1. Introduction -- 2. Capitalism in Globalizing Asia -- 3. Global Value Chains, Divergence, and Regionalization -- 4. Mobile Telecom Global Value Chains -- 5. East Asia in Mobile Phone Trade Networks -- 6. Divergent Paths of GVC Integration and Upgrading in the East Asian Mobile Telecom Industry...

Over the past few decades, East Asia developments in terms of production, population and trade have shown remarkable dynamics. Ensuing changes in these regions of non-Western civilization are commonly interpreted in terms of a successful adaptation of modernity. However, experiences such as the...