05173nam 2200637Ia 450 991078109540332120230721005528.01-282-44312-79786612443121981-4280-13-5(CKB)2550000000001182(EBL)477149(OCoLC)609853415(SSID)ssj0000356806(PQKBManifestationID)11286640(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356806(PQKBWorkID)10349455(PQKB)10505678(MiAaPQ)EBC477149(WSP)00000493(Au-PeEL)EBL477149(CaPaEBR)ebr10361889(CaONFJC)MIL244312(EXLCZ)99255000000000118220090402d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAsian industrial clusters, global competitiveness and new policy initiatives[electronic resource] /editors, Bernard Ganne, Yveline LeclerSingapore ;Hackensack, NJ World Scientificc20091 online resource (601 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-4280-12-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Introduction Bernard Ganne and Yveline Lecler; What Can be Learned from Asian Industrial Clusters?; Presentation of the Book; References; Part One Overview; Chapter 1 From Industrial Districts to Poles of Competitiveness Bernard Ganne and Yveline Lecler; Chapter 2 From an Industrial Policy Approach to an Industrial Cluster Approach: Japan, East Asia and Silicon Valley Akira Suehiro; Part Two Japan: The Japanese Clustering Initiatives ApproachChapter 3 Public Policies in Japan: Industrial Revitalisation, Knowledge Creation and Clustering Akira Hattori Chapter 4 Development of Industrial Parks by the Japan Regional Development Corporation in the 1990's: Is this a Failure of Regional Development Policy or Industrial Cluster Policy? Yoichi Sekizawa; Chapter 5 From Jibasangyo- to Industrial Clusters in Japan: SMEs and Revitalisation Policies Lecler Yveline and Yamaguchi Takayuki; Chapter 6 Competence and Profitability of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Case of Kawasaki SMEs Mitsuharu MiyamotoPart Three China: The Specificities of Chinese Industrial Clusters: Their Importance and Weaknesses Chapter 7 New Phenomena and Challenges of Clusters in China in the New Era of Globalisation Jici Wang; Chapter 8 The Emergence of Industrial Clusters in Wenzhou, China Tomoo Marukawa; Chapter 9 Understanding the Zhejiang Industrial Clusters: Questions and Re-evaluations Lu Shi and Bernard Ganne; Chapter 10 Distribution System of China's Industrial Clusters: Case Study of Yiwu China Commodity City Ke DingChapter 11 Post Local State Corporatism: A Case Study of Local Government's Role in the Development of Industrial Cluster after Privatisation Jianniu Xu Chapter 12 Interaction and Innovation in Cluster Development: Some Experiences from Guangdong Province, China Jun Wang; Part Four South East Asia: Clusters and the Building of Competitiveness in Emerging Countries: Some Evidence from South East Asia; Chapter 13 From Craft Villages to Clusters in Vietnam: Transition Through Globalisation Quy Nghi NguyenChapter 14 The Prevalence of Social Embedding in Vietnamese Industrial Clusters Stephen J. Appold and Quy Thanh Nguyen Chapter 15 From 'Tradi-cluster' to 'Neo-cluster': First Step for a Typology of Industrial Clusters in Emerging Economies: A Case Study of Thailand Audrey Baron Gutty, Catherine Figuière and Jean-Chris; Chapter 16 Thailand's Cluster Initiatives: Successes, Failures and Impacts on National Innovation System Patarapong Intarakumnerd; Chapter 17 'Penang's Illustrious Story' Revisited: Local Authorities, Labour Force and the Multinationals Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux; IndexThis 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 internCompetition, InternationalIndustrial clustersAsiaCompetition, International.Industrial clusters338.6042095Ganne Bernard298359Lecler Yveline1192438MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781095403321Asian industrial clusters, global competitiveness and new policy initiatives3841286UNINA