Development on the Ground: Clusters, Networks and Regions in Emerging Economies (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Part I: Region-centric concepts of development......Page 14
1 The regional question in economic development......Page 16
2 Endogenous development: Analytical and policy issues......Page 36
Part II: Regional development in the Middle East and Africa......Page 58
3 The Arab world: The role of regional production systems in catch-up and convergence......Page 60
4 The dynamics of territorial development in Morocco......Page 88
5 Kenya’s garment and metal industries: Global and local realities......Page 107
Part III: Regions and development in mixed economies......Page 128
6 Promise and peril: Regional development in China’s Pearl River Delta and the Northeast......Page 130
7 Industrial clusters in China: The low road versus the high road in cluster development......Page 158
8 The production organization of the automobile and motorcycle industries in Vietnam......Page 178
Part IV: Technology-intensive clusters in emerging economies......Page 200
9 Contrasting regimes of regional development: The telecommunications equipment industry and computer software industry in India......Page 202
10 Clusters and regional industrial synergies: The electronics industry in Penang and Jalisco......Page 236
Part V: Cluster-based strategies for development......Page 264
11 Policymaking for local production systems in Brazil......Page 266
12 Regional development and cluster management: Lessons from South Africa......Page 291
Part VI: Regional development and global value chains......Page 312
13 Knowledge, obsolescence, and product segmentation......Page 314
14 Regional systems and global chains......Page 335
Index......Page 353