Competitiveness, FDI and Technological Activity in East Asia
Published on 29. July 2003
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-84376-114-3 (ISBN)
Description
East Asia is the most competitive and dynamic industrial region in the developing world. This is universally acknowledged but not yet fully understood. In particular, the different strategies the 'Tiger' economies used to access and absorb foreign technologies, and the interaction of technology imports with domestic technological effort, have not been sufficiently explored. This book addresses this imbalance with new country studies on the interaction between foreign direct investment (FDI) and technological activity in building export competitiveness. The book covers China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, highlighting different strategic approaches to building capabilities in industrial enterprises. The book also includes a general overview and studies of Japanese multinationals overseas.
Those interested in the critical role that technologies can play in promoting economic growth and competitiveness will find this study of great interest, especially academics and those in governments and agencies engaged in economic development policy.
Those interested in the critical role that technologies can play in promoting economic growth and competitiveness will find this study of great interest, especially academics and those in governments and agencies engaged in economic development policy.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84376-114-3 (9781843761143)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by the late Sanjaya Lall, formerly Professor of Development Economics, Oxford University (at the International Development Centre at Queen Elizabeth House), UK and Shujiro Urata, Professor of Economics, Waseda University, Japan
Content
Contents
Preface and acknowledgements
1 Introduction and overview
Sanjaya Lall and Shujiro Urata
2 Foreign direct investment, technology development and competitiveness: issues and evidence
Sanjaya Lall
3 Competitiveness and technology: an international comparison
Hiroki Kawai and Shujiro Urata
4 Building technological capabilities with or without inward direct investment: the case of Japan
Akira Goto and Hiroyuki Odagiri
5 Overseas R&D activities and intra-firm technology transfer: the case of Japanese multinationals
Shujiro Urata and Hiroki Kawai
6 The dynamics of technology development: lessons from the Korea experience
Linsu Kim
7 Technology acquisition and development in Taiwan
Bee-Yan Aw
8 From using to creating technology: the evolution of Singapore's national innovation system and the changing role of public policy
Poh Kam Wong
9 In search of balance: technological development in China
Yang Yao
10 Can the Philippines ever catch up?
Joy V. Abrenica and Gwendolyn R. Tecson
11 Industrial technology transition in Malaysia
Rajah Rasiah
12 Foreign direct investment, technology and competitiveness in Thailand
Peter Brimble
13 Technology development in Indonesia
Yumiko Okamoto and Fredrik Sjoeholm
Index
Preface and acknowledgements
1 Introduction and overview
Sanjaya Lall and Shujiro Urata
2 Foreign direct investment, technology development and competitiveness: issues and evidence
Sanjaya Lall
3 Competitiveness and technology: an international comparison
Hiroki Kawai and Shujiro Urata
4 Building technological capabilities with or without inward direct investment: the case of Japan
Akira Goto and Hiroyuki Odagiri
5 Overseas R&D activities and intra-firm technology transfer: the case of Japanese multinationals
Shujiro Urata and Hiroki Kawai
6 The dynamics of technology development: lessons from the Korea experience
Linsu Kim
7 Technology acquisition and development in Taiwan
Bee-Yan Aw
8 From using to creating technology: the evolution of Singapore's national innovation system and the changing role of public policy
Poh Kam Wong
9 In search of balance: technological development in China
Yang Yao
10 Can the Philippines ever catch up?
Joy V. Abrenica and Gwendolyn R. Tecson
11 Industrial technology transition in Malaysia
Rajah Rasiah
12 Foreign direct investment, technology and competitiveness in Thailand
Peter Brimble
13 Technology development in Indonesia
Yumiko Okamoto and Fredrik Sjoeholm
Index