Towards a Knowledge-based Economy: East Asia's Changing Industrial Geography
Date of publication:
2003
Number of pages:
324
Code:
ICEA29
About the publication
The evolution of the information and communications technology (ICT) paradigm is shifting the basis for economic activity from material and labour inputs to knowledge and information inputs, spawning the knowledge-based economy. In East Asia, it is evident that the emergence of the knowledge-based economy is disrupting the flying geese pattern of development and creating a new industrial geography. This book gives a picture of the shifting industrial geography in the region based on accounts of the status of the knowledge-based economy in ten individual East Asian economies. For some economies the increased production of ICT equipment and services is the pathway to the knowledge-based economy and even to leapfrogging ahead of more advanced economies. Other economies are focused on putting in place the physical and institutional infrastructure to connect to electronic networks and avoid the digital divide. For yet others, the emergence of the knowledge-based economy is expanding their role in the region, adding the role of ICT hub.
Contents
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Towards a Knowledge-based Economy: East Asia's Changing Industrial Geography
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Preliminary pages
- INTRODUCTION
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1. The New Industrial Geography of East Asia under the Knowledge-based Economy, by Seiichi Masuyama, Donna Vandenbrink, authors
- PART I: ICT PAVING THE WAY TO A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY
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2. ICT in Korea: Current Situation and Policy Direction, by Dongseok Kim, author
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3. Taiwan's Transition from an Industrialising Economy to a Knowledge-based Economy, by Shin-Horng Chen, Meng-chun Liu, authors
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4. The Internet Revolution in China: Current Situation and Future Outlook, by Xiaodong Li, author
- PART II: NURTURING NETWORK-READINESS
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5. Linking Thai "Brick-and-Mortars" to the Global Network Economy, by Somkiat Tangkitvanich, author
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6. Information Technology and E-commerce in the Philippine Economy, by Roberto De Vera, Peter Lee U, authors
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7. Telecommunications and Information Technology Development in Indonesia, by Hamonangan Hutabarat, author
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8. Inequality, the Digital Divide, and International Collaboration in East Asia, by Wan Latifah, Zainal Aznam Yusof, authors
- PART III: REGIONALISATION OF THE INTERNET ECONOMY
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9. The New Role of Hong Kong as a Regional Hub in an Emerging E-economy, by Edward K Y Chen , Raymond Ng (HK), authors
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10. Singapore: A Regional Hub in ICT, by Chia Siow Yue , Jamus Jerome Lim, authors
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11. Impact of B2B E-commerce on Japanese Corporate Networks in East Asia, by Shoichiro Hara, Seiichi Masuyama, Hideo Teramura, authors
