Identify the key features of the changing business and economic environment in the Asian Pacific region and critically assess the likelihood of countries in this region signing a single free trade agreement.
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Discuss the lessons of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and evaluate whether learning from these made Asian countries better prepared to show more resilience during the current global financial crisis.
Compare and contrast the Japanese business system with the Korean system. With reference to either of the two systems, explain how it has been affected by recent changes in the domestic and/or international business environment.
What do you understand by "guanxi"? Using examples taken from either the Chinese Family Based business system or from Overseas Chinese Business networks, evaluate the usefulness of this concept in explaining Chinese business practices.
Identify and evaluate the major achievements of Chinese economic reforms over the past 30 years. Do you think high growth in China is sustainable?
Compared to China, Indian economic reforms have until fairly recently resulted in modest achievements. Would you agree that this is associated with the view that democracy acts as an additional tax on the Indian reform process?