Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia

Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia
Author: M. Ramesh
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2000-02-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 023051281X

This is the only in-depth study of social policies in Southeast Asia. It compares social security, health, and education policies in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. After describing the policies and assessing their adequacy and equity implications, it examines the forces that have shaped them. It concludes that social programs (except for primary education) in the region are both inadequate and inequitable. It argues that the reason for this is political rather than cultural or socio-economic.

Creating Knowledge Locations in Cities

Creating Knowledge Locations in Cities
Author: Willem van Winden
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-06-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136460799

Based on a clear and comprehensive literature review, this book contains an analysis of five knowledge locations in Europe and one in South Korea. The case studies in the book cover several European countries (Ireland, Finland, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands). The cases are well grounded in the different contexts that these national settings provide, which allows comparisons between them.

Technological Innovation and Third World Multinationals

Technological Innovation and Third World Multinationals
Author: Paz Estrella Tolentino
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134945671

This examines the relationship between technological growth and outward direct investment from firms in Asia and Latin America which has become increasingly siginificant as these countries develop.