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East Asia
About: East Asia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 17591 publications have been published within this topic receiving 274073 citations. The topic is also known as: Eastern Asia.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a preliminary attempt to illustrate how apparel industries in Asian NIC can obtain competitive advantage in the global economy and to suggest their future direction and challenges by synthesizing industry-specific and Asian NIC-specific advantages.
Abstract: The East Asian newly industrialized countries (from now on, Asian NIC) of Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan have experienced decreasing export competitiveness due to rise of labor costs While cheap labor has been the main source of competitiveness of Asian NIC, it cannot be a viable factor for Asian NIC any more As the industry sector develops, its competitive advantage factors should be changed accordingly This study is a preliminary attempt to illustrate how apparel industries in Asian NIC can obtain competitive advantage in the global economy and to suggest their future direction and challenges By synthesizing industry‐specific and Asian NIC‐specific advantages, this study presents three critical factors for Asian NIC: global brand, global sourcing, and agility Future directions and challenges for the industries are suggested
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impact of a change in East Asia's pricing benchmark and contract flexibility on the regional and global gas markets using the Nexant World Gas Model.
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