The dynamics of local learning in global value chains
Subtitle: experiences from East Asia
By: edited by Momoko Kawakami and Timothy J. Sturgeon
Contributors: Ajia Keizai Kenkyūjo (Japan)
Series: IDE-JETRO series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780230238497
Subjects: Diffusion of innovations; International business enterprises; Manufacturing industries; Business logistics; Vertical integration; Business networks
Description: "This book investigates the process and mechanism of the capability development of East Asian local manufacturers, which has underpinned their phenomenal rise in the worlds competitive landscape of industrial production during the last few decades"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: A joint research project based at Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO).

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Value Chain Dynamics and Capability Formation by Latecomer Firms; title: Inter-firm Dynamics of Notebook PC Value Chains and the Rise of Taiwanese Original Design Manufacturing Firms; title: Value Chain Creation and Reorganization: The Growth Path of Chinas Mobile Phone Handset Industry; title: Value Chain Dynamics and Local Suppliers Capability Building: An Analysis of the Vietnamese Motorcycle Industry; title: Local Firms Capability Development in Captive Value Chains: Evidence from the Indonesian Motorcycle Industry; title: To Be or Not to Be a Supplier to TNCs? An Entrepreneurial Approach to Linkage Formation in Malaysian Electronics Industries; title: Inter-Country Value Distribution in the East Asian Electronics and Automobile Industries: An Empirical Global Value Chain Approach; title: Summing Up: Global Value Chains and Capability Upgrading in the East Asian Supply Base.