AKIFUMI KUCHIKI is Executive Vice President of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan. His previous publications include 'Catastrophe Expectations and the Importance of Timing in of Policy Implementation' in Economic Papers, Osaka University, 'Silicon Valley in the South' in the Brazilian Journal of Political Economy (with Mitsuhiro Kagami) and Industrial Clusters in Asia (with Masatsugu Tsuji). MASOTSUGU TSUJI is Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Japan, and Professor Emeritus at Osaka University, Ja

• Introduction; A.Kuchiki & M.Tsuji Formation and Growth of Economic Agglomerations and Industrial Clusters: A Theoretical Framework from the Viewpoint of Spatial Economics; M.Fujita The Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy: Guangzhou's Automobile Industry Cluster; A.Kuchiki & H.Tsukada Industrial Clusters in the Austin Area: The Austin Technopolis Case Study; J.Kabir Automobile Clusters in India: Evidence from Chennai and the National Capital Region; A.Okada The Process and Factors of Industrial Cluster Formation: A Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy in Japan; K.Yoshida An Empirical Examination of the Flowchart Approach to Industrial Clustering: Case Study of Greater Bangkok, Thailand; M.Tsuji, S.Miyahara & Y.Ueki The Evolution of the High-Tech Electronics Cluster in Guadalajara, Mexico; Y.Hisamatsu Conclusion; M.Tsuji & A.Kuchiki Appendix: Theory of a Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy; A.Kuchiki

AKIFUMI KUCHIKI is Executive Vice President of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan. His previous publications include 'Catastrophe Expectations and the Importance of Timing in of Policy Implementation' in Economic Papers, Osaka University, 'Silicon Valley in the South' in the Brazilian Journal of Political Economy (with Mitsuhiro Kagami) and Industrial Clusters in Asia (with Masatsugu Tsuji). MASOTSUGU TSUJI is Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Japan, and Professor Emeritus at Osaka University, Ja

• Introduction; A.Kuchiki & M.Tsuji Formation and Growth of Economic Agglomerations and Industrial Clusters: A Theoretical Framework from the Viewpoint of Spatial Economics; M.Fujita The Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy: Guangzhou's Automobile Industry Cluster; A.Kuchiki & H.Tsukada Industrial Clusters in the Austin Area: The Austin Technopolis Case Study; J.Kabir Automobile Clusters in India: Evidence from Chennai and the National Capital Region; A.Okada The Process and Factors of Industrial Cluster Formation: A Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy in Japan; K.Yoshida An Empirical Examination of the Flowchart Approach to Industrial Clustering: Case Study of Greater Bangkok, Thailand; M.Tsuji, S.Miyahara & Y.Ueki The Evolution of the High-Tech Electronics Cluster in Guadalajara, Mexico; Y.Hisamatsu Conclusion; M.Tsuji & A.Kuchiki Appendix: Theory of a Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy; A.Kuchiki

AKIFUMI KUCHIKI is Executive Vice President of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan. His previous publications include 'Catastrophe Expectations and the Importance of Timing in of Policy Implementation' in Economic Papers, Osaka University, 'Silicon Valley in the South' in the Brazilian Journal of Political Economy (with Mitsuhiro Kagami) and Industrial Clusters in Asia (with Masatsugu Tsuji). MASOTSUGU TSUJI is Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Japan, and Professor Emeritus at Osaka University, Ja

• Introduction; A.Kuchiki & M.Tsuji Formation and Growth of Economic Agglomerations and Industrial Clusters: A Theoretical Framework from the Viewpoint of Spatial Economics; M.Fujita The Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy: Guangzhou's Automobile Industry Cluster; A.Kuchiki & H.Tsukada Industrial Clusters in the Austin Area: The Austin Technopolis Case Study; J.Kabir Automobile Clusters in India: Evidence from Chennai and the National Capital Region; A.Okada The Process and Factors of Industrial Cluster Formation: A Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy in Japan; K.Yoshida An Empirical Examination of the Flowchart Approach to Industrial Clustering: Case Study of Greater Bangkok, Thailand; M.Tsuji, S.Miyahara & Y.Ueki The Evolution of the High-Tech Electronics Cluster in Guadalajara, Mexico; Y.Hisamatsu Conclusion; M.Tsuji & A.Kuchiki Appendix: Theory of a Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy; A.Kuchiki