The lion's share of smartphones, computers, televisions, semiconductor devices, and other electronics goods is made in East Asia. Final electronics goods are assembled in China, and sophisticated parts and components (P&C) such as semiconductor chips, image sensors, and ceramic filters in upstream Asian economies such as Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. How did Asia become the center of electronics manufacturing? How did learning take place that allowed Asian workers to produce cutting-edge products? Are there lessons for countries like the US that seek to reshore manufacturing of semiconductors, flat-panel displays, and related products? This Element addresses these issues.

The explosive growth of the Japanese electronics industry continues to be driven by a combination of market forces and the unique characteristics of the Japanese social organization and people. As an industrial phenomenon, the Japanese electronics industry receives considerable attention from researchers in various fields. However, most of their studies focus on either historical analyses intent on discovering the secret of the industry's enormous success, or on the issue of America's competitiveness in the face of challenges from Japanese technology. Moreover, none of these studies can be free of the bias that stems from each researcher's own upbringing and environment. The authors of The Japanese Electronics Industry have pooled their diverse experience and talents to create a balanced, objective study of this complex subject. They illuminate the history and characteristics of the industry, show the current state of the industry, and explore the research, development, and education vital to the future of the industry.

This study investigated the East Asia's electronic production network and its evolution from 1990 to 2010. A network analysis is used to identify the major trade links for both parts and components and final products, and changes in roles, trading partners and network patterns for the years 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010. The results suggested that the role of Japan and the Korea in the 1990s expanded to becoming exporters of electronic parts and components and final electronics as well as importers of final electronics. In contrast, the role of Malaysia and Thailand seems to have been confined to being exporter of both electronic parts and components and final electronics. Meanwhile, some countries such as Indonesia, the Philippines and China experienced erratic changes in their role, while that of Singapore remains unchanged. The results also indicate that the relocation of Japanese and Korean FDI to lower-labour-cost countries such as China in the 2000s has forced some ASEAN countries to each upgrade their electronics industry and emerged as a main supplier of electronic parts and components for their neighbouring countries. These circumstances, in turn, have changed the pattern of hierarchy within the international electronics production network in the ASEAN region.

Master's Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: B 2, University of Glasgow, language: English, abstract: Introduction: The purpose of this Competitive Environment assignment is, through the research and discuss of macroeconomic, microeconomic, strategy and marketing in a particular industry in China, to analyze the general and special environment around this industry, to understand what these environment conditions mean to competitors in this industry and to find the strategy to cope with the environment. The assignment chooses consumer electronics industry of China to analyze as it is one of the most competitive and fastest-developing regions in modern China. Competition between Chinese local makers and foreign giants is intensifying. It is impossible to cover all the aspects of this industry because there are hundreds of players in different products categories and they have different advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, after general discussion, assignment will concentrate on two profitable and competitive products market, standing at the angle of local players, to identify both opportunities and challenge.