Explains how the economic crises in Asia changed the production systems of seven Asian nations.

1. Innovation and the Asian economies William W. Keller and Richard J. Samuels; 2. Japanese production networks in Asia: extending the status quo Walter Hatch; 3. Crisis and innovation in Japan: a new future through technoentrepreneurship? D. H. Whittaker; 4. Crisis, reform, and national innovation in South Korea Linsu Kim; 5. From national champions to global partners: crisis, globalization, and the Korean auto industry John Ravenhill; 6. Crisis and adaptation in Taiwan and South Korea: the political economy of semiconductors William W. Keller and Louis W. Pauly; 7. China in search of a workable model: technology development in the millennium Barry Naughton and Adam Segal; 8. Economic crises and technological trajectories: hard disk drive production in Southeast Asia Rich Doner and Bryan Ritchie; 9. Continuity and change in Asian innovation William W. Keller and Richard J. Samuels.