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The Rise of "the Rest"

Challenges to the West from Late-industrializing Economies

By: Alice H. Amsden

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The Rise of "the Rest"

Challenges to the West from Late-industrializing Economies

By: Alice H. Amsden

Alice H. Amsden describes how some developing countries outside the North Atlantic area were able to achieve accelerated economic growth following World War Two.

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Escape from Empire

The Developing World's Journey through Heaven and Hell

By: Alice H. Amsden

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Escape from Empire

The Developing World's Journey through Heaven and Hell

By: Alice H. Amsden

A provocative view of economic growth in the Third World argues that the countries that have achieved steady economic growth—including future economic superpowers India and China—have done so because they have resisted the American ideology of free markets. The American government has been both miracle worker and villain in the developing world. From the end of World War II until the 1980s poor countries, including many in Africa and the Middle East, enjoyed a modicum of economic growth. New industries mushroomed and skilled jobs multiplied, thanks in part to flexible American policies that showed an awareness of the diversity of Third World countries and an appreciation for their long-standing knowledge about how their own economies worked. Then during the Reagan era, American policy changed. The definition of laissez-faire shifted from "Do it your way," to an imperial "Do it our way." Growth in the developing world slowed, income inequalities skyrocketed, and financial crises raged. Only East Asian economies resisted the strict prescriptions of Washington and continued to boom. Why? In Escape from Empire, Alice Amsden argues provocatively that the more freedom a developing country has to determine its own policies, the faster its economy will grow. America's recent inflexibility—as it has single-mindedly imposed the same rules, laws, and institutions on all developing economies under its influence—has been the backdrop to the rise of two new giants, China and India, who have built economic power in their own way. Amsden describes the two eras in America's relationship with the developing world as "Heaven" and "Hell"—a beneficent and politically savvy empire followed by a dictatorial, ideology-driven one. What will the next American empire learn from the failure of the last? Amsden argues convincingly that the world—and the United States—will be infinitely better off if new centers of power are met with sensible policies rather than hard-knuckled ideologies. But, she asks, can it be done?

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0262261499

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Beyond Late Development

Taiwan's Upgrading Policies

By: Alice H. Amsden,Wan-Wen Chu

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Beyond Late Development

Taiwan's Upgrading Policies

By: Alice H. Amsden,Wan-Wen Chu

A study of how latecomers catch up in high-tech industries and modern services, based on an in-depth analysis of Taiwan's premier enterprises and government policies. In this book Alice Amsden and Wan-wen Chu cover new ground by analyzing the phenomenon of high-end catch-up. They study how leading firms from the most advanced latecomer countries like Taiwan have increased their market share in mature high-tech industries and services. The profits that true innovators in these industries once enjoyed have already declined, but profit rates are still above average. The latecomer firm that succeeds in capturing these rents earns "second-mover" advantage. Amsden and Chu examine the successful second movers in electronics and modern services. The critical factors, they show, are the government policies and large-scale firms that drive skills, speed, and scale. R&D in Taiwan was usually undertaken in conjunction with government labs, which prepared the way for local production of the next hot, mature product. Speed in ramping up at the firm level depended on project execution capabilities and access to capital. Scale proved to be an absolute entry requirement in modern service sectors, and was crucial to win subcontracts from leading foreign firms and to secure key components from world-class suppliers in the electronics industry. The authors challenge current orthodoxy along two lines. First, they argue that government played an important role through interventions that went beyond the market model and overcame the limitations of networking. Interventions possibly promoted mature high-tech even more than mid-tech. Second, the entrepreneurs in Taiwan were nationally owned large-scale firms rather than multinational companies.

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236

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MIT Press

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0262261383

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9780262261388

Asia's Next Giant

South Korea and Late Industrialization

By: Alice H. Amsden

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Asia's Next Giant

South Korea and Late Industrialization

By: Alice H. Amsden

South Korea has been quietly growing into a major economic force that is even challenging some Japanese industries. This timely book examines South Korean growth as an example of "late industrialization," a process in which a nation's industries learn from earlier innovator nations, rather than innovate themselves. Discussing state intervention, shop floor management, and big business groups, Amsden explores the reasons for South Korea's phenomenal growth, paying special attention to the principle of reciprocity in which the government imposes strict performance standards on those industries and companies that it aids. She thereby shows how South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan were able to grow faster than other emerging nations such as Brazil, Turkey, India, and Mexico. With its new insights, Asia's Next Giant is essential reading for anyone concerned with global competition and the world economy.

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Oxford University Press

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The Rise of "the Rest"

Challenges to the West from Late-industrializing Economies

By: Alice H. Amsden

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Challenges to the West from Late-industrializing Economies

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Alice H. Amsden describes how some developing countries outside the North Atlantic area were able to achieve accelerated economic growth following World War Two.

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Asia's Next Giant

South Korea and Late Industrialization

By: Alice Hoffenberg Amsden

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South Korea and Late Industrialization

By: Alice Hoffenberg Amsden

South Korea has been quietly growing into a major economic force, even challenging Japan in some industries. This growth may be seen as an example of "late industrialization" and this book discusses this point.

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Asia's Next Giant

South Korea and Late Industrialization

By: Alice Hoffenberg Amsden

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South Korea and Late Industrialization

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The Market Meets Its Match

Restructuring the Economies of Eastern Europe

By: Alice Hoffenberg Amsden,Jacek Kochanowicz,Lance Taylor

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The Market Meets Its Match

Restructuring the Economies of Eastern Europe

By: Alice Hoffenberg Amsden,Jacek Kochanowicz,Lance Taylor

Under free-market shock therapy, many economies of former socialist countries of Eastern Europe have declined. Why has there been so much stagnation, inflation, and de-industrialization, and what can be done to produce a turnaround? This book addresses these questions in revealing detail.

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Harvard University Press

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0674549848

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Asia's Next Giant

South Korea and Late Industrialization

By: Alice Hoffenberg Amsden

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South Korea and Late Industrialization

By: Alice Hoffenberg Amsden

This study demonstrates why South Korea has become the most successful in a series of developing countries that have succeeded through borrowing foreign technology rather than by generating new products or processes.

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Asia's Next Giant

South Korea and Late Industrialization

By: Alice H. Amsden

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South Korea and Late Industrialization

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Escape from Empire

The Developing World's Journey through Heaven and Hell

By: Alice H. Amsden

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The Developing World's Journey through Heaven and Hell

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The Rise of "the Rest"

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Asia's Next Giant

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The Market Meets Its Match

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