Crisis and Innovation in Asian Technology

by William W. Keller

Book Overview

In mid-May 1997, a financial crisis erupted in Asia after an attack by private investors on the baht, the Thai currency. The crisis spread quickly across the region, where investor confidence plummeted, resulting in massive capital outflows, stock market collapses, high unemployment, and even insurrection. The Asian 'economic miracle' that had stimulated so much awe and even dread, now invoked pity and apprehension in greater measure. The contributors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521524091
• ISBN13: 9780521524094
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"