A decade has passed since the Asian crisis of 1997-1998 which decimated many of the regional economies. While the crisis itself led to severe economic and political consequences, its primary cause was an inappropriate mix of policies, as regional economies attempted to simultaneously maintain...

This book investigates the impact of both real and financial integration to growth and to welfare, and to enquire whether increases in either or both forms build the linkage between the real and financial economy. It contributes to the following two areas: (1) Research of economic developments...

Chapter 1: Economic shocks and uncertainties: how does firm innovativeness enable supply chain and moderate interdependence? -- Chapter 2: Supply chain resilience in the global financial crisis: an empirical study on Japan -- Chapter 3: How do production networks affect the resilience of firms...

1. Introduction / Shandre M. Thangavelu and Aekapol Chongvilaivan -- 2. Regional economic integration among ASEAN, China, Japan and Korea : a simple multivariate examination / Tony Cavoli -- 3. The nexus between business-cycle synchronization and financial integration in the Asia-Pacific region...