Cluster-Based Industrial Development An East Asian Model
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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Cluster-Based Industrial Development An East Asian Model
Tetsushi Sonobe and Keijiro Otsuka
© Tetsushi Sonobe and Keijiro Otsuka 2006 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-0-230-00483-2 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any license permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-28155-8 ISBN 978-0-230-59606-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230596061 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sonobe, Tetsushi. Cluster-based industrial development : an East Asian model / Tetsushi Sonobe and Keijiro Otsuka. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-349-28155-8 (cloth) 1. Industrial concentration–East Asia–Case studies. 2. Industrialization–East Asia–Case studies. I. Otsuka, Keijiro. II. Title. HD2906.S65 2006 338.8–dc22
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To our mothers, Eiko Sonobe and Hatsu Otsuka
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Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface
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1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
Introduction Roles of industrial clusters Economic geography Empirical studies of industrial clusters Globalization and industrial clusters Theory of product life cycle Summary
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2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
The Development of Industrial Clusters in East Asia Similarities of development patterns Study sites An endogenous process of industrial development Scope of the book
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3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
The Geography of Industrial Development in East Asia Dispersion of industries in Tokyo and its vicinity Development of suburban clusters in Taiwan Development of clusters in the Southern Yangtze River region Setting of the case studies in East Asia
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