Download or read book Asian Industrial Clusters Global Competitiveness and New Policy Initiatives written by Bernard Ganne and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of what Asian industrial clusters might teach us. At a time when the dynamics of the world''s economy are increasingly being influenced by developments in Asia, the question takes on particular relevance because of the explosion of clusters and cluster policies throughout the region; and because of the great variety of models which can be seen developing in the various countries. Based on robust empirical surveys and interviews conducted in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan, the studies collected in this book were first debated at an international workshop in Lyon. From industrial districts to poles of competitiveness, these studies explored the transformation of traditional systems of activities or industrial districts to new networks ready for global competition or innovation, and also the development of new agglomerations or scientific knowledge clusters. The wide range of case studies in this collection offers a rich store of theoretical and practical lessons for analysts, policy-makers and economists. The book will also be a useful guide for graduate students as well as researchers in economics, sociology and political studies.

Download or read book Regional Competitiveness written by Ron Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is now a wide spread interest in regions as a key focus in the organization and governance of economic growth and wealth creation. This important book considers the factors that influence and shape the competitive performance of regions. This is not just an issue of academic interest and debate, but also of increasing policy deliberation and action. However, as the readings in this book make clear, the very idea of regional competitiveness is itself complex and contentious. Many academics and policy makers have used the concept without fully considering what is meant by the term and how it can be measured. Policy formulation has tended to rush ahead of understanding and analysis, and the purpose of this book is to close this important gap in understanding. This book was previously published as a special issue of Regional Studies.

Download or read book Industrial Clusters and Local Competitiveness written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Uncorrected OCR) Abstract of thesis titled Industrial Clusters and Local Competitiveness: A Case Study of Dongguan, China Submitted by LAI Wing Man for the degree of Master of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong in September 2004 Since the 1980s, the worldwide technological and political situations have experienced rapid changes. The localization of industries can progress hand in hand with globalization and some large multinational corporations (MNCs) have begun to dominate the world market. Industrial cluster is found in virtually every advanced economy and increasingly in developing countries as well. China, with greater integration with the rest of the world after World Trade Organization (WTO) accession, has become the ideal target for the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of MNCs. Within the Guangdong province in China, Dongguan, after the implementation of the economic reform and the Open Door Policy in 1978, has attracted massive FDI and formed industrial cluster based on its exclusive advantages. The main objectives of this study are to examine the general clustering situations in terms of electronics and telecommunications industry in China and the rationales lead to the development of an industrial cluster in Dongguan. Besides, it also attempts to examine the relationship of the industrial clusters and the local competitiveness. The degree of agglomeration is measured by means of Location Quotient (LQ) and the local competitiveness can be calculated by the equation of Line of Competitiveness (LC) and the variables of GDP, the volume of trade, the overall labour productivity, etc. in electronics industry. By applying an in-depth case study of a mobile phone company, Dongguan Nokia Mobile Co., Ltd., the global supply chain characteristics of an MNC can be well understood. The findings of this study suggest that theoretically, there is a significant positive correlation between agglomeration and competitiveness. The results of Dongguan electronics and t.

Download or read book INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS LOCAL CO written by Wing-Man Lai and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Industrial Clusters and Local Competitiveness: a Case Study of Dongguan, China" by Wing-man, Lai, 黎詠雯, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis titled Industrial Clusters and Local Competitiveness: A Case Study of Dongguan, China Submitted by LAI Wing Man for the degree of Master of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong in September 2004 Since the 1980s, the worldwide technological and political situations have experienced rapid changes. The localization of industries can progress hand in hand with globalization and some large multinational corporations (MNCs) have begun to dominate the world market. Industrial cluster is found in virtually every advanced economy and increasingly in developing countries as well. China, with greater integration with the rest of the world after World Trade Organization (WTO) accession, has become the ideal target for the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of MNCs. Within the Guangdong province in China, Dongguan, after the implementation of the economic reform and the Open Door Policy in 1978, has attracted massive FDI and formed industrial cluster based on its exclusive advantages. The main objectives of this study are to examine the general clustering situations in terms of electronics and telecommunications industry in China and the rationales lead to the development of an industrial cluster in Dongguan. Besides, it also attempts to examine the relationship of the industrial clusters and the local competitiveness. The degree of agglomeration is measured by means of Location Quotient (LQ) and the local competitiveness can be calculated by the equation of Line of Competitiveness (LC) and the variables of GDP, the volume of trade, the overall labour productivity, etc. in electronics industry. By applying an in-depth case study of a mobile phone company, Dongguan Nokia Mobile Co., Ltd., the global supply chain characteristics of an MNC can be well understood. The findings of this study suggest that theoretically, there is a significant positive correlation between agglomeration and competitiveness. The results of Dongguan electronics and telecommunications clusters are not as competitive as we supposed. Clusters in Dongguan have to face severe challenges such as the rise of production costs; the opening of domestic market to the foreigners after China's WTO accession; the rise up of the neighboring city as its keen competitor and the environmental degradation caused by pollution. This study is therefore to provide insights for the governmental agencies to develop policies to upgrade, transform and establish high value-added clusters in order to enhance the regional competitiveness in the wake of globalization. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3057785 Subjects: Industrial location - China - Dongguan Shi Electronic industries - China - Dongguan Shi Competition

