Economic analysis of the industrial experiences of the newly industrialized economies in Asia is generally lacking in the literature. This study attempts to fill that void by providing an in-depth discussion on the economic impact of the industrial policies of Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea in the three-and-a-half decades after 1960.Throughout the study, a broad perspective of macroeconomic development is maintained. It is highly critical of the narrow-minded objective of certain governments in maximizing the pace of industrialization at the expense of general economic well-being.A comparative analysis of the industrial experiences of the three economies also shows a diversity of constraints and processes. Singapore relied on multinational corporations, Taiwan on returned engineers, and South Korea on chaebols. There appears to be no Asian formula for industrialization.In Hong Kong, there is an ongoing debate on whether some form of industrial policy should be introduced, in view of the perception that Hong Kong is lagging behind the other economies in terms of technology. Drawing on the experiences of the other economies, the concluding chapter of the book provides an informed and balanced answer to this question.Contents:Singapore: Dominance of Multinational CorporationsTaiwan: Thriving High-Technology Industries and SMESouth Korea: Government-Led Development and the Dominance of Giant CorporationsComparison Among Singapore, Taiwan, and South KoreaStrategic Considerations in the Hong Kong ContextReadership: Researchers, policy-makers and undergraduates in economics and East Asian Studies.Key Features:The materials and methods described herein offer exciting new possibilities in the remediation and/or detection of a wide variety of environmental concerns, including chemical warfare agents, dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs), heavy metals, radionuclides, biological threats, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and more. The approaches described run the gamut from laboratory design and synthesis of the nanomaterial, to final application/deployment of the technology to clean up hazardous wasteThe contributing authors are leading experts in the field of environmental nanomaterialsStrategies cover a wide variety of chemistries and structural morphologies, including nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanoporous materials, thereby providing a valuable overview of the state-of-the-art