Cambridge University Press, 1/24/2019EAN 9781108733847, ISBN10: 1108733840Paperback, 438 pages, 22.6 x 19.3 x 3 cmLanguage: EnglishCan firms and economies utilize global value chains for development? How can they move from low-income to middle-income and even high-income status? This book addresses these questions through a series of case studies examining upgradation and innovation by firms operating in GVCs in Asia. The countries examined are China, India, South Korea, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, with studies of firms operating in varied sectors - aerospace components, apparel, automotive, consumer electronics including mobile phones, telecom equipment, IT software and services, and pharmaceuticals.List of tables and figures1. Introduction Dev Nathan, Meenu Tewari and Sandip Sarkar2. The changing landscape of contract manufacturers in the electronics industry global value chain Gale Raj-Reichert3. Gaining process rents in the apparel industryincremental improvements in labour and other management practices Dev Nathan and Harsh4. New economic geographies of manufacturing in China Shengjun Zhu5. The Philippinesa sequential approach to upgrading in manufacturing global value chains Penny Bamber, Jack Daly, Stacey Frederick and Gary Gereffi6. Learning sequences in lower tiers of India's automotive value chain Meenu Tewari7. Innovation and learning of latecomersa case study of Chinese telecom-equipment companies Peilei Fan8. From the phased manufacturing programme to frugal engineeringsome initial propositions Nasir Tyabji9. Industrial upgrading in the apparel value chainthe Sri Lanka experience Prema-chandra Athukorala10. Strategic change in Indian IT majorsa challenge Neetu Ahmed11. Moving from OEM to OBM? Upgrading of the Chinese mobile phone industry Huasheng Zhu, Fan Xu and Qingcan He12. Indian pharmaceutical industrypolicy and institutional challenges of moving from manufacturing generics to drug discovery Dinesh Abrol and Nidhi Singh13. Revisiting the miracleSouth Korea's industrial upgrading from a global value chain perspective Joonkoo Lee, Sang-Hoon Lee and Gwanho Park14. Evolutionary demand, innovation, and development Smita Srinivas15. GVCs and development policyvertically- specialized industrialization Dev Nathan.