This book evaluates the evolution of regulatory policy in advanced countries and discusses how policy changes in one country can affect other nations in a globalized world. Separated in two parts, the first half of the book focuses on policy in developed countries and regulatory diffusion from...

This book evaluates the evolution of regulatory policy in advanced countries and discusses how policy changes in one country can affect other nations in a globalized world. Separated in two parts, the first half of the book focuses on policy in developed countries and regulatory diffusion from...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1 Competitiveness Through Technological Advances Under Global Production Networking -- 2 The New Global Supply-Base: New Challenges for Local Suppliers in East Asia -- 3 Global Production Networks in East Asia's Electronics Industry and Upgrading Perspectives in...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Contributors -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 What Globalization Means for East Asia -- 2 Hanging Together? On Monetary and Financial Cooperation -- 3 Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: A Role for Regionalism -- 4 New Regional Trading Developments in the...

Many East Asian economies have grown briskly in the past few years. However, future development will depend on the quality and timeliness of regional and national policy actions. The policy agenda must address the problems that buffeted the region in the late 1990s-associated with the weakness...