“…Survey the development of innovation taking place in China's economy, from an insider's perspective Consider the changes that must take place to shore up the broken growth model Examine the consumer trends emerging in the midst of rapid market evolution Understand how China's rise will impact its neighbors like Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Cambodia China's dramatic shift toward consumption presents a tremendous opportunity for foreign business, but traditional tactics are outdated at best, financially fatal at worst, as local competitors focus on innovation and move up the value chain and as consumers look for new brands and categories to spend money on. …”

“…By closely combining the knowledge and methods of anthropology and of political sciences, the book deals with this epistemological issue through case studies of southeast Asian countries (Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Malaysia, and to a lesser extent Singapore and Indonesia), whose modes of political action remain inscribed with hierarchy and religious ideologies. …”

“…Here, as in other parts of Indonesia, the fundamental social unit is the house, which is the agent and the focal point of all social relations. …”

“…It includes high-quality peer-reviewed papers featuring substantive new research in one of five research tracks, each chaired by leaders in the field:Adaptive Hypermedia and the Semantic Web (track chairs Peter Brusilovsky and Geert-Jan Houben)Intelligent User interfaces (track chairs Shlomo Berkovsky and Markus Schedl)Personalized Recommender Systems (track chairs Dietmar Jannach and Markus Zanker)Personalized Social Web (track chairs Cecile Paris and Julita Vassileva)Technology-Enhanced Adaptive Learning (track chairs Olga Santos and Carla Limongelli) The call for papers attracted 137 submissions from 33 different countries on all continents except Antarctica: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States The international program committee consisted of 131 reviewers. …”

“…Key findings from this paper indicate that there are no long-run relationships among carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, energy consumption, renewable energy, population growth, and economic growth in the Philippines and Thailand, but a relationship does exist in Indonesia, Myanmar, and Malaysia. Loo, in his paper on financial inclusion for the ASEAN, concluded that advancing internet capability and availability present investors an opportunity to offer financial technology or Fintech to meet the need for financial services in this digital era. …”