Format:
1 online resource (288 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415221702
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9780203361115
Series Statement:
Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Business Series
Content:
This book addresses the changing nature of high-tech industries in Asia, particularly in the electronics sector. Its up-to-date findings will be invaluable to those involved in management, production networks and corporate strategy
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Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Journal abbreviations -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- CPNs: a new form of competition and market organization? -- Theoretical considerations: explaining the network form -- Enabling conditions: Asia's development and the emergence of CPNs23 -- Distinctions at the point of origin -- Convergence, competitive outcomes, and the diffusion of CPNs -- Implications for the Asia-Pacific region -- Notes -- References -- 2 International competitiveness, regional integration, and corporate strategies in the East Asian electronics industry -- Introduction -- The East Asian electronics industry: competitive position and regional integration -- Regional integration: differentiating the industry -- Regional integration and trade balances in Asia -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- 3 The resurgence of US electronics -- The origins of Wintelism and the new dynamics of competition -- The origins of Wintelism -- The new terms of competition -- US FDI and the creation of a regional supply base18 -- Conclusion: Wintelism, CPNs and the future of competition -- Notes -- References -- 4 Evolutionary aspects -- Introduction -- The Asian production networks of Japanese electronics firms during the early 1990s -- Locational patterns -- Governance: control and coordination -- Trade patterns8 -- Explaining Japanese production networks in Asia -- Peculiar features of the domestic Japanese production system -- Industry-specific factors: a different product mix -- The vintage factor: latecomers in international production -- Economic geography: the role of proximity -- Firm-specific features -- Causes for change -- The yen appreciation and the bursting of the bubble economy
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Changes in the domestic production system: a move towards systemic rationalization -- Recent changes -- Towards an emerging regional division of labor -- Broadening and deepening the networks -- Future prospects -- Notes -- References -- 5 What permits David to grow in the shadow of Goliath? -- Taiwan's achievements: a broad range of capabilities -- The dominance of SMEs: a source of flexibility -- The role of industrial development policies -- The role of inter-firm linkages -- New forms of inter-firm linkage -- Informal "peer group" networks -- A hierarchical center-satellite system -- Business associations and industrial parks -- Business groups centered around a holding company -- Participation in international production networks -- The evolution of Taiwanese production networks -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 Technological capabilities and the Samsung Electronics network -- Samsung in the 1970s: from textiles to televisions -- Samsung in the 1980s: technological upgrading -- Integrated circuits -- The OEM trap -- Samsung in the 1990s: challenge and response -- Declining competitive advantage leads to organizational restructuring -- Internationalization of production -- Samsung's production networks in Asia -- Overview -- Southeast Asia -- China -- Summary and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Riding the waves -- Introduction -- The rapid growth of the electronics industry in Singapore -- Competing and overlapping production networks of US and Japanese electronics firms -- ingapore ... -- Local and regional sourcing pattern of US and Japanese firms -- Extensions beyond manufacturing-trends towards an integrated regional hub role -- Technology linkage with host economy -- Competitive performance of US versus Japanese electronics firms -- The emergence of indigenous electronics firms
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Conclusion: how small economies can successfully ride the global technological waves -- References -- 8 Japan and the United States in the Malaysian electronics sector -- Foreign investment: policy and response -- MNC affiliate behavior in Malaysia -- Linkages -- Human resource development -- Higher value-added activities -- Capital deepening -- Management autonomy -- Summary and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9 Convergence and diversity -- Introduction: does globalization lead to increasing convergence? -- International production networks and globalization: a conceptual framework -- Nationality and production networks -- Management localization and autonomy -- Local sourcing -- Replication of production networks -- Centralization of R& -- D -- Explaining national differences in production networks -- Perceived advantages of Japanese corporate networks -- Japanese networks as latecomers -- Corporate governance -- Geographical proximity -- Product mix -- Forces of change: the opening up of Japanese production networks -- Imitation and convergence -- Partial convergence and persistent diversity: does nationality continue to matter? -- Notes -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Borrus, Michael International Production Networks in Asia Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2000 ISBN 9780415221702
Language:
English
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