Sun / Grimes China and Global Value Chains

Globalization and the Information and Communications Technology Sector
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-97299-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Frontiers of Business Management

President Trump has raised the intriguing question of bringing the manufacturing of companies like Apple back from China to the U.S. This book, however, argues that in this age of the knowledge-based economy and increased globalisation, that value creation and distribution based on knowledge and innovation activities are at the core of economic development. The double-edged sword of globalization has transformed China’s economic development in the past few decades. Although China has benefitted hugely from globalization and is now the second largest economy in the world, having become a global manufacturing power, and the biggest exporter of high tech products, it continues to be highly dependent on both foreign sources of capital and technology.

This book will explore the core of the Chinese economy from the perspective of the Global Value Chain (GVC), combining analysis of inward investment, international trade, Science and Technology and Innovation (S&TI) and economic development. Specifically, it investigates China’s evolving role in GVCs with some innovative Chinese companies emerging in the global market and China’s ongoing efforts to become an innovation-driven economy. China’s impressive economic record and experience provides an impressive role model for other developing countries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sun, Yutao

Grimes, Seamus

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: a Chinese Landscape at the Age of Globalization

2 A Theoretical Framework: Global Value Chain Distribution

3 China’s Dependence on Foreign Technology in the GVC: A Macro View

4 China’s Increasing Participation in the ICT GVC: A Meso View

5 China’s Evolving Role in Apple’s GVC: A Micro View

6 Conclusions and Discussions: China’s Advance and Challenges

Über Autor(innen)

Yutao Sun is Professor at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Dalian University of Technology, China, and Marie Currie Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham. His research interests focus on S&T and innovation management and policy. He has published several articles in international journals including Science.

Seamus Grimes is Emeritus Professor at the Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change, National University of Ireland, Galway. His research in recent years has focused mainly on foreign investment in both Ireland and China. He has published more than 70 papers in international journals.