Asian Studies Catalog 2012

Human Resource Management in China

New Trends and Practices

By Fang Lee Cooke

The approach to managing human resources has changed significantly in China over the last twenty-five years as its transformation from a state planned economy to a market-oriented economy continues. By adopting a broad notion of HRM, while remaining sympathetic to the strong emphasis on...

Published September 7th 2011 by Routledge

China and the Global Financial Crisis

A Comparison with Europe

Edited by Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Jean-François Di Meglio, Xavier Richet

Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

This book examines China’s response to the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, and the resulting new status acquired by China within the international economy. It considers the things China did to weather the crisis, discussing the stimulus package put in place by China and how China’s banks coped,...

Published July 4th 2012 by Routledge

Rising China in the Changing World Economy

Edited by Liming Wang

Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

China's rapid and sustained growth over last thirty years has propelled it to become the world's second largest economy today and potentially the largest in the foreseeable future. As one of the first major economies pulling out of recession and the last remaining major socialist country in the...

Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge

Looking for Work in Post-Socialist China

Governance, Active Job Seekers and the New Chinese Labour Market

By Feng Xu

Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

Unemployment is one of the most politically explosive issues in China and has gained further prominence as a result of the present global financial crisis. The novelty, urgency, and complexity of Chinese unemployment have compelled the government to experiment with policy initiatives that originate...

Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge

The Chinese Transformation of Corporate Culture

By Colin Hawes

Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

In recent years, Chinese policymakers and corporate leaders have focused significant attention on the concept of corporate culture. This book will reveal the political, social and economic factors behind the enormous current interest in corporate culture in China and provide a wide range of case...

Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge

Disruptive Innovation in Chinese and Indian Businesses

The Strategic Implications for Local Entrepreneurs and Global Incumbents

Edited by Peter Ping Li

Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

With the rapid development of China and India as new economic powers in global competition, an obvious question is whether these emerging economies are great opportunities or threats. Whilst answers are bound to differ depending on one’s perspective, it is increasingly clear that more local firms,...

Published February 24th 2013 by Routledge

Sino-Latin American Economic Relations

Edited by K.C. Fung, Alicia Garcia Herrero

Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

This book analyses the economic and policy relationships between China and Latin America. One of the major economic developments in the world in the 21st century is the rise of Asia, particularly the rise of China. How does the rise of China affect the trade and investment of Latin American...

Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge

Southern China

Industry, Development and Industrial Policy

By Marco R. Di Tommaso, Lauretta Rubini, Elisa Barbieri

Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

By concentrating on one of the key locations of global manufacturing, this volume offers a contribution to contemporary industry studies. The rates of growth that have characterized the southern Guangdong province in the last three decades are unique, even with respect to the more general and often...

Published September 9th 2012 by Routledge

The Economy of Lower Yangzi Delta in Late Imperial China

Connecting Money, Markets, and Institutions

Edited by Billy K. L. So

Series: Academia Sinica on East Asia

Historically, the Lower Yangzi Delta (or Jiangnan), has played a key role in China’s economic development. Indeed, as the prime example of a traditional Chinese market economy, the region serves as the core case study when making comparisons between the Chinese and Western economies in the early...

Published August 19th 2012 by Routledge

Rural Tax Reform in China

Policy Processes and Institutional Change

By Linda Chelan Li

Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

This book examines questions of change and inertia in the context of the longstanding grievances over excessive taxation in rural China. How can some changes be sustained, whilst others cannot? How can a longstanding administrative practice be changed or even terminated, especially when previous...

Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge

Strategy for Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Surviving Declining Demand and China's Global Development

By Ian Chaston

Series: Routledge Research in Organizational Behavior and Strategy

Due to the adverse outcomes of the recent global recession and the public deficit crisis in the USA and Europe, Western companies can expect flattening or declining sales in their domestic markets. They will also face growing competition as Chinese firms seek to block the activities of foreign...

Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge

Producer Services in China

Economic and Urban Development

Edited by Anthony Yeh, Fiona Yang

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

In the past three decades, China has experienced an unprecedented pace of economic and urban development. It’s economy is now transforming from one based on manufacturing industries towards the producer services, with the importance of these services in the national and regional economy being...

Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge

International Business in China

Understanding the Global Economic Crisis

Edited by Robert Taylor

This book deals with a number of contentious issues in Chinese management as China emerges as a global economic player, with a greater role in international business during a global economic crisis. This step is in tandem with an economically driven foreign policy. Since the 1980s, Chinese...

Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge

China's Internal and International Migration

Edited by Li Peilin, Laurence Roulleau-Berger

Series: China Policy Series

One consequence of China’s economic growth has been a massive increase in migration, both internal and external. Within China millions of rural workers have migrated to the cities. Outside China, many Chinese have migrated to other parts of the world, their remittances home often having a...

Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge