Mobile Asia: Capitalisms, Value Chains and Mobile Telecommunication in Asia(SNUAC SERIES in Asian Studies 6)

This study pays attention to mobile transformation in Asia and the way it shapes a rising transnational Asia and its organizational and institutional forms of interconnection and interaction. How has Asia become so central in the global mobile telecom industry? How has mobile telecom changed national economies and the way they are connected with each other and to a broader global economy? How do the ways they are integrated to mobile telecom global value chains and international trade networks converge and diverge? How has the rise of mobile usage affected societies in Asia? More broadly, what do all these speak to the present and the future of Asian capitalism(s)?

The rise of Asia is significantly attributed to internal and external connections that the region has developed through global and regional production networks. A dense web of inter-firm networks plays a key role in deepening regional integration but also in advancing the region's position in the mobile phone GVC. This study provides a valuable assessment of how Asia as a whole has emerged as a key player in the global mobile telecom industry, how Asian countries are integrated to global and regional value chains similarly and differently, and how the convergent and divergent development paths and firms' business strategies have affected the growth and upgrading trajectories of Asian economies and firms in the global mobile telecom industry.

Preface



1 Introduction

Mobile Asia: Weaving Connection and Interaction in Asia and Beyond

Research Questions and Findings

Methodological Note

Organization of the Book



Section I: Capitalisms, Global Value Chains, and Integration and Divergence in East Asia:

Conceptual Framework



2 Capitalism in Globalizing Asia

Asia on the Rise

Dynamics of Capitalism in Asia



3 Global Value Chains, Divergence, and Regionalization

Introduction

Transformations of the Global Economy from a GVC Lens

Integration, Convergence and Divergence in GVCs: East Asia Context

Regionalization and Regional Value Chains: Linking the Global and the Local



Section II: Mobile Transformation: Global and Regional Landscape



4 Mobile Telecom Global Value Chains: Key Actors, Trends and Dynamics

Introduction

Mapping the Mobile Telecom GVC

Key Actors in the Mobile Telecom GVC

Key Trends and Dynamics in the Mobile Telecom GVC

Integration to and Economic Upgrading in the Mobile Phone GVC

Conclusion



5 East Asia in Mobile Phone Trade Networks: Inter- and Intra-regional Linkages

Introduction

Data and Methods

International Trade of Mobile Phones and Parts

Inter- and Intra-regional Trade Networks in the Mobile Phone GVC

Conclusion



Section III: Convergence and Divergence in Mobile Asia



6 Divergent Paths of GVC Integration and Upgrading in the East Asian Mobile Telecom Industry

Introduction

Data and Methods

The Globalization of Mobile Phone Manufacturing and East Asia

Divergent Paths of Mobile Phone Manufacturing in East Asia

Conclusion



7 Evolving Firm Strategies and Regional Value Chains: Samsung, Apple, and Shanzhai

Introduction

Integrated Value Chains, Co-location and Regionalization: The Case of Samsung

Role of Extra-regional Actors in Regional Value Chains

Market Disruption, New Entrants and Regional Value Chains

Conclusion 4



8 Epilogue: Mobile Asia and the Future of Capitalism

Key Findings: Summary and Discussion

Looking Forward



Appendix Democratic Challenges in Mobile Asia: Korean Case



References

Index

이준구 저자 Joonkoo Lee(이준구) 한양대학교 경영대학 조직인사전공 조교수

Joonkoo Lee is Assistant Professor of Organization Studies in the School of Business at Hanyang University, Seoul. Before joining Hanyang in 2012, he was a postdoctoral research scholar in the Social Science Research Institute at Duke University, and a sector coordinator for the Capturing the Gains research program. In 2014-2015, he was a visiting research fellow at Asia Center at Seoul National University. His research interests include globalization and development, global value chains, organizational studies, political economy in Asia, and cultural and creative industries. His work has appeared in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and Journal of Supply Chain Management. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Duke University, and his M.A. and B.A. from Seoul National University.