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FIW-Conference Production Networks in Asia and Europe
CONFERENCE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION NETWORKS IN ASIA AND EUROPE
When: 15-16 July, 2010
Where: The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
Lecture Hall, Souterrain, Ground Floor (Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna)
Thursday, July 15th 2010
13:30 – 14:00 Welcome
14:00 – 14:10 OPENING REMARKS
Prof. Michael Landesmann, FIW, Director of Research (wiiw)
Dr. Masahiro Kawai, Dean and CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
14:10 – 15:50 SESSION 1
An Overview of Production Networks in East Asia
Prof. Fukunari Kimura and Dr. Ayako Obashi (Keio University)
Trade in intermediates as an approach to study cross-border production networks: First results from the WIOD project
Dr. Robert Stehrer (FIW, wiiw)
Discussants:
Dr. Hubert Escaith (WTO)
Dr. Yuqing Xing (ADBI)
15:50 – 16:10 Coffee Break
16:10 – 17:50 SESSION 2
The Hard Disk Drive Industry in Asia
Mr. Daisuke Hiratsuka (IDE-JETRO)
Case Study on the Supply Chain of a European high tech manufacturer
Timo Seppälä (ETLA–The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy)
Discussants:
Dr. Nipon Poapongsakorn (Thailand Development Research Institute - TDRI)
Prof. Christian Bellak (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Friday, July 16th 2010
08:30 – 09:00 Coffee
09:00 – 10:40 SESSION 3
Assessing Industrial Technological Capabilities in Production Networks in Electronics in East Asia
Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja (Asian Development Bank)
Task specific wage effects of offshoring in Germany
Prof. Ingo Geishecker (Georg-August-University Göttingen)
Discussants:
Dr. Julia Kubny (German Development Institute - DIE)
Prof. Michael Pfaffermayr (Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck)
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:40 SESSION 4
East Asian Production Networks and the Crisis
Dr. Willem Thorbecke (ADBI)
Global rebalancing and the future of International Supply Chains
Dr. Hubert Escaith (WTO)
Discussants:
Prof. Michael Landesmann (FIW, wiiw)
Prof. Eiji Yamashita (Osaka City University)
14:30 – 16:00 PANEL SESSION
Moderator: Dr. Kawai
Mr. Daisuke Hiratsuka (IDE-JETRO)
Prof. Peter Nunnenkamp (Kiel Institute)
Prof. Fritz Breuss (FIW, Austrian Institute of Economic Research – WIFO)
Prof. Eiji Yamashita (Osaka City University)
16:00 – 16:15 CLOSING REMARKS
Prof. Michael Landesmann (FIW, wiiw)
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