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The crisis in two Pacific Rim economies : higher education and employment in Mexico and Thailand
- Title
- The crisis in two Pacific Rim economies : higher education and employment in Mexico and Thailand / Jóse Ernesto Rangel Delgado & Antonina Ivanova Boncheva ; Arthur Edwards (translation and language editor).
- Author
- Rangel Delgado, José Ernesto.
- Publication
- Southampton [England] ; Boston : Wit Press, [2012], ©2012.
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- Additional Authors
- Ivanova Boncheva, Antonina.
- Description
- 108 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Alternative Title
- Higher education and employment in Mexico and Thailand
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-108).
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The new knowledge-based economy -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.The theoretical origins of the knowledge based economy -- 1.2.1.Human capital -- 1.2.2.Business management -- 1.2.3.Human development -- 1.2.4.Knowledge-based economies -- 1.2.5.Business environment -- 1.2.6.Information and communications infrastructure -- 1.2.7.Innovative systems -- 1.2.8.Human resource development -- 1.3.The knowledge-based economy in Mexico and Thailand -- 1.3.1.Business atmosphere -- 1.3.2.Information and communications technologies -- 1.3.3.Systems of innovation -- 1.3.4.Human resource development -- 1.4.Final remarks -- ch. 2 Mexico and Thailand in the world -- 2.1.International context -- 2.1.1.Mexico -- 2.1.2.Thailand -- 2.2.Economic characterization -- 2.2.1.Mexico -- 2.2.2.Thailand -- 2.3.Mexican & Thai relations -- 2.4.Final remarks -- ch. 3 Higher education and employment policies -- 3.1.Introduction --
- Contents note continued: 3.2.Higher education policies and employment in Mexico -- 3.2.1.Higher education policies -- 3.2.2.Employment policies -- 3.3.Higher education policies and employment in Thailand -- 3.3.1.Higher education offerings -- 3.3.2.The demand for higher education -- 3.3.3.Salaries of qualified workers -- 3.4.Higher education policies -- 3.5.Employment policy -- 3.6.Final remarks -- ch. 4 Mexican and Thai views on higher education and employment -- 4.1.On higher education -- 4.2.On employment -- 4.3.University-private sector linkage -- 4.4.Final remarks -- ch. 5 The crisis in Mexico and Thailand: perspectives to higher education and employment -- 5.1.Mexico and the crisis: between Latin America and NAFTA -- 5.1.1.Latin America and the crisis -- 5.1.2.Mexico---U.S. links within NAFTA and the crisis impacts -- 5.1.3.Stimulus plan to curb impact of crisis -- 5.2.Thailand: the crisis in an emerging Asia economy -- 5.2.1.The crisis in Asia and the Pacific --
- Contents note continued: 5.2.2.Labor market and social consequences of the crisis -- 5.2.3.National policy responses to the crisis -- 5.2.4.Thailand: response to the crisis -- 5.3.Final remarks -- Conclusions -- Challenges and lessons -- Annexes -- A.Statistics -- B.Methodology.
- ISBN
- 9781845646325
- 1845646320
- LCCN
- 40021019345
- OCLC
- ocn795702988
- 795702988
- SCSB-9400485
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries