This book focuses on East Asia, which has been attracting FDI and a centre of industrial agglomeration, and because of this, the production structure in the world has been dynamically transforming. This book analyzes this world trend and provides a framework for strategy that is required not only for Japanese local governments to implement industrial cluster policy, but also for firms to survive the global competition.

Autorentext
ZHANG DONGGANG Professor, Department of Management for Social Science, Nankai University, China TAKUO IMAGAWA Deputy - Director, Information and Communications Policy Bureau, General Policy Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan RIKA NAKAGAWA Research Fellow, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan AYA OKADA Associate Professor, Department of International Development, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan YUMIKO OKAMOTO Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Doshisya University, Japan RICHARD RECORD Mekong Economics, USA JAMES RIEDEL Professor, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University, USA LUO RUOYU Doctoral Student, Nankai Institute of Economics, China XIE SIQUAN Nankai Institute of Economics, China QUAN WU Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University, Japan BAI XUEJIE College of Economic and Social Development, China ADAM MCCARTY Chief Economist, Mekong Economics Ltd, Vietnam

Inhalt
Introduction; A.Kuchiki & M.Tsuji PART 1: INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN VIETNAM Industrial Clusters in Asia: Analyses of Their Competition and Cooperation: Vietnam Case Study; J.Riedel, A.McCarty & R.Record PART 2: INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN ASIA Industrial Clusters in Tianjin Area; Z.Donggang, X.Siquan, B.Xuejie & L.Ruoyu A Flowchart Approach to Asia's Industrial Cluster Policy; A.Kuchiki Localisation and Dispersion of the Chinese Automotive and Parts Industries; M.Tsuji & W.Quan PART 3: INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS AND IT INDUSTRIES Agglomeration and International Competitiveness: Can Malaysia's Growth be Sustainable?; Y.Okamoto Bangalore's Software Cluster: Building Competitiveness Through the Local Labour Market Dynamics; A.Okada The Industrial Cluster Planning for Stimulating the Local Economy: Lessons from Japan; R.Nakagawa The Accumulation of IT Industries in Japan: Remedies to Activate Local Cities; T.Imagawa