Systemic vulnerability and sustainable economic growth :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
skills and upgrading in Southeast Asia /
First Statement of Responsibility
Bryan K. Ritchie.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cheltenham :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Edward Elgar,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-226) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The political economy of technical intellectual capital formation; 3. Some preliminary evidence; 4. The origin of initial institutional decisions; 5. Coalitions and initial decisions during state-building; 6. The legacies of initial choices; 7. Institutional formation and skills development; 8. The Asian financial crisis and technical intellectual capital formation; References; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Bryan Ritchie demonstrates how political relationships among government, business, academic and labor leaders create different incentives for economic actors to make key decisions to promote economic upgrading and sustainable development.
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Title
Systemic vulnerability and sustainable economic growth.
International Standard Book Number
9781848448223
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Economic development-- Effect of education on-- Southeast Asia.
Sustainable development-- Southeast Asia.
Technology and state-- Southeast Asia.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Development-- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Structural Adjustment.
Economic development-- Effect of education on.
Economic policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.