Current issues in economic integration: can Asia inspire the "West"? / edited by Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan and M. Bruna Zolin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan and M. Bruna Zolin; Part I Current Macroeconomic Issues: Real interest rates and the crisis: where are the rates heading?, Dino Martellato; Economic vulnerability: China, EU and USA, Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan; The twilight of 'Chimerica'? China and the collapse of the American model, Guilhem Fabre; De facto trade integration and exchange rate policies in East Asia, Francoise Nicolas; Economic and financial integration in East Asia: status and perspective, Woosik Moon and Hwanhee Oh; Land, biofuels and food security: another 'impossible trinity theorem'?, Bernadette Andreosso-O'Callaghan and M. Bruna Zolin. Part II Firm and Industry Level Issues: Chinese businesses in Japan: an emerging phenomenon, Reinhard Drifte and Jacques Jaussaud; Indian multinationals: which competitive advantages?, Giovanni Balcet and Silvia Bruschieri; Transnational companies, shareholder value and Chinese innovation policy, Michael von Wuntsch and Xiaojun Wei; 'Equipment hypothesis' and skills: the case of die and mould-making - Japan and Ireland, Tomoko Oikawa; Policy support for SMEs - China and Europe, Esmeralda Gassie and Ju Hu; The impact of high-speed rail on accessibility and house-price variability: the case of 2 Taiwanese regions, David Emanuel Anderson and Oliver