The Rise of Asia Trade and Investment in Global Perspective [Hardcover]

The Rise of Asiaexamines emerging trends and patterns of foreign trade and investment in Asia with a view to contributing to the policy debate on how development strategies should be adopted in response to challenges to economic globalization.

The existing body of knowledge in this subject area has predominantly been shaped by the experiences of the newly industrialized countries (NICs) in East Asia. This volume is inspired by the conviction that generalization from the NIC experience is hazardous because the on-going process of economic globalization over the past two decades has dramatically transformed the international context of national development policy making. Moreover, as embracing market, albeit at varying degree and rapidly, has now become an Asia-wide phenomenon, it is vital to look at the issues from a broader relational perspective, paying attention to opportunities for intra-regional division of labour within the wider context of global economic integration.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars with an interest in Asian studies, economics, political economy and globalization.

1. Introduction and Overview Prema-chandra Athukorala  Part I: Broad Picture  2. Asian Trade and Investment: Trends and Patterns Prema-chandra Athukorala and Hal Hill  Part II: Production Networks  3. The spatial patterns of production and distribution networks in East Asia Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura  4. Production Fragmentation and Outsourcing: The Impact of Trade and Investment Liberalisation Witada Anukoonwattaka and Sisira Jayasuriya  5. Competitive Strategies of Japanese/U.S. Multinationals in Global Production Networks and Clusters: The Case of the HDD Industry Tomofumi Amano  6. Patterns of Trade andl#R