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.
ASEAN MSMEs in a COVID-19 World: Lessons from ERIA MSMEs Talks 6-10
26 January 2021
Many different stakeholders have an important role to play to build back better for the ASEAN post-pandemic recovery, including the business sector and MSMEs. With … Read More
ASEAN MSMEs in a COVID-19 World: Lessons from ERIA MSMEs Talks 1-5
23 November 2020
Micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) represent between 97% and 99% of firms and between 60% and 80% of total employment across Association of Southeast … Read More
Technology Imports and Employment in Developing Countries: Evidence from Viet Nam
04 August 2020
Advanced machines and technology replace workers through automation. However, capital–labour substitution need not reduce aggregate labour demand, as it induces simultaneous contrasting effects within industries. … Read More
ASEAN Development and Innovation Strategy in the Era of New Industrialisation
16 July 2020
Foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade will continue to play an important role in the assimilation of the latest technologies within the Association of Southeast … Read More
Assessment of Industrial Cluster Policies in Viet Nam: The Role of Special Economic Zones in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment
26 June 2020
Special economic zones (SEZs) are considered as one of important regional industrial policies to attract foreign investment in developing countries such as Viet Nam. The … Read More
New Developments in International Production Networks: Impact of Digital Technologies
24 June 2020
We conducted a standard gravity exercise using worldwide disaggregated trade data to shed light on the influence of the spread of digital technologies on network … Read More
Exit Strategies for ASEAN Member States: Keeping Production Networks Alive Despite the Impending Demand Shock
19 May 2020
Some Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States (AMS) are still fully engaged in emergency responses to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Human life is … Read More
Trade Reform and the Evolution of Agglomeration in Vietnamese Manufacturing
27 April 2020
It is well-documented that agglomeration contributes to productivity growth. However, concentrations of workers could also lead to increasing regional income disparities. Therefore, understanding the evolution … Read More
Tariff Policies and Wages in Manufacturing Industries: New Evidence from Viet Nam
06 March 2020
This paper reviews the tariff policies and their impact on the wages of workers in manufacturing during the substantial trade liberalisation period in Viet Nam … Read More
Study on the Formation of the ASEAN Power Grid Generation and Transmission System Planning Institution
05 March 2020
The Study on the Formation of the ASEAN Power Grid Generation and Transmission System Planning Institution, a research project implemented by Tokyo Electric Power Company … Read More
The Effects of the Temporary Protection on Firm Performances: Evidence from the Steel Industry in Viet Nam
13 February 2020
Trade protection may have significant impacts on sectors other than those targeted by protection policies, especially when the target sector produces goods that are essential … Read More
Production Dynamics in Multi-Product Firms’ Exporting
11 February 2020
To create room for production capacity for exported products, new exporters may decrease either the production of exported products or of other products for the … Read More
Learning-to-Export Effect as a Response to Export Opportunities: Micro-Evidence from Korean Manufacturing
11 February 2020
This paper aims to investigate whether empirical evidence supports the learning-to-export hypothesis, which has received little attention in the previous literature. By taking full advantage … Read More
Input Allocation Behaviour on Tariff Changes: The Case of Indonesia’s Manufacturing Industries
10 February 2020
Can firms reallocate their imported inputs to domestic sources when faced with import tariffs? To answer this question, we analyse the input allocation behaviour of … Read More
Foreign Direct Investment and Labour Market Dynamics in a Developing Country: Evidence from Indonesian Plant-Level Data
10 February 2020
This study examines the impact of inward foreign direct investment on the wages and employment of skilled and unskilled workers in Indonesian manufacturing plants. Entry … Read More
Effectiveness of Industrial Policy on Firms’ Productivity: Evidence from Thai Manufacturing
06 February 2020
This paper examines the role of industrial policy on firms’ productivity, using 3 years of panel data on Thai manufacturing as a case study. A … Read More
Does Home (Output) Import Tariff Reduction Increase Home Exports? Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Plant–Product Data
05 February 2020
This study examines the effects of domestic output import tariff reduction on domestic plant export dynamics and clarifies the underlying mechanism, using rich plant–product data … Read More
Determinants of Product Sophistication in Viet Nam: Findings from the Firm– Multi-Product Level Microdata Approach
05 February 2020
Through capitalising data from the Viet Nam Enterprise Survey and applying the methods proposed by Hausmann, Hwang, and Rodrik (2007) and Eck and Huber (2016), … Read More
Enhancing Inter-Firm Linkages through Clusters and Digitalisation for Productivity Growth
20 January 2020
This paper examines the policies for industrial cluster development in Viet Nam. The first export processing zone was established in 1991. Since 1994, Viet Nam … Read More
Services to Support Manufacturing Value Chains in East Asia
05 December 2019
The drivers and consequences of the development of global value chains (GVCs) in East Asia have been the subject of significant policy research. This work … Read More
