Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Industry and Manufacturing
ERIA examines various parts of industry and manufacturing starting from small and medium enterprises to multinational corporations and from intra-industry to international inter-industry connection. By using case studies from various industries in many countries, the researchers analyse industrial development and transformation, public-private partnership, production and logistic networks, technology transfer and spillover, industry sustainability, and industry integrations.
Location Choice of Multinational Enterprises in China: Comparison between Japan and Taiwan
01 March 2011
Abstract This paper explores the location choice of MNEs in China, shedding special light on the role of agglomeration of same-nationality firms. In particular, … Read More
A Comparative Study on the Role of University and PRI as External Resources for Firms' Innovation
01 March 2011
Improvement of the innovation capability of firms in the region depends on how successfully they have leveraged their internal and external resources. This … Read More
ASEAN +1 FTAS and Global Value Chains in East Asia
01 March 2011
ASEAN economies as a group have signed free trade agreements with China, Japan, Korea, India and Australia/New Zealand. There is now an interest in forming … Read More
Achieving Sustainable Growth in East Asia
01 March 2011
The studies in this volume address the major causes of the build-up of current account surpluses in the East Asian region, commonly referred … Read More
Fragmentation and Changes in the Asian Trade Network
01 January 2011
Abstract The Asian trade network is increasingly fragmented, resulting in higher dependence on supplies of goods and services from neighbouring countries. The update OECD Input-Output … Read More
Comprehensive Asia Development Plan and Beyond -Growth Strategies for More Prosperous and Equitable East Asia-
02 October 2010
Abstract Let's dream of our bright and prosperous future. In the year of 2020, sixteen East Asia Summit (EAS) member countries can reach doubled per … Read More
Machinery Trade in East Asia, and the Global Financial Crisis
01 October 2010
Abstract The global financial crisis since Q3 2008 has influenced the world economy, including that of East Asia. This paper focuses on international production/distribution … Read More
The Comprehensive Asia Development Plan
01 October 2010
List of Project Members Professor Fukunari Kimura: Chief Economist, ERIA. Dr. Ponciano S. Intal, Jr. : Senior Researcher, ERIA. Mr. So Umezaki: Researcher, … Read More
International Production Networks in Machinery Industries: Structure and Its Evolution
01 September 2010
This paper intensively employs annual international trade statistics obtained from the UN Comtrade and examines to what degree East Asian countries have participated … Read More
How ICTs Raise Manufacturing Performance: Firm-level Evidence in Southeast Asia
01 August 2010
This paper examines the effects of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on business performance, using firm-level data obtained through a questionnaire survey in … Read More
EAS-ERIA Biodiesel Fuel Trade Handbook: 2010
01 July 2010
List of Working Group Members/Authors This handbook was edited by ERIA Research Project Working Group on "Benchmarking of Biodiesel Fuel Standardizationin East Asia" with result … Read More
Causes and Consequences of Globalization in East Asia: What Do The Micro Data Analyses Show?
01 March 2010
List of Project Members DR.SHUJIRO URATA (PROJECT SUPERVISOR): Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies,Waseda University, Japan; Senior Researcher Advisor to the Executive Director, Economic Research … Read More
Capacity Building for Statisticians in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar (CLM)
01 March 2010
List of Project Members MR. YASUSHI NAKAMURA (TEAM LEADER): Senior Researcher, Regional Development Institute, International Development Center of Japan (IDCJ), Japan. MS. PIN PIN … Read More
Geographical Simulation Analysis for Logistic Enhancement in East Asia
01 March 2010
List of Project Members Mr. Satoru KUMAGAI: Deputy Director,Economic Integration Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center, IDE-JETRO, JAPAN. Dr. Toshitaka GOKAN : Economic Integration Studies … Read More
A Study on Upgrading Industrial Structure of CLMV Countries
01 March 2010
List of Project Members Ruth Banomyong: Director, Centre for Logistics Research, Thammasat University. Masami Ishida : Senior Research Fellow, Bangkok Research Center, IDE-JETRO. … Read More
Fostering Production and Science & Technology Linkages to Stimulate Innovation in ASEAN
01 March 2010
List of Project Members Project Leader Patarapong Intarakumnerd: College of Innovation, Thammasat University, Thailand. Project Member Sunil Mani: Centre for Development Studies, India. … Read More
3R Policies for Southeast and East Asia (FY2009)
01 March 2010
Members Of Working Group Enri Damanhuri (PROJECT LEADER): Professor, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. Michikazu Kojima (PROJECT COORDINATOR): Director, Environment and Natural Resource Studies … Read More
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
