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Kigyou no guroubaruka to nashonaru aidentitii [The globalization of enterprises and national identity] (2007)
Book Chapter
Matsunaga, L. (2007). Kigyou no guroubaruka to nashonaru aidentitii [The globalization of enterprises and national identity]. In H. Nakamaki, & K. Hioki (Eds.), Kaisha bunka no guroubaru-ka: Keieijinruigakuteki kousatsu (The globalization of company culture: an investigation from the perspective of the anthropology of management = 会社文化のグローバル化 : 経営人類学的考察. Toho Shuppan

An examination of approaches to understanding globalisation, focusing on one case study: the expansion of a large Japanese retail company (Yaohan) overseas, with particular reference to the UK. The chapter considers the importance to Yaohan, a Japane... Read More about Kigyou no guroubaruka to nashonaru aidentitii [The globalization of enterprises and national identity].

State Intervention for Food Price Stabilisation in Africa: Can It Work? (2006)
Journal Article
Poulton, C., Dorward, A., Kydd, J., & Wiggins, S. (2006). State Intervention for Food Price Stabilisation in Africa: Can It Work?. Food Policy, 31(4), 342-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2006.02.004

Although its arguments may have more general applicability, this paper discusses the desirability and options for the stabilisation of staple food prices principally in Eastern and Southern Africa. It addresses three broad questions: (i) why is stabi... Read More about State Intervention for Food Price Stabilisation in Africa: Can It Work?.

Labour in Globalising Asian Corporations: A Portrait of Struggle (2006)
Book
Chang, D.-O. (Ed.). (2006). Labour in Globalising Asian Corporations: A Portrait of Struggle. Asia Monitor Resource Centre

This edited volume examines how ‘work’ is being recomposed by mobile capital in Asia. In so doing, it traces the interaction between multinational companies and local labour, drawing on the examples of the evolution of emerging multinational giant Sa... Read More about Labour in Globalising Asian Corporations: A Portrait of Struggle.

Women, Work and the Japanese Economic Miracle: the Case of the Cotton Textile Industry, 1945-1975 (2005)
Book
Macnaughtan, H. (2005). Women, Work and the Japanese Economic Miracle: the Case of the Cotton Textile Industry, 1945-1975. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203390856

This book shows how, during the period of the Japanese economic miracle, a distinctive female employment system was developed alongside, and different from, the better known Japanese employment system which was applied to male employees. Women, Work... Read More about Women, Work and the Japanese Economic Miracle: the Case of the Cotton Textile Industry, 1945-1975.

A Policy Agenda for Pro-Poor Agricultural Growth (2004)
Journal Article
Dorward, A., Kydd, J., Morrison, J., & Urey, I. (2004). A Policy Agenda for Pro-Poor Agricultural Growth. World Development, 32(1), 73-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.06.012

Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia are likely to hold large numbers of very poor rural people into the foreseeable future. Although both history and theory suggest a pre-eminent role for agricultural growth in poverty reduction in poor agrari... Read More about A Policy Agenda for Pro-Poor Agricultural Growth.

State Failure in Developing Countries and Institutional Reform Strategies (2004)
Book Chapter
Khan, M. (2004). State Failure in Developing Countries and Institutional Reform Strategies. In B. Tungodden, N. Stern, & I. Kolstad (Eds.), Toward Pro-Poor Policies. Aid, Institutions, and Globalization. Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, Europe (2003) (165-195). Oxford University Press and World Bank

Environmental Security in the Caspian Sea (2004)
Book Chapter
Akiner, S. (2004). Environmental Security in the Caspian Sea. In S. Akiner (Ed.), The Caspian. Politics, Energy and Security (341-362). Routledge Curzon