Globalization has created new opportunities and challenges for late industrialization. This book identifies underlying factors for latecomer firms to catch up as system integrators, or upgrade as suppliers in fast-globalizing industries. With in-depth case studies, several perspectives on firm growth are integrated into a comprehensive framework.

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SEISHI KIMURA is Associate Professor of International Business at Fukushima University, Japan. He obtained his PhD in Management Studies and MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK, and has an MA in International Economics from Sophia University, Japan.

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Book Title: The Challenge of Late Industrialization
Book Subtitle: The Global Economy and the Japanese Commercial Aircraft Industry
Authors: Seishi Kimura
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230627635
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9879-8Published: 12 December 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-54735-7Published: 12 December 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62763-5Published: 12 December 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 224
Topics: Asian Economics, International Business, International Economics

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Late Industrialization and Globalization: Literature Review

Changing Context of Firm-based Late Industrialization in the Global Business Transformation

Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Analytical Framework

The Post-war Development of the Japanese Commercial Aircraft Production: Case Study

Conclusion

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