Rise of "the Rest" Challenges to the West from Late-Industrializing Economies

ISBN-10: 0195170598

ISBN-13: 9780195170597

Edition: 2001

Authors: Alice H. Amsden

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After World War II a select number of countries outside Japan and the West--those that Alice Amsden calls "the rest"--gained market share in modern industries and altered global competition. By 2000, a great divide had developed within "the rest", the lines drawn according to prewar manufacturing experience and equality in income distribution. China, India, Korea and Taiwan had built their own national manufacturing enterprises that were investing heavily in R&D. Theirdevelopmental states had transformed themselves into champions of science and technology. By contrast, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico had experienced a wave of acquisitions and mergers that left even more of their leading…

Book details

List price: $59.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/11/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 9.09" wide x 5.98" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface


The Rise of """"the Rest""""



Industrializing Late



Sinking Behind, 1850-circa 1950



The Handloom Weavers' Bones



Tribulations of Technology Transfer



Three-Pronged Investment



Manufacturing Experience Matters



Sneaking Ahead, Circa 1950-



Speeding Up



Selective Seclusion



National Firm Leaders



Squaring Off, Circa 1980-



From Mechanisms of Control to Mechanisms of Resistance



The Rest Will Rise Again


Notes


References


Index