World Scientific Publishing Company: 3040 books
The South China Sea Disputes
Historical, Geopolitical and Legal Studies
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
The South China Sea Disputes: Historical, Geopolitical and Legal Studies covers various issues regarding the currently controversial theme of the South China Sea (SCS) disputes. It contains insights by scholars mostly from Republic of China (Taiwan), along with ones from Peoples' Republic of China...
International Strategic Relations and China's National Security
World at the Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
The world was standing at the crossroads in 2015 as globalization propelled human beings into an increasingly integrated community of common destiny. In the meantime, the world witnessed the strategic competition among major powers. This annual publication offers views, opinions and predictions on...
From East to West
Memoirs of a Finance Professor on Academia, Practice, and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
This memoir presents a special look into Professor Cheng-Few Lee's formative childhood years, his distinguished career as a respected scholar and conference organizer, and his substantial experience in the fields of education and policy-making. It shares the innovative methods and forward-looking...
by Lok Sang Ho, John Wong
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
Intra-regional trade has been rising rapidly, especially after China's accession to the WTO in 2001. China's economy is expanding rapidly, and has already passed Japan in 2010 to become the world's second largest economy. It is clearly producing a huge impact on the world economy, and particularly...
The Arithmetic of Z-Numbers
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Real-world information is imperfect and is usually described in natural language (NL). Moreover, this information is often partially reliable and a degree of reliability is also expressed in NL. In view of this, the concept of a Z-number is a more adequate concept for the description of real-world...
by Tom Dwyer, Mikhail K Gorshkov, Ishwar Modi;Chunling Li;Mokong Simon Mapadimeng
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Youth are, by definition, the future. This book brings initial analyses to bear on youth in the five BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which are home to nearly half of the world's youth. Very little is known about these youth outside of their own countries since the mainstream...
by Kenichi Sato
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
The purpose of this book is to cover all aspects of Bi-2223 superconducting wires from fundamental research, fabrication process to applications. This book contains many chapters written by distinguished experts in the world.
Contents:
Research:
Materials Aspects of Bi-2223
Oxygen...
Financial Theory
Perspectives from China
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
China is now the second largest economy in the world, with an increasingly efficient and open financial system. Many firms, agents and financial institutions have realized the potential in making money in China. Financial Theory: Perspectives from China serves as a timely textbook providing a unique...
The Learning Marketplace
East Meets West in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
In Asia, we are witnessing an era where the pendulum of power seems to be swaying towards the East with the rising strength of China and India and Singapore is at the 'crossroads' between these populous nations. Although Singapore may appear to be the most westernized country in Asia, she is nevertheless...
by David Chan
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
When policymakers, communities or advocates make decisions and take actions, they do so with the purpose of achieving some desired goal. But sometimes, unintended consequences occur. These are outcomes that are not the ones intended by the purposeful decision or action.
Unintended consequences...
Univer-Cities: Strategic View of the Future
From Berkeley and Cambridge to Singapore and Rising AsiaVolume II
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
This follows on from the very well-received Volume I UNIVER-CITIES: Strategic Implications for Asia — Readings from Cambridge and Berkeley to Singapore edited by Anthony SC Teo and published in 2013. The early discussions on the topic "univer-cities" sparked considerable interest, leading...
Japan and Asia
Economic Development and Nation Building
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
The book is a precious reference book for development economics or the political economy of development in Asia or anywhere else. Unlike other books, first, it deals with all the East Asian countries, including Japan and other Asian countries. Second, it offers some empirical research findings based...
Big Data and the Computable Society
Algorithms and People in the Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019
Data and algorithms are changing our life. The awareness of importance and pervasiveness of the digital revolution is the primary element from which to start a path of knowledge to grasp what is happening in the world of big data and digital innovation and to understand these impacts on our minds...
Valuation in a World of CVA, DVA, and FVA
A Tutorial on Debt Securities and Interest Rate Derivatives
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
CVA, DVA, and FVA, which are the acronyms for credit, debit, and funding valuation adjustments, have become widely used by major banks since the financial crisis. This book aims to bridge the gap between the highly complex and mathematical models used by these banks to adjust the value of debt securities...