In contrast to cross-country studies, the paper investigates the relationships between trade and labour productivity for nine rapidly developing Asian countries in a time-series framework using a vector error-correction model. Independent tests on the long-run and short-run relationship between...

The paper examines the global production value chain in Singapore’s services sector. Specifically, it explores some of the key activities related to the retail value chain in the country. Based on the experience of other major economies, the productivity and competitiveness of the retail...

This study employs survey data of 201 firms to explore the impact of trade policy on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cambodia. The results show that more than half of the surveyed firms were aware of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and larger firms tend to use FTAs more...

1.Introduction to Services and GVC Activities ASEAN and East Asia -- 2.Changes in the Business Conditions of small and medium sizes enterprises during COVID-19: industry and regional analysis in Japan -- 3.Establishment Dynamics and Employment Growth of FDI Service Firms Evidence from Korea --...

Chapter 1: Economic shocks and uncertainties: how does firm innovativeness enable supply chain and moderate interdependence? -- Chapter 2: Supply chain resilience in the global financial crisis: an empirical study on Japan -- Chapter 3: How do production networks affect the resilience of firms...