The rapid emergence of China and India as prime locations for low cost manufacturing has led some analysts to conclude that manufacturers in the 'old economies'--the US, UK, Germany and Japan--are being edged out of a profitable future. But if countries that have historically be…
Focuses on a key dynamic that is changing the business environment : the globalization of production, which has major implications for the growth prospects of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia and the Pacific. Shows that the current global economic environment is…
"Globalization is characterized by persistent poverty and growing inequality. Conventional wisdom has it that this global poverty is residual: as globalization deepens, the poor will be lifted out of destitution. The policies of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO echo this beli…