The integraton by trade and FDI of emerging economies: The ASEAN example

The paper investigates the role of regionalization and regional identity in the endeavours of emerging economies to connect successfully to the global world economy. It addresses the question of whether the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with its loose institutional integration framework, has contributed to the global integration of its very heterogenous members in the first decade of the 21st century – and, if so, what are the drivers behind this. The paper summarizes connecting theories, using a multidisciplinary approach, and uses descriptive statistical analysis to identify the achievements of the ASEAN-6 countries within global trade and foreign direct invesment (FDI) flows in the given time period. We suggest that ASEAN countries, with their efforts to initiate interconnecting regional organizations in Asia, most specifically the ASEAN+3 (APT) construction, did contribute to greater integratedness of member countries; and they have created a regional image with a common market and production base. Such achievements, however, can be in great part attributed to the micro-level activities of international and regional firms wishing to establish cross-border production networks in these countries.

The integration by trade and FDI of emerging economies: The Asian example

The paper investigates the role of regionalization and regional identity in the endeavours of emerging economies to connect successfully to the global world economy. It addresses the question of whether the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with its loose institutional integration framework, has contributed to the global integration of its very heterogenous members in the first decade of the 21st century – and, if so, what are the drivers behind this. The paper summarizes connecting theories, using a multidisciplinary approach, and uses descriptive statistical analysis to identify the achievements of the ASEAN-6 countries within global trade and foreign direct invesment (FDI) flows in the given time period. We suggest that ASEAN countries, with their efforts to initiate interconnecting regional organizations in Asia, most specifically the ASEAN+3 (APT) construction, did contribute to greater integratedness of member countries; and they have created a regional image with a common market and production base. Such achievements, however, can be in great part attributed to the micro-level activities of international and regional firms wishing to establish cross-border production networks in these countries.

Abszorb Meter – a térségi és vállalkozási abszorpciós képességek vizsgálati modellje

Az abszorpdós képességek vizsgálatára irányuló kutatások egyik fontos indítéka az a felismerés volt, miszerint: a regionális fejlettségbeli különbségek a világ minden kis- és nagytérségében, gazdasági-politikai tömorülésében (EU, ASEAN, OECD), országában kimutathatók. A jelenség feltárására irányuló empirikus kutatások egybehangzó megállapítása szerint az egyes értelmezett területi egységek innovációs teljesítményének tartós eltérései vezetnek - történetileg - az abszorpciós potenciálok markáns különbözőségéhez. Ezen belül két fontos tényező - és ehhez kapcsolódó elméleti keret - az eltérések létrejöttének okozója. Az egyik a tudáskoncentráció mértéke, a másik az innovációs aktivitások térbeni eloszlása.