The rapid growth of international trade in recent decades has been widely documented. It has been accompanied by transformation of the composition of trade and patterns of trade. This is especially the case for quot;intra-productquot; trade and the rise of cross-country production networks. With...

This study investigated the East Asia's electronic production network and its evolution from 1990 to 2010. A network analysis is used to identify the major trade links for both parts and components and final products, and changes in roles, trading partners and network patterns for the years...

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...

This chapter introduces a few conceptual building blocks that we need to capture the interactions between international business organization and regionalization. It also describes the growing dependence of Japan's electronics industry on Asia; explores how Japanese electronics firms are...

Production networks have been at the heart of the recent growth in trade among East Asian countries. Fragmentation trade, reflected mainly in the trade in parts and components, is expanding more rapidly than the conventional trade in final goods. This is mainly due to the relatively more...

Worlds of electronics : from national innovations to global production -- Changing fortunes in global electronics : a brief history -- Global production networks : a theory of interconnected worlds -- Geographical configurations of global electronics centered in East Asia -- Firm strategies and...