What accounts for export success? A team of international contributors show that learning and capability formation are critical to sustain competitiveness. Through a series of case studies of firms in the textile and garment and electronics industries of five Asian economies - Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam - Technological Capabilities and Export Success in Asia demonstrates that cheap labour, combined with currency devaluation, is no longer sufficient for export success.
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This book shows how cheap labour, combined with currency devaluation is no longer sufficient for export success, through a series of case studies of textile and garment and electronics industries in five Asian economies.
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Introduction; 1: Technological capabilities in the context of export-led growth; 2: Export success and technological capability; 3: Catching up, keeping up and getting ahead; 4: Technological capability building and the sustainability of export success in Thailand's textile and electronics industries; 5: Technological capabilities and Indonesia's manufactured exports; 6: Technological dynamism and R&D in the export of manufactures from Viet Nam; 7: Learning, technological capability building and sustainable export growth
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415158541
Publisert
1998-06-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
680 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
360

Biographical note

Dieter Ernst, Tom Ganiatsos, Lynn Mytelka