The rise of Asia : trade and investment in global perspective / edited by Prema-chandra Athukorala.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Athukorala, Prema-chandra.

Series:

Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--History.

Asia.

Asia--Commerce.

Asia--Foreign economic relations.

Asia--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Rise of Asia examines emerging trends and patterns of foreign trade and investment in Asia with a view to contributing to the policy debate on how development strategies should be adopted in response to challenges to economic globalization. The existing body of knowledge in this subject area has predominantly been shaped by the experiences of the newly industrialized countries (NICs) in East Asia. This volume is inspired by the conviction that generalization from the NIC experience is hazardous because the on-going process of economic globalization over the past two deca

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction and overview; Part 1: Broad picture; 2 Asian trade and investment: Patterns and trends; Part 2: Production networks; 3 The spatial patterns of production and distribution networks in East Asia; 4 Production fragmentation and outsourcing: The impact of trade and investment liberalization; 5 Competitive strategy of Japanese and US multinationals in global production networks and clusters: The case of the hard disk drive industry

6 Patterns of trade and outsourcing in an era of catching-up: An Asia-Europe comparisonPart 3: Foreign direct investment; 7 Ownership biases and foreign direct investment in China; 8 Trade, foreign direct investment and industrial transformation in India; 9 Foreign direct investment in industrial transition: The experience of Vietnam; 10 US and Japanese FDI and production networks in Asia; Part 4: Structural changes and policy issues; 11 The rise of China and India: Adjustment pressures and challenges for resource-rich Asian developing countries

12 The rise of China and East Asian export performance13 Trade and labour market outcomes: Why have the East Asian cubs lagged behind the tigers?; 14 The ending of the trade policy bias against agriculture: Evidence for Indonesia and Thailand; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-95903-3

1-136-95904-1

1-282-73323-0

9786612733239

0-203-84996-5

9780203849965

OCLC:

646788042