Technological Capabilities and Export Success in Asia / Edition 1

by Dieter Ernst, Tom Ganiatsos, Lynn Mytelka

Overview

What accounts for export success? A team of international contributors show that learning and capability formation are critical to sustain competitiveness. Through a series of case studies of firms in the textile and garment and electronics industries of five Asian economies - Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam - Technological Capabilities and Export Success in Asia demonstrates that cheap labour, combined with currency devaluation, is no longer sufficient for export success.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415158541
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/04/1998
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dieter Ernst, Tom Ganiatsos, Lynn Mytelka

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1: Technological capabilities in the context of export-led growth; 2: Export success and technological capability; 3: Catching up, keeping up and getting ahead; 4: Technological capability building and the sustainability of export success in Thailand's textile and electronics industries; 5: Technological capabilities and Indonesia's manufactured exports; 6: Technological dynamism and R&D in the export of manufactures from Viet Nam; 7: Learning, technological capability building and sustainable export growth