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Book Mutual market connectivity and Hong Kong market innovations for new economy financing

Download or read book Mutual market connectivity and Hong Kong market innovations for new economy financing written by 巴曙松 BA Shusong and published by 商務印書館(香港)有限公司. This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the global financial turbulence, the Mutual Market Access (MMA) programme, comprising the Shanghai Connect, the Shenzhen Connect and the Bond Connect, has solidified Hong Kong’s status as a unique financial hub connecting the East and the West and, in this process, has explored a new path for the opening-up of China’s capital market. In the face of economic structural changes across the globe, Hong Kong seeks to look into innovations in financing the new economy, and has built up experiences for reference in the Asian time zone. Hong Kong is gradually establishing a new ecosystem around new-economy enterprises and has made them new targets of investment for both Mainland and overseas investors trading under MMA. This book is the first bilingual title in the market that explains in detail the MMA model between Hong Kong and Mainland China and innovations in new-economy financing, in which experts and research teams who are experienced in these areas discuss in-depth on the key functional drivers of innovations in Hong Kong and the Mainland, including the “MMA”, “new-economy financing” and “global asset allocation”. Elaborating the unique concepts of the MMA model and summarising what HKEX has learned in its reforms in new-economy financing, this book shall come in handy for market participants to make better use of the MMA model and benefit from the latest reforms of Hong Kong’s listing regime. 透過「互聯互通」框架,利用香港上市融資優勢,接軌國際金融市場 市場上首本深入闡述內地與香港「互聯互通」和新經濟融資創新的中、英雙語著作 國際金融環境動蕩,以「滬港通」、「深港通」和「債券通」為代表的互聯互通機制,奠定了香港連接東西的獨特金融樞紐地位,也為中國資本市場的對外開放探索出一條新路徑。 全球經濟結構面臨轉型,香港在新經濟融資創新方面不斷探索,積累了亞洲時區可供參考的經驗,促進香港市場逐步形成圍繞新經濟企業的新生態圈,為參與「互聯互通」的海內外投資者提供了新的標的。 本書是市場上第一本深入闡述香港與內地的互聯互通和新經濟融資創新的中、英雙語著作,由在相關領域具有豐富業務經驗的專業人士和研究力量,圍繞近年來促進香港和內地金融業開放創新的最關鍵動能:「互聯互通」、「新經濟融資」、「全球資產配置」展開深入討論,系統梳理互聯互通的獨特設計理念,總結香港交易所新經濟融資的改革探索經驗,為市場參與者更好地把握「互聯互通」和新上市制度改革帶來的制度紅利,提供系統的專業研究支持。 序——在國際大變局中探索香港的獨特戰略定位 李小加 香港交易所 集團行政總裁 Preface –Exploring Hong Kong’s Unique Strategic Positioning in the Face of International Changes Charles Li Chief Executive, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 第一篇——互聯互通與新經濟融資的新趨勢 Part I – The New Trend of Connectivity and New-Economy Financing 第1章—互聯互通:香港成為連接中國與世界的金融樞紐 Chapter 1 – Mutual Market Access: Hong Kong as a Financial Hub Connecting China and the World 李小加 香港交易所 集團行政總裁 Charles Li Chief Executive, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 第2章—新經濟融資創新與香港的探索 Chapter 2 – Financing Innocation for the New Economy and Hong Kong’s Explorations 陸挺 野村國際(香港)休閒公司 環球市場部 中國經濟學家 Ting Lu Chief China Economist, Global Markets, Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited 王立升 野村國際(香港)休閒公司 環球市場部 中國經濟學家 Lisheng Wang China Economist, Global Markets, Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited 王競 野村國際(香港)休閒公司 環球市場部 中國經濟學家 Jing Wang China Economist, Global Markets, Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited 第3章—互聯互通開啟中國資本市場新紀元 Chapter 3 – Stock Connect Ushers in a New Era for China’s Capital Market 洪灝 交銀國際控股有限公司 研究部主管兼董事總經理 Hau Hong Head of Research and Managing Director, BOCOM International Holdings Company Limited 第二篇——新經濟公司的上市制度改革和融資創新 Part II–The Listing Reform and Financing Innovation for New-Economy Companies 第4章—香港聯交所的新股上市流程和重點 Chapter 4 – Initial Public Offering (IPO) and Listing Process on the SEHK with Highlights 香港交易所 首席中國經濟學家辦公室及環球上市服務部 Chief China Economist’s Office and Global Issuer Services, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 第5章—香港的新股上市制度改革與突破 Chapter 5 – Reform and Breakthrough of Hong Kong’s Listing Regime 香港交易所 首席中國經濟學家辦公室及環球上市服務部 Chief China Economist’s Office and Global Issuer Services, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 第6章—雙重股權架構的香港實踐 Chapter 6 – The Practice of Dual-Class Share Structure in Hong Kong 香港交易所 首席中國經濟學家辦公室 Chief China Economist’s Office, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 第7章—同股不同權:對投資者是好?