1st Edition

Technological Capabilities and Export Success in Asia

Edited By Dieter Ernst, Tom Ganiatsos, Lynn Mytelka Copyright 1998
360 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
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

Biography

Dieter Ernst, Tom Ganiatsos, Lynn Mytelka