South Asian LDCs may offer location advantages at least comparable to those offered by the CMLV countries, while others, such as India, may have comparable location advantages to the ASEAN four (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand). Another configuration could be a closer regional integration in which South Asian countries try to develop forward and backward linkages across the region within (and across) existing industries. It might be noted further that the establishment of regional supply chains within a well-established industry may make it easier to develop additional supply chains in other industries because it would likely involve lower initial costs to establish service links than would be the case for new industries while producing opportunities for static and dynamic economies of scale (in transport and logistics) for other industries (once these links are established).