Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia

Part I. Infrastructure, Systems and Education

1. Infrastructure and Its ‘Sticky’ Interconnections: Perspectives from Asia
John B. Kidd, Frank-Jürgen Richter

2. The Role of Human Capital and Intelligence in the Economic Development of the Asian Economies
Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen

3. Knowledge Resources in Korea: Understanding Korea’s Business System and Capitalism
Chong Ju Choi

Part II. Governance and the New Dynamics

4. Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia
Ranjit Ajit Singh, Eng Chye Phuah, Harveen Kaur

5. The Dynamics of Large Asian Corporate and Family Conglomerates
Ali Mirza

6. The Business Costs of Terrorism and Its Impact on Doing Business in Asia
Nara Srinivasan

7. Improving Road Administration in the Asia-Pacific Region: Some Lessons from Experience
Clay Wescott

Part III. Focused Examples of Infrastructure Changes

8. How to Attract Foreign Direct Investment: The Korean Approach
Terry Tuharsky, Joan Barron

9. Marketing and Communication Infrastructures Enable Proactivity and Responsiveness
Ralf Hirt

Part IV. A Future Scenario

10. The Leadership Dimension: Developing Human Capital in Asia
John Alexander, Michael Jenkins

11. Infrastructures: The Difficulty in Forecasting
John B. Kidd, Frank-Jürgen Richter

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Asian Culture, Business and Management, general, Organization, Production, Economic Systems, International Economics