是壞? Weighted Voting Rights: Angel or Evil to Investors? 香港交易所 首席中國經濟學家辦公室 Chief China Economist’s Office, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 第8章—海外債市支持新經濟公司發展 Chapter 8 – Overseas Bond Markets Support the Development of Chinese New-Economy Enterprises 邱志明 花旗環球金融亞洲有限公司 資本市場部董事總經理、亞洲債務發行部聯席主管 Adrian Khoo Managing Director, Capital Markets Origination and Co-Head of Asia Debt Origination, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited 蔣國榮 花旗環球金融亞洲有限公司 董事總經理、中國企業與投資銀行部主席兼主管 Jiang Guorong Managing Director, Chairman and Head of China Corporate and Investment Banking, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited 方寶榮 花旗環球金融亞洲有限公司 中國投資銀行部董事總經理 Katherine Fang, Managing Director, China Investment Banking, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited 茅駿翔 花旗環球金融亞洲有限公司 資本市場部董事總經理 Mao Junxiang, David Managing Director, Capital Markets Origination, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited 第9章—新經濟公司的海外併購與融資安排 Chapter 9 – New-Economy Companies’ Overseas Mergers and Acquisitions and Financing 吳衛軍 德勤中國 副主席兼金融服務業領導合夥人 David Wu Vice President and Financial Services Industry Leader, Deloitte China 許思濤 德勤中國 首席經濟學家兼德勤研究負責人及合夥人 Sitao Xu Chief Economist, Head of Deloitte Research and Partner, Deloitte China 余雲 德勤中國 風險諮詢兼司庫服務合夥人 Yun Yu Risk Advisory and Treasury Service Partner, Deloitte China 周穎 德勤中國 稅務服務兼全球基礎設施業務中心合夥人 Nina Zhou Tax Service and Global Infrastructure Services Centre Partner, Deloitte China 第三篇——互聯互通成為海內外資產跨境配置的新平台 Part III – The Connectivity Platform for Onshore and Offshore Cross-Border Asset Allocation 第10章—MSCI納入中國A股的歷程和影響 Chpater 10 – China A Shares inclusion into MSCI Indices: The Journey and Impact 魏震 MSCI中國研究主管 第11章—滬深港互聯互通上市公司可提供的「一帶一路」投資機遇 Chapter 11 – “Belt and Road” Investment Opportunities Offered by Stock Connect Companies 香港交易所 首席中國經濟學家辦公室 Chief China Economist’s Office, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 第12章—投資亞洲生物科技市場的指標:中華交易服務香港生物科技指數 Chapter 12 – Investment Benchmark for Asia’s Biotechnology Sector: CES HK Biotechnology Index 香港交易所 首席中國經濟學家辦公室及中華交易服務有限公司 Chief China Economist’s Office, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and China Exchanges Services Company Limited 第13章—內地及香港證券市場對大手交易需求漸殷 Chapter 13 – Rising Demand for the Block Trading in the Mainland and in Hong Kong Securities Markets 香港交易所 首席中國經濟學家辦公室 Chief China Economist’s Office, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 第14章—香港ETF市場作為通向環球投資的用戶 Chapter 14 – Hong Kong’s ETF Market as a Door to Global Investment 香港交易所 首席中國經濟學家辦公室 Chief China Economist’s Office, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited 第15章—關於發展香港ETF市場和跨境資產配置的政策建議 Chapter 15 – Policy Suggestions for the Development of the Hong Kong ETF Market and Cross-Border Asset Allocation 丁晨 南方東英資產管理有限公司 總裁 Chen Ding, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer, CSOP Asset Management Limited 後記——把握全球金融格局變化的大趨勢,促進互聯互通和新經濟融資創新 Afterword – Promoting Mutual Market Access and Innovation in New-Economy Financing by Riding on the Change in Global Financial Landscape 巴曙松教授 香港交易所 首席中國經濟學家 中國銀行業協會 首席經濟學家 Professor Ba Shusong Chief China Economist, Hong Kong exchanges and Clearing Limited Chief Economist, China Banking Association

