From agglomeration to innovation: upgrading industrial clusters in emerging economies

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. INDICE: Introduction - PART I: LEARNING LINKAGE AS DRIVERS FOR CREATING CLUSTER AND INNOVATION - The Automobile Industry Cluster in Malaysia - Industrial Cluster Development and Innovation in Singapore - Empirical 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 - AComparative Analysis of Organizational Innovation in Japanese SMEs Generated by Information Communication Technology - The Role of the Specialized Markets in Upgrading Industrial Clusters in China - Industrial Clusters and Workplace Training to Expand Innovation Capability: Evidence from Manufacturing in the Greater Bangkok, Thailand - Innovation as a Driver for Building an Oil ; Gas Industrial Cluster in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23310-2
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 19/11/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés