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Governing Civil Service Pay in China 管理中国公务员薪酬

Journal of Comparative Asian Development Pub Date : 2015-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/15339114.2015.1102288

J. Cheng

引用次数: 0

Whether Relaxed Education Matters Professional/Managerial Occupation in the First Job? Evidence from Japanese Curriculum Guidelines 宽松教育对第一份工作的专业/管理职业是否有影响?来自日语课程指南的证据

Journal of Comparative Asian Development Pub Date : 2015-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15339114.2015.1059060

Shiying Zhang

引用次数: 0

Institutional Framework for Low-Carbon Urban Infrastructure Investment: Some Evidence and Lessons from DKI Jakarta, Indonesia 低碳城市基础设施投资的制度框架:来自DKI的一些证据和教训

Journal of Comparative Asian Development Pub Date : 2015-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15339114.2015.1059056

Manu V. Mathai, K. Kartikasari

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引用次数: 3

China's Soft Power: Challenges of Confucianism and Confucius Institutes 中国的软实力:儒家思想和孔子学院的挑战

Journal of Comparative Asian Development Pub Date : 2015-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15339114.2015.1059055

A. Lahtinen

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引用次数: 35

Deterring Extortive Corruption in Korea through Democratization and the Rule of Law 通过民主化和法治遏制韩国的勒索性腐败

Journal of Comparative Asian Development Pub Date : 2015-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15339114.2015.1059058

J. C. Schopf

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引用次数: 7

The ASEAN–China Free Trade Area — A Success or a Failure? A Preliminary Evaluation Based on Econometric Evidence1 中国—东盟自由贸易区——成功还是失败?基于计量经济学证据的初步评价

Journal of Comparative Asian Development Pub Date : 2015-05-04 DOI: 10.1080/15339114.2015.1059057

Stefania Paladini, J. Cheng

引用次数: 2

Analysing Drivers of Low Carbon Transitions in Post-Fukushima Japan: A Cross-City Comparison of Electricity Consumption 日本福岛后低碳转型驱动因素分析:跨城市电力消费比较

Journal of Comparative Asian Development Pub Date : 2015-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/15339114.2015.1014301

Rachel Daggy, T. Wakiyama, E. Zusman, James E. Monogan

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引用次数: 4

Behind the Economic Success of Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Industrial Park: Zoning Technologies under Neo-liberal Governmentality, Ongoing Primitive Accumulation, and Locals’ Resistance 台湾新竹科技产业园经济成功的背后:新自由主义治理下的分区技术、持续的原始积累与当地人的反抗

Journal of Comparative Asian Development Pub Date : 2015-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/15339114.2014.1000352

You-Lin Tsai

引用次数: 5

Grassroots People's Congress Elections in China, 2011–12 2011 - 2012年中国基层人民代表大会选举

Journal of Comparative Asian Development Pub Date : 2015-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/15339114.2015.1004824

Fan Li, J. Cheng, Xuelian Shi

引用次数: 6

A Longitudinal, Multi-factor Analysis of the Research and Development Performance of Taiwan 台湾地区研发绩效之纵向多因素分析

Journal of Comparative Asian Development Pub Date : 2015-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/15339114.2015.1012790

S. Dowlatshahi

引用次数: 1