Download or read book Competitive Cities in the 21st Century written by Kyeong Ae Choe and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic challenges in developing Asian countries have become more complex: urban populations are growing at great cost to the environment, climate change has increased risks of natural disasters, and income gaps within and between developing countries are widening. These factors threaten the sustainable growth and development of urban areas, the drivers of Asia's economy. A strategic approach for inclusive growth is needed. The City Cluster Economic Development approach provides a strategic framework and a set of analytical tools, which governments, businesses, and communities can use to support the inclusive and sustainable development of competitive urban economies in Asia. Said approach was developed and tested by the Asian Development Bank to improve the basis for integrated planning and development of urban regions in Asia and the Pacific. It also elps urban managers and other city stakeholders identify action plans and determine priority investment areas.

Download or read book The Competitiveness of Clusters in Globalized Markets written by Mario Davide Parrilli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate on the competitiveness of local and regional clusters in the current globalized markets is a priority as globalization puts pressure on such production systems and forces them to find new ways of competition and sustainability. Many traditional clusters may be constrained by the growth of transnational value chains and production networks that benefit from cheap resources and workforce as well as softer regulations that may be reaped in other parts of the world. This situation is even more palpable with the internationalization of innovation networks that may replace the former relevant regional and national innovation systems. This volume discusses the features of successful clusters and the threats and opportunities they currently face in such globalized environment and offers some perspectives and solutions to sustain the resilience of local and regional production systems. This book was published as a special issue of European Planning Systems.

Download or read book Clusters and Globalisation written by Christos Pitelis and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clustering as an economic policy concern has become increasingly fashionable. The authors of this book shed light on this subject of which there remains remarkably little understanding, and even less agreement, regarding what clusters are, what they require for success and what impacts they are likely to have in different contexts, locally, nationally and globally. Clusters and Globalisation brings together scholars with different perspectives and theoretical groundings, and from different disciplines, to consider conceptual arguments and case study material. In doing so the volume identifies key characteristics and requirements of the forms of cluster that are especially significant for the attainment of economic success in a globalising world. This unique critical analysis of clusters in the framework of globalisation will strongly appeal to students and academics with an interest in economic development, public policy and globalisation. The book will also be of great interest to researchers in policy agencies concerned with local economic development and the design of cluster policies.

Download or read book Local Economies and Global Competitiveness written by B. Dallago and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-12-10 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The globalized economy depends on local and context-specific factors. This edited volume addresses local-global nexuses via case studies of global interactions in developed and developing areas, and of particular firms' approaches to these issues. The chapters build up a prospectus on how best to create globally capable localities.

Download or read book Clusters of Competitiveness written by Raj Nallari and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competition, competitiveness, innovation and growth are inherently linked. This book covers the main ideas underlying competitiveness and its applications, drawing lessons for developing economies and relevant policy recommendations.

Download or read book Industrial Clusters in Asia written by A. Kuchiki and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-19 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Local Clusters in Global Value Chains written by Valentina De Marchi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The international fragmentation of economic activities – from research and design to production and marketing – described through the lens of the global value chain (GVC) approach impacts the structure and performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) agglomerated in economic clusters. The consolidation of GVCs ruled by global lead firms and the recession of 2008-09 exacerbated the pressures on cluster actors that based their competitive advantage on local systems, spurring an increasing heterogeneity, both across and within clusters, that is still overlooked in the literature. Drawing on detailed studies of different industries and countries, Local Clusters in Global Value Chains shows the co-evolutionary trajectories of clusters and GVCs, and the role of firms and their strategies in organizing manufacturing and innovation activities in the context of ongoing technological shifts. The book explores the tension between place-based variables and global drivers of change, and the possibility for territories containing such clusters to prosper in the new global scenario. By adopting insights from the GVC framework and management studies, the book discusses how the internationalization strategies of firms create opportunities as well as constraints for adaptive upgrading in clusters. This book is of interest to both researchers and policy-makers who are interested in the dynamic sources of competitive advantage in the global economy.

