Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Research
The Impacts of Face-to-face and Frequent Interactions on Innovation: Upstream-Downstream Relations
04 February 2010
This paper proposes a new mechanism linking innovation and networks in developing economies to identify explicit production and information linkages and investigates the … Read More
Innovation in Linked and Non-linked Firms: Effects of Variety of Linkages in East Asia
03 February 2010
This paper proposes a new mechanism linking innovation and networks in developing economies to detect explicit production and information linkages. It investigates the … Read More
Search-theoretic Approach to Securing New Suppliers: Impacts of Geographic Proximity for Importer and Non-importer
02 February 2010
This paper empirically examines whether firms consider geographic proximity as they seek for a new supplier. While addressing the difference between importers and … Read More
Spatial Architecture of the Production Networks in Southeast Asia
01 February 2010
The main purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence on the inter-firm production networks in Southeast Asian developing economies. Using firm-level … Read More
Foreign Presence Spillovers and Firms' Export Response:Evidence from the Indonesian Manufacturing
01 December 2009
This paper examines the existence of spillovers associated with the presence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on a firm's decision to export, and on … Read More
Trade Facilitation in the ASEAN Economic Community
02 November 2009
Trade facilitation refers to the reduction of costs in the trading system. Significant cost reductions are possible, but policy reform and international cooperation … Read More
Who Uses Free Trade Agreements?
01 November 2009
It is noted that utilisation of ASEAN Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) is low by international standards. In order to clarify the reasons for … Read More
Is Promoting Foreign Direct Investment Worthwhile? Learning from the East Asian Experience
01 November 2009
Abstract East Asia presents a new model of industrialization that aggressively utilizes the dynamics of multinational corporations (MNCs). The model puts networks of production into … Read More
Resiliency of Production Networks in Asia: Evidence from the Asian Crisis
02 October 2009
Abstract This paper presents the resiliency of international production networks stretched across the Asian region in face of the Asian financial and currency crisis … Read More
Fragmentation in East Asia: Further Evidence
01 October 2009
Abstract This paper analyzes the spatial pattern of production/distribution networks in East Asia. Two issues are investigated. The one is how the formation of … Read More
