Introduction and overview / Prema-chandra Athukorala -- Asian trade and investment : trends and patterns / Prema-chandra Athukorala and Hal Hill -- The spatial patterns of production and distribution networks in East Asia / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura -- Production fragmentation and...

This book assesses the need to secure policy consistency, the scope for inflation targeting, the sustainability of exchange rate regimes and the scope for deeper financial integration in the Australasian area

Roots of IP drive and economic globalization -- Japan as an IP nation -- Historical perspective of the economy and IP -- Cross-border IP and fast tracking of patent applications -- Changes to the patent court and employee's rights to compensation -- Changes in Japanese corporate governance --...