Recently added articles from Journal of East Asian Studies:
Labor rights in East Asia: progress or regress?(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... This article examines the impact of recent economic and political change on collective and individual labor rights in East Asia. Deploying a new index for measuring de jure and de facto labor rights, the article presents new comparative data on labor rights in the region. Democratization ...
Patterns of civilian control of the military in East Asia's new democracies.(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... Successful institutionalization of civilian control of the military is a necessary condition for the consolidation of democracy. This is particularly relevant for East Asia, where the military used to be a key player in the previous authoritarian regimes. This article analyzes the changes, ...
The disbursement pattern of Japanese foreign aid: a reappraisal.(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... Three perspectives on the determinants of Japan's official development assistance (ODA) program are often represented as distinct, valid explanations of the aid program. Yet few studies have attempted to simultaneously test the hypotheses generated from all three perspectives in a global ...
Out of the gray: the impact of provincial institutions on business formalization in Vietnam.(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... Scholars have long argued that institutional context significantly influences business strategy and economic performance. Research on the relationship between institutions and business strategy, however, has overwhelmingly focused on the decisions of larger, established corporations, ...
Institutional (dis)incentives to innovate: an explanation for Singapore's innovation gap.(Report)
May 01, 2009; ... Despite having the fifth highest per capita GDP in the world (according to IMF PPP statistics for 2007), and despite numerous government efforts to spur innovation, Singapore has faced difficulties in establishing a durable base of entrepreneurial activity. Many ascribe this failure to the ...