Book China s Economy In Transformation Under The New Normal

Download or read book China s Economy In Transformation Under The New Normal written by Sarah Yueting Tong and published by #N/A. This book was released on 2017-07-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the recent development and prospect of the Chinese economy as the country adapts to changing domestic and external settings. After more than three decades of near double-digit annual expansion, the country's growth decelerated considerably to enter a new era of the so-called New Normal.At the macro level, considerable amount of overhaul is required to improve governance and enhance regulatory effectiveness. These include monetary policy adjustment, financial sector development and taxation reforms.As the Chinese government at both the central and local levels plays an important role in promoting growth, issues such as the role of local government and the reform of state-owned enterprises are examined in this book. Topics such as the development of private consumption and industrial upgrading are also assessed. The book discusses several matters considered important to China's social and economic cohesion including the management of agricultural product reserves, the development of a functioning social security system and regional development. To help project a long-term view of China's economic strength, the book also examines such factors as development in population and the labour market.This book provides a comprehensive analysis of China's economy and identifies the recent developments that matter to China's economic future.

Book Powering the Digital Economy  Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Finance

Download or read book Powering the Digital Economy Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Finance written by El Bachir Boukherouaa and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses the impact of the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the financial sector. It highlights the benefits these technologies bring in terms of financial deepening and efficiency, while raising concerns about its potential in widening the digital divide between advanced and developing economies. The paper advances the discussion on the impact of this technology by distilling and categorizing the unique risks that it could pose to the integrity and stability of the financial system, policy challenges, and potential regulatory approaches. The evolving nature of this technology and its application in finance means that the full extent of its strengths and weaknesses is yet to be fully understood. Given the risk of unexpected pitfalls, countries will need to strengthen prudential oversight.

Book People s Republic of China Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Download or read book People s Republic of China Hong Kong Special Administrative Region written by International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2019 Article IV Consultation with People’s Republic of China—Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) discusses that the economy is projected to start recovering next year, but the pace is expected to be gradual and both near- and medium-term risks have increased significantly, including from trade and technology tensions, ongoing social unrest, and structural challenges of insufficient housing supply and high income inequality. Hong Kong SAR is well placed to address both cyclical and structural challenges with its significant buffers thanks to its long history of prudent macroeconomic policies. Given that the fiscal framework permits deficits during economic downturns, government spending should be increased significantly in the areas of social safety nets, education/retraining, and infrastructure to cope with the cyclical downturn and address structural challenges of insufficient housing and high-income inequality. This should be complemented with measures to ensure fiscal sustainability and greater equity.

Book Innovative and Creative Industries in Hong Kong

Download or read book Innovative and Creative Industries in Hong Kong written by Grace L K Leung and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experience of Hong Kong’s innovative and creative industries and the challenges they face serves as an important case study for other Chinese and Asian cities that are actively developing their innovative and creative industries in the era of globalization. The return of sovereignty over Hong Kong back to China in 1997 has led to both collaboration and competition between the two places in innovative and creative sectors for the Greater China and Asian Regions. Hong Kong has remained unique in spite of the integration, but she has to strike a delicate balance between being simultaneously a Chinese and an international city. This book looks at different innovative and creative industries, such as international art and culture exhibition, innovative technology, digital entertainment, TV and movies, as well as government policy for innovative and creative industries, particularly the changing competitive landscape brought about by the latest Great Bay Area development. Drawing insights from cultural history, innovation economics, cultural policy studies, and cultural geography, this book explores the opportunities and challenges of Hong Kong's innovative and creative industries, in particular after the change of sovereignty in 1997. It demonstrates that the city’s legacy, and heavy government input in capital, do not guarantee their sustainable development. This is a book not only for policymakers or academics interested in innovative and creative industries but also to students contemplating a career in these areas in Hong Kong, the Greater China and the Asian Region.

