Product Description: Land and maritime boundary disputes refer to disputes over the division of land or water bodies among two or more independent countries. The boundary disputes may evolve from historical and/or cultural claims, or they may be brought on by competition of resource exploitation...read more

Product Description: Land and maritime boundary disputes refer to disputes over the division of land or water bodies among two or more independent countries. The boundary disputes may evolve from historical and/or cultural claims, or they may be brought on by competition of resource exploitation...read more

Product Description: This book examines the influences of various cultural factors on economic analyses that could be misrepresented by existing economic theories. Most significantly, the book measures the cultural diversity and bilateral similarity indexes of the existing 200 or more countries and regions, and quantifies their impacts on economic activities...read more

Product Description: An authoritative analysis of the result of China's economic transformation, this book explores regional comparisons and differences within China. The author analyzes the uneven distribution of natural and human resources and probes into the evolution of economic systems and policies from which differing regional economic performances have resulted...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This research work is to commemorate all Guos' ancestor, who guarded the border for his Majesty dutifully, and who is the foremost supporter in my academic career. For the past decades, economists and geographers from both developed and developing countries have studied the economic issues either within individual countries (regions), or between countries (regions)...read more