PREFACE ………………..…………………………………………………………v
CONTENTS ……………………………………….……………………………….xi
CONTRIBUTORS ………...……………………….……………………………..xv
SECTION I GLOBALISATION ISSUES……………................................1
Executive Summary……………………………………………………………..…3
1. Globalization and Cluster-Based Economic Strategy
Adolfo F. Chiri………………………………………..……………………..…7
2. Is Regionalization in Southern Africa the Appropriate Strategic Response to Globalization?
Christopher Changwe Nshimbi…………………..…………...…………...23
3. Currency Board Arrangements (CBA’s) As A Super-Fixed Alternative in Exchange Rate Regime Choice
Buks Wessels……………………………………………………………….…41
4. Impacts of Multinational Firms’ Marketing Strategies on Kazakhstan Consumers
Jung-Wan Lee and Simon W. Tai…………………………...…………….55
5. A Comparison of Highway- rail Crossing Accidents in the United States and United Kingdom
Dawna L. Rhoades and Michael Williams………………………………..69
SECTION II INVESTMENT AND TRADE…..…….................................83
Executive Summary..………….…………………………………..…………..…85
6. How Can International Firms Select Beneficial Foreign Locations for their Operations?
Marwan Al Qur’an and Laurie Dickie……………………..…………..…89
7. Does Foreign Direct Investment Contribute to Growth in the Arab World?
Signe Krogstrup and Linda Matar…………………………………….…103
8. Changing Pattern of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Asian Region
Rajesh Mohnot……………………………………………..………………..121
9. Determinants of FDI in Malaysia and its Link to Trade
Lau Ming Sern, Nor’Aznin Abu Bakar and Azhan Hasan……...……137
10. Foreign Ownership and Export Spillovers in Indian Manufacturing Industry Under Liberalization
T.J. Joseph……………………………………………...……………………151
11. Foreign Direct Investment in the South Pacific Island Countries:
A Case Study of Fiji
T.K. Jayaraman and Chee-Keong Choong……………………………....165
SECTION III COMPETITIVENESS AND PRODUCTIVITY ...............181
Executive Summary..………………………..………………………………….183
13. Openness, Productivity and Allocation Efficiency in ASEAN-4
Tajul Ariffin Masron and Zulkornain Yusop…………………...………197
14. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Impact on Malaysia's Manufacturing Productivity Growth
Elsadig Musa Ahmed…………………………………...……………….…211
15. Evaluation and Reduction of Failure Losses in Production Machines
P. Karuppuswamy, G. Sundararaj and D. Elangovan………………..225
SECTION IV INFORMATION & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT..…241
Executive Summary..…………………………….…………………………..…243
16. ICTs and Caribbean Development: Bridging the Digital Divide
Gale T.C. Rigobert…………………………………...……………………..247
17. Inventing Science and Technology Information (STI) Databases for Africa’s Sustainable Development
Williams E. Nwagwu……………………….……………………………...261
18. Towards E-Government in Slovenia - The Role of Business Process Management
Andrej Kovacic………………………………………...…………………….271
19. The Adoption and Usage of Mobile and Wireless Technologies in Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises in New Zealand: A Meta Model
Nabeel Al-Qirim…………………...………………………………………..285
20. People: Where ERP Systems and Supply Chain Management Converge
Peter Cunningham…….…………………………………………………...301
21. Innovation Capital in the Arab Countries
Adli Abouzeedan and Michael Busler……………………………….…..317
22. Higher Education in India: Challenges Ahead
S. Mumtaj Begum and S. Pushparaj...................................................329
SECTION V SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES....................347
Executive Summary..…………….…………………………………………..…349
23. Science, Security and Sustainability: Global Interdependency, Diplomacy and Research Policy
Josephine Anne Stein……………………………………………….…..…351
24. How Sustainable is Turkey's Technology on the Way of European Union Membership
Feride Doganer Gonel...........................................................................363
25. Understanding Sustainable Development and Our Future Challenges Allam Ahmed……………………………375
AUTHOR INDEX …………..………….………………………………….……391
