Exploiting Linkages for Building Technological Capabilities VietnamỚ"s Motorcycle Component Suppliers under Japanese and Chinese Influence /

• Main Author: Fujita, Mai. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Subjects: Production management.; International economics.; Development economics.; Economics.; Development Economics.; International Economics.; Operations Management.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

One of the key ingredients of success in building internationally competitive industries lies in amassing a sizeable pool of competent suppliers of parts, components and accessories. This monograph examines how in developing countries suppliers of mechanical components at the low end of the technolo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Motorcycle Industry: The Global Context and the Vietnamese Case
• Literature Review
• Conceptual Framework
• Methodology
• Local Suppliers' Capability Building: Attainment and Trajectory
• Learning Models in Japanese and Vietnamese-Chinese Chains up to the Early 2000s: An Aggregated Analysis of Learning Events
• Evolution of the Two Learning Models (2005-2008): In-depth Analysis of Selected Suppliers
• Conclusion.