Rising Asia and American Hegemony
Case of Competitive Firms from Japan, Korea, China and India
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This chapter defines issues related to potentially problematic mismatches between evolving patterns of trade partnerships and changing requirements of industry competitiveness. This chapter summarizes the theo...
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A huge number of middle-income groups are distributed in China and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). In this context, global firms recognize the need for localization strategy. The practical...
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This chapter discusses the future prospect of trade partnerships and industry competitiveness in global markets. In addition to the summary of the book, the final chapter presents lessons and implications—both...
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Europe’s long-term sluggish growth is structural. Traditional fiscal policy options are limited and the prospects for healthy level of growth are becoming more unattainable, especially in the context of Brexit...
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This chapter discusses changing requirements of industry competitiveness in terms of five flows: (1) Productivity; (2) Quality Excellence; (3) Value Chain Capabilities; (4) Ecosystem Sustainability; (5) BoP an...
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The rise of Chinese global firms has been quite noticeable since 2000. This chapter examines challenges and opportunities of Chinese global firms. Since 2000s, there has been a significant increase of Chinese ...
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How can individuals and firms seek a new source of radical innovation? Necessity is a mother of invention. In a sense, the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) markets provide huge opportunities for “creating awareness...
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This chapter uses the paradigm of SCP (structure, conduct, performance). We introduce important structural contexts (e.g., demographic patterns, economic growth and middle class size), automotive industry-spec...
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Building production networks is important for expanding value chains and achieve “locational interdependence” between advanced (e.g., USA) and emerging (e.g., Mexico) economies to achieve “location-specific ad...
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This chapter examines the strategic and operational issues related to supply chain configurations between set-makers and back-end suppliers in China. The case studies examine supply chain practices through low...
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This chapter defines liberal international order (LIO) in terms of three crucial elements: liberal with free and independent nations, international with effective flows of capital and goods through international ...
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This chapter examines Rising Asia. Special focus is on the economic growth of four countries: Japan, South Korea, China and India. The cases of high growth economies (e.g., Japan, South Korea, China and India)...
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This chapter identifies competitiveness of Korean Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in ASEAN Region. Emerging markets invite opportunities and challenges for both global local small and medium enterprises (S...
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The relationship between liberal international order and global trade has evolved over the years. International trade sectors that emerged in both the 19th and the 20th centuries reflect the interest of the he...
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China has been growing for more than 30 straight years. From 1990s, there has been consistent predictions about China’s rise and America’s decline in mainstream researchers. This is based on extrapolation of C...
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Firms increasingly utilize global supply chain (GSC) management to expand their resource base and integrate diverse network capabilities in global markets. According to Kawai and Wignaraja (J Asian Econ 22(12)...