The Geography of Industrial Development in East Asia

Tetsushi Sonobe and Keijiro Otsuka ()

Chapter 3 in Cluster-Based Industrial Development, 2006, pp 35-59 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As discussed in Chapters 1 and 2, it has been increasingly recognized that industrial clusters play a critical role in the development of industries. The case of Japan is particularly noteworthy, as the fine division of labor among a large number of small- and medium-size assemblers and part-suppliers located in small industrial districts is regarded as a major characteristic of the post-war industrialization (Asanuma, 1989; Kawasaki and Macmillan, 1987; Whittaker, 1997). Yet, according to the statistical analyses of changes in industrial locations in Japan (Fujita and Tabuchi, et al., 1997; Mano and Otsuka, 2000), manufacturing industries tend to disperse geographically over time, rather than concentrate in certain areas. The same tendency is found in the US (Glaeser et al., 1992; Henderson 1995; Kim, 1995). Does this imply that industrial clusters are dissolved rather than strengthened in the process of industrial development?

Keywords: Zhejiang Province; Industrial Development; Suburban Area; Private Enterprise; Urbanization Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230596061_3

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