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Asia Pacific (asia + pacific)

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Humanities and Social Sciences62%
Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting25%

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  • asia pacific region
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    Selected Abstracts

    Developmental and Quiescent Subsidiaries in the Asia Pacific: Evidence from Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, and Sydney

    ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, Issue 2 2003
    Jessie P. H. Poon
    Abstract: Examining "embedded" economic and social relations has become a popular theme among economic geographers who are interested in explaining the durability of place in supporting economic activities. This article explores the relationship between embeddedness and technology-oriented functions among three types of subsidiaries (regional headquarters, regional offices, and local offices) and for four cities: Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney. Using survey data from firms, we show that quiescent or branch plant-like subsidiaries, rather than developmental firms, dominate the region. But among developmental subsidiaries, returns on embeddedness are not always obvious. Embeddedness and developmental subsidiaries are most significantly correlated with manufacturing regional headquarters. However, a small group of subsidiaries (local and regional offices) also perform developmental functions, despite their relative newness and lack of embed-dedness in the region. [source]

    Design and usability of digital libraries: Case studies in the Asia Pacific

    JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Issue 1 2007
    Judy P. Bolstad
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    Regional integration, trade and investment expansion in the Asia Pacific

    PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE, Issue 3 2003
    Zhaoyong Zhang
    First page of article [source]

    Border crossings in the Asia Pacific: Metaphoric and jurisdictional

    ASIA PACIFIC VIEWPOINT, Issue 1 2009
    Fadzilah Majid Cooke
    First page of article [source]

    Regional Trade Agreements in East Asia: Will They Be Sustainable?,

    ASIAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, Issue 2 2009
    Innwon Park
    C68; F15; O53 By assessing the sustainability of regional trade agreements (RTAs) for East Asia, we quantitatively evaluate the likely impact of proposed East Asian RTA strategies on the East Asian economies and the world economy with respect to consumption, production, volume of trade and terms of trade effects by applying a multi-country and multi-sector computable general equilibrium model. These strategies include: (i) the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA: a being-left-alone strategy); (ii) an ASEAN Hub RTA (a hub-and-spoke type of overlapping RTA strategy); (iii) the AFTA versus a China,Japan,Korea RTA (a duplicating or competing RTA strategy); and (iv) an ASEAN+3 RTA (an expansionary RTA strategy). We find that an expansionary ASEAN+3 RTA could be a sustainable policy option because the members' gains would be significantly positive, with more equitably distributed gains between members than when using other strategies. The effect on world welfare would also be positive and the negative effect on nonmembers would not be very strong. More interestingly, if the East Asian countries cooperate with Pacific Basin countries to form an APEC-level RTA, such as a free trade area of the Asia-Pacific, the extension of the regional trade bloc might be considered a more desirable policy option than the proposed East Asian RTAs for East Asian economies, even though countries excluded from the free trade area of the Asia Pacific are worse off. [source]

    ASEAN in the Asia Pacific: Central or Peripheral?

    ASIAN POLITICS AND POLICY, Issue 4 2010
    Julio Santiago Amador III
    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an enduring regional organization in the Asia Pacific. However, its claim of being central to any talks on regional architecture is challenged by a multiplicity of external and internal factors. This article assesses ASEAN's centrality by looking into the possible challenges facing it, which inevitably affect its claim to be the central organization in managing the direction of the wider region. It then offers possible ways forward so that ASEAN can retain its leadership and prove to be a credible driver for regional cooperation. [source]

    Climate Change Economics and Policy in the Asia Pacific

    ASIAN-PACIFIC ECONOMIC LITERATURE, Issue 2 2008
    Frank Jotzo
    This paper examines the implications of international efforts to mitigate the impacts of human activity on climate for countries in the Asian Pacific region. The Asian Pacific region is the major source of global growth in greenhouse gas emissions. To reduce global emissions requires strong action in Asian countries, particularly China and India. Domestic policies to limit the growth in greenhouse gas emissions are already in place in some Asian countries, in part driven by the desire to limit energy consumption. But much more ambitious policies are needed to turn emission trends around. [source]