TY - BOOK AU - Yusuf, Shahid & others Eds. TI - Growing industrial clusters in Asia : serendipity and science SN - 0821372130 U1 - 338.954 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington D.C. PB - World Bank KW - Construction industry KW - Industrial clusters KW - High technology industries KW - Environmental protection -- India KW - Développement économique -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Inde KW - Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Inde KW - Environnement -- Protection -- Inde KW - Economic development -- Environmental aspects N1 - Contents: Preface xi Contributors xiii Abbreviations xv 1 Can clusters be made to order?/ Shahid Yusuf 1 2 Lessons from the development of Silicon valley and its entrepreneurial support network for Japan / Martin Kenney 39 3 The emergence of Hsinchu science park as an IT cluster / Tain-Jy Chen 67 4 Coping with globalization of production networks and digital convergence : the challenge of ICT cluster development in Singapore / Poh-Kam Wong 91 5 Bangalore cluster : evolution, growth, and challenges / Rakesh Basant 147 6 ICT clusters and industrial restructuring in the republic of Korea : the case of seoul / Sam Ock Park 195 7 Constructing jurisdictional advantage in a mature economy :the case of Kitakyushu, Japan / Maryann P. Feldman 217 8 Kitakyushu : desperately seeking clusters / Kaoru Nabeshima and Shoichi Yamashita 243 Index 269 ER -