From Agglomeration to Innovation

Upgrading Industrial Clusters in Emerging Economies
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-349-31320-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 369 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 482 g

Reihe: IDE-JETRO Series

This book provides a coherent and useful framework to explain the formation of agglomeration and the endogenous innovation process of upgrading industrial clusters to the higher R&D. It contains country studies including; China, India, Japan, Brazil, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tsuji, M.

Kuchiki, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: LEARNING LINKAGE AS DRIVERS FOR CREATING CLUSTER AND INNOVATION The Automobile Industry Cluster in Malaysia Industrial Cluster Development and Innovation in Singapore Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Upgrading and Innovation of Japanese SMEs and Industrial Clustering Innovation through Long-distance Conversations? Experience from Offshoring-based Software Clusters in Bangalore, India PART II: MARKET POOLING AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHNAGE AS DRIVERS FOR CREATING CLUSTER AND INNOVATION A Comparative Analysis of Organizational Innovation in Japanese SMEs Generated by Information Communication Technology The Role of the Specialized Markets in Upgrading Industrial Clusters in China Industrial Clusters and Workplace Training to Expand Innovation Capability: Evidence from Manufacturing in the Greater Bangkok, Thailand Innovation as a Driver for Building an Oil& Gas Industrial Cluster in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

AKIFUMI KUCHIKI is Professor at Nihon University, Japan. He was Executive Vice President of Japan External Organization and his previous publications include , (2008), (Palgrave Macmillan with Tsuji, 2005) and (Palgrave Macmillan with Tsuji, 2008).

MASATSUGA TSUJI is Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Japan and Professor emeritus, Osaka University. Received a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Publications include (Cambridge University Press, 2003), and (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).