The global economic slowdown has again highlighted the vulnerability of export-led development models and economies to downturns in export markets. Economic deepening or “rebalancing” with an emphasis on service-sector development should be - and is becoming - one long-term response to the...

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...