EXPANDING FRAGMENTATION OF PRODUCTION IN EAST ASIA AND DOMESTIC OPERATIONS: FURTHER EVIDENCE FROM JAPANESE MANUFACTURING FIRMS

2013 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 1350001 ◽  
Author(s):  
MITSUYO ANDO ◽  
FUKUNARI KIMURA
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Fragmentation Of Production

This paper investigates the pattern of globalizing corporate activities of Japanese manufacturing firms and their domestic operations and international trade. More specifically, we compare changes in domestic operations and international trade of firms expanding operations in East Asia with those of firms not expanding operations in two contrastive periods, 1998–2002 and 2002–2006. In addition, we conduct analyses incorporating the information on the globalizing behavior in the former period for the latter period and analyses focusing only on non-MNEs or MNEs in line with the literature. Our study demonstrates that Japanese manufacturing firms with expanding operations in East Asia are more likely to increase domestic employment and the number of domestic affiliates and establishments as well as to intensify export/import activities with the region, particularly in the latter period, by effectively utilizing the mechanics of production process-wise division of labor in East Asia.

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.

The System is the Solution: Marx's Analysis of Capitalism

1986 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 13-13
Author(s):  
George Galster
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Economic Base ◽  
Radical Theory ◽  
Labor Theory Of Value ◽  
Labor Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theory Of Value ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Pedagogic Device

The following note describes a skit designed primarily as a pedagogic device to illustrate in a meaningful (and, hopefully, provocative and humorous) way Marx's analysis of capitalism. Numerous concepts and phenomena are “brought to life” in the skit: exploitation, immiseration and alienation of workers, maintenance wage, labor theory of value, mechanization and the division of labor, systemic tendencies toward economic crises, relationship of various superstructural components (welfare, religion, etc.) to the economic base, and the radical theory of the state. More specifically, the economic base of a hypothetical capitalist society consists of a stylized production process involving “resources” (Oreo cookies), “labor” (students selected from the class) and eventually “capital” (table knives). The ability of the monopoly capitalist to accumulate surplus by exploiting workers becomes manifest. Other elements of the social superstructure (unions, government, religion, etc.)

scholarly journals The Rise of Container Tonnage and Port Developments in East Asia

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariner Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
International Trade ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Container Terminals ◽  
The World ◽  
Substantial Investment ◽  
Huge Impact

1990’s saw the robust expansion of international trade in East Asia generating a remarkable record high and sustained economic growth unmatched by any other region in the world. In line with this, container tonnage in the region has been ever increased annually. In light of this, the governments in the main ports of the region have plunged substantial investment in expanding and developing new container terminals to cope with the ever increased cargoes out/to the region. Though Lehman Shock in 2008 has given a huge impact on the container volumes in Asia, ports in the East Asia are seen to continue to handle the lion’s share of global container business. In 2013, the container throughput of East Asia accounted for 51.2 per cent out of that of the world, becoming the world container center.

The United States in the Global Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-34
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Irwin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Basic Facts ◽  
Fragmentation Of Production ◽  
The U.S

This chapter sets out basic facts about international trade and the U.S. economy. It describes how world trade has expanded rapidly in the recent decades and explains how the development provides the context in which to consider trade policy. The chapter discusses the reasons for the increase in trade and how trade has changed with the fragmentation of production and the increase in trade of intermediate goods. It talks about the state of public opinion on the question of globalization. It also analyzes protectionist policies that directly harm employment in domestic industries by raising production costs in addition to forcing consumers to pay higher price for the products they buy.

scholarly journals SISTEM PENGUPAHAN DAN PEMBAGIAN KERJA PEREMPUAN BURUH BATIK BERBASIS PUTTING OUT SYSTEM DI KOTA PEKALONGAN (Proses dan Implikasi Marginalisasi Terhadap Perempuan Buruh Batik)

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Rahmawati ◽  
Shinta Dewi Rismawati ◽  
Esti Zaduqisti
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
The State ◽  
Production Chain ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Wage System ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Research Questions

This research was motivated by the rampant of batik female workers who worked with the Putting Out System (POS) and were marginalized in Pekalongan City. This study was aimed to answer the research questions: what was the marginalization form of women workers through the wage system and division of labor in the production chain based on POS was; the actors who were involved in the process; what factors caused it; and what was implications for women workers, their family and bosses inside production process as well as outside the production process. In-depth interview and observation were used to investigate data. Triangulation of data source and investigating method were also used to validate the investigated data. In addition, Interactive model was used to analyze. The results were: (1) the actors who played a role in the process of marginalization of women workers in Pekalongan batik is the boss, makloon, religious elite (Kyai / Ustazd - ah), and the state; (2) the cause root of that marginalization was manipulated by patriarchal and capitalism ideology; and (3) the implication of that marginalization for woman workers inside production process was that they were positioned as a production machine to make a profit. While the implications outside the production process, they still lived in poverty.

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