An empirical study of choosing the core industries of Free Trade Zones

Author

Feng, Cheng-Min ; Hsieh, Hui-Chuan

Author_Institution

Inst. of Traffic & Transp., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

9-10 Jan. 2010

Firstpage

742

Lastpage

746

Abstract

Facing a competitive environment, FTZs around the world are no longer limiting themselves to trasitional port activities. Instead, such FTZs are reconsidering value-chain process to enhance FTZ competitiveness. The purpose of this study is to determine the selection of appropriate industries to move into the FTZs for promoting the competitiveness of FTZs. Through analyzing the added values for transshipment operations and the forward and backward linkage with domestic industries, the empirical study shows that Â¿products of the chemicalsÂ¿ and Â¿machinery and electronic componentsÂ¿ are selected as the core industries in Taiwan´s FTZs.

Keywords

commerce; economics; industries; core industries; domestic industries; free trade zones; port activities; transshipment operations; value-chain process; Chemical analysis; Chemical industry; Chemical products; Couplings; Electronics industry; Investments; Logistics; Machinery production industries; Trade agreements; Transportation; Free Trade Zone; Value-added; Value-chain;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Logistics Systems and Intelligent Management, 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7331-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICLSIM.2010.5461089

Filename

5461089