World Scientific Publishing Company Facets of Competitiveness: Narratives from ASEAN

From the Back Cover The ten countries in the ASEAN region account for approximately 5% of world gross domestic product and 8% of world population and represent the most diverse group of nations in terms of the level of prosperity, political system, culture, language, and history. This diversity in ASEAN not only helps us understand the notion of national competitiveness, but also provides important policy lessons for both developed and developing countries. This book a collection of essays provides insights on competitiveness challenges and policies. It provides an excellent overview of competitiveness for a group of countries at various stages of development. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to students, researchers, business executives and government officials. Product Description The ten countries in the ASEAN region account for approximately 5 per cent of world gross domestic product and 8 per cent of world population and represent the most diverse group of nations in terms of the level of prosperity, political system, culture, language, and history. This diversity in ASEAN not only helps us understand the notion of national competitiveness, but also provides important policy lessons for both developed and developing countries. This book - a collection of essays - provides insights on competitiveness challenges and policies. It provides an excellent overview of competitiveness for a group of countries at various stages of development. Written in a simple and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to students, researchers, business executives and government officials. Review Facets of Competitiveness offers an insightful analysis of what it means to be nationally competitive in today's global economy. The diversity of the ASEAN countries provides the perfect backdrop against which to measure the effectiveness of various competitiveness drivers from education to government regulation. --Deborah L Wince-Smith, President and CEO Council on CompetitivenessAt a time when the spotlight is on China and India, it is easy to forget that there are many other powerful and highly competitive economies in the neighborhood. This essential volume is a timely wake-up call for business decision makers and policy makers to not ignore the bigger and more granular picture of the growth potential of Asia. We ignore these well-crafted and thoroughly researched essays and their subjects at our own peril. --Bhaskar Chakravorti, Partner, McKinsey & Company, MIT Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship. Former faculty member, Harvard Business School and Author of The Slow Pace of Fast Change: Bringing Innovations to Market in a Connected WorldIn the 1980s and 1990s, ASEAN economies gained global fame as having among the best performing economies in the world. Then China and India opened up. ASEAN failed to respond effectively and fell behind. Unless they move soon, China and India will leave them far behind. It is therefore timely to have a volume that examines the competitiveness of ASEAN economies and suggests why and how ASEAN policymakers should wake up and respond. Ashish Lall and the contributors deserve commendation for producing this volume. --Kishore Mahbubani, Dean , Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, and Author of The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East