Industrial Clusters in Asia Analyses of Their Competition and Cooperation

by Kuchiki, Akifumi; Tsuji, Masatsugu

• ISBN13: 9781403943507
• ISBN10: 1403943508
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-16
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

East Asia has been attracting FDI and is a center of industrial agglomeration; because of this, the production structure in the world has been dynamically transforming. This book analyzes this world trend and provides a framework for strategy that is required not only for Japanese local governments to implement industrial cluster policy, but also for firms to survive the global competition.

Author Biography

Akifumi Kuchiki is Director-General at the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation (IDE-JETRO), Japan. Masatsugu Tsuji is Professor of Economics at Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, Japan.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vi
List of Figures	ix
Preface	xi
List of Contributors	xii
Introduction	1	(26)
Akifumi Kuchiki
Masatsugu Tsuji
Part I Industrial Clusters in Vietnam
Competition and Cooperation: Vietnam	27	(84)
Adam McCarty
Richard Record
James Riedel
Part II Industrial Clusters in China
Industrial Clusters in the Tianjin Area	111	(58)
Zhang Donggang
Xie Siquan
Bai Xuejie
Luo Ruoyu
A Flowchart Approach	169	(31)
Akifumi Kuchiki
Chinese Automotive and Parts Industries	200	(25)
Masatsugu Tsuji
Wu Quan
Part III Industrial Clusters and IT Industries
Can Malaysia's Growth Be Sustainable?	225	(19)
Yumiko Okamoto
Bangalore's Software Cluster	244	(34)
Aya Okada
The Local Economy: Lessons from Japan	278	(21)
Rika Nakagawa
Japan: Remedies to Activate Local Cities	299	(20)
Takuo Imagawa
Index	319