Learning, Liberalization and Economic Adjustment
International Joint Research Project Series
No.2
■ Learning, Liberalization and Economic Adjustment
■ by KAGAMI Mitsuhiro, John Humphery and Michael Piore
■ 251pp
■ 1998
■ ISBN4-258-56002-2
CONTENTS
Preface / Mitsuhiro Kagami
Part I. FDI and Technology Transfer in Asia
1.Introduction
2.Modes of technology acquisition
3.Why do MNCs not transfer technology?
4.Why do MNCs not purchase domestic parts?
5.Acquisition of technology: Japan's experience
6.Policy suggestions for developing countries
References
1.Introduction
2.Stagnation of the Philippine textile industry
3.Backward linkage to the textile industry in the Philippines and Thailand
4.Industrial promotion policies for the textile industry and FDI
5.Concluding remarks
Notes
References
1.Introduction
2.An outline of the automobile industry's business expansion and FDI
3.Private banks' activities in corporate financing
4.Probable measures to contribute to industrial development of host countries
5.Concluding remarks
Notes
References
1.Introduction
2.Advantages of subcontract transactions
3.Changing nature of subcontracting system
4.Asian suppliers and their limitations
5.Conclusion and policy recommendations
References
Part II
5. Globalization, FDI and the Restructuring of Supplier Networks: The Motor Industry in Brazil and India / Mauro Zilbovicius, Avinandan Mukherjee, Glauco Arbix, John Humphrey
1.Introduction
2.The creation of the auto industry: Brazil and India
3.Global sourcing and its consequences for developing countries
4.Liberalization and the transformation of the automotive industry in Brazil and India
5.The components industries: Restructuring in Brazil and India
6.Conclusions
Notes
References
Part III
6. Industrial Development as a Learning Process: Mexican Manufacturing and The Opening to Trade / Clemente Ruiz Duran, Michael Piore
1.Introduction
2.The case study material
3.Concluding sections: Conceiving of adjustment as learning
Notes
References
Conclusion / John Humphrey, Michael Piore, Mitsuhiro Kagami