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The Next Generation Automobile Industry as a Creative Industry
24 June 2019
The aim of this paper is to describe the recent transformation of the automobile industry from a manufacturing industry to include aspects of the service … Read More
Cool Japan, Creative Industries, and Diversity
14 June 2019
This paper critically considers the operation and objective of Japan’s ‘creative industry’ policy and suggests how to redesign it to align it with recent attention … Read More
Exporter Dynamics and Productivity Dispersion within Industry
29 March 2019
This paper uses firm-level panel data for Japan to examine between-firm productivity dispersion, and explore whether export market entry improves productivity and accelerates productivity catch-up … Read More
Exchange Rate Movements, Exporting by Japanese Firms and the Role of R&D and Global Outsourcing
29 March 2019
We investigate the effect of the exchange rate on Japanese firms’ performance in the international markets, using a comprehensive Japanese firm-level dataset. We examine the … Read More
The Exchange Rate and Exporting: Evidence from the Indonesian Manufacturing Sector
27 March 2019
This paper examines the impact of the exchange rate on export performance using plant- and product-level data for the Indonesian manufacturing sector over the period … Read More
Product Innovation, Exporting, and Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Evidence from China
27 March 2019
This paper explores the inter-connection between domestic firms’ product innovation, exporting, and the presence of foreign direct investment (FDI). We first set up a theoretical … Read More
Failure of an Export Promotion Policy? Evidence from Bonded Zones in Indonesia
26 March 2019
This study investigates the impact of the bonded-zone policy on firms’ performance, employment, and extensive and intensive margins of exports, using Indonesia’s medium–large manufacturing establishment … Read More
Entering the Export Market: Do Trade Missions Help?
22 March 2019
In this paper, we investigate the impact of trade missions on export performance. Using the census of participant data of the State of Victoria trade … Read More
Export Dynamics and the Invoicing Currency
20 March 2019
In this paper, using finely disaggregated firm-level export data for Thailand, we examine how firms’ export experience is related to the dynamic choice of the … Read More
Imported Intermediate Inputs and Plants’ Export Dynamics Evidence from Indonesian Plant-product-level Data
19 March 2019
This paper asks the question of whether the use of imported intermediate inputs leads to an expansion of plant-level export scope. Using a panel dataset … Read More
Regulatory Dissimilarity: A First Look at the Newly Collected Non-Tariff Measures Database
15 March 2019
In this paper we construct a dissimilarity indicator to measure the degree to which a product may face different sets of regulations in two countries … Read More
Economic Potential of the Vientiane – Ha Noi Expressway Based on Experience of the Mekong Region
14 March 2019
The Vientiane–Ha Noi Expressway (VHE) will connect the capitals of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and Viet Nam, which have established special relations in … Read More
Innovation Process in Public Research Institute: Case Studies of AIST, Fraunhofer, and ITRI
11 March 2019
The design of national innovation systems has attracted attention from scholars and policymakers. Firms, universities, and government organisations (including public research institutes) are defined as … Read More
Technical Change, Exports, and Employment Growth in China: A Structural Decomposition Analysis
28 February 2019
This paper analyses the sources of employment growth and assesses the contribution of exports to job creation in China. To do so, we utilise an … Read More
Multi-product Firms, Tariff Liberalisation, and Product Churning in Vietnamese Manufacturing
27 February 2019
Utilising firm-level data covering the 2010–2015 period, this study documents the frequency and characteristics of multi-product firms in Vietnamese manufacturing. Our major findings are as … Read More
Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of EMS Standards on the Firms’ Attitude towards Product Safety
22 February 2019
In response to regulatory policies on environmental and consumer safety, firms implement various initiatives to enhance their environmental compliance to enter or stay in the … Read More
Division of Labour Amongst Innovation Intermediaries in Agricultural Innovation Systems: The Case of Indonesia
12 November 2018
Innovation intermediaries are individuals and organisations that enhance connectivity amongst constituencies of national, sectoral, and regional systems of innovation, thereby facilitating knowledge spillover. This paper … Read More
Technoeconomic Assessment of Microgrids in Myanmar
17 July 2018
The electrification rate of Myanmar is the second-lowest in Asia, so its improvement is an urgent matter. Sustainable Development Goal 7 recognises the importance of … Read More
Can Indonesia Secure a Development Dividend from Its Resource Export Boom?
