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Development with global value chains : upgrading and innovation in Asia / edited by Dev Nathan, Meenu Tewari, Sandip Sarkar.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Development trajectories in global value chains
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industries--Asia.
- Industries.
- Economic development.
- Labor.
- Asia.
- Labor--Asia.
- Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Asia.
- Technological innovations.
- Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
- Economic development--Asia.
- Asia--Commerce.
- Commerce.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2018]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover; Development with Global Value Chains; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; 1. Introduction; Dimensions of GVCs; Division of knowledge and capabilities; The dynamics of knowledge distribution; Strategies of interaction; Income distribution; Types of upgrading; Upgrading and rents; Value chains, knowledge and development; Outline of chapters; References; 2. The Changing Landscape of Contract Manufacturers in the Electronics Industry Global Value Chain; Introduction; The changing landscape of contract manufacturing in the electronics industry GVC.
- Case studies: Flex, Jabil Circuit and CelesticaExpansion into Asia; Conclusion; References; 3. Gaining Process Rents in the Apparel Industry: Incremental Improvements in Labour and Other Management Practices; Introduction; Capabilities and firm performance; Overall assessments of improved management practices; Do better management practices matter in small units?; Better work programme in garment factories in South-East Asia; 'Garments Without Guilt': Sri Lanka; Dealing with abuse and sexual harassment; Operational problems in the Indian apparel industry; Better practices.
- Better practices in assembly-line productionIncremental improvements; Workforce management practices; Hyper-mobility of garment workers; Some better labour practices that reduce attrition; Incentive payments; Supervisors; Sexual harassment; Women and attrition; Firm-external factors in rents; Workers' accommodation; What role do trade unions have in process innovations?; Conclusion: Capabilities and the capture of process rents; References; 4. New Economic Geographies of Manufacturing in China; Introduction.
- 'Old' economic geographies: Economic transition, institutional change and the first round of industrial restructuring'New' economic geographies: Upgrading, relocation and the second round of industrial restructuring; Globalization, regionalization and localization; Evolutionary economic geography; Application to China's manufacturing industry; Conclusion; References; 5. The Philippines: A Sequential Approach to Upgrading in Manufacturing Global Value Chains; The Philippines in manufacturing GVCs: An overview; Semiconductors: A foundation for manufacturing GVCs.
- Automotive wire harnesses: A foothold for functional upgrading into automotive electronicsWire harnesses; Automotive electronics; Automotive and electronics success paves the way for entry into the aerospace GVC; Evolution of the anchor-firm model in the aerospace sector; Social upgrading in the aerospace sector; Accounting for upgrading success; References; 6. Learning Sequences in Lower Tiers of India's Automotive Value Chain; Introduction; Learning sequences among small auto-component suppliers; The story of ADM Autos: A view from inside the firm; Institutional supports outside the firm.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 5, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Global value chains and development.
- ISBN:
- 9781108592031
- 1108592031
- Publisher Number:
- 40028913274
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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