China As the World Factory

Zusammenfassung In this important book, Kevin Zhang brings together an international team of contributors to analyze how China has grown and developed in order to become the world's fourth largest exporting nation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Export Competitiveness 1. China’s Foreign Trade and Export Boom: 1978-2004 2. The Pearl Rive Delta - A World Workshop 3. Developing Global Competitiveness: The Case of Haier Group 4. Cheap Labor and China’s Export Capacity Part 2: FDI, Trade, and Industrial Development 5. Made by Taiwan but Made in Mainland China: The Case of IT Industry 6. Japanese FDI in China: Trend, Structure, and Exchange Rates 7. Foreign Competition and Productivity of Chinese Firms 8. The Role of FDI in China’s Export Performance Part 3: WTO, Exchange Rates, and Labor Markets 9. China’s Increasing Openness: Threat or Opportunity?10 .China’s Position and Role in WTO 11. Policy Traps and the Linkage between China’s Financial and Foreign Exchange Systems 12. FDI and Labor Reforms in Guangdong Province Part 4: Concluding Remarks 13. Is China the World Factory?

Product details

• Authors: Kevin H. Zhang, Kevin H. (Illinois State University Zhang
• Assisted by: Kevin H. Zhang (Editor), Kevin H. (Illinois State University Zhang (Editor), Zhang Kevin H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.01.2013
• EAN: 9780415514620
• ISBN: 978-0-415-51462-0
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference, Politics & government, Politics and government, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade