The Flowchart Approach to Industrial Cluster Policy

This book provides a theoretical framework to explain the formation and growth of economic agglomerations and industrial clusters from the viewpoint of spatial economics, and goes on to present current examples of clustering and policy in different economies.

MASAHISA FUJITA Professor, Konan University, Japan; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan YOSHIAKI HISAMATSU Associate Professor, Faculty of Regional Development Studies, Toyo University, Japan JOBAID KABIR Manager, Environmental Compliance, Lower Colorado River Authority, USA SHOICHI MIYAHARA Associate Professor, College of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan AYA OKADA Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan MASATSUGU TSUJI Professor, Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Japan; Professor Emeritus, Osaka University, Japan HIROYUKI TSUKADA Director General, Guangzhou, China, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan YASUSHI UEKI Research Fellow, Development Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO (IDE-JETRO), Japan KENTARO YