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The Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Akifumi Kuchiki

    1. Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan

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  2. Masatsugu Tsuji

    1. Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Japan

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Part of the book series: IDE-JETRO Series (IDE)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Theoretical Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Akifumi Kuchiki, Masatsugu Tsuji
      Pages 3-17

    3. Formation and Growth of Economic Agglomerations and Industrial Clusters: A Theoretical Framework from the Viewpoint of Spatial Economics

      • Masahisa Fujita
      Pages 18-37

  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy: Guangzhou’s Automobile Industry Cluster

      • Akifumi Kuchiki, Hiroyuki Tsukada
      Pages 41-70

    3. Industrial Clusters in the Austin Area: The Austin Technopolis Case Study

      • Jobaid Kabir
      Pages 71-108

    4. Automobile Clusters in India: Evidence from Chennai and the National Capital Region

      • Aya Okada, N. S. Siddharthan
      Pages 109-144

    5. The Process and Factors of Industrial Cluster Formation: A Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy in Japan

      • Kentaro Yoshida
      Pages 145-193

    6. An Empirical Examination of the Flowchart Approach to Industrial Clustering: Case Study of Greater Bangkok, Thailand

      • Masatsugu Tsuji, Shoichi Miyahara, Yasushi Ueki
      Pages 194-261

    7. The Evolution of the High-Tech Electronics Cluster in Guadalajara, Mexico

      • Yoshiaki Hisamatsu
      Pages 262-281

    8. Conclusion

      • Masatsugu Tsuji, Akifumi Kuchiki
      Pages 282-284

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 285-325
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This book provides a theoretical framework to explain the formation and growth of economic agglomerations and industrial clusters from the viewpoint of spatial economics, and goes on to present current examples of clustering and policy in different economies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan

    Akifumi Kuchiki

  • Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Japan

    Masatsugu Tsuji

About the editors

MASAHISA FUJITA Professor, Konan University, Japan; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan YOSHIAKI HISAMATSU Associate Professor, Faculty of Regional Development Studies, Toyo University, Japan JOBAID KABIR Manager, Environmental Compliance, Lower Colorado River Authority, USA SHOICHI MIYAHARA Associate Professor, College of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan AYA OKADA Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan MASATSUGU TSUJI Professor, Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Japan; Professor Emeritus, Osaka University, Japan HIROYUKI TSUKADA Director General, Guangzhou, China, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan YASUSHI UEKI Research Fellow, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO (IDE-JETRO), Japan KENTARO YOSHIDA JETRO, Japan; Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, USA

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