by Paul Hong (Author), Young Won Park (Author)
About the Author
Paul Hong, University of Toledo
Young Won Park, Saitama University
About this Book
This book provides an overview of evolving patterns of trade partnership with historical perspective. It presents changing requirements of industry competitiveness and explains the vital relationships between trade partnerships and industry competitiveness. As well, it further examines the interactive relationships between trade partnerships and industry competitiveness. In recent years, with decreasing strategic alliances among nations and less visibility of international governance mechanisms (e.g., WTO) and counter to globalization, preferential trade agreements and free-trade agreements have proliferated among nations. At the same time, industrial competitiveness is becoming a serious strategic policy priority of nations—both advanced and emerging economies. Theoretical discussion focuses on the practices of global network capabilities for the top of the pyramid (ToP) and base of the pyramid (BoP). Special focus is on trade partnerships and industry competitiveness in the Asian economies (China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia), three ASEAN nations (Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia), and Mexico. Extensive industry and firm-level case studies discuss ToP and BoP interface capabilities in the form of manufacturing and services life-cycle management, which extends value creation and delivery of manufacturing and services. This extension integrates the cloud ecosystem, such as timely data/information/knowledge flows via the virtual world; and ground value chains, such as the flow of complex real goods and services in the visible world.
Brief Contents
Part I Liberal International Order, Global Trade and Industry Competitiveness
1 Rising Asia and American Hegemony
2 Liberal International Order and Global Trade Growth
3 Rising Asia: Case of Japan, South Korea, China and India
4 Growing Rivalry: China’s Rise and American Hegemony
Part II ToP and BoP Interface Capabilities (TBIC): Cases for Competitiveness
5 Evolution of Business Models
6 Network Capabilities: National Innovation Ecosystem
7 Chinese Global Firms: Challenges and Opportunities
8 The Self-contained Localization Strategy: Case studies of Japanese firms
9 Changing Industry Competitiveness: Case of Asian Automotive Firms
10 The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and Japanese Firms
Part III ToP and BoP Interface Capabilities (TBIC): Network Interactions
11 BREXIT: Case of Japanese Firms
12 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Korean Firms
13 Competitiveness of Korean Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) in ASEAN Region
14 Supply Chain Integration in China: Case Study
15 TBIC (ToP and BoP Interfaces Capabilities): Case for SMEs
16 Beyond Rising Asia and American Hegemony: Prospect
References
ASIN : B084TLD75M
Publisher : Springer; 1st edition (February 7, 2020)
Language : English
Pages : 367