Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia

John B. Kidd is a Research Fellow at Aston Business School, specialising in the overlap of technological and human factors in information and communication systems. He has authored many papers for journals, and has written book chapters across several management disciplines. His books include two on Human Factors in Management in Asia (edited with Frank-Jurgen Richter and Xue Li) with further edited works with Frank-Jurgen Richter including Corruption and Governance in Asia, Fighting Corruption in Asia: Causes, Effects and Remedies and Trust and Antitrust in Asian Business Alliances. Frank-Jurgen Richter is an independent consultant focusing on corporate globalization and Asian business. He has worked as the Director in charge of Asian affairs at the World Economic Forum, Geneva and in Japan and China developing and managing European Multinationals' China operations. He is an active scholar having authored and edited several books on Asian economies and international business.

'This landmark volume offers a timely and outstanding contribution, and is a most serious and sophisticated attempt to approach the tension between economic development and moral standards in Asia. John Kidd and Frank-Jürgen Richter call strongly for more inclusive, pro-people, dynamic, and interactive forms of economic policies attuned to the evolving realities in Asia, and put a premium on the rule of law and good governance which must be home-grown in each country because these cannot be outsourced.' - Fidel V. Ramos, Chairman, Ramos Peace and Development Foundation; and former President of the Philippines'Infrastructure is a big word and a big subject, but there is no doubt that Asia will be spending hundreds of billions of dollars on both hard and soft infrastructure to underpin its economic growth in the coming years. This book is a timely collection of essays on the subject, and it should be of particular interest to those engaged in building Asia's vital but still inadequate social services infrastructure.' - Victor Mallet, Chief Asia Correspondent, Financial Times, Hong Kong'This book highlights one of the most challenging tasks for Asia today - under the veneer of explosive economic growth and development lies a far more explosive and daunting task of ensuring that adequate (and sometimes obsolete) infrastructure meet the needs and aspirations of a booming Asian economy and a fast-developing Asian society and polity! John Kidd andFrank-Jürgen Richter have posed this fundamental problematique clearly and seek to offer readers an insight into a better future for Asia, in meeting this challenge.' - Dr Eric Teo Chu Cheow, Council Secretary, Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Managing Director, Savoir Faire Corporate Consultants, Singapore'Asia is both diverse and unique. The authors dig into infrastructure such as education and governance and connect these to productivity. It is a very insightful and interesting book - and it tells us that the resolution of Asia's own agenda will take Asia towards a brighter century.' - Yoshito Hori, Chairman and CEO, Globis Group, Japan

• List of Tables List of Figures Foreword; E.Salim Notes on the Contributors PART 1: INFRASTRUCTURE, SYSTEMS AND EDUCATION Infrastructure and its 'Sticky' Interconnections: Perspectives from Asia; J.B.Kidd & F-J.Richter The Role of Human Capital and Intelligence in the Economic Development of the Asian Economies; R.Lynn & T.Vanhanen Knowledge Resources in Korea: Understanding Korea's Business System and Capitalism; C-J.Choi PART 2: GOVERNANCE AND THE NEW DYNAMICS Infrastructure and Productivity in Asia; R-A.Singh, E-C.Phuah & H.Kaur The Dynamics of Large Asian Corporate and Family Conglomerates; A.Mirza The Business Costs of Terrorism and its Impact on Doing Business in Asia; N.Srinivasan Improving Road Administration In The Asia-Pacific Region: Some Lessons From Experience; C.Wescott PART 3: FOCUSED EXAMPLES OF INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES How to Attract Foreign Direct Investment: The Korean Approach; T.Tuharski & J.Barron Marketing and Communication Infrastructures Enable Proactivity and Responsiveness; R.Hirt PART 4: A FUTURE SCENARIO? The Leadership Dimension: Developing Human Capital in Asia; J.Alexander & M.Jenkins Infrastructures: the Difficulty of Forecasting; J.B.Kidd & F-J.Richter Index