The Global Factory: Foreign Assembly in International Trade

by Joseph Grunwald and Kenneth Flamm

Book Overview

Since the early 1960s exports of manufactures from developing countries have grown rapidly. Widening gaps between the wages of rich and poor countries, coupled with dramatic declines in transportation costs and increased technological capabilities, led to this growth. Production of labor-intensive goods in newly industrializing economies became a significant factor in work markets. Industrial country firms responded to this situation by integrating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815733038
• ISBN13: 9780815733034
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"