Industrial Clusters in Asia

AKIFUMI KUCHIKI is Director-General at the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation (IDE-JETRO), Japan. His previous publications include Catastrophe Expectations and the Importance of the Timing of Policy Implementation in Economics Papers and Silicon Valley in the South in the Brazilian Journal of Political Economy with Kagami. MASATSUGU TSUJI is Professor of Economics at Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, Japan. His previous publications include Private Initiatives in Infrastructure (with Berg and Pollitt). The Internet Revolution and Information Technology, Policy and Digital Divide (both with Kagami and Giovannetti).

"Starts a new dimensions of discussion about East Asia and industrial organization." - Dajin Peng,Springer

• Introduction; A.Kuchiki & M.Tsuji PART 1: INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN VIETNAM Industrial Clusters in Asia: Analyses of Their Competition and Cooperation: Vietnam Case Study; J.Riedel, A.McCarty & R.Record PART 2: INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN ASIA Industrial Clusters in Tianjin Area; Z.Donggang, X.Siquan, B.Xuejie & L.Ruoyu A Flowchart Approach to Asia's Industrial Cluster Policy; A.Kuchiki Localisation and Dispersion of the Chinese Automotive and Parts Industries; M.Tsuji & W.Quan PART 3: INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS AND IT INDUSTRIES Agglomeration and International Competitiveness: Can Malaysia's Growth be Sustainable?; Y.Okamoto Bangalore's Software Cluster: Building Competitiveness Through the Local Labour Market Dynamics; A.Okada The Industrial Cluster Planning for Stimulating the Local Economy: Lessons from Japan; R.Nakagawa The Accumulation of IT Industries in Japan: Remedies to Activate Local Cities; T.Imagawa