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Tables of Contents for International Production Networks in Asia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of illustrations
x
List of contributors
xii
Acknowledgements
xiv
Journal abbreviations
xvi
List of abbreviations
xvii
Introduction: cross-border production networks and the industrial integration of the Asia-Pacific region
1
30
Michael Borrus
Dieter Ernst
Stephan Haggard
CPNs: a new form of competition and market organization?
4
3
Theoretical considerations: explaining the network form
7
5
Enabling conditions: Asia's development and the emergence of CPNs
12
2
Distinctions at the point of origin
14
5
Convergence, competitive outcomes, and the diffusion of CPNs
19
2
Implications for the Asia---Pacific region
21
10
International competitiveness, regional integration, and corporate strategies in the East Asian electronics industry
31
26
Paolo Guerrieri
Introduction
31
1
The East Asian electronics industry: competitive position and regional integration
32
7
Regional integration: differentiating the industry
39
5
Regional integration and trade balances in Asia
44
8
Conclusion
52
5
The resurgence of US electronics: Asian production networks and the rise of Wintelism
57
23
Michael Borrus
The origins of Wintelism and the new dynamics of competition
59
2
The origins of Wintelism
61
2
The new terms of competition
63
4
US FDI and the creation of a regional supply base
67
7
Conclusion: Wintelism, CPNs and the future of competition
74
6
Evolutionary Aspects: the Asian production networks of Japanese electronics firms
80
30
Dieter Ernst
Introduction
80
1
The Asian production networks of Japanese electronics firms during the early 1990s
81
5
Explaining Japanese production networks in Asia
86
7
Causes for change
93
3
Recent changes
96
14
What permits David to grow in the shadow of Goliath? The Taiwanese model in the computer industry
110
31
Dieter Ernst
Taiwan's achievements: a broad range of capabilities
111
2
The dominance of SMEs: a source of flexibility
113
2
The role of industrial development policies
115
1
The role of inter-firm linkages
116
3
New forms of inter-firm linkage
119
4
Participation in international production networks
123
9
Conclusion
132
9
Technological capabilities and the Samsung Electronics network
141
35
Youngsoo K Im
Samsung in the 1970s: from textiles to televisions
143
4
Samsung in the 1980s: technological upgrading
147
6
Samsung in the 1990s: challenge and response
153
7
Samsung's production networks in Asia
160
8
Summary and conclusion
168
8
Riding the waves: technological change, competing US-Japan production networks, and the growth of Singapore's electronics industry
176
22
Poh-Kam Wong
Introduction
176
1
The rapid growth of the electronics industry in Singapore
177
3
Competing and overlapping production networks of US and Japanese electronics firms
180
10
The emergence of indigenous electronics firms
190
7
Conclusion: how small economies can successfully ride the global technological waves
197
1
Japan and the United States in the Malaysian electronics sector
198
28
Greg Linden
Foreign investment: policy and response
199
5
MNC affiliate behavior in Malaysia
204
17
Summary and conclusion
221
5
Convergence and diversity: how globalization reshapes Asian production networks
226
31
Dieter Ernst
John Ravenhill
Introduction: does globalization lead to increasing convergence?
226
2
International production networks and globalization: a conceptual framework
228
1
Nationality and production networks
229
5
Explaining national differences in production networks
234
3
Forces of change: the opening up of Japanese production networks
237
9
Partial convergence and persistent diversity: does nationality continue to matter?
246
11
Index
257