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The rise of China’s manufacturing sector: challenges and opportunities for ASEAN-5

Philippine Review of Economics

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Title The rise of China’s manufacturing sector: challenges and opportunities for ASEAN-5
 
Creator Nair, Mahendhiran; School of Business, Monash University Sunway Campus, Selangor
Vengedasalam, Deviga; School of Business, Monash University Sunway Campus, Selangor
Madhavan, Karunagaran; Universiti Teknologi MARA
Govindaraju, V.G.R. Chandran; Universiti Teknologi MARA
 
Subject manufacturing sector; competitiveness; ASEAN-5 and China
 
Description This study investigates the trends of manufacturing export from China and ASEAN-5 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore). The Balassa revealed comparative advantage (RCA) method was used to study the trade flows from these nations. The strength of the export specialization of the countries was measured using the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. The study was conducted using the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) product categories at three-digit level for the period 1993-2004. The results showed that China is not only active in labor and resource-based industries, but is also moving up in the innovation value chain—that is, it is increasing its presence in technology and knowledge-intensive industries as well. The dual-strategy adopted by China has serious implications on the manufacturing industries in ASEAN-5. The paper discusses the strategies and policies to enhance the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector in ASEAN-5. JEL classification: F14, L60, N60, N65
 
Publisher Philippine Review of Economics
 
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Date 2006-06-06
 
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/242
 
Source Philippine Review of Economics; Vol 43, No 1 (2006)
1655-1516
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.econ.upd.edu.ph/pre/index.php/pre/article/view/242/624
 
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