Economic Transformation and Business Opportunities in Asia

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-86511-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 369 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 501 g

This book examines the uneven economy in Asia, showing how the pace of economic transformation affects prosperity and the emerging middle class. Using the Lewis turning point and the long run cycle of the rise and fall of nations as a framework, it demonstrates how demographic trends, digitization rates and consumer preferences creates business opportunities in a disruptive and uncertain world. This includes moves toward promoting Eurasian integration, restructuring of state-owned enterprises, green economy, and the digital economies – ecommerce, fintech and sharing economy. Vanity capital, longevity and leisure economies are also discussed. The author explains what drives creative disruption, technical innovation and their effect on manufacturing, consumers, businesses, and sustainability. It is essential reading for students, academics, executives, and business persons wanting in-depth coverage of the economic landscape in Asia. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoontrakul, Pongsak

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Asia’s Economic Transformation in Disruptive and Uncertain World.- 2.Life Under the “New Normal”.- 3. Asia’s Vanity Capital.- 4. Asia’s Longevity Economy.- 5. Asia’s Leisure Economy: Creating Economic and Social Value.- 6. Government Initiative Drive I-Connecting the Region, Building Infrastructure and Cities.- 7. Government Initiative Drive II-Public Debt, Public Wealth and State Enterprise Reform.- 8 Asia’s Digital Economy.- 9 Asia’s Low Carbon Economy. 

Über Autor(innen)

Pongsak Hoontrakul serves as Member of International Advisory Council of the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada and a member of International Advisory Board of International Association of Deposit Insurance, Basel, Switzerland.  He is co-editor of The Global Rise of Asian Transformation: Trends and Developments in Economic Growth Dynamics.