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The article offers information on the development bank of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS). Topics include the need for a capital model that delivers stability of finance and infrastructure financing, the characteristics of the modernist institutions established after World War II, the role of the dollar in the global economy, and the pitfalls of the dominant position of China in the BRICS development bank.

The article looks at the potential of emerging markets in the manufacturing and industrial sectors. Based on the "Business Perspectives on Emerging Markets 2012-2017 Report," by the Global Intelligence Alliance, industrial businesses predict 40 percent of the international incomes come from emerging economies like Brazil, China, and India as of 2017. The International Monetary Fund forecasted that economic growth rates as of 2017 will be at 8.5 percent in China and 7.4 percent in India.

The article deals with the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market of China which is considered the hottest ERP market in the world as of October 2006. The ERP market of the country is split amongst sophisticated international firms, large state-owned enterprise and very many small domestic manufacturers.

The article reflects on crimes in the manufacturing industry in the U.S. It inferred that there is still a possibility of a back door in a system of control through corruption. Chinese and U.S. governments share common interest on the issue of intellectual property rights. It includes information on the theme of the 2006 issues of the periodical "Manufacturing Business Technology."

Deals with developments in the global economy as of August 2005. Trade deficit of the U.S. with China in 2004; Increased savings of companies in rich countries from 2000 to 2004; Rate of China's economic expansion in the second quarter of 2005.

Presents an article about the effect of information technology-based productivity gain on manufacturing employment. Employment trend in the international manufacturing sector from 1995 to 2002; Decrease in factory jobs; Barriers that may prevent China from becoming a fully-industrialized republic.