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Asian Economics

Readings that are Fair Game for Short IDs for Midterm Exam
(and potentially handy for essays)
Main Texts
Shuman, The Miracle (assigned Chapters)
Cases
Rather than specific short answers, I might offer a specific essay question designed around either of
these cases. So be sure to read carefully.
1. Two Tales of One City: Samsung-Daewoo
2. Nomura Case
Other Articles for Exam
1. Birnik, Birnik and Sheth, The Challenges of Asian Manufacturing firms, Business Horizons
(2010) 53. 523-532.
2. Wayne Arnold, Asias Export Engine Sputters, The Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2014James
Simms, Japan Banks Ignore Lessons of Costly Tuition, The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2011
3. Eric Pfanner, Whats Behinds Japans Profit Rebound? Unsexy Companies Like Toray. The
Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2014
4. Horoko, Tabuchi, Young and Global Need Not Apply in Japan, The New York Times, May 29,
2012
5. Soon Young Choi, Nomuras Transformation: Two Years Following the Acquisition of Lehman
Brothers, Korean Capital Market Institute, 2011
6. Jonathan Soble, A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs, The New York Times,
August 23, 2015
7. Jonathan Soble, To Rescue Economy, Japan turns to Supermom, The New York Times,
January 1, 2015
8. Donald Kirk, Korean Air Nut Rage Exposes Risk To Safety Of Hereditary Family Rule,
Forbes, December 14, 2014
9. Austin Ramzy, As Taiwans Workers Flock to China, Concerns about Economy Grow, The
New York Times, January 13, 2016

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