Globalisation has challenged the way industrial development takes place. Fragmented and
decentralised global production and the rapid growth of consumer markets in emerging …

The rise of the East Asian electronics industry has attracted a great deal of research interest
(Borrus et al. 2000; Ernst and Guerrieri 1998; Ernst and Kim 2002; Sturgeon 2002; Sturgeon …

This paper examines the impact of China's recent rise on the development of local firms in
latecomer developing countries. Based on a detailed analysis of Vietnam's motorcycle …

The ascent of China as the world's top exporter is unusual in its rapidity andhigh–tech
content, with a major portion in 'process trade'by Chinese classification, forming part of the …

This paper examines the question of how a shift in the end point of a global value chain
alters the prospects for industrial upgrading in a developing economy through an analysis of …

Strategic Coupling is a timely and excellent contribution to our knowledge. Anyone who
wishes to understand how East Asia gained and maintained prominence in high technology …

Focusing on the telecom manufacturing industry in China as a case, this paper contends that
the existing literature needs to be expanded. Product cycle theory could be applied to …

Purpose The focus is on determining the long-term relationship in explaining how
technological capabilities interact with trade and global value chain (GVC) participation to …

T in East Asia-mainly in Korea and Taiwan, but also with increasing sophistication in
Singapore and Malaysia. The semiconductor industry is the most striking of these emergent …

I study the impact of industrial policy on industrial development by considering a canonical
intervention. Following a political crisis, South Korea dramatically altered its development …