East Asia, Globalization and the New Economy

by F. Gerard Adams

We are witnessing a transformation in the world economy as a result of the IT/e-business revolution. Modern logistics based on cheap communication and transportation are shifting the locus of production and the international division of labour between the West and the lower wage countries of East Asia and similar changes are occurring within East Asia itself. Looming over the entire picture is the colossus that is China and this transformation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415769914
• ISBN13: 9780415769914
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"