29 June 2018
Indonesia has enjoyed a long spell of sustained and relatively rapid economic expansion, largely on the back of strong commodity prices. No commodity boom lasts … Read More
Are Production Networks Passé in East Asia? Not Yet
13 June 2018
Many people have a vague notion that the room for expanding international production networks is almost exhausted and that this is why international trade has … Read More
China’s Processing Trade and Value Chains*
31 May 2018
We investigate how trade liberalisation affects the performance of Chinese manufacturing firms. To better understand China’s role in global value chains, we examine Chinese firms … Read More
The Eurasian Land Bridge: The Role of Service Providers in Linking the Regional Value Chains in East Asia and the European Union
15 May 2018
Rail links between China and Europe are typically analysed in the context of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, focusing on China’s economic rise and the … Read More
‘Unbundlings’ and Development Strategies in ASEAN: Old Issues and New Challenges
22 March 2018
This paper extends the conceptual framework of ‘unbundlings’ proposed by Baldwin (2016) and tries to provide a starting point for reorganizing development strategies of ASEAN … Read More
Innovative green-technology SMEs as an opportunity to promote financial de-risking
22 March 2018
As the G20/OECD High-Level Principles of SMEs Financing state, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), including micro-enterprises, are core engines of innovation, growth, job creation and … Read More
Disciplines on State-Owned Enterprises under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Overview and Assessment
07 February 2018
This paper analyses the disciplines of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) stipulated in Chapter 17 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The introduction of the extensive disciplines … Read More
Servicification in Global Value Chains: The Case of Asian Countries
01 November 2017
The paper studies the degree of servicification (or the role of services as inputs in manufacturing) of selected 61 Asian countries in terms of global … Read More
Developing Asia in the Era of Cross-border E-commerce
04 October 2017
Cross-border e-commerce has been a major development trend of international trade and globalization. In the next 5–10 years, the top three fastest-growing markets in the … Read More
The Risks for ASEAN of New Mega-Agreements that Promote the Wrong Model of e-Commerce
03 October 2017
Digital technology offers exciting new opportunities and advances for ASEAN member states, individually and as a region. The benefits have so far been captured by … Read More
Ad valorem equivalents of non-tariff measures in ASEAN
02 October 2017
To measure Ad valorem tariff equivalents (AVEs) of non-tariff measures (NTMs), we propose a new alternative that relies on the estimation of bilateral trade flows … Read More
Remaking Energy Policies for Global Sustainability: The Case of Flying Geese Model and Path Dependencies in East Asia
01 October 2017
In East Asia, the path of economic integration that started at the end of World War II, through catch-up industrialization, took a distinguished path. Started … Read More
Globalisation and Trade Liberalisation in Supporting GVCs Upgrade: The Case of the Republic of Korea
20 September 2017
The Republic of Korea (henceforth Korea) has managed to achieve sustained economic growth by moving up the value chains. It took Korea only 15 years … Read More
Current Status and Traits of the Auto Parts Industry in Viet Nam
21 August 2017
This study aims to clarify the current situation and traits of the Vietnamese automobile industry by showing the status of its automobile and auto parts … Read More
Viet Nam's Automotive Supplier Industry: Development Prospects under Conditions for Free Trade and Global Production Networks
18 May 2017
Despite foreign direct investment occurring in the 1990s, automobile production in Viet Nam has not progressed beyond assembly. Due to forthcoming trade liberalisation in ASEAN, … Read More
Assessing the Competitive Advantage of Public Policy Support for Supply Chain Resilience
18 May 2017
This paper deals with the supply chain resilience of agricultural products in Japan. First, the food flow of Japan is explained. Japanese farmers and fishers … Read More
Chained to Sustainable Development Goals? The Changing Role of Entities for Enhanced Resilience along Agriculture Food Value Chains in Thailand
09 May 2017
The operation period of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ended in 2015, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be in operation in 2016-2030. The … Read More
Peat Policy and Its Implications on Value Chains of Indonesian Palm Oil
09 May 2017
Palm oil and its derivative products are strategic commodities that play an important role in the economic development of Indonesia which, along with Malaysia, is … Read More
Managing Stranded Assets and Protecting Food Value Chains from Natural Disasters
09 May 2017
Stranded assets are those that have suffered unanticipated or premature write-downs, lost value, or turned into liabilities due to external shocks. Environmental risk factors, such … Read More
Competition Policy vs. Industrial Policy as a Growth Strategy
03 April 2017
This paper examines the rationale behind industrial policy and competition policy as growth strategies, and shows that competition policy, rather than industrial policy, generated the … Read More
Distributional Impacts of Climate Change and Food Security in Southeast Asia
31 March 2017
Climate and agriculture are closely linked, as weather and climate are the primary factors in agricultural production. Due to high levels of CO2, future projections … Read More
FDI, Services Liberalisation, and Logistics Development in Cambodia
23 March 2017
This paper reviews Cambodia's economic development based on flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) and services sector liberalisation. It uses Cambodia's logistics industry as a … Read More
