Information and organisation: China’s surveillance state growth model (Part 3: The relationship between surveillance and growth)

Information and organisation: China’s surveillance state growth model (Part 3: The relationship between surveillance and growth) Phuah Eng Chye (7 December 2019) Surveillance is supposed to have a chilling effect on innovation and private sector growth. China’s state surveillance model has defied expectations to achieve remarkable economic success; suggesting instead that positive linkages exists between … “Information and organisation: China’s surveillance state growth model (Part 3: The relationship between surveillance and growth)”

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Information and organisation: China’s surveillance state growth model (Part 2: The clash of models

Information and organisation: China’s surveillance state growth model (Part 2: The clash of models) Phuah Eng Chye (23 November 2019) Economic model preferences are shaped by historical experience. The Western models was shaped by their experience with ideological repression and influenced a shift towards “liberal democracies”. They evolved an economic system, institutions and rules that … “Information and organisation: China’s surveillance state growth model (Part 2: The clash of models”

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Information and organisation: China’s surveillance state growth model (Part 1: China’s state model)

Information and organisation: China’s surveillance state growth model (Part 1: China’s state model) Phuah Eng Chye (9 November 2019) A surveillance state and growth sounds like a contradiction in terms. This is why the success of China’s surveillance state model comes as a surprise. Mark Wu notes “China’s impressive economic and technological rise in the … “Information and organisation: China’s surveillance state growth model (Part 1: China’s state model)”

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Information and development: Escaping the industrial maturity trap and moving forward to an information society

Information and development: Escaping the industrial maturity trap and moving forward to an information society Phuah Eng Chye (14 September 2019) Advanced economies appear to be bumping into limits to their growth. They display symptoms of “industrial maturity” such as hollowing out of their manufacturing sectors, demographic aging and anaemic capital formation. Some symptoms such … “Information and development: Escaping the industrial maturity trap and moving forward to an information society”

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Information and development: The information path to development

Information and development: The information path to development Phuah Eng Chye (31 August 2019) Different development models chart different paths. The export-led industrialisation model has been the most successful but along the way, new barriers to growth can emerge. Successful developing economies can come across a “middle income trap”. Rabah Arezki, Rachel Yuting Fan and … “Information and development: The information path to development”

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Information and development: Globalisation interrupted and deglobalisation risks

Information and development: Globalisation interrupted and deglobalisation risks Phuah Eng Chye (17 August 2019) Globalisation is the main pathway to economic advancement and prosperity. Yet, for all its contributions to growth, globalisation is often cast as the villain in political discourse. In matured economies, politicians tap on public insecurities arising from the loss of factories, … “Information and development: Globalisation interrupted and deglobalisation risks”

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