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Sustainable development in Asia : socio-economic, financial, and economic perspectives / / Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan, Serge Rey, and Robert Taylor, editors



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Titolo: Sustainable development in Asia : socio-economic, financial, and economic perspectives / / Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan, Serge Rey, and Robert Taylor, editors Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022]
©2022
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 pages)
Disciplina: 338.9507
Soggetto topico: Sustainable development - Asia
Soggetto geografico: Asia Economic conditions 21st century
Persona (resp. second.): Andreosso-O'CallaghanBernadette
ReySerge
TaylorRobert
Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction and Overview -- References -- Sustainable Development of Multinational Companies in Asia: Reverse Transfer of Diversity Management Knowledge to Headquarters -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 RKT´s Success Conditions -- 2.1.1 From the Perspective of HQ -- 2.1.2 From the Individual Perspective -- 2.2 Diversity Management and Expatriates -- 3 Method and Data -- 3.1 Research Design and Settings -- 3.2 Respondent Sample -- 3.3 Data Analysis -- 4 Findings -- 4.1 Current State of RKT of Diversity Management -- 4.2 The Relationship Between HQ and Expatriates -- 4.3 The Relationship Between Subsidiary Employees and Expatriates -- 4.4 Barriers in RKT of Diversity Management -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Managerial Implications to Promote the RKT of Diversity Management to HQ -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Employment and Human Resource Development of Disabled People in Japan and Finland: A Comparative Study from the Perspective of... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Diversity, Inclusion, Decent Work, and the Employment of Disabled People -- 2.1 Diversity and Inclusion -- 2.2 Decent Work -- 3 Data and Method -- 4 Employment and Human Resource Development of Disabled People: Findings from Japan and Finland -- 4.1 The Employment Situation and Support for Disabled People in Japan -- 4.1.1 Current Situation of People with Disabilities -- 4.1.2 Case Study in Japan: Accessibility Consortium of Enterprises (ACE) -- 4.2 Employment and Support for Disabled People in Finland -- 4.2.1 Current Status of People with Disabilities -- 4.2.2 Case Study in Finland: The Leap to Labour! And ILONA Projects -- Leap to Labour! -- ILONA Project -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Interviews -- Hong Kong: ``Business as Usual´´ Amidst Social Unrest -- 1 Introduction.
2 Hong Kong Historical Overview -- 2.1 Hong Kong´s Beginnings -- 2.2 Hong Kong´s Economic Transformation -- 2.3 Rising Levels of Political Instability -- 3 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Protests -- 4 Technology, Media and Social Media to Fuel Social Unrest -- 5 The Future of Hong Kong´s Economic and Social Model -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- China´s Rise in the Middle East: Fuelling a Tired Dragon? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 China´s Energy Dilemma -- 3 Challenges to China´s Energy Model -- 4 The Middle-East: A Strategic Region for China -- 4.1 Challenges to Oil Dependency -- 5 China´s Economic Sustainability and Green Energy Model Under Question -- 5.1 The PRC Changing Role to Secure Oil -- 5.2 China´s Energy Model and the Environment -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The Macroeconomic Impact of Government Debt: An Empirical Analysis of Thailand -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Thailand´s Government Debt -- 3 Literature Review -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 The Model -- 4.2 Data -- 5 Empirical Results -- 5.1 Unit Root Test -- 5.2 The Bounds Test -- 5.3 The Estimating Coefficients -- 5.4 Diagnostic Tests of the Model -- 5.5 Toda-Yamamoto Causality Test -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- The World´s Top Five Financial Centers: Geopolitical Uncertainties -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Global Insights -- 3 The World Top Financial Centers -- 4 Global Economic Imbalances -- 5 The Global Financial Cycle -- 6 Financial Innovation -- 7 Geopolitical Uncertainties -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Microfinance: A Gender Equality Tool in the Context of Vietnam -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background on Microfinance and Women´s Empowerment in Vietnam -- 3 Research Sample and Methodological Framework -- 3.1 Data Collection Process -- 3.2 Developing Women´s Empowerment Indicators -- 3.3 Empirical Model -- 4 Findings and Discussion.
4.1 Descriptive Statistics of Women Borrowers, Women´s Union, and Microfinance Performance -- 4.2 The Impact of Microfinance on Women´s Empowerment -- 4.2.1 Microfinance and Women´s Control Over Own Income (INCOME) -- 4.2.2 Microfinance and Women´s Income Generation (INCOMECP) -- 4.2.3 Microfinance and Women´s Income Contribution (INCOMECBP) -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Environmental Management Accounting in European Countries and Japan: A Literature Survey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Emergence of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) -- 3 Environmental Accounting, Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) and Integrated Reporting -- 4 Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) Cases in Europe and Japan -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Funding and Management Control of Hospitals: A France-Japan Comparison -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hospital Funding, Between Convergence and National Specificities -- 2.1 Economic Constraints, Institutional Pressures and Healthcare Systems -- 2.2 France and Japan: Healthcare Systems Under Severe Financial Constraints -- 2.3 Financing of Hospital Structures in Japan and France -- 3 Fieldwork: Financing of Hospital Structures and Management Control -- 3.1 Areas of Failure in Activity-Based Funding -- 3.2 Consequences of Activity Financing for Management Control -- 3.3 Discussion of Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Trade Cooperation Between China and Vietnam from the Perspective of Intra-Industry Trade -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 Literature Review on the Exchange Rate Pass-Through -- 2.2 Literature Review on the Heterogeneous Exchange Rate Pass-Through -- 2.3 Literature Review on the Case of Vietnam -- 3 Theoretical Framework -- 4 Methodology and Data -- 4.1 Intra- and Inter-Industry Trade -- 4.2 Vertical and Horizontal Intra-Industry Trade -- 4.3 Empirical Model Specification.
4.4 Variable and Data -- 5 Estimation Results -- 5.1 GL index of Vietnam Vis-à-vis China -- 5.2 Vietnam´s Goods Quality -- 5.3 The Composition of Vietnam´s Intra-Industry Trade Vis-À-Vis China -- 5.4 The Heterogenous Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Vietnam´s Import Prices from China -- 6 Conclusion -- References.
Titolo autorizzato: Sustainable development in Asia  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-030-94679-7
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