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Contents
The Setting | 1 |
The International Reorganization of Production | 2 |
Basic Questions | 9 |
A Survey | 11 |
Assembly Abroad and the United States | 12 |
Intrafirm Trade | 21 |
Foreign Assembly in Europe and Japan | 24 |
Explanation of Items 80630 and 80700 | 34 |
The Assembly Industry in Mexico | 137 |
The Importance of Assembly Plants to Mexico | 139 |
Characteristics of the Assembly Industry | 144 |
The Main Issues of Assembly Operations in Mexico | 162 |
Foreign Assembly in Haiti | 180 |
Characteristics of Assembly Operations in Haiti | 187 |
Conclusions | 201 |
A Note on the Sample Surveys Used | 204 |
Internationalization in the Semiconductor Industry | 38 |
Semiconductors and Their Importance | 39 |
Semiconductor Economics | 48 |
The Effects of National Industrial Policy | 54 |
The United States | 68 |
Foreign Assembly of Semiconductors in Western Europe and Japan | 85 |
The Effects on the US Economy | 94 |
Effects of Foreign Assembly on Developing Countries | 109 |
Conclusions | 120 |
Estimating Growth in Foreign Assembly | 125 |
Estimating the Price Elasticity of Semiconductor Demand and the Cost Advantage of Assembly Abroad | 127 |
Assembly Activities in Colombia | 206 |
What Happened? | 212 |
Conclusions | 215 |
Overview | 217 |
Production Abroad and the Industrial Countries | 219 |
Assembly Production and Developing Countries | 226 |
Policy Implications and Conclusions | 237 |
Policy Implications for Developing Countries | 244 |
Concluding Remarks | 250 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Global Factory: Foreign Assembly in International Trade |
| Authors | Joseph Grunwald, Kenneth Flamm |
| Photographs by | Kenneth Flamm |
| Contributor | Kenneth Flamm |
| Publisher | Brookings Institution Press, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0815716184, 9780815716181 |
| Length | 259 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development Business & Economics / Industries / General |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |