This paper explores the consequences of the emerging rivalry between Japanese and Chinese manufacturers. It focuses specifically on industrial organisation, one of the key factors that underlie the competitiveness of manufacturing industries. The question to be asked is what happens when...

Introduction -- The Motorcycle Industry: The Global Context and the Vietnamese Case -- Literature Review -- Conceptual Framework -- Methodology -- Local Suppliers' Capability Building: Attainment and Trajectory -- Learning Models in Japanese and Vietnamese-Chinese Chains up to the Early 2000s:...