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The Cost Competitiveness of Manufacturing in China and India - An Industry and Regional Perspective
Ark, Bart Van; Erumban, Abdul Azeez; Chen, Vivian; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international … perspective. We find that China has increased its labor productivity to a level above that of India, but due to a somewhat higher … compensation level, China is still somewhat at a disadvantage in terms of unit labor cost in manufacturing relative to India. In …
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Industrial Upgrading and Global Recession : Evidence of Hard Disk Drive and Automotive Industries in Thailand
Kohpaiboon, Archanun; Poapongsakorn, Nipon - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
This paper illustrates the upgrading experiences of the automotive and hard disk drive (HDD) industries in Thailand, chosen because of their outstanding export performance in the developing world. An understanding of their upgrading experiences can shed some light on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653144
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Industrial Upgrading and Global Recession : Evidence of Hard Disk Drive and Automotive Industries in Thailand
Kohpaiboon, Archanun; Poapongsakorn, Nipon - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
This paper illustrates the upgrading experiences of the automotive and hard disk drive (HDD) industries in Thailand, chosen because of their outstanding export performance in the developing world. An understanding of their upgrading experiences can shed some light on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653175
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Export Competitiveness in the Indian auto-component industry : Does Low Wage Cost matter?
Saripalle, Madhuri - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper analyzes the differences in the export behavior of domestic and multinational firms in the Indian auto component industry. Three types of firms are identified according to ownership : purely domestic and licensees, domestic joint ventures and joint ventures with majority stakes by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363327
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Globalization and the Need for Strategic Government-Industry Cooperation in the Philippine Automotive Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
The industrys lack of competitiveness, absence of economies of scale and a weak supply base are the fundamental issues that must be addressed in order to strengthen the industry and integrate it with regional production networks of foreign automakers. The entry of cheap, smuggled second-hand...
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Assessing the Competitiveness of the Philippine Auto Parts Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
The development of the Philippine automotive parts and components sector is critical to the automotive assembly industry. The availability of competitive parts and components that are locally manufactured can significantly contribute to boost the competitiveness of the assembly sector. Given the...
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Determinants of Competitiveness of the Indian Auto Industry
Badri Narayanan G.; Vashisht, Pankaj - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
capital goods are higher than those in the ASEAN and China. Thus, these tariffs should be brought down further to enhance …
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Determinants of Labor-intensive exports by the Developing Countries : A Cross Country Analysis
Khondoker, Mottaleb; Kalirajan, Kaliappa - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
While it is widely recognized that industrial development is imperative in developing countries to reduce poverty and to attain sustainable economic growth, there is no consensus on how to develop industries and where to start. Generally, the literature argues that developing countries should...
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Production Networks, Profits, and Innovative Activity : Evidence from Malaysia and Thailand
Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Krüger, Jens; Tuazon, Anna Mae - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
Cross-border production networks have been playing an increasingly important role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries’ trade in recent years, but micro-level studies are rare. This paper uses firm-level data from the two most active ASEAN countries in...
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Engaging Small and Medium Enterprises in Production Networks : Firm-level Analysis of Five ASEAN Economies
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations JEL Classification : F10, F23, O14 (ASEAN) small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are under scrutiny for their engagement in production networks following recent emphasis on increasing intra-regional trade, rebalancing, and inclusive growth in Asia....
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