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Tiger economies under threat : a comparative analysis of Malaysia's industrial prospects and policy options / / Shahid Yusuf, Kaoru Nabeshima



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Autore: Yusuf Shahid <1949-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Tiger economies under threat : a comparative analysis of Malaysia's industrial prospects and policy options / / Shahid Yusuf, Kaoru Nabeshima Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank
London, : Eurospan [distributor], 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: xxi, 281 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
Disciplina: 338.09595
Soggetto topico: Industrial policy - Malaysia
Technological innovations - Economic aspects - Malaysia
Altri autori: NabeshimaKaoru  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Southeast Asia Faces Mounting Competition; Tables; Chapter 2. Malaysia: The Quintessential Maturing Tiger Economy; Figures; Chapter 3. Analyzing Comparative Advantage and Industrial Change: Reading the Export Trade Tea Leaves; Chapter 4. Imports and Foreign Direct Investment: Competition and Technology Transfer; Chapter 5. Leading and Faltering Industries: The Electronics, Auto Parts, and Agro-Processing Sectors; Chapter 6. Can Southeast Asian Tiger Economies Become Innovative?
Chapter 7. From Technology Development to Innovation CapabilityChapter 8. Can the Tigers Grow Fast and Furious Again?; Chapter 9. What Can the Tigers Do?; Appendix A Revealed Comparative Advantage of East Asian Economies Other than Malaysia; Appendix B Product Space Analysis for Southeast Asian Economies; Appendix C Research and Development Spending by Private Firms in Malaysia; Appendix D Index of Innovation Revealed Comparative Advantage; Appendix E Financial Incentives for Research and Development, Technology Development, and Innovation in Chinese Firms
Appendix F Financial Incentives for Research and Development, Technology Development, and Innovation in Thai FirmsReferences; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Southeast Asian tiger economies feel threatened by competition from other countries and worry that their growth momentum might be flagging. Even though their growth rates are above the average for the world and for developing countries, they fall short of yesterday's economic performance. The underlying worry is that they presage the beginning of a downward trend, the harbingers of which are lower rates of investment, persistently low rates of total factor productivity and low levels of innovativeness. The South East Asian tigers' worries motivate three questions: First, are the tigers rightly
Titolo autorizzato: Tiger economies under threat  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-33503-0
9786612335037
0-8213-8061-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910815939503321
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