side initiatives that for the most part are driven at the local regional level. Focusing endogenous forces at the regional level has become elemental in our thinking about development and competitiveness at all levels. This book demonstrates that building and testing ''local after-crisis scenarios'' before crises occur informs policy and leadership at the critical flex points along the regional development horizon.' --- Roger Stough, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Building Local After-crisis Scenarios in a Global Perspective Roberto Camagni and Roberta Capello PART I: SCENARIOS FOR EUROPEAN REGIONS IN A PERIOD OF ECONOMIC CRISIS 2. Driving Forces of Change and Thematic Scenarios for European Regions Jacques Robert 3. Integrated Scenarios for European Regions Roberto Camagni, Roberta Capello and Jacques Robert 4. Quantitative Foresights for European Regions Roberta Capello and Ugo Fratesi PART II: SCENARIOS AT SUB-REGIONAL LEVEL: THE LATIN ARC COUNTRIES 5. Quantitative Foresights at Sub-regional Level: The Model and Estimation Results Antonio Affuso, Roberto Camagni and Roberta Capello 6. Quantitative Foresights at Sub-regional Level: Assumptions and Simulation Results Antonio Affuso and Ugo Fratesi PART III: THE LATIN ARC AND THE BARCELONA CASE: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE TERRITORIAL STRUCTURE 7. The Latin Arc Antonio Affuso and Ugo Fratesi 8. The Province of Barcelona Rafael Boix, Joan Trullén and Vittorio Galletto PART IV: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 9. Policy Options for the Latin Arc Roberto Camagni 10. Policy Scenarios for the Province of Barcelona Joan Trullén References Index

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Book SynopsisA relatively new frontier for legal and policy analysis, technical barriers to trade (TBT’s) have become more common as traditional border barriers have been reduced. This comprehensive Handbook comprises original essays by eminent trade scholars exploring the implications of the WTO’s TBT Agreement.Trade Review‘Congratulations on an outstanding book on the WTO TBT Agreement! International regulations and standards reflect societies’ fundamental choices. Regulating and monitoring them is complex, and the renowned co-editors of this book have well understood the multi-faceted matters at stake. In this book, world experts have seized a unique opportunity provided by the wealth of recent TBT jurisprudence to analyse the different dimensions of the TBT Agreement, a WTO agreement little discussed up to now. WTO experts as well as anyone interested in the reach of WTO law into the balance between national sovereignty and the need for international co-operation must read this book.’ -- Gabrielle Marceau, WTO, Legal Affairs Division, UNIGE and Graduate Institute, Geneva, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Michael J. Trebilcock 1. Introduction Robert Howse 2. The TBT Agreement in Context Arkady Kudryavtsev 3. Conformity Assessment Procedures Arthur E. Appleton 4. Transparency Obligations under the TBT Agreement Denise Prévost 5. Standard of Review in TBT Cases Michael M. Du 6. Moving Out of the Shadows: Bringing Transparency to Standards and Regulations in the WTO’s TBT Committee Petros C. Mavroidis and Erik N. Wijkström 7. International Standards Markus Wagner 8. Mutual Recognition Agreements and Equivalence Agreements Helen Churchman 9. The Limits of PTAs: WTO Legal Restrictions on the Use of WTO-Plus Technical Regulations in PTAs Joel P. Trachtman 10. The TBT Agreement and Developing Countries Graham Mayeda 11. Contemporary Problems of Climate Change and the TBT Agreement: Moving Beyond Eco-Labelling Michael Cardwell and Fiona Smith 12. The REACH Regulation and the TBT Agreement: The Role of the TBT Committee in Regulatory Processes Lukasz Gruszczynski 13. Consumer Information, Consumer Preferences and Product Labels under the TBT Agreement Tania Voon, Andrew Mitchell and Catherine Gascoigne 14. The TBT Agreement and Private Standards Alessandra Arcuri 15. Technical Barriers to Trade in Information and Communication Technologies Branislav Hazucha 16. Conclusion Tracey Epps Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book analyses the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China as well as making valuable contributions to the theory of FDI more broadly. causality between FDI, domestic investment and economic growth; Rather than crowding out domestic investment, FDI is found to stimulate economic growth by complementing it.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Theories of FDI on Multinational Enterprises and Related Empirical Studies on China 3. Extensions on the Theory of FDI to Host Countries and Empirical Studies on the Impact of FDI 4. Location Determinants of FDI 5. FDI, Domestic Investment and Economic Growth 6. The Relationship between FDI and Tourism 7. Tourism and Economic Growth 8. FDI and Regional Income Inequality 9. FDI Spill-over Effects on Consumption 10. FDI and its Overall Impact in China References Index

