The Dynamics of Local Learning in Global Value Chains

Experiences from East Asia
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-349-31570-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 233 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: IDE-JETRO Series

This book investigates the process and mechanism of the capability development of East Asian local manufacturers, which has underpinned their phenomenal rise in the world's competitive landscape of industrial production during the last few decades.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sturgeon, T. J.

Kawakami, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Value Chain Dynamics and Capability Formation by Latecomer Firms in East Asia Inter-firm Dynamics of Notebook PC Value Chains and the Rise of Taiwanese Original Design Manufacturing Firms Value Chain Creation and Reorganization: The Growth Path of China's Mobile Phone Handset Industry Value Chain Dynamics and Local Suppliers' Capability Building: An Analysis of the Vietnamese Motorcycle Industry Local Firms' Capability Development in Captive Value Chains: Evidence from the Indonesian Motorcycle Industry To Be or Not to Be a Supplier to TNCs? An Entrepreneurial Approach to Linkage Formation in Malaysian Electronics Industries Inter-Country Value Distribution in the East Asian Electronics and Automobile Industries: An Empirical Global Value Chain Approach Learning and Earning in Global Value Chains: Lessons in Supplier Competence Building in East Asia Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

MOMOKO KAWAKAMI is Deputy Director of the Technological Innovation and Economic Growth Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center at the Institute of Developing Economies, (JETRO), Japan. His main areas of interest include industrial development in Taiwan and East Asian economies. 
  
TIMOTHY J. STURGEON is Senior Research Affiliate at the Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US. Previously he was a Research Specialist at the University of California at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy, while earning his PhD in Economic Geography. He is co-organizer of the Global Value Chains Initiative and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Technology, Enterprise, and Competitiveness at the Doshisha Management School in Kyoto, Japan. Dr. Sturgeon has also been a Research Associate at MIT, and has served as Executive Director of the IPC's Globalization Study and the Globalization Research Director for the International Motor Vehicle Program at the Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development.