The fast-changing nature of technology and the high-quality requirements of manufactured products have altered the role of suppliers from passive manufacturers to proactive and innovative manufacturers. In Singapore, many local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are suppliers to foreign...

YEUNG H. W .-C. (1998) Transnational economic synergy and business networks: the case of two-way investment between Malaysia and Singapore, Reg. Studies 32, 687-706. This paper examines the argument that two-way investment flows, embedded in transnational business networks, constitute an...

Yeung H. W.-C. Regional development and the competitive dynamics of global production networks: an East Asian perspective, Regional Studies. The debate on the nature and dynamics of regional development in both academic and policy circles has now moved on from the earlier focus on endogenous...