Industrial clusters, upgrading and innovation in East Asia
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Industrial clusters, upgrading and innovation in East Asia
E. Elgar, c2011
Available at 70 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO"
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This lucid and informative book analyzes the problems of clusters in transition through studies of agglomerations at different stages of development in various East Asian countries. The contributors reconsider industrial cluster policy within a more dynamic and long-term framework, and explore how regional transformations can bring new insights to the theory of agglomeration and innovation. By identifying the factors and policies to promote upgrading, the authors establish the theoretical and policy basis for transforming industrial clusters from production-oriented to innovation-oriented agglomerations. They also study the important structural changes in the region, such as FTAs and the role of the WTO, and the consequent effects on clusters.
Researchers and students of Asian economics, industrial clusters and innovation will find this incisive book invaluable. It will also prove to be a compelling read for policy makers in developing countries or international development organizations.
Contributors include: V. Ammarapala, P. Chongphaisal, T. Gokan, X. He, B. Hu, C. Jeenanunta, S. Komolavanij, R. Liu, S.D. Meyanathan, S. Miyahara, M. Suzuki
Table of Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction
Masatsugu Tsuji and Akifumi Kuchiki
PART I: BACKGROUND AND CIRCUMSTANCES
2. On the Sequence of Steps in Clustering Policy for Creating Spatial Advantages
Akifumi Kuchiki and Toshitaka Gokan
3. Promoting Regional Integration through Industrial Cluster Policy in CLMV Cities
Akifumi Kuchiki
4. Export Processing Zones and the WTO SCM Agreement
Motoyoshi Suzuki
5. Thai Regional Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and their Effect on the Automotive Industry in Thailand
Somrote Komolavanij, Chawalit Jeenanunta, Pornpimol Chongphaisal and Veeris Ammarapala
PART II: CLUSTER FORMATION FOR UPGRADING AND INNOVATION
6. Case Study of Laos: Prospects for a Vientiane Special Economic Zone
Motoyoshi Suzuki
7. Industrial Upgrading: Cluster Development in the Malaysian Electronics Industry
Saha Dhevan Meyanathan
8. The Interaction between the High-tech Industrial Cluster and its Surrounding Universities: The Case of Wuhan 'Optical Valley' Industrial Cluster
Bei Hu and Rongzhi Liu
9. Interaction between Transnational Corporations and Local Government on Industry Clusters in China: The Case of the Automobile Industry
Xiyou He
PART III: CLUSTERING AND INNOVATION
10. Effects of Technological Networks of Small and Medium-sized Firms on their R&D Activities in Shihwa Industrial Complex, Korea: Toward Industrial Cluster Formation and Regional Integration
Yoshihiro Kameyama
11. Agglomeration and Local Innovation Networks in Japanese SMEs: Analysis of the Information Linkage
Masatsugu Tsuji and Syoichi Miyahara
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"