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...

1. Introduction: Globalization, Value Chain Governance and Supplier Experimentation (Joonkoo Lee, Hyunji Kwon and Hyun-Chin Lim) -- 2. Expanding Overseas, Becoming Multinational, and Moving up the Chain: Three Waves of Globalization in the Korean Apparel Industry (Joonkoo Lee and Hyun-Chin Lim)...

Nothing better captures the development vitality that spur South Korea to resume itself from its economic crisis than the information technology industry. This ultramodern high-technology industry in the area of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, transistor liquid-crystal displays...

Providing an integrated analysis of the event and its consequences, the chapters in the book consider the causes of the crisis, the response of the US government and International Monetary Fund, adjustments in the Korean monetary and fiscal policies, and the success of financial and corporate...