Crisis and Innovation in Asian Technology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521818710 ISBN 13: 9780521818711

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Explains how the economic crises in Asia changed the production systems of seven Asian nations.

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Product Description

In mid-May 1997, a financial crisis erupted in Asia after an attack by private investors on the baht, the Thai currency. The crisis spread quickly across the region, where investor confidence plummeted, resulting in massive capital outflows, stock market collapses, high unemployment, and even insurrection. The Asian 'economic miracle' that had stimulated so much awe and even dread, now invoked pity and apprehension in greater measure. The contributors to this volume investigated change in the innovation and production systems of Asian states in response to economic and political upheaval. They conducted empirical studies of several regional industries - autos, semiconductors, and hard disk drives - and seven different national economies: China, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan. In the face of crisis and global competition, the Asian states superimposed change at the margins, seeking unique technohybrid solutions to build capabilities to compete in local, regional, and even global markets.

Book Description

This book is about the economic crises in Asia at the turn of the millennium. It explains how these crises changed the innovation and business production systems of China, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan, investigating several different industries, including semiconductors, automobiles, and hard disk drives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521818710
• ISBN 13: 9780521818711
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Keller William W., Samuels Richard J.