Book Business Opportunities and Risks in China

Download or read book Business Opportunities and Risks in China written by Tracy Dathe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of China poses a significant challenge to the existing, Western-dominated world economic order. The effectiveness of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is contingent on a smooth transition of the world’s economic center toward the Asia-Pacific Region. For Western investors, the vast market opportunities can be tempting. However, the lack of experience and knowledge of international management in China – a country with radically different business rules and cultural background – poses a substantial risk. This book provides comprehensive insights into the fast-changing business world in China. Based on the authors’ theoretical knowledge and invaluable years of practical experience, it discusses the various options for doing business in China, with current examples that demonstrate how European SMEs can successfully position themselves between multinational companies and local competitors. It also highlights new opportunities arising from China’s international involvement (New Silk Road, RCEP) and addresses risk management for European SMEs operating in China. Moreover, it sheds light on how to form relationships of mutual trust between Chinese policymakers and their advisors/cooperation partners from abroad. Readers with an interest in doing business in China will find this book particularly valuable.

Book America   s Cold War against China

Download or read book America s Cold War against China written by Peter Nolan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses how the USA has launched a new cold war against China. Showing how this New Cold War can only be fully understood by analysing the long-run history of the East and the West, and the fundamental differences between the Old and the New Cold Wars, this book outlines how the New Cold War focuses on issues connected with China’s territorial integrity: Xinjiang, the South China Sea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the closely connected conflict over semiconductors. It analyses the way in which China has responded to US-led Western aggression by following the approach suggested by Confucius: instead of ‘returning aggression with kindness’ or ‘returning aggression with aggression’, China has ‘returned aggression with firmness’. The book argues that the United States’ effort to establish hegemony over Eurasia has failed and that, in the face of this reality, there is no choice for the USA other than to cooperate with China in order to resolve the existential issues facing the human species. Demonstrating how US-led aggression has been rendered ineffective, this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of international relations and politics, including those in both China and the USA.

Book International Investment Law at the Juncture

Download or read book International Investment Law at the Juncture written by Shen Wei and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Examining the Vital Financial Role of SMEs in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Download or read book Examining the Vital Financial Role of SMEs in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals written by Taleb, Dalila and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s society, businesses are being pressured to play a more active role in addressing global environmental, social, and economic issues. Therefore, a considerable shift in the functional components of enterprises is required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. SMEs play a vital role in countries' socio-economic structures, and the importance of SMEs is increasingly recognized as a factor of economic stability and social cohesion. In order to ensure SMEs are appropriately utilized to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, further study is required. Examining the Vital Financial Role of SMEs in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals highlights the challenges and opportunities of using the concepts of economic sustainability to achieve sustainability goals as well as the role SMEs play in developing sustainable practices. The book also discusses how finance sustainability can be used to improve the stability of policies. Covering topics such as blockchain, corporate social responsibility, and performance management practices, this reference work is ideal for business owners, policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Book Collaborative Innovation Mechanism of GBA in China

Download or read book Collaborative Innovation Mechanism of GBA in China written by Shusong Ba and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to explore the development model of Great Bay Area (GBA) of China as economic engine under the context of open policy. Based on comprehensive research, both theoretically and practically, on the leading free ports in the world and the regional development of well-known bay areas, it analyzes the challenges and opportunities of GBA synergetic free ports. A series of initiatives on the development of GBA synergetic free ports are proposed, including the synergy of space, industry, finance, technological innovation, institution, social governance, and personnel. Also, it ends with a system dynamic model to simulate the regional impact on GBA synergetic free ports, which indicates that economic development, trade, government finance, and population agglomeration would be improved significantly, in the GBA synergetic free ports scenario.

Book Routledge Handbook of Banking and Finance in Asia

Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Banking and Finance in Asia written by Ulrich Volz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Banking and Finance in Asia brings together leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to provide a comprehensive and cutting-edge guide to Asia’s financial institutions, markets, and systems. Part I provides a country-by-country overview of banking and finance in East, Southeast, and South Asia, including examples from China, Japan, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore. Part II contains thematic chapters, covering topics such as commercial banking, development banking, infrastructure finance, stock markets, insurance, and sovereign wealth funds. It also includes examinations of banking regulation and supervision, and analyses of macroprudential regulation, capital flow management measures, and monetary policy. Finally, it provides new insights into topical issues such as SME, green, and Islamic finance. This handbook is an essential resource for scholars and students of Asian economics and finance and for professionals working in financial markets in Asia.

