This multi-volume set focuses on a key region of the world which contains four of the biggest emerging economies, a large number of highly dynamic small- and medium-sized emerging economies, and one of the leading advanced industrial countries. It is a region which contains some of the biggest hydrocarbon and mineral deposits in the world, and some of the most energy- and metal-hungry economies in the world. With half the world's population, it is one of the most dynamic regions of the globe in terms of population movement, providing a key focus of foreign investment, both inwards and outwards, with a high degree of technological dynamism. The region plays a central role in the industrial supply networks of the globe.

Volume 1 - Foreign Investment (edited by David A Dyker, University of Sussex, UK)

Volume 2 - Innovation (edited by Xiudian Dai, University of Hull, UK)

Volume 3 - Energy (edited by Paolo Farah, University of Turin, IT)

Volume 4 - Migration (by Anthony Fielding, University of Sussex, UK)

In four volumes, focusing on, respectively, foreign investment, innovation, energy and migration, the set focuses on each of the main elements in the production system in turn capital, innovation, raw materials and labour.