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Social Sciences eBook Series

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  • Exploring the Grassroots Practice of Rural Revitalization

    Edited by Tuan Yang, Jianjin Liu, Zhihui Tong ...
    Series series Social Sciences
    This book shows six cases of rural grassroots cadres and masses exploring the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. These cases show the problems encountered in the work of rural leaders and the ideas to solve contradictions (policy and reality, individual and collective), reveal the importance of organization, governance, and talent building in rural development, and emphasize that ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

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    How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It

    by Zachary Karabell ...
    **Now in paperback, Zachary Karabell argues that the intertwined economic relationship between China and the U.**S. will affect our long-term prosperity more than any other contemporary issue. As the world continues the slow work of repairing the damage of the financial crisis, it is crucial that the U.S. understands that it cannot go it alone. Its mutuality with China is permanent, essential, and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Playing Our Game : Why China's Rise Doesn't Threaten The West

    by Edward S. Steinfeld ...
    Conventional wisdom holds that China's burgeoning economic power has reduced the United States to little more than a customer and borrower of Beijing. The rise of China, many feel, necessarily means the decline of the West--the United States in particular. Not so, writes Edward Steinfeld. If anything, China's economic emergence is good for America. In this fascinating new book, Steinfeld asserts ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The China Strategy

    Harnessing the Power of the World's Fastest-Growing Economy

    by Edward Tse ...
    No major enterprise or financial institution can avoid doing business with China -- if not directly, then through myriad hidden connections. Global businesses either use Chinese resources or sell to and in China or compete with companies that do.Because there's no avoiding China, business leaders need a framework that orders the different (and seemingly contradictory) streams of data that hint at ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Asia's Next Giant : South Korea And Late Industrialization

    by Alice H. Amsden ...
    While the rise of Japan in the world economy has been widely chronicled, South Korea has been quietly growing into a major economic force that is even challenging Japan in some industries. This book examines how government in South Korea has worked with selected industries to create companies that compete aggressively in world markets. The author views South Korean growth as an example of "late ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • From Aid to Trade

    How Aid Organizations, Businesses, and Governments Can Work Together: Lessons Learned from Haiti

    by Daniel Jean-Louis, Jacqueline Klamer ...
    Why do poor countries remain poor? Why, after receiving billions of dollars, do poor countries remain poor? Why are failing foreign aid models utilized over and over again? After the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake, authors Daniel Jean-Louis and Jacqueline Klamer observed first-hand the negative consequences of donations provided with the sincerest of good intentions—donations that ultimately ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Asian Business and Management

    Theory, Practice and Perspectives

    by Harukiyo Hasegawa, Michael A. Witt ...
    The third edition of this core textbook, edited and contributed to by recognised international authorities on the subject, outlines the critical contextual and theoretical issues of business and management in Asia and offers a fresh, topical analysis of management in the major Asian nations. Featuring an accessible two-part structure and updated with the latest research, the book will enable ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • DK EssMgs:Doing Bus in China

    Culture, Travel, Negotiating, Etiquette, Relationships

    by Jihong Sanderson ...
    Series series DK Essential Managers
    This commonsense guide will tell you everything you need to know about brokering deals in the world’s largest emerging economy. The author is the Executive Director at the CRC (Center for Research on Chinese & American Strategic Cooperation) at University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business, and has executive and consulting experience in both China and the United States.Understand the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Building Engines For Growth And Competitiveness In China: Experience With Special Economic Zones And Industrial Clusters

    by Zeng Douglas Zhihua ...
    In the past 30 years, China has achieved an unprecedented development "miracle" in human history. How did China achieve this? What are the key drivers for such a rapid growth? And most importantly, what can be learned from China's success? While many factors could be identified to explain China's success, it is no doubt that the numerous Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and industrial clusters that ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Fast Boat to China

    Corporate Flight and the Consequences of Free Trade; Lessons from Shanghai

    by Andrew Ross ...
    Most Americans today are aware that jobs are being outsourced to China, India, and other nations at an alarming rate. From factory jobs to white-collar, high-tech positions, the exporting of labor is one of the most controversial issues in America.Yet few people know much about the other end — about the people who are actually working these jobs and how their own lives have been throw into tumult ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • China Fast Forward

    The Technologies, Green Industries and Innovations Driving the Mainland's Future

    by Bill Dodson ...
    Will China Surpass the United States as an innovation nation?China is tirelessly working to overcome its technological deficiencies by driving R&D initiatives in government and business and adapting Western Internet platforms for domestic use. It is extending its technological reach through a major drive to rival India as a services outsourcing leader and projecting its high-tech brands into the ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Going Beyond Aid

    Development Cooperation for Structural Transformation

    by Justin Yifu Lin, Yan Wang ...
    Developing countries have for decades been trying to catch up with the industrialized high-income countries, but only a few have succeeded. Historically, structural transformation has been a powerful engine of growth and job creation. Traditional development aid is inadequate to address the bottlenecks for structural transformation, and is hence ineffective. In this book, Justin Yifu Lin and Yan ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD