Growing Industrial Clusters in Asia
Subtitle: Serendipity and Science (Directions in Development)
Contributors: Shahid Yusuf (Editor); Kaoru Nabeshima (Editor)
Publisher: World Bank Publications; World Bank
Published: March 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780821372135
Subjects: Development economics; Urban & municipal planning; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Infrastructure; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; Reference - General; Urban & Regional
Description: "Industrial clusters in Silicon Valley, Hsinchu Park, and northern Italy, and in the vicinity of Cambridge, U.K., have captured the imaginations of policy makers, researchers, city planners, and business people. Where clusters take root, they can generate valuable spillovers, promote innovation, and create the critical industrial mass for sustained growth. This book offers guidance on the nature of clusters and the likely efficacy of measures that could help build a cluster. It draws on the experience of both established dynamic clusters and newly emerging ones that show considerable promise. This book will be of interest to policy makers, urban planners, business people, and researchers."--BOOK JACKET.