scholarly journals Production Networks in East Asia: What We Know So Far

2016 ◽  
pp. 33-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fukunari Kimura ◽  
Ayako Obashi
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Production Networks

SINGAPORE AND ASEAN IN THE NEW REGIONAL DIVISION OF LABOR

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (03) ◽  
pp. 479-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
PREMA-CHANDRA ATHUKORALA
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
The Other ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Production Networks ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Fragmentation Of Production

This paper examines the implications of international fragmentation of production for trade patterns of Singapore and the other ASEAN economies, with emphasis on their regional and global economic integration. The analysis reveals that the degree of dependence of these countries on this new global division of labor is much larger compared to the other countries of East Asia, Europe and North America. China has emerged as an important trading partner for ASEAN within regional production networks. Network-related trade in parts and components has certainly strengthened economic interdependence among ASEAN countries and between ASEAN, China and the other major economies in East Asia, but this has not lessened the dependence of growth dynamism of these countries on the global economy. The operation of the regional cross-border production networks depends inexorably on trade in final goods with North America and the European Union.

scholarly journals Production Networks and Trade Patterns in East Asia: Regionalization or Globalization?

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prema-chandra Athukorala
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Production Networks ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Final Assembly ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

This paper examines the implications of global production sharing for economic integration in East Asia with emphasis on the behavior of trade flows in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. Although trade in parts and components and final assembly within production networks (“network trade”) has generally grown faster than total world trade in manufacturing, the degree of dependence of East Asia on this new form of international specialization is proportionately larger than elsewhere in the world. Network trade has certainly strengthened economic interdependence among countries in the region with the People's Republic of China playing a pivotal role as the premier center of final assembly. However, contrary to popular belief, this has not lessened the dependence of the export dynamism of these countries on the global economy. This inference is basically consistent with the behavior of trade flows following the onset of the global financial crisis.

Economic Integration in East Asia: Production Networks and Small and Medium Enterprises

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-263
Author(s):  
Charles Harvie ◽  
Dionisius Narjoko ◽  
Sothea Oum ◽  
Wai Heng Loke ◽  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Production Networks ◽  
Medium Enterprises
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