1st Edition
Multinational Corporations and the Emerging Network Economy in Asia and the Pacific
1. Multinational Corporations and the Economy of Networks: An Overview
Juan J. Palacios
2. Eras of Enterprise Globalization: From Vertical Integration to Virtualization and Beyond Sandor Boyson and Chaodong Han
3. Innovation Offshoring: Root Causes of Asia’s Rise and Policy Implications Dieter Ernst
4. ICTs in Intercorporate Production Networks: Global IT and Local Guanxi in the PC Industry Kenneth Kraemer, Jason Dedrick, William Foster and Zhang Cheng
5. The Creation of Regional Production Networks in Asia Pacific: The Case of Japanese Multinational Corporations Shujiro Urata
6. The Internationalization of Firm Activities and Its Economic Impacts: The Case of Korea Sanghoon Ahn, Siwook Lee and Cheonsik Woo
7. Multinational Corporations and Pacific Regionalism Philippa Dee
8. Multinational Production Networks and the New Geo-economic Division of Labour in the Pacific Rim Prema-Chandra Athukorala
9. Mexican Multinationals in a Globalization Context Clemente Ruiz-Durán and Victor López-Villafañe
10. Emerging TNCs from East Asia: The Case of Mainland China Edward K.Y. Chen and Ping Lin
11. Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of Pacific Economies Djisman S. Simanjuntak
12. Governing Multinational Corporations in the Pacific Robert Scollay
Biography
Dr. Juan J. Palacios is Professor of Economics and Head of the Transnational Studies Program in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico
"Written by some of the region's eminent and influential economists and political scientists, the volume will appeal to students and scholars working in the field of Asia and Asia Pacific studies, as well as businessmen and policymakers making decisions in the region." - APADE 2008
