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富达平台海外访问学者讲座系列64

富达 Overseas Visiting Scholar Seminar（64）

Implications of Digital Transformation in Buyer-driven Production Networks: Examining Chinese E-commerce Initiatives in South East Asia

主持人 Chair

李玲芳丨Dr. Li Lingfang

富达注册管理学院副教授

Associate Professor, School of Management, Fudan University

演讲人Speaker🥜：

Christopher Foster

曼彻斯特大学研究员

Presidential Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester

时间Time

2019年 10月24日9:30 丨9:30AM, October 24^th , 2019

地点 Venue

富达注册智库楼203丨 Room 203, Think Tank Building, Fudan University

主办 Host

富达平台 丨Fudan Development Institute

摘要Abstract

This work looks to build knowledge around technology change in “buyer-driven” production networks – networks where firms in lower capital-intensive production are interconnected into regional and global buyers. It focuses on e-commerce which is transforming buyer-driven networks through digital platforms, as well as the digitalisation of distribution and interactive online customer relationships.

China’s cross-border e-commerce along the ‘belt and road’ is one of the leading initiatives in this area. It is particularly crucial because it includes a number of pilots and experiments that are liable to shape the norms of e-commerce in the future. In this presentation I will examine the implication of current activities, including the evolution of experimental cross-border zones in China, the nature of logistics hubs in Asia, and the way that local e-commerce platforms and “last mile” logistics are evolving.