Li & Fung, Ltd.: An Agent of Global Production

Leonard K. CHENG

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-1625-5_19

Li & Fung, Ltd.: An Agent of Global Production

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Abstract

The trade theory that deals with international production fragmentation assumes that producers in different parts of the world specialize in segments of various value chains such that the final price of each product is as low as possible. The slicing of a value chain into segments to be allocated to producers in different countries depends on technical feasibility and on the costs of linking the successive production processes. In practice, how do producers in different countries determine their respective positions along the value chain?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Global Production and Trade in East Asia
Editors	Leonard K. CHENG, Henryk KIERZKOWSKI
Publisher	Springer US
Chapter	19
Pages	317-323
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781461516255
ISBN (Print)	9781461356479
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1625-5_19
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

I would like to thank Dr. William K. Fung for his assistance in the preparation of this case study, in particular for his insights about supply chain management.

Keywords

Supply Chain
Comparative Advantage
Global Production
Multinational Firm
Trading Company

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