Leveraging Coordination Capacity
Medical Resource Mobilization in Asia’s Developmental States During Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6434952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wei-Ting Yen (0000-0002-4153-678X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of East Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1598-2408 • E-ISSN: 2234-6643 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/jea.2025.3 |
| OpenAlex | W4410276080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
The developmental states of Asia—South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore—have been widely recognized for their successful COVID-19 governance. However, despite these successes, a closer examination reveals significant differences in their strategic responses and the medical resources mobilized. This article explains the different governance approaches taken by the three developmental states. We argue that the pre-crisis industrial coordination capacity of each developmental state plays a crucial role in determining both whether and which medical resources can be mobilized during emergencies. Through comparative case studies and within-case process tracing, we demonstrate how pre-established industry-level coordination capacities enabled Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore to strategically prioritize the production and mobilization of test kits, masks, and vaccines, respectively, especially in the initial phase of the pandemic. This article emphasizes that a country’s domestic production capacity, an often-overlooked institutional factor, can facilitate a more efficient response in a short period of time and significantly strengthen crisis management efforts
Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Corporate governance · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Mobilization · Political science · Production (economics · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Employment and Welfare Studies · International Development and Aid · Medicine
Developmental States
Miti and the Japanese Miracle
Embedded Autonomy
Getting Interventions Right
Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication as an Integrative Model
Combating Covid-19 in Democratic Taiwan and South Korea
Managing Transboundary Crises
Process Tracing
The comparative politics of Covid-19
Taking the developmental state seriously
The Korean Developmental State
Beyond institutional fetishism
Explaining divergent National Responses to Covid-19
Hybridized industrial ecosystems and the makings of a new developmental infrastructure in East Asia’s green energy sector
Developmental states in transition
Learning from past pandemic governance
Lessons From Covid-19 Responses in East Asia
Interagency Communication Networks During Emergencies
Contingent Coordination
Bringing the developmental state back in
The developmental state and its discontent
Fighting Covid ‐19 with Agility, Transparency, and Participation
Korean Chaebol in Transition
The imperative of state capacity in public health crisis
Re-Making the Developmental State in Taiwan
Globalization and the changing architecture of the state
Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins of Developmental States
Taiwan’s Covid‐19 Management
Governing the Market
Korea and Taiwan
Fighting the Pandemic with 'Shields
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |