Globalization
Scholarly Publications
Southeast Asia in Political Science: Terms of Enlistment
July 2008
Co-published by the East-West Center, this book originated in a 2004 conference convened by the Southeast Asia Forum (SEAF) at Shorenstein APARC.
Paradox of Korean Globalization, The
January 2003
This chapter first offers a theoretical framework to explain coexistence of nationalism and globalization by considering two interrelated processes: 1) nationalist appropriation of globalization...
Went for Cost, Stayed for Quality?: Moving the Back Office to India
November 2003
Will the next great wave of globalization come in services?
Other Publications
Future Of Bay Area Jobs
July 2004
In the last two decades the Bay Area economy has seen jobs move out of the region to domestic and overseas locations, in search of lower costs and markets.
Korean Food, Korean Identity: The Impact of Globalization on Korean Agriculture
December 2005
One of the few ways to get a taste of North Korea, short of leaping through numerous hoops to get a visa to visit the country, is to eat cold noodles (naengmyen).
Third Annual Globalization of Services Conference Summary Report
December 2007
On December 7 and 8, 2007, the Third Annual Globalization of Services Conference organized by Rafiq Dossani and Martin Kenney was held at Stanford University.
News
Interview with Rafiq Dossani in Silicon Valley Biz Ink
September 2003
Silicon Valley BizInk spoke to APARC Senior Research Scholar %people1% about his current hot-button work on the offshoring of business practices (BPO) to India.
What is the Valley's Future?
January 2004
As the region begins to emerge from a brutal recession, questions haunt the Valley. Will the jobs come back? Will we be able to maintain our global leadership in technology?
Events
Recent Shocks: The Repositioning of Southeast Asian Urban Regions: Winners and Losers
March 4, 1999
Southeast Asia has been buffeted by several shocks and momentous events over the last two years, in particular the economic recession which started in July 1997; the return of Hong Kong to China;...
Silicon Valley's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Local and Global Networks
October 5, 1999
Foreign-born engineers are a significant and fast growing presence in Silicon Valley.
250 Million to One: Does Globalization Help or Hurt Child Laborers?
October 14, 1999
Nike products, soccer balls, carpets, orange juice, garments, coffee beans--Consumer activists, labor unions and students have launched boycotts and protests against imports that have allegedly...
Projects
Korea Program
Shorenstein APARC's Korean Studies Program, begun in September 2000 and led by Gi-Wook Shin, features weekly luncheon seminars on Korea-related issues, from war reporting to health care to...
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Causes of Japan's Economic Stagnation
Why has Japan's economy, once the envy of the world, fallen on such hard times, and why has recovery taken so long?
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Globalization of Services Conference
Asia's generally dismal record up to 1990 as a provider of brand-name services, despite efforts by Japan and Korea in banking, retail and software, turned around in the 1990s with the rise of China...
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Multimedia
Changing Corporate Governance in Japan
July 2015
Video and transcript from the event "Changing Corporate Governance in Japan" with Takeo Hoshi (Stanford University), Masaaki (Masa) Tanaka (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — A New Order for the Asia-Pacific?
October 2015
Audio and transcript from the event "The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- A New Order for the Asia-Pacific?" with Stanford scholars Donald Emmerson, Thomas Fingar, Daniel Sneider and Kathleen Stephens.After several years of tough negotiations,...
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
February 2016
Video and transcript from the event "U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on the Trans-Pacific Partnership" on Feb. 16, 2016.
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