This chapter explores how East Asia's upgrading perspectives in the electronics industry are affected by transformations in global production networks (GPNs), with a focus on Malaysia. Vertical specialization, increased coordination and the emergence of China as a priority investment target for...

Introduction and overview / Prema-chandra Athukorala -- Asian trade and investment : trends and patterns / Prema-chandra Athukorala and Hal Hill -- The spatial patterns of production and distribution networks in East Asia / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura -- Production fragmentation and...