Plugging into Production Networks : : Industrialization Strategy in Less Developed Southeast Asian Countries / / ed. by Ikuo Kuroiwa.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Bui, Tuan,; Das, Sanchita Basu,; Heng, Toh Mun,; Hew, Denis,; Kee, Ng Kwan,; Kimura, Fukunari,; Kudo, Toshihiro,; Kuroiwa, Ikuo,; Rasiah, Rajah,; Sen, Rahul,; Suzuki, Motoyoshi,
• HerausgeberIn: Kuroiwa, Ikuo,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

This work focuses on how less developed economies in Southeast Asia, namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), can establish links with neighbouring countries and participate in production networks. It also takes a look at links between Singapore and the Batam-Bintan-Karimun (BBK) Special Economic Zone in Indonesia. Leading Southeast Asian economies have achieved rapid economic growth by participating in production networks organized by multinational enterprises. It is thus crucial for less developed economies in Southeast Asia to improve their investment climate, attract foreign direct investment, and form competitive industrial clusters. Service link costs must also be reduced substantially to make production fragmentation economically feasible. The authors in this book discuss these issues and provide policy recommendations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- I. Overview of Production Networks in Less Developed Southeast Asia -- 2. Expansion of the Production Networks into the Less Developed ASEAN Region: Implications for Development Strategy -- 3. Production Networks and Industrial Policy in Less Developed Southeast Asia -- 4. ASEAN Economic Integration and Implication for CLMV Countries -- II. Case Studies -- 5. Industrialization Strategy of Laos: Agglomeration and Fragmentation -- 6. Export-oriented Garment Manufacturing and Its Impact on Employment, Productivity and Wages in Cambodia and Laos -- 7. FDI and Economic Integration in Vietnam -- 8. Border Industry in Myanmar: Plugging into Production Networks through Border Industry -- 9. The Batam, Bintan, Karimun Special Economic Zone: Revitalizing Domestic Industrialization and Linking Global Value Chain -- Index