Asian Nations and Multinationals: Overcoming the Limits to Growth

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Although Asia has been the world engine of economic growth since World War II, growth rates have differed sharply among the countries of the region. Still, all Asian countries have experienced some degree of growth limitation. Japan is facing the crucial issue of a quickly aging and shrinking population, a situation that South Korea is bound to face in the near future too. China, which still enjoys relatively high growth rates, is dealing with an exhaustion of its export-led growth model based on low wages, as well as huge and unprecedented environmental problems. In addition, food supply is still a concern for most Asian countries in spite of huge increases in productivity in the agricultural sector, the main reason being that global demand for food products has been increasing at an even higher speed. This edited collection focuses on the policies – at the macroeconomic level – and strategies – at the micro-meso economic levels – that need to be deployed in order to overcome the limits to growth in a post-global financial crisis and export-led growth context. It will be of interest to all scholars of economics, management and the political sciences who work on the economies of East Asia, and also to all those who work on the theme of 'transition economies'. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv Introduction: Asian Nations and Multinationals—Economic and Human Resource Challenges (Robert Taylor)....Pages 1-9 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 Free Trade Agreements and Responsible Business: Examples from the EU’s Bilateral Agreements in East and Southeast Asia (Erja Kettunen-Matilainen, Claes G. Alvstam)....Pages 13-28 Control and Coordination of Chinese Subsidiaries in France (Johannes Schaaper, Ni Gao)....Pages 29-45 Understanding the Evolution of the World Trade Network: An Analytic Network Process Framework (Guoqin Zhao, Sam Dzever)....Pages 47-65 Front Matter ....Pages 67-67 EU Enlargement: The Impact on Agricultural and Food Exports from Selected Asian Countries to the EU Market—A Gravity Approach (Utai Uprasen, M. Bruna Zolin)....Pages 69-82 Asian Palm Oil Production and European Vegetable Oil Market: What Can We Learn in Terms of Sustainability? (Deborah Bentivoglio, Adele Finco, Giorgia Bucci, M. Bruna Zolin)....Pages 83-99 Does Knowledge Interaction with Universities Enhance Firms’ Innovative Capabilities? (Phakpoom Tippakoon)....Pages 101-118 Front Matter ....Pages 119-119 The Great East Japan Earthquake’s Effects on Electric Power Companies’ Financial Situation (Sophie Nivoix, Serge Rey)....Pages 121-138 Impact of the Trump Administration on the Economies of the Greater China Region (Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan, Lucía Morales)....Pages 139-157 Microfinance in Southeast Asia: The Case of Vietnam Over the Period 2005–2015 (Long Bui-Thanh, Lucía Morales, Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan)....Pages 159-173 Staffing of French MNCs in Asia: The Roles of Long-Term Expatriates Versus Short-Term Assignees (Bruno Amann, Jacques Jaussaud, Johannes Schaaper)....Pages 175-191 Front Matter ....Pages 193-193 Overall Conclusion of the Book (Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan, Jacques Jaussaud, M. Bruna Zolin)....Pages 195-198 Back Matter ....Pages 199-205