Overview
Focuses on the essential role that infrastructure plays in economic growth and business creation — for both developing and developed countries
International coverage, with comparative analysis across countries and regions
Offers practical and policymaking insights
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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About this book
The recent global financial crisis has intensified concerns over how nations—both developed and developing — can revitalize economic growth and ensure opportunity for prosperity to all citizens. Many analysts and policymakers alike are looking to new business creation and the promotion of entrepreneurial practices as a panacea, or at least as a partial solution. A. Coskun Samli has argued in his two most recent books that the current model of globalization tends to marginalize the poor and that developing countries must rely on local business development, rather than exogenous forces, such as aid, loans, and trade, to catalyze growth. This third book in his trilogy argues that a "bottom-up" approach is necessary for developing countries to participate in globalization—but is not sufficient. He proposes that the economic goals of a country, a region, or a company are fulfilled first and foremost by a properly designed and maintained infrastructure, encompassing both physical elements, such as transportation and communication systems, and qualitative elements, such as functioning educational, legal, and governing institutions. In Infrastructuring, Samli analyzes the experiences of a variety of countries, including China, India, Ireland, and South Africa, to highlight the role that infrastructure plays in economic development, and considers its implications for such timely issues as new business creation, productivity, and supply chain logistics. Moreover, he outlines practical approaches to infrastructure management and policy oversight.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Infrastructuring
Book Subtitle: The Key to Achieving Economic Growth, Productivity, and Quality of Life
Authors: A. Coskun Samli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7521-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7520-1Published: 02 December 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8173-8Published: 08 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7521-8Published: 12 November 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 109
Topics: Development Economics, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Entrepreneurship