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Economic integration, location of industries, and frontier regions : evidence from Cambodia
Kuroiwa, Ikuo; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
We examine changes in the location of economic activity in Cambodia between 1998 and 2008 in terms of employment growth. During this period, Cambodia joined ASEAN and increased trade with neighboring countries. Drawing on the predictions of the new economic geography, we focus on frontier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010633808
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Export-Led Growth and Geographic Distribution of the Poultry Meat Industry in Brazil
Ueki, Yasushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2006
This paper includes an examination of the sustainability of recent high growth in the poultry meat industry in Brazil. In addition, an assessment is made of the impact of increased production of poultry meat products on the development of local industries. Comparative studies of leading...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222493
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A closer look at the diffusion of ChinaGAP
Lei, Lei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
To enhance Chinese agricultural production, improve food quality, build consumer trust, and encourage the export of agricultural products, the Chinese government designed the Chinese version of Good Agricultural Practice (ChinaGAP) based on the main principles of the GlobalGAP combining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213710
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The voices and protests of China's labour NGOs and their effort to promote migrant worker rights
Yamaguchi, Mami - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
Labour NGOs in China are relatively new organizations that emerged in the 1990s and have spread during the 2000s …. Migrant workers in China are weak both socially and economically and have been lacking ways of voicing grievances and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213713
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Product quality and intra-industry trade
Ito, Tadashi; Okubo, Toshihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
quality improvement of Chinese export goods in its IIT with Germany. We compare the case of China with those of Eastern … between Germany and Eastern European countries is clearly narrowing. However, China's export prices to Germany are much lower … than Germany's export prices to China, and this gap has not narrowed over the last 23 years. This is at odds with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213714
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Competition of the mechanisms : how Chinese home appliance firms coped with default risk of trade credit?
Watanabe, Mariko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
During the transition period from a planned economy to a market economy in 1990s of China, there was a considerable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395993
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Platforms, network effects and small business dynamics in China : case study of the Shanzhai cell phone industry
Ding, Ke; Pan, Jiutang - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
phone industry in Shenzhen, China. In this industry, value chains are being driven by both the technology platforms and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351423
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Innovation networks in China, Japan, and Korea : evidence from Japanese patent data
Kuroiwa, Ikuo; Nabeshima, Kaoru; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
East Asia, within which China, Japan, and Korea are most important in terms of technological capabilities. Using Japanese … specialization saw little change, but those of Korea and China changed rapidly since 1970s. By the year 2009, technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351428
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Location choice in low-income countries : evidence from Japanese investments in East Asia
Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Tsubota, Kenmei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
Unlike most existing studies, this paper examines the location choices of MNEs in developing countries. Specifically, we investigate the location choices of Japanese MNEs among East Asian developing countries by estimating a four-stage nested logit model at the province level. Noteworthy results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351429
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Innovation networks in China, Japan, and Korea : further evidence from U.S. patent data
Nabeshima, Kaoru; Tanaka, Kiyoyasu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
East Asia, within which China, Japan, and Korea are most important in terms of technological capabilities. Using U … specialization saw gradual changes, but those of Korea and China changed rapidly since 1970s. By the year 2009, technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351438