Book Moody s Bank and Finance Manual

Download or read book Moody s Bank and Finance Manual written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 2174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hong Kong in the Belt and Road Initiative

Download or read book Hong Kong in the Belt and Road Initiative written by Kin-chung Lam and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket-sized paperback is one of the thirty titles published for 2019 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2019 is "Speech and Silence". From 19–24 November 2019, 30 invited poets from various countries gathered in Hong Kong to read their works based on the theme "Speech and Silence." Included in the anthology and box set, these unique works are presented with Chinese and English translations in bilingual or trilingual formats. Poets include Ana Luísa Amaral (Portugal), Maxim Amelin (Russia), Renato Sandoval Bacigalupo (Peru) , Jen Bervin (USA), Ana Blandiana (Romania), Tamim Al-Barghouti (Palestine), Abbas Beydoun (Lebanon), Milosz Biedrzycki (Poland), Derek Chung (Hong Kong), Louise Dupre (Canada), Forrest Gander (USA), Hwang Yu Won (South Korea), Maozi (PRC), Mathura (Estonia), Sergio Raimondi (Argentina), Ana Ristović (Serbia), K. Satchidanandan (India), Martin Solotruk (Slovakia), Ales Steger (Slovenia), Maria Stepanova (Russia), Toth Krisztina (Hungary), Ijeoma Umebinyuo (Nigeria), Anastassis Vistonitis (Greece), Jan Wagner (Germany), Ernest Wichner (Germany), Yang Chia-Hsien (Taiwan), Yasuhiro Yotsumoto (Japan), Yu Youyou (PRC), Zheng Xiaoqiong (PRC), and Zhou Yunpeng (PRC).

Book Global Trends 2040

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Intelligence Council
  • Publisher : Cosimo Reports
  • Release : 2021-03
  • ISBN : 9781646794973
  • Pages : 158 pages

Download or read book Global Trends 2040 written by National Intelligence Council and published by Cosimo Reports. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.

Book Proceedings of the 2024 10th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research  ICHSSR 2024

Download or read book Proceedings of the 2024 10th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research ICHSSR 2024 written by Zehui Zhan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024 with total page 1898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Entrepreneurship  Innovation and Regional Development

Download or read book Entrepreneurship Innovation and Regional Development written by Jay Mitra and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development are inextricably linked, with people, organisations and the environment or their location, forming the main building blocks in an integrated model of value creation. This second edition of a key textbook draws on the diversity of approaches in these areas to produce a unified understanding of this important subject and its sub-sets. The author connects theory and practice using references to academic studies as well as industry sources. The importance of technology is highlighted throughout to demonstrate the value of new technology-based ventures and the role of technology for innovation in both organisational and spatial contexts. The economic and social contexts of entrepreneurship are covered in dedicated chapters offering an appreciation of multiple perspectives on key themes of growth and development. Drawing on insights and concepts from a wide range of disciplines such as business, sociology, economics, geography and management, this unique textbook introduces entrepreneurship to students from different backgrounds and varied interests. With a range of new case studies and coverage of emerging themes such as smart cities, ecosystems, female entrepreneurship and social and human capital, this book provides an expert exposition of the elaborate empire of entrepreneurship.

Book Innovative Firms in Emerging Market Countries

Download or read book Innovative Firms in Emerging Market Countries written by Edmund Amann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of innovative firms in emerging market economies is an increasingly topical issue. However, the literature has lagged behind in helping us understand this phenomenon. Addressing this gap, the book draws on a variety of firm-level experiences across a range of key countries, sectors, and institutional contexts. Despite the obvious differences, the book finds a commonality in these experiences: they have all been influenced by shifts in the institutional, technological, and policy environment, in particular by the opening up of emerging market economies over the past three decades, and the consequent increase in international business interactions. Across the different countries surveyed in Asia and Latin America, the book argues that firm level innovation has been strongly influenced by capabilities that had previously been built up in a relatively closed environment. However, in the current more open environment, it is suggested that innovation among firms also reflects differences in these national historical contexts, as well as in the different forms of interaction with international business that have subsequently emerged. This book is a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and graduate students in international business and technology management.