Samli Infrastructuring

The Key to Achieving Economic Growth, Productivity, and Quality of Life
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4419-7521-8
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 109 Seiten, eBook

The recent global financial crisis has intensified concerns over how nations—both developed and developing — can revitalize economic growth and ensure opportunity for prosperity to all citizens. Many analysts and policymakers alike are looking to new business creation and the promotion of entrepreneurial practices as a panacea, or at least as a partial solution. A. Coskun Samli has argued in his two most recent books that the current model of globalization tends to marginalize the poor and that developing countries must rely on local business development, rather than exogenous forces, such as aid, loans, and trade, to catalyze growth. This third book in his trilogy argues that a "bottom-up" approach is necessary for developing countries to participate in globalization—but is not sufficient. He proposes that the economic goals of a country, a region, or a company are fulfilled first and foremost by a properly designed and maintained infrastructure, encompassing both physical elements, such as transportation and communication systems, and qualitative elements, such as functioning educational, legal, and governing institutions. In, Samli analyzes the experiences of a variety of countries, including China, India, Ireland, and South Africa, to highlight the role that infrastructure plays in economic development, and considers its implications for such timely issues as new business creation, productivity, and supply chain logistics. Moreover, he outlines practical approaches to infrastructure management and policy oversight.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Samli, A. Coskun

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;8
2;Acknowledgments;14
3;Contents;16
4;Chapter 1: Introduction;20
4.1;Economic Growth;21
4.2;The Critical Time Element;22
4.3;Summary;23
4.4;References;23
5;Chapter 2: Developing Infrastructures for Economic Progress, Market Development, and Entrepreneurship;24
5.1;Introduction;24
5.2;Economic Development and Infrastructure;25
5.3;Industrialization Versus Export Orientation;25
5.4;The Two-Prong Education Program;27
5.5;The Entrepreneurship Activity;30
5.6;Summary;30
5.7;References;31
6;Chapter 3: The Forgotten Power Behind the Scenes: Deteriorating Global Infrastructures;32
6.1;Introduction;32
6.2;Public Overhead Capitals;32
6.3;A Historic Outlook;34
6.4;The Key Infrastructure Orientations;36
6.5;Degrees of Variation in Different Parts of the World;37
6.5.1;Futuristic Infrastructure;38
6.6;Summary;39
6.7;References;40
7;Chapter 4: Optimizing Infrastructure Development: Difficult but Necessary;42
7.1;Introduction;42
7.2;Differences in Infrastructure;42
7.2.1;The Best Possible Infrastructure;43
7.3;Dynamic and Futuristic;44
7.4;Are the Differences Significant?;46
7.5;Summary;48
7.6;References;49
8;Chapter 5: Developing an Action Plan for Infrastructures: From Vision to Action;50
8.1;Introduction;50
8.1.1;From Vision to Action;50
8.1.2;An Action Plan;51
8.2;The Institutional Capacity;53
8.3;Endogenous Development;53
8.4;Summary;55
8.5;References;55
9;Chapter 6: Infrastructure and Productivity: An Unchartered Territory;56
9.1;Introduction;56
9.2;Infrastructure and Production;56
9.3;Post Production Infrastructure;57
9.3.1;The Necessary Product Mix;58
9.3.2;Availability of Products on Time;58
9.3.3;Product-Market Combinations;59
9.3.4;Moving Speedily;59
9.4;Infrastructure for Domestic Productivity;59
9.5;Reconciling Export Oriented Versus Domestic Economy Oriented Infrastructure;61
9.6;Summary;61
9.7;Appendix: Managing Infrastructures;62
9.7.1;Introduction;62
9.7.2;Developing a Proper Governance;62
9.7.3;Management Tools;64
9.8;References;65
10;Chapter 7: Changing Global Competitiveness: The Role of Infrastructure;66
10.1;Introduction;66
10.2;Layers of Infrastructure;66
10.3;Critical Choices for Infrastructure;69
10.4;Shared Growth Orientation;70
10.5;Shared Growth Orientation and Infrastructure;71
10.6;Summary;73
10.7;References;74
11;Chapter 8: Deeper Foundations of Infrastructure Development;75
11.1;Introduction;75
11.2;Educational Dimension;75
11.3;Information Providers;78
11.4;Entrepreneurial Opportunities;79
11.5;Summary;80
11.6;References;81
12;Chapter 9: The Choice Between Present Versus Future Role of Infrastructure;82
12.1;Introduction;82
12.2;The Outreach of Infrastructure;82
12.3;More on Present Versus Future Controversy;84
12.4;Parameters for Infrastructure Development;85
12.5;Combining the Present and the Future;86
12.6;Summary;87
12.7;References;88
13;Chapter 10: Infrastructure Development Plans;89
13.1;Problems in Infrastructure Development;89
13.2;The Parameters of a Maintenance Program;93
13.3;Summary and Conclusions;94
13.4;References;94
14;Chapter 11: Connecting Infrastructure to Entrepreneurship;95
14.1;Introduction;95
14.2;Entrepreneurs and Their Power;95
14.3;Analyzing Entrepreneurs Further;96
14.4;Availability of Information;98
14.5;Silicon Valley Facsimiles;99
14.6;Enter Infrastructures;100
14.7;Multiple Layer Orientation;102
14.8;Summary;103
14.9;References;104
15;Chapter 12: Global Leadership Begins with Infrastructure;105
15.1;Introduction;105
15.2;Getting Started;105
15.3;Market Mechanism for Infrastructure Development;106
15.4;Creation of Innovation Policies;106
15.5;Dynamic Infrastructure Development;107
15.6;Infrastructure Leadership;109
15.7;Toward Industrial Leadership;109
15.8;Summary;110
15.9;References;111
16;Chapter 13: Domestic Productivity or Export Support;112
16.1;Introduction;112
16.2;Improving the Existing Quality of Life;112
16.3;Export Orientation;114
16.4;Infrastructure for Domestic Productivity;115
16.5;A Balancing Act;116
16.6;Summary;117
16.7;References;117
17;An Open Letter to the Serious Reader of This Book;118
18;About the Author;120
19;Index;122