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Book SynopsisHigher education has entered centre-stage in the context of the knowledge economy and has been deployed in the search for economic competitiveness and social development.Trade Review‘With 29 well-researched articles written by 31 erudite scholars of high repute drawn from various parts of the world, specifically for the book, the Handbook filled with intellectual ammunition provides an excellent reading on a multiplicity of issues relating to globalisation and higher education. The volume provides diversity of interpretation of several trends. Unlike many other books, the issues are studied not just from the point of view of a few advanced countries; the Handbook includes experiences of many developing countries. . . The Handbook would certainly be a great resource material for students, teachers and policy makers engaged in higher education.’ -- Jandhyala B.G. Tilak, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration‘. . . the Handbook constitutes an essential reference source for everyone interested in studying the current meaning, scope and implications of globalization. Strongly recommended.’ -- Higher Education ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: GENERIC 1. Introduction to Part I Simon Marginson 2. Imagining the Global Simon Marginson 3. Rethinking Development: Higher Education and the New Imperialism Rajani Naidoo 4. The University as a Global Institution Peter Scott 5. Three Forms of the Knowledge Economy: Learning, Creativity and Openness Michael A. Peters 6. Global Institutions: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Marijk van der Wende 7. Extra-national Provision Christopher Ziguras 8. Global Institutions, Higher Education and Development Yann Lebeau and Ebrima Sall 9. Globalization, Higher Education and Inequalities: Problems and Prospects Vincent Carpentier and Elaine Unterhalter PART II: CASE STUDIES 10. Introduction to Part II Rajani Naidoo 11. Regional Responses to Globalization Challenges: The Assertion of Soft Power and Changing University Governance in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia Ka Ho Mok 12. Global ‘Toolboxes’, Local ‘Toolmaking’: The Contradictions of External Evaluation in South African Higher Education Reform Mala Singh 13. Globalization and Higher Education in Canada Glen A. Jones and Julian Weinrib 14. Globalization, Internationalization and the World-class University Movement: The China Experience Mei Li and Qiongqiong Chen 15. European Higher Education and the Process of Integration Jussi Välimaa 16. Neoliberal Globalization and Higher Education Policy in India Sangeeta G. Kamat 17. Globalization and Higher Education in South Korea: Towards Ethnocentric Internationalization or Global Commercialization of Higher Education? Terri Kim 18. The Invisible Topics on the Public Agenda for Higher Education in Argentina Marcela Mollis 19. Globalization, a Knowledge-based Regime and Higher Education: Where do Mexican Universities Stand? Alma Maldonado-Maldonado 20. Globalization in the USA: The Case of California William G. Tierney 21. The Strange Death of the Liberal University: Research Assessments and the Impact of Research Mark Olssen PART III: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 22. Introduction to Part III Roger King 23. Strategizing and Ordering the Global Simon Marginson 24. Governing Knowledge Globally: Science, Structuration and the Open Society Roger King 25. Governing Quality David A. Dill 26. Convergences and Divergences in Steering Higher Education Systems Christine Musselin 27. The Bologna Process: From the National to the Regional to the Global, and Back Jürgen Enders and Don F. Westerheijden 28. The Standardization of Higher Education, Positional Competition and the Global Labor Market Hugh Lauder and Phillip Brown 29. Measuring World-class Excellence and the Global Obsession with Rankings Ellen Hazelkorn Index

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Book SynopsisThis topical book brings to the fore new and standard-setting research into the connection between indigenous cultural heritage, international trade and economic development of indigenous peoples.Trade Review‘... the book is unique as a first publication to address all relevant viewpoints of international law on the topic of ICH trade. We have in one volume a comprehensive picture of indigenous peoples ' interests in cultural heritage and development. ... The editors can be congratulated on producing an amazingly rich volume... This is legal research at the cutting edge, and for once not so Euro-American centric.’ -- Laura Nader, The IP Law Book Review‘This timely and pioneering volume provides an ethnically sensitive exploration of the international trade in indigenous cultural heritage. The country reports are informative and insightful; they greatly enrich our understanding of the realities on the ground in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. The book also contains concrete and practical recommendations. It is essential reading for anyone interested in learning more about the protection and development of indigenous cultural heritage.’ -- Peter K. Yu, Drake University Law School, US‘Christoph Graber, Karolina Kuprecht and Jessica Lai have brought together authors who know the field, given them a set of concrete themes and through meticulous editing have produced an integrated work that has the strength of collective insight. This book sets the standard for researchers working on those difficult issues raised by trade and commerce in indigenous cultural heritage.’ -- Peter Drahos, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Paul L.A.H. Chartrand Preface Christoph B. Graber, Karolina Kuprecht and Jessica C. Lai PART I: METHODOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONTEXT 1. Stimulating Trade and Development of Indigenous Cultural Heritage by Means of International Law: Issues of Legitimacy and Method Christoph B. Graber 2. Indigenous Self-Government, Cultural Heritage and International Trade: A Sociological Perspective Duane Champagne PART II: INTERNATIONAL LAW PERSPECTIVES 3. International Indigenous and Human Rights Law in the Context of Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage John Scott and Federico Lenzerini 4. Finding Space in the Margins? Recognising the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the WTO Fiona Macmillan 5. Attempts to Protect Indigenous Culture through Free Trade Agreements Susy Frankel 6. Intellectual Property Rights in Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Basic Concepts and Continuing Controversies Christoph Antons 7. International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage: An IP Practitioners’ Perspective Martin Girsberger and Benny Müller 8. Are They In or Are They Out? Traditional Cultural Expressions and the Public Domain: Implications for Trade Brigitte Vézina 9. International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage: An Argument for Indigenous Governance of Cultural Property Rebecca Tsosie 10. International Trade in Moveable Tangible Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples: A European Perspective Karolina Kuprecht and Kurt Siehr 11. Indigenous Cultural Heritage in Development and Trade: Perspectives from the Dynamics of Cultural Heritage Law and Policy Rosemary J. Coombe with Joseph F. Turcotte 12. International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Comments from UNESCO in Light of its International Standard-Setting Instruments in the Field of Culture Francesco Bandarin PART III: COUNTRY REPORTS (UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND) 13. A United States Perspective on the Protection of Indigenous Cultural Heritage Carole E. Goldberg 14. Ownership and Trade of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in Canada Catherine Bell 15. International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage: An Australian Perspective Kathy Bowrey 16. A New Zealand Perspective on the Protection of Mātauranga Māori (Traditional Knowledge) Susy Frankel PART IV: CONCLUSIONS 17. The Trade and Development of Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Completing the Picture and a Possible Way Forward Christoph B. Graber, Karolina Kuprecht and Jessica C. Lai Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely volume explores the complicated state of economic and trade relations between the two countries, meticulously unraveling the issue’s various threads and presenting an authoritative breakdown of a complex and fascinating economic linkage.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. Cross-Strait Linkages: Historical Perspective and Empirical Evidence Richard C.K. Burdekin, Yijing Shen and Hsin-hui I.H. Whited 2. A Comparison between the CEPA and the ECFA Yun-Wing Sung 3. Assessing the Impacts of the Integration of the ICT Investments of Taiwan and China upon Economic Growth in Taiwan Winston T. Lin 4. Trends for Future Integration of Commercial Banking between Taiwan and China after the ECFA Hong-Jen Abraham Lin 5. Development and International Diversification Benefits of Equity Markets in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Wan-Jiun Paul Chiou, Chun-Pin Hsu and Chin-Wen Huang 6. Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by China in Taiwan 1997–2010 Monica Yang 7. Strategic Alliance between Japan and Taiwan on the Chinese Market: An Empirical Analysis of the IT Industry Chih-Ping Chen and Kai-Wen Hsieh 8. Global Production Networks and the Kunshan ICT Cluster: The Role of Taiwanese MNCs Tain-Jy Chen and Ying-Hua Ku 9. Semiconductor Interconnectivity Across the Taiwan Strait: A Case Study Approach Ming-chin Monique Chu 10. The Emerging Trade Bloc Across the Taiwan Strait in Regional and Global Perspective Peter C.Y. Chow Index

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