Transnational corporations and endogenous development

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Fred Phillips

Our understanding of technology's role in modern regional economic development has not kept pace with the rush of governments, civic organizations and NGOs to launch new technology based economic development ("TED") initiatives. This book advances our understanding of TED from a practical, applied viewpoint and is enriched by short contributions from other key figures in Austin's and Portland's technopolis efforts. Focusing on the Austin (Texas) and Portland (Oregon) experiences, but drawing from a wealth of other regional examples, this volume shows how to achieve successful TED and demonstrates through case studies the ten principles that no TED initiative can afford to ignore. Once mastered, these principles can enable regions to become new centres of economic activity for the new century.

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George S. Yip

Along with fifteen coauthors, all regional experts with in-depth knowledge of local dynamics. George Yip offers Asian Advantage, a comprehensive guide to business, economic, cultural, and political conditions in each of the region's fourteen most vibrant economies - from Japan to New Zealand. Incorporating current data and first-hand research, Asian Advantage provides a systematic and practical approach to evaluating each Asian country's potential role in a company's global strategy and a blueprint for making wise management decisions. It identifies four sets of key globalization drivers (market, cost, government, and competitive) and integrates them through a strategic framework and methodology for analyzing prospects on a country-specific basis and comparing factors factor's across the region. Featuring the experiences of six major multinationals - Matsushita, Motorola, Phillips, Procter & Gamble, Toyota, and Unilever - as well as numerous other companies active in the region, the book shows any company how to create a customized global strategy program for Asia.

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Stephen J. Turnovsky

"Fertility choices depend not only on the surrounding culture but also on economic incentives, which have important consequences for inequality, education and sustainability. This book outlines parallels between demographic development and economic outcomes, explaining how fertility, growth and inequality are related. It provides a set of general equilibrium models where households choose their number of children, analysed in four domains. First, inequality is particularly damaging for growth as human capital is kept low by the mass of grown-up children stemming from poor families. Second, the cost of education can be an important determining factor on fertility. Third, fertility is sometimes viewed as a strategic variable in the power struggle between different cultural, ethnic and religious groups. Finally, fertility might be affected by policies targeted at other objectives. Incorporating new findings with the discussion of education policy and sustainability this book is a significant addition to the literature on growth."--Publisher's website.

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Elizabeth L. Cline

Evaluates the costs of low-priced clothing while tracing the author's own transformation to a conscientious shopper, a journey during which she visited a garment factory, learned to resole shoes, and shopped for local, sustainable clothing.