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A Divergent Path of Industrial Upgrading: Emergence and Evolution of the Mobile Handset Industry in China
Imai, Ken'ichi; Shiu, Jingming - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
Starting from almost null in the late 1990s, China's mobile phone handset industry has grown to account for more than … there are factors such as, the scale and increasing diversity of China's domestic market that advantages local firms vis … emergence and evolution of China's handset industry is likely to have international implications as the growth of the global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534134
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An export strategy and technology networks in the Republic of Korea
Mizuno, Junko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
In Korea, trade with Japan has had a deficit since the normalization of Japan-Korea diplomatic relations in 1965. Korea’s trade balance with Japan has remained in deficit since then, although Korean companies have become bigger compared to Japanese companies. My hypothesis is that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134412
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Domestic Market-based Industrial Cluster Development in Modern China
Ding, Ke - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
China’s huge domestic market is constantly expanding, and is low-end demand oriented and highly dispersed. The domestic market-based development of China’s industrial cluster, however, is not only a quantitative expansion, but has also been accompanied with remarkable qualitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222486
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In Memory of Dr. Ali Al-Gritly (1913-1982): His Views on Egypt's experience with Socialism
Yamada, Toshikazu - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2009
This essay reexamines the great contributions made by Dr. Ali Al-Gritly to Egypt. He was the finance minister for a short period at the beginning of the 1950s and later was appointed as chairman of the Bank of Alexandria. In 1966, he completed a book (Al-Gritly [1966 (1974)]) on the economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004988420
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On Labor Complementarity, Cultural Frictions and Strategic Immigration Policies
Fujita, Masahisa; Weber, Shlomo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004
In this paper we consider a model with two industrialized countries that face a flow of immigration from the "rest of the world." The countries differ in three characteristics: the labor complementarity between the "native" population and immigrants, the population size, and the magnitude of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534146
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A model of economic growth with saturating demand
Kunimune, Kozo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2011
This study presents a model of economic growth based on saturating demand, where the demand for a good has a certain maximum amount. In this model, the economy grows not only by the improvement in production efficiency in each sector, but also by the migration of production factors (labor in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351443
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Development strategy in Bihar through revitalizing the agricultural sector : a preliminary analysis
Fujita, Koichi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
Based mainly on secondary data and partly on primary information obtained through field surveys in selected rural areas in Bihar in 2011, this paper firstly argues the critical importance of agricultural growth for overall economic development, and then reviews the sluggish growth of agriculture...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134401
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Related Lending and Bank Performance: Evidence from Indonesia
Hamada, Miki; Konishi, Masaru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2010
After the Asian financial crisis of 1997, it was confirmed that banks lend to their related parties in many countries. The question examined in this article is whether related lending functions to alleviate the problems of asymmetric information or transfers profits from depositors and minority...
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International Competitiveness of Manufacturing Firms in sub-Saharan Africa
Fukunishi, Takahiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2004
South East Asian LDCs since the mid-1990s. However, the manufacturing sector in sub-Saharan Africa has been underdeveloped … productivity, labour cost and exchange rate are unfavorable in sub-Saharan Africa. Representative arguments attribute the weak … labour cost is beyond the range explained by endowment and misalignment of exchange rates have been reduced in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744777
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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