Table of Contents:
  • Competitiveness through technological advances under global production networking / Shahid Yusuf
  • New global supply-base / Timothy J. Sturgeon and Richard K. Lester
  • Global production networks in East Asia's electronics industry and upgrading perspectives in Malaysia / Dieter Ernst
  • Production networks in East Asia's auto parts industry / Richard F. Doner, W. Noble and John Ravenhill
  • Global strategies of Japanese vehicle assemblers and the implications for the Thai automobile industry / Ken'ichi Takayasu and Minako Mori
  • Chinese enterprise development and the challenge of global integration / Edward S. Steinfeld
  • Logistics in East Asia / Trevor D. Heaver
  • Technology and innovation in developing East Asia / Hal Hill
  • Technology transfer in East Asia / Kaoru Nabeshima
  • Investigation of firm-level R & D capabilities in East Asia / Gary H. Jefferson and Zhong Kaifeng.