Innovative ICT Industrial Architecture in East Asia : Offshoring of Japanese Firms and Challenges Faced by East Asian Economies

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Global ICT-Based Services Offshoring and Asia -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Development of ICT-Based Services Offshoring in the Global Economy -- 1.2.1 Definition of Offshoring and Typology of ICT-Based Services Offshoring -- 1.2.2 From Manufacturing Offshoring to ICT-Based Services Offshoring -- 1.2.3 Upgrading of Globalization of ICT-Based Services Offshoring -- 1.3 Asia as a Major Destination of Services Offshoring -- 1.3.1 Development of ICT-Based Services Exports in Asia