From agglomeration to innovation
Subtitle: upgrading industrial clusters in emerging economies
By: edited by Akifumi Kuchiki and Masatsugu Tsuji.
Contributors: Kuchiki, Akifumi.; Tsuji, Masatsugu.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230233102
Subjects: Industrial clusters -- Developing countries; Industries -- Developing countries
Description: "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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: IntroductionPART I: LEARNING LINKAGE AS DRIVERS FOR CREATING CLUSTER AND INNOVATION The Automobile Industry Cluster in MalaysiaIndustrial Cluster Development and Innovation in SingaporeEmpirical 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 TechnologyThe Role of the Specialized Markets in Upgrading Industrial Clusters in ChinaIndustrial Clusters and Workplace Training to Expand Innovation Capability: Evidence from Manufacturing in the Greater Bangkok, ThailandInnovation as a Driver for Building an Oil & Gas Industrial Cluster in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Conclusion IntroductionPART I: LEARNING LINKAGE AS DRIVERS FOR CREATING CLUSTER AND INNOVATION The Automobile Industry Cluster in MalaysiaIndustrial Cluster Development and Innovation in SingaporeEmpirical 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 TechnologyThe Role of the Specialized Markets in Upgrading Industrial Clusters in ChinaIndustrial Clusters and Workplace Training to Expand Innovation Capability: Evidence from Manufacturing in the Greater Bangkok, ThailandInnovation as a Driver for Building an Oil & Gas Industrial Cluster in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Conclusion .