Intra-industry Trade, Product Fragment

Patarapong Interakumnerd and Kriengkrai Techakanont
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Patarapong Interakumnerd: Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan
Kriengkrai Techakanont: Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Thailand

No DP-2015-10, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: Thailand’s automotive industry has evolved from a small importsubstituting industry to a vibrant exporting one. It has contributed significantly and increasingly to the economy and intra-industry trade in Southeast Asia. The country also has experienced ‘qualitative’ change from simple production to technologically sophisticated activities. The evidence amassed illustrates that firm strategy and collaboration with other actors in the national innovation system were the most important drivers of technological upgrading in the industry. Local automotive part suppliers in particular had to become ‘active’ learners by collaborating with other partners beyond their own multinational buyers to compete in export markets.

Keywords: automotive; host-site institutions; intra-industry trade; Thailand technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages.
Date: 2015-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-int and nep-sea
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