Developing economies : innovation, investment and sustainability / Joanne M. Carcillo, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carcillo, Joanne M.

Series:

Global economic studies (Nova Science Publishers)

Global economic studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Development economics--Developing countries.

Development economics.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Developing countries.

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Developing countries--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the innovation, investment and sustainability of developing economies across the globe. Topics discussed herein include black money and corruption in India; the growth of information technology (IT) and knowledge-intensive services (KIS) in developing countries; the IFAC compliance program in a less developed economy; Hong Kong's economic integration with China via FDI; rural and urban wage subsidies as policies for reducing urban unemployment, decreasing pollution and improving welfare in a dual developing economy; and the relationship between political freedoms and foreign direct investment.

Contents:

Intro

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: INNOVATION, INVESTMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 SERVICE ENTITIES IN OPEN-CLOSED INNOVATION - THE GROWTH OF SERVICE ECONOMY FOR SMALLER FIRMS DRIVEN BY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) AND KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE SERVICES (KIS)

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Service Economy and the Role of Innovation in Services1

1. THE WORLD ECONOMY AND THE GROWTH IN SERVICE SECTORS

1.1 Global trends by sector

THE RELATIONSHIP OF FIRM SIZE AND PRODUCTIVITY

THE ROLE OF R&amp

D IN SERVICES

THE FUNCTION OF KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE SERVICES (KIS)

PRODUCTIVITY AND INNOVATION IN SERVICE SECTORS

Theories on firm size, R&amp

D, and innovation

CONSTRUCTION OF MODELS- PANEL DATA ANALYSES

DYNAMIC MICRO MODELS

Production functions

Decomposing productivity

DYNAMIC MACRO MODELS

EMPIRICAL ANALYSES

Methodology and Data

RESULT OF MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS

3.1.1 Industry: Electronics

Observation

3.1.2 Industry: Information and Telecommunication

3.1.3 Industry: Real estate

3.1.4 Industry: Retail

3.1.5. Industry: Service

3.1.6. Industry: Wholesale

RESULT OF MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS37

SUMMARY

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

Chapter 2 EMBRACING CHANGE? AN UPDATE OF THE IFAC COMPLIANCE PROGRAMME IN A LESS DEVELOPED ECONOMY

HARMONIZING AUDIT QUALITY: IFAC'S COMPLIANCE PROGRAMME

THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION IN BANGLADESH

RESEARCH METHODS

UPDATE OF IFAC SMOS IN BANGLADESH

Quality Assurance

Presence of threats to audit independence

Education Standards.

Quality of students attracted by the profession

Quality of accounting and auditing education at the undergraduate level

Inadequate training programmes offered by the ICAB

The Code of Professional Ethics

Adoption of the code of professional ethics

Investigation and Disciplinary Procedures

The Disciplinary process

Lack of proactive initiatives

Mistrust between ICAB and the SEC

The Legal environment

Politics within the ICAB

THE SOCIO-POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR AUDITING: BANGLADESH CONTEXT

Social Privileges for the Profession

The Dynamics of State-Profession Relationship in Bangladesh

The FRC project

Chapter 3 HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC INTEGRATION WITH CHINA VIA FDI: SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF THE HK-PRD GLOBALIZED DELTA ECONOMY

1. INTRODUCTION

2. HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC INTEGRATION WITH PRD SINCE 1980

2.1. HK-PRD Economic Integration: Formation of the HK-PRD Metropolis Regional Economy

2.1.1. Manufacturing's outward processing in China

2.1.2. Industrial and trade structural adjustments

(1) Industrial Restructuring between Manufacturing and Services

(2) Cross Border Operations and Trade Evolution

2.2. HK-PRD Metropolis Regional Economy as a Core-Periphery System

2.3. Hong Kong as a Service-Dominated City-Core in GDE

3. ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF THE HONG KONG-METROPOLIS AFTER THE ASIAN CRISIS: FROM PRD TO PAN-PRD

4. BEYOND THE ASIAN CRISIS: HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS

4.1. Gaining International City Competitiveness: Some Opinion Survey Evidence

4.2. Mobilization of International Investments: Evidence from MNCs Survey

5. BEYOND THE 2008-GLOBAL CRISIS: HONG KONG-METROPOLIS AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTER

6. FURTHER CHALLENGES

REFERENCES.

Chapter 4 ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF POVERTY REDUCTION IN A SMALL OPEN DUALISTIC ECONOMY: THE CASE OF WAGE SUBSIDY POLICIES AND INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION UNDER SECTOR-SPECIFIC CAPITAL

2. A DUAL ECONOMY MODEL WITH URBAN POLLUTION

3. WAGE SUBSIDY POLICIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Result 1 (Rural Wage Subsidy)

Proposition 1 (Urban Wage Subsidy)

4. CONSISTENCY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

4.1. Effects of Pollution Tax

Result 2 (Effects of Pollution Tax)

4.2. Relations between Urban Wage Subsidy and Environmental Protection

Result 3 (Condition for a Reduction of Urban Unemployment)

Proposition 2 (Relations between Urban Wage Subsidy and Environmental Protection)

5. OPTIMAL WAGE SUBSIDIES UNDER POLLUTION TAX

6. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

1. Proof of Result 1

2. Proof of Proposition 1

3. Proof of Result 2

4. Proof of Result 3

5. Derivation of the Manufacturing Production Function

Chapter 5 DO POLITICAL FREEDOMS ATTRACT OR DISCOURAGE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT? EVIDENCE FROM CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND FORMER SOVIET UNION

MEASURING POLITICAL FREEDOMS

SPECIFICATION

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

Chapter 6 REGULATION AS A PROTECTIONIST STRATEGY

2. SOME RELATED LITERATURE

3. THE MODEL AND THE RESULTS

3.1. Market Outcome under Non-Regulation

3.2. Market Outcome under Regulation

3.3. Decision on Lobbying for Regulation

3.4. An Example

4. LOBBYING BY THE ENTRANT

5. CONCLUDING REMARKS

Chapter 7 BLACK MONEY AND CORRUPTION IN INDIA -NECESSARY EVILS TO SURVIVE?: A COMMENTARY

Extent of Black Money

Field Survey Results

Some Recent Cases

Innovative &amp

Bold Steps Needed

Chapter 8 DOES HIGHER ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF TRADE BLOCS LEADS TO FAIR TRADE?

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TRADE BLOCS

Free and Fair Trade in Goods

Categorizing Trade Blocs

The Statistical Portrait

First Level Analysis

CONCLUSIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH

Selected Websites

INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Endnotes

Chapter9INTERACTIONSBETWEENECONOMICGROWTH,INNOVATION,FINANCIALDEVELOPMENTANDSUSTAINABILITYINEMERGINGCOUNTRIES

Abstract

1.Introduction

2.LiteratureSurvey

3.DataandMethodology

4.ResultsandDiscussion

5.Conclusion

References

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61209-042-7

OCLC:

831625582