Cluster-Based Industrial Development
An East Asian Model
Published on 11. July 2006
XVII, 243 pages
978-0-230-59606-1 (ISBN)
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Despite its utmost importance, the issue of industrial development has been largely neglected in the literature for the last few decades. The authors have conducted comparative case studies between Chinese and Japanese industries.
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TETSUSHI SONOBE is a Professorial Fellow at the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) and a Professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan. He received a PhD in Economics from Yale University and taught at Tokyo Metropolitan University from 1992 to 2003.
KEIJIRO OTSUKA is a Professorial Fellow at FASID and a Professor at GRIPS, Japan. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and taught at Tokyo Metropolitan University from 1980 to 2001. He is an Associate Editor of Economic Development and Cultural Change and the co-author of six books.
KEIJIRO OTSUKA is a Professorial Fellow at FASID and a Professor at GRIPS, Japan. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and taught at Tokyo Metropolitan University from 1980 to 2001. He is an Associate Editor of Economic Development and Cultural Change and the co-author of six books.
Content
List of Figures List of Tables Preface Introduction The Development of Industrial Clusters in East Asia The Geography of Industrial Development in East Asia An Inquiry into Merchant-Led Industrialization: The Garment Industries in Zhejiang and Hiroshima An Inquiry into Engineer-Led Industrialization: The Motorcycle Industries in Japan and Chongqing Innovation in Industrial Clusters: The Machine Tool Industry in Taichung and the Low-Voltage Electric Machinery Industry in Wenzhou The Changing Roles of Imitation and Innovation in Industrial Clusters: The Printed Circuit Board Industry in Northern Taiwan and Jiangsu Province Towards an Endogenous Model of Industrial Development References Index