Download or read book Local Development and Competitiveness written by S. Conti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the contemporary social sciences have again turned their attention to space and places. The hypothesis is that these are not accidental episodes but a full-blown revolution in the way of viewing economic processes and their links with social and cultural structures. In other words, this new sensitivity to places offers the possibility of rethinking issues typical of economics in a different perspective that might be defined as local development, one of the terms most (ab)used in the contemporary scientific and political debate. In this book the authors will thus try to support more strongly, although in a necessarily simplified manner, the possibility of constructing a theory of local development. The key idea is that there is no single development model operating at a given time and valid for all places, but that it is more correct to talk of multiple development paths that co-exist in the same place at the same time (multiplicity of development paths). The central point is not to identify the succession of distinct hegemonic models (Fordism versus post-Fordism, mass production versus lean production and so on), but to show how the complexity of the contemporary economy demands new concepts to explain its apparent contradictions. In the authors' view, the conception of a theory of local development implies radical rethinking in institutionalist terms of the way of viewing the economy and production, recognising that behind economic development lies a wealth of institutional assets that make the encounter between local and global more open and varied than ever before (institutional biodiversity).

Download or read book The Competitive Advantage of Nations written by Michael E. Porter and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Location Competition and Economic Development written by Michael E. Porter and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although it is widely recognized that changes in technology and competition have diminished many of the traditional roles of location, this study argues for a prominent role of clusters, or geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a particular field that compete but also cooperate. Clusters are a striking feature of virtually every national, regional, state, and even metropolitan economy, and can be seen as a new way of thinking about different level economies. Their prevalence reveals important insights about the microeconomics of competition and the role of location in competitive advantage. Clusters occur in many types of industries, in large and small economies, in rural and urban areas, and at most geographic levels. The most important reason for using clusters, rather than more traditional groupings (e.g. companies, industries, sectors), as a unit of analysis is that clusters are better aligned with the nature of competition and appropriate roles of government. They are broader than traditional industry categorizations, and thus capture important linkages, complementarities, and spillovers in terms of technology, skills, information, marketing, and customer needs that cut across firms and industries. The study argues that proximity in geographic, cultural, and institutional terms of the institutions and businesses within clusters plays an important role in allowing special access and relationships, as well as better information, powerful incentives, and other advantages in productivity that are more difficult to achieve from a distance. Clusters have three major effects on competition: 1) increasing the current (static) productivity of constituent firms or industries; 2) increasing the capacity of cluster participants for innovation and productivity growth; and 3) stimulating new business formation that supports innovation and expands the cluster. The study argues that government should focus on facilitating cluster development and upgrading, with special attention to established and emerging clusters rather than new clusters. (AT).

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Local Competitiveness written by David B. Audretsch and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The local levels of economies have felt the impact of technological change and globalization. These forces have triggered the need to understand the dynamic mechanisms that enable locales to respond to such changes. For example, the downsizing of traditional employers because of a major loss in market share due to new competitors, acquisition by global firms, or off-shoring of production or services was traditionally thought to be beyond the scope of powers of local policy makers, thinkers, and business leaders. In the world of practice, those concerned about the economic performance of place-city, region or state-are increasingly focused on how to adapt to these trends and leverage their existing resources to respond to these global challenges as a positive opportunity. The Oxford Handbook of Local Competitiveness brings together some of the leading minds in the fields of business, economics, and the social sciences to identify, articulate, and analyze what influences and shapes local competitiveness and what places can do to enhance their economic performance. The contributors to the Handbook provide a body of systematic analyses suggesting that the local context is a critical element of the forces that shape competitiveness. The challenges to generate and sustain economic performance vary across places, and the factors and conditions that either enhance or impede competiveness also are place-specific. Finally, the characteristics and nature of what constitutes success also vary across places. This Handbook is essential reading material for academics in the fields of economics and public policy, as well as business leaders who hope to gain a more in-depth understanding of their field. Informative and intellectually rigorous, The Oxford Handbook of Local Competitiveness is the definitive volume of scholarly analysis regarding the relationship between place and economic competition.

Download or read book Clusters and Regional Development written by Bjorn Asheim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using international examples, leading scholars present the first critical analysis of cluster theory, assessing the cluster notion and drawing out, not only its undoubted strengths and attractions, but also its weaknesses and limitations. Over the past decade the ‘cluster model’ has been seized on as a tool for promoting competitiveness, innovation and growth on local, regional and national scales. However, despite its popularity there is much about it that is problematic, and in some respects the rush to employ ‘cluster ideas’ has run ahead of many fundamental conceptual, theoretical and empirical questions. Addressing key questions on the nature, use and effectiveness of cluster models, Clusters and Regional Development provides the missing thorough theoretical and empirical evaluation.

Download or read book Local Industrial Clusters written by Thomas Brenner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key approach taken in this book is that all local economic clusters have something in common - specific case-studies are thus put into wider perspective in a masterly study that will be of keen interest to both economists and geographers.