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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive overview of what Asian industrial clusters might teach us. At a time when the dynamics of the world's economy are increasingly being influenced by developments in Asia, the question takes on particular relevance because of the explosion of clusters and cluster policies throughout the region; and because of the great variety of models which can be seen developing in the various countries.Based on robust empirical surveys and interviews conducted in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan, the studies collected in this book were first debated at an international workshop in Lyon. From industrial districts to poles of competitiveness, these studies explored the transformation of traditional systems of activities or industrial districts to new networks ready for global competition or innovation, and also the development of new agglomerations or scientific knowledge clusters.The wide range of case studies in this collection offers a rich store of theoretical and practical lessons for analysts, policy-makers and economists. The book will also be a useful guide for graduate students as well as researchers in economics, sociology and political studies.
Table of ContentsOverview: Introduction: Industrial Districts, Clusters and Poles of Competitiveness; What can be Learned from Asian Industrial Clusters? (B Ganne & Y Lecler); From an Industrial Policy Approach to an Industrial Cluster Approach: Japan, East Asia and Silicon Valley (A Suehiro); Japan - The Japanese Clustering Initiative Approach: Public Policies in Japan: Industrial Revitalization, Knowledge Creation and Clustering (A Hattori); Competence and Profitability of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises; The Case of Kawasaki SMEs (M Miyamoto); China - The Specificities of Chinese Industrial Clusters: Their Importance and Weaknesses: New Phenomena and Challenges of Clusters in China in the New Era of Globalization (J Wang); The Emergence of Industrial Clusters in Wenzhou, China (T Marukawa); Distribution System of China's Industrial Clusters: Case Study of Yiwu China Commodity City (K Ding); South East Asia - Clusters and the Building of Competitiveness in Emerging Countries: Some Evidence from South East Asia: From Craft Villages to Clusters in Vietnam: Transition through Globalisation (Q N Nguyen); The Prevalence of Social Embedding in Vietnamese Industrial Clusters (S J Appold & Q T Nguyen); Thailand's Cluster Initiatives: Successes, Failures and Impacts on National Innovation System (P Intarakumnerd); and other papers.
