Asian Industrial Development from the Perspective of the Motorcycle Industry

Ohara Moriki and Yuri Sato

No 182, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: This paper discusses the diversity of industrial development among Asian countries that emerges through an investigation of the motorcycle industry despite its uniform industrial attributes. The paper then explores factors that generate diversity, focusing attention on the differences in knowledge-based assets accumulated in each country. It finds that diversity is brought about through the differences in domestic industrial resources and the capabilities of local firms. The analysis underscores each country’s intrinsic logic in industrial development, contrary to the current trend of stressing assimilation through the global production networks of multinational corporations.

Keywords: Motorcycle industry; Asian industrial development; Knowledge-based asets; Industrial resources; Capabilities; Asia; 自動車産業; アジア産業発展; 知識ベース資産; 産業資源; 能力; アジア (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L16 L62 O14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-12-01
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