Empirical global value chain analysis in electronics and automobile industries :An application of Asian international input-output tables

This study aims to examine the international value distribution structure among major East Asian economies and the US. The mainstream trade theory explains the gains from trade; however, global value chain (GVC) approach emphasises uneven benefits of globalization among trading partners. The present study is mainly based on this view, examining which economy gains the most and which the least from the East Asian production networks. Two key industries, i.e., electronics and automobile, are our principle focus. Input-output method is employed to trace the creation and flows of value-added within the region. A striking fact is that some ASEAN economies increasingly reduce their shares of value-added, taken by developed countries, particularly by Japan. Policy implications are discussed in the final section

TNCs in Perplexity over How to Meet Local Suppliers: The Case of Philippine Export Processing Zone

Transnational Corporations (TNCs) have played a vital role in fostering rapidindustrialisation in many developing countries. The Philippines is the case. However, the country has been far lagging behind other ASEAN members in economic performance. The present study examines this issue, mainly focusing on the linkage formation between TNCs affiliates and Philippine local suppliers. Three factors are proposed to determine the overall performance of linkage formation; i.e., outsourcing strategies of TNCs’ localaffiliates, local entrepreneurial response, and host government policies. An economicenclave structure is clearly identified in the Philippines, in which only a fewlocally-owned suppliers have emerged.　Extremely weak local entrepreneurship in thePhilippines is identified to explain the poor performance of linkage formation

Perspectives on Global Value Chain Analysis -Reconsideration of World Systems Analysis, Upgrading and Governance-

先進国多国籍企業が主導して形成するグローバルな国際生産ネットワークが、途上国の経済発展に与えるインパクトは大きい。近年、グローバル・バリュー・ チェーン(GVC)と呼ばれる分野の中で、この問題に関する理論的・実証的な分析が進んでいる。本研究は、GVC分析の系譜と近年の研究動向を踏まえた上で、そこから途上国経済発展への含意を探ることを目的としている。ここではまず、GVC分析の理論的源流とされる世界システム論との関連を学説史的に検討した。近年のGVC研究は、ガバナンス論を中心とした企業中心的アプローチを重視しており、これにより具体的な開発問題への理論、実証面での研究の発展、精緻化は進んだと言えるが、その反面、歴史的、長期的、全体論的な近代資本主義の動態を明らかにしようとする世界システム論の思想的影響が低下しつつある点が指摘された。本論文の後半では、東アジア域内における半導体・家電産業の付加価値分配状況を定量的に追跡し、産業アップグレーディング概念に基づいて、アジア各国の産業発展の成果を評価している

The Contribution of “Firm-based Late Industrialization” to the Traditional Catch-up Model

故木村誠志准教授追悼