The Impact of China on Global Commodity Prices: The Global Reshaping of the Resource Sector (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy)

Drawing on a large number of diverse sources, The Impact of China on Global Commodity Prices comprehensively and systematically evidences the trends in the prices of different sets of commodities, analyses the drivers of China’s demand for commodities the factors constraining global supply and in the role which the financialisation of commodities is playing in constraining commodity production. It also documents and the growing role of China as a foreign investor in the commodities sectors. All of these trends are woven together to explore the fabric of strategic choices confronting public and private sector decision-makers.

Kaplinsky, Raphael

Farooki, Masuma

Reference

Routledge

Automation: The Technology and Society

Computers & Technology

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

Easternization

Japanese industry has shown its superiority in a range of traded goods sectors. It was thought that this competitive advantage arose from the use of electronics-based flexible automation technologies, but it is now clear that the major source of this industrial strength is in the development and diffusion of new management techniques such as just-in-time production and total quality management. A number of Western firms have begun to introduce these management techniques and have begun to reap significant benefits, not just in lowering costs but also in improving product variety and quality, and in being able to satisfy customer needs more effectively. This is a practical and relevant book for those involved in the areas of policy and production, as well as being of relevance to those in the teaching and research communities.

Easternization: The Spread of Japanese Management Techniques to Developing Countries

Business & Money

Posthuma, Anne

International

Globalization is characterised 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 belief and push developing countries ever deeper into the global economy. 
Globalization, Poverty and Inequality provides an alternative viewpoint. It argues that for many – particularly for those living in Latin America, Asia and Central Europe – poverty and globalization are relational. It is the very workings of the global system which condemn many to poverty. In particular the mobility of investment, and the large pool of increasingly skilled workers in China and other parts of Asia, are driving down global wages. This poses challenges for policy makers in firms and countries throughout the world. It also challenges the very sustainability of globalisation itself. Are we about to witness the implosion of globalisation, as occurred between 1913 and 1950? Using a variety of theoretical frameworks and drawing on a vast amount of original research, this book will be an invaluable resource for all students of globalization and its effects.

Globalization, Poverty and Inequality: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Economics

Polity

As developing markets are opened up to global  competition, firms in developing countries are being confronted with a host of new problems. In order to explore a broad systemic response to the challenge of globalization, the authors of this unique book critically examine the case of Crompton Greaves Limited, a leading Indian firm in the electrical industry. The book suggests that the answer to this challenge lies in a change in strategic focus rather than in the acquisition of costly new technologies.

Corporate Restructuring: Crompton Greaves and the Challenge of Globalization

Humphrey, John

Saraph, Prasad V

SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Macro Policies For Appropriate Technology In Developing Countries (Westview Special Studies in Social, Political, and Economic Development)

Stewart, Frances

Ranis, Gustav

Rudra, Ashok

Maxwell, Philip

Westview Press

Driving Force: "The Global Restructuring of Technology, Labour, and Investment in the Automobile and Components Industries"

Book by Hoffman, Kurt, Kaplinsky, Raphael

Driving Force: The Global Restructuring Of Technology, Labor, And Investment In The Automobile And Components Industry

Hoffman, Kurt

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