ASEAN Economic Bulletin back issues from December 2002:
Foreign direct investment and poverty in the ASEAN region.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Introduction This paper represents part of an ongoing study on the topic of foreign direct investment (FDI) and poverty reduction in the ASEAN region. The overall study covers both macro- and microeconomic aspects of this issue, and this paper addresses the macro dimension. ...
Performance gains through privatization and competition of Asian telecommunications.
Dec 01, 2002; ... I. Introduction There is now a vast literature extolling the effects of privatization on the improvements of financial and operating performance in both developed and developing countries. However, there is no empirical evidence to show the effects of simultaneous adoption of ...
Import demand for environmental goods and services in the Asia-Pacific region.
Dec 01, 2002; ... I. Introduction Over the years there has been considerable interest in adapting cold war-driven technology to develop materials that solve some of the most pressing problems (such as disease, food and fibre, hunger, and peace) facing mankind (National Science and Technology ...
Regional disparity in accessibility to non-farm economic involvement among rural Indonesian households.
Dec 01, 2002; ... Emergence of Non-Farm Economic Activities and Poverty Reduction Rural development has regained its attention lately as the discussion over poverty reduction has come to fore. The level and sources of income for rural poor households have become far more important than ever. In ...
Trade liberalization and foreign direct investment in Vietnam.
Dec 01, 2002; ... I. Introduction In December 2001 a bilateral trade agreement (BTA) between Vietnam and the United States came into effect. The United States had lifted its embargo on trade with Vietnam in February 1994, but still levied tariffs on imports from Vietnam at the "standard" ...
Board remuneration, company performance, and ownership concentration: evidence from publicly listed Malaysian companies.
Dec 01, 2002; ... I. Introduction This study investigates the relationship between total board remuneration and corporate performance in a sample of firms listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). Our objective is to examine the relationship between performance and executive salaries ...
Chinese Business in South-East Asia: Contesting Cultural Explanations, Researching Entrepreneurship.(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2002; ... Edited by Edmund Terence Gomez and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao. Surrey: Curzon Press, 2001. Pp. 205. This collection of seven essays attempts to reinterpret the factors behind the growth of Chinese business in modern Southeast Asia. The book opens with a critical comment over ...
Inside Japanese Business: a Narrative History: 1960-2000.(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2002; ... By Makoto Ohtsu with Tomio Imanari. New York: M.E. Sharp, 2002. Pp. 459. Over the past four decades, Japanese socioeconomic structure has undergone a tremendous change. Until the 1980s, Japan was acclaimed as a model of success and the Japanese economic model was highly ...
Managing Korean Business: Organization, Culture, Human Resources and Change.(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2002; ... Edited by Chris Rowley, Tae-Won Sohn, and Johngseok Bae. London: Frank Cass, 2002. Pp. 212. Before 1997, Korea's business model has been considered by many to be a mechanism of the Korean economic miracle. The Asian financial crisis in 1997 destroyed such an image, and since ...
A Zone of Asian Monetary Stability.(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2002; ... By Tetsuji Murase. Canberra: Asia Pacific Press, Australian National University, 2002, Pp. 304. The publication of this study should have been extremely timely. Appearing just a few months after the launch of the Euro, the book was poised to cast light on how Asia could learn ...
Regional Integration and Economic Development.(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2002; ... Edited by Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, Akio Hosono, and Barbara Stallings. London: Palgrave, 2001. Pp. 176. A number of regional integration schemes have mushroomed all over the world since the 1990s. East Asia is not at all an exception to this growing trend. For example, the ...
America's Trade Follies: Turning Economic Leadership into Strategic Weakness.(Book Review)
Dec 01, 2002; ... By Bernard K. Gordon. New York: Routledge, 2001. Pp. 177. Regionalism is alive and well and living everywhere. Prior to the 1980s, regionalism in developed countries was confined to Europe. A plethora of inward-looking trade blocs were created in Latin America and Africa but all ...