Autore	Jomo K. S (Jomo Kwame Sundaram)
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Dakar, Senegal, : Codesria, c2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (36 p.)
Collana	Monograph series
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-90133-8 9786612901331 2-86978-394-9 2-86978-350-7 2-86978-272-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgement; Table of Contents; Introduction; Have Economic Reforms Helped Groeth in Africa?; Trade Liberalisation; Gains from Agricultural Trade Liberalisation?; Tropical Fate?; Resource Course?; Wage Competitiveness?; Changed Role of the State; Inequality, Poverty, Violence and Conflict; New Challenges; Moving Forward; Notes; References; Back Cover
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456740403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (265 p.)
Disciplina	338.6/422/0959
Altri autori (Persone)	Jomo K. S (Jomo Kwame Sundaram) FolkBrian C <1960-> (Brian Cameron)
Collana	RoutledgeCurzon studies in the growth economies of Asia
Soggetto topico	Minority business enterprises - Southeast Asia Chinese - Southeast Asia - Economic conditions Entrepreneurship - Southeast Asia
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-138-81107-6 1-280-17734-9 0-203-31329-1 0-203-41231-1
Classificazione	83.25
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Ethnic Business; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Chinese capitalism in Southeast Asia; 3. The politics of 'seeing Chinese' and the evolution of a Chinese idiom of business; 4. The cultural limits of 'Confucian capitalism': power and the invention of the family among Chinese traders in Sarawak; 5. All are flexible, but some are more flexible than others: small-scale Chinese businesses in Malaysia; 6. The leading Chinese-Filipino business families in post-Marcos Philippines 7. Pre-1997 Sino-Indonesian conglomerates, compared with those of other ASEAN countries8. Determinants of business capability in Thailand; 9. De-mythologizing Charoen Pokphand: an interpretive picture of the CP Group's growth and diversification; 10. Telecommunications, rents and the growth of a liberalization coalition in Thailand; 11. Japanese transnational production networks and ethnic Chinese business networks in East Asia: linkages and regional integration; Glossary; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450982103321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (265 p.)
Disciplina	338.6/422/0959
Altri autori (Persone)	Jomo K. S (Jomo Kwame Sundaram) FolkBrian C <1960-> (Brian Cameron)
Collana	RoutledgeCurzon studies in the growth economies of Asia
Soggetto topico	Minority business enterprises - Southeast Asia Chinese - Southeast Asia - Economic conditions Entrepreneurship - Southeast Asia
ISBN	1-138-81107-6 1-280-17734-9 0-203-31329-1 0-203-41231-1
Classificazione	83.25
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Ethnic Business; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Chinese capitalism in Southeast Asia; 3. The politics of 'seeing Chinese' and the evolution of a Chinese idiom of business; 4. The cultural limits of 'Confucian capitalism': power and the invention of the family among Chinese traders in Sarawak; 5. All are flexible, but some are more flexible than others: small-scale Chinese businesses in Malaysia; 6. The leading Chinese-Filipino business families in post-Marcos Philippines 7. Pre-1997 Sino-Indonesian conglomerates, compared with those of other ASEAN countries8. Determinants of business capability in Thailand; 9. De-mythologizing Charoen Pokphand: an interpretive picture of the CP Group's growth and diversification; 10. Telecommunications, rents and the growth of a liberalization coalition in Thailand; 11. Japanese transnational production networks and ethnic Chinese business networks in East Asia: linkages and regional integration; Glossary; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910808016503321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (207 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	338.9
Collana	United Nations Series on Development
Soggetto topico	Economic development Sustainable development Economic policy Public administration
ISBN	9781780932477 (ebook) 9781780932224 (paperback) 9781780932217 (hardback)
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: Governance and development; Governance and growth: Conceptual, methodological and measurement issues; Is good governance necessary for development?; Corruption and economic growth; Reform implications and priorities; Book organization; References; Chapter 2 The seductiveness of good governance; Alien state intervention, indigenous democratic capitalism; Liberating civil society; Empowerment through cost recovery; Good governance as modernization theory; Conclusion; References Chapter 3 Good governance and donorsGood governance as a development policy theme; Donor involvement in the political affairs of recipients; Is good governance necessary for growth and poverty alleviation?; Can good governance be exported?; Good governance and equity; Concluding observation; Reference; Chapter 4 Perception and misperception in governance research: Evidence from latin america; Intellectual context; The limits to perceptions-based indicators in prospect: From explication to operationalization; Crime; Property rights; Judicial and security institutions Limits to perceptions-based indicators in practice: Quality versus quantityConclusion: Bringing objectivity back in?; References; Chapter 5 Good governance scripts: Will compliance improve form or functionality?; The development community''s story of good governance; The ''story'': Developed countries are governed like this; The reality: Developed countries are governed differently; Commonly good governance functionality comes through different forms; Form versus function in PFM systems; Good governments have commonly functional PFM systems Good governments were not more likely to adopt the fiscal rule ''form''Good governments achieve functionality with different forms; Different forms work differently in different contexts; Concluding thoughts; References; Chapter 6 Is governance reform a catalyst for development?; Institutions matter ... but how much?; Case studies in institutional development; United States; Argentina; Mauritius; Jamaica; Concluding points; References; Chapter 7 ''Poor governance'' for development in China and Vietnam; Good governance and development; Reforms in China and Vietnam; Devolution and local power Governance and service deliveryConclusion; References; Chapter 8 Beyond good governance: An agenda for developmental governance; The emergence of the market-enhancing governance agenda; The evidence; Developmental governance: An analytical framework; Learning and technology acquisition; Market failures in land markets; Conclusions; References; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910774901203321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (385 p.)
Disciplina	337.520595
Altri autori (Persone)	Jomo K. S (Jomo Kwame Sundaram)
Soggetto topico	Investments, Japanese - Malaysia
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-134-82009-7 1-280-60357-7 9786610603572 0-203-02209-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	JAPAN AND MALAYSIAN DEVELOPMENT In the shadow of the rising sun; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Introduction; Part I; 1 Malaysia-Japan: Unequal Trade Partners; 2 The Evaluation of Japanese Investment in Malaysia; 3 Japanese Manufacturing Investment in Malaysia; 4 Japanese Industrial Investments and Technology Transfer in Malaysia; 5 Japanese Multinational Intra-Firm Trade Transfer Pricing Practices in Malaysia; 6 A Japanese Factory in Malaysia Ethnicity as a management ideology 7 Malaysian Forests, Japanese Wood Japan's role in Malaysia's deforestation Part II; 8 In-House Unions 'Looking East' for industrial relations; 9 Malaysian Sogoshoshas Superficial cloning, failed emulation; 10 Heavy Industrialization A second round of import substitution; 11 The Proton Saga Malaysian car, Mitsubishi gain; 12 Proton and Malaysia's Motor Vehicle Industry National industrial policies and Japanese regional production strategies; 13 East Asian Economic Regionalism Moving to the next level; 14 Japanese Cultural Images in Malaysia Implications of the 'Look East' policy; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450626203321