Introduction -- An international comparison of the size-structure of manufacturing firms -- Salient features of the growth pattern in India -- The non-household sector in Indian manufacturing -- The impact of the missing middle on the growth rate -- The missing middle in manufacturing -- Causes...

"This book presents a comprehensive overview of managers and management in Vietnam, based on extensive original research, including interviews with a large number of managers in Vietnam. It shows how management in Vietnam is best understood from the perspective of Vietnamese managers themselves,...

1. Introduction -- 2. Spatial organization of production : contesting themes -- 3. Shifts in policy : SSI sector to SME cluster -- 4. Horizontal expansion or fragmentation? : a tale of artisanal clusters -- 5. Foundries in Howrah : impediments in institutions and organizations -- 6. Garments...

1. Workforce development in Asia : skill formation and economic growth / John Benson, Howard Gospel and Ying Zhu -- 2. Workforce development and skill formation : theory and practice / Howard Gospel -- 3. Workforce development and skill formation in Japan : the shortcomings of an...

1. The Asian century : the shift of global economic power to China and India -- 2. Cultural and traditional legacies, leadership values and human resource management principles -- 3. Human resource management in transition -- 4. Transformation in industrial relations -- 5. Changing talent...

This book brings together a multi-disciplinary team of experts to explore and illustrate the theoretical, conceptual and practical issues arising from the transformation of Asia-Pacific cities by service industries

Background and objectives -- Nepalese trade policy reforms -- Liberalization reforms and poverty : theory and empirics -- The social accounting matrix of Nepal -- Nepal CGE model and calibration : simulations of liberalization and reform policies -- Dynamic Nepal CGE model : higher and pro-poor...