Publications
Books
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ISEAS
Engaging East Asian Integration —States, Markets and the Movement of People—
Edited by Takashi Shiraishi, Jiro Okamoto / US$ 54.00 / Published in Octorber 2012 / ISBN978-981-4380-28-7 Both international trade and investment by East Asian countries have become significantly regionalized. To support this development further, efforts for regional integration have flourished in the forms of bilateral and regional free trade agreements and the ASEAN+3 and East Asia Summit processes, among many others. This book is a compilation of papers and discussions originally presented at the international symposium held during the recent global financial crisis. The symposium aimed to shed light not only on the usual economic aspect but also on other aspects of the multidimensional phenomenon called "regional integration". Thus, in this volume the authors explore the relationship between the U.S. influence and East Asian regionalism, the characteristics of East Asian integration, and the politics of inclusion/exclusion in the integration process. In addition, they point out some "missing links" in integration efforts such as cooperation in the areas of logistics, finance, trade in services, infrastructure and human resource movement. Since the global financial crisis did not deter integration efforts (rather, it has encouraged them), this book serves as a guide for future East Asian integration in terms of what to expect and what is to be done. |
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Edward Elgar
Market Platforms, Industrial Clusters And Small Business Dynamics —Specialized Markets in China— by DING Ke / £ 75.00 / Published in 2012 / ISBN978-1-78100-627-6 The emergence of specialized markets has profoundly improved the means of market access, enriched the driving forces of value chains, and changed the business environment for small firms in the developing world. This ground-breaking book summarizes the experience of specialized markets in a systematic manner. |
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Edward Elgar
Industrial Clusters, Upgrading and Innovation in East Asia
Edited by Akifumi Kuchiki, and Masatsugu Tsuji / £ 75.00 / Published in 2011 / ISBN978-0-85793-512-0 This lucid and informative book analyzes the problem of clusters in transition through studies of agglomerations at different stages of development in various East Asian countries. |
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Edward Elgar
The Economics of East Asian Integration: A Comprehensive Introduction to Regional Issues
Edited by Masahisa Fujita, Ikuo Kuroiwa, and Satoru Kumagai / £ 125.00 / Published in 2011 / ISBN978-0-85793-011-8 This volume is intended to be the most comprehensive textbook on economic integration in East Asia. It introduces the reader to various issues related to the topic such as institutional building of FTAs; production networks and the location choice of MNEs; R&D and innovation; infrastructure development and transport costs; international migration and service trade; monetary integration; regional disparity and poverty. It also deals with critical energy, environmental and agricultural concerns. Each chapter contains ample data and rigorous analyses, complemented by illustrative box articles. |
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Edward Elgar
Asia beyond the Global Economic Crisis The Transmission Mechanism of Financial Shocks
Edited by Satoshi Inomata / £ 65.00 / Published in June 2011 / ISBN978-1-84980-764-7 The characteristic feature of the recent global economic crisis is the speed and extent of the shock transmission. The development of cross-national production networks in recent years has significantly deepened the economic interdependency between countries, and a shock that occurs in one region can be swiftly and extensively transmitted to the rest of the globe. The sudden contraction of world trade and output was a negative outcome of this intertwined global economic system. Based on the method known as international input–output analyses, this book provides a detailed examination of the mechanics of shock transmission by probing the labyrinth of complex supply networks among nations. |
