This paper explores the consequences of the emerging rivalry between Japanese and Chinese manufacturers. It focuses specifically on industrial organisation, one of the key factors that underlie the competitiveness of manufacturing industries. The question to be asked is what happens when...

Introduction -- The Motorcycle Industry: The Global Context and the Vietnamese Case -- Literature Review -- Conceptual Framework -- Methodology -- Local Suppliers' Capability Building: Attainment and Trajectory -- Learning Models in Japanese and Vietnamese-Chinese Chains up to the Early 2000s:...

Vietnam’s burgeoning market for motorcycles has attracted global industry eaders,players from developing countries, and local firms. This has led to a dynamic evolution of value chains. This paper presents an explanation of the varieties of the growth patterns xperienced by the local...

This paper examines the impact of China's recent rise on the development of local firms in latecomer developing countries. Based on a detailed analysis of Vietnam's motorcycle industry, the paper argues that China's impact may go beyond what a trade analysis suggests. Indeed, China's rise...