This thesis is an examination of the forces behind the increasing levels of intra-regional economic integration in East Asia. Economic integration in Europe, and to a lesser extent in North America, was preceded by an adaptation of political agreements and institutions which, in turn, largely determined the further pattern of economic regionalisation. Economic integration in East Asia did not experience such a prerequisite settlement. East Asian economic integration, unlike economic integration in other regions around the globe, is being driven by the growing interdependence between transnational corporations (TNCs), and in many instances, small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs), strategies, and regional governments policies. / The thesis examines the process of intra-regional economic integration in East Asia from three levels of analysis: state-state, state-firm and firm-firm. The discussion seeks to go beyond the “state versus market” analysis of regional economic integration and aims to present an ‘alternative’ framework of analysis by discussing the dynamics of the growing relationship between states and firms. In order to ‘capture’ this relationship, the dissertation examines the interplay between the forces of globalisation and regionalisation. / The findings of the three case studies, together with the analysis of globalisation and regionalisation, have demonstrated the need to move beyond the state versus market dichotomy. East Asian economic integration is occurring at three levels: state-state, state-firm and firm-firm. The forces behind East Asian economic integration include cooperation and competition between states, bargaining between states and firms, and the activities of TNCs and SMEs. Changes in the global economy affect the pattern of economic integration at the regional level. Understanding how these changes impact on state policies and firm strategies is vital to analysing regional economic integration.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/281958 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | MacDonald, Philip Andrew |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
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