Springer - Global Production and Trade in East Asia Book

Explore the massive shifts in international commerce with Global Production and Trade in East Asia by Springer. This book examines how the traditional models of production and international trade have changed over the last twenty years due to worldwide trade and investment liberalization. Readers will learn how advances in telecommunications, transportation, and information management have helped drive these economic transformations. The text provides a detailed look at how the combination of trade liberalization and new communication technologies has promoted global production networks. These networks allow for the fragmentation of vertical stages of final goods across different regions. This resource is an essential study for those interested in how modern technology and policy changes create new ways of managing global supply chains and production processes in East Asia.