TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia Political, Financial, Physical and Intellectual Underpinnings A2 - Kidd, J. A2 - Kidd, J. A2 - Richter, F. A2 - Richter, F. LA - English PP - London PB - Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan YR - 2005 ED - 1st ed. 2005. UL - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-0-230-52356-2 AB - There is a feeling that Asia is at a crossroad, and is facing a new crisis. The earlier crisis of 1997/98 showed that effective systems were missing. Afterwards governments, foreign investors and foreign managers initiated more holistic infrastructures, but corruption, poorly connecting systems, and a lack of transparent management have ensured that these are under performing. In this book well-informed authors offer insights on Asia's political, educational and physical infrastructures, and indicate the routes leading to better integrated futures. OP - 235 CN - GN625-635 SN - 9780230523562 KW - Ethnology—Asia. KW - Business. KW - Management science. KW - Organization. KW - Planning. KW - Production management. KW - Economic policy. KW - Economics. KW - International economics. KW - Asian Culture. KW - Business and Management, general. KW - Production. KW - Political Economy/Economic Systems. KW - International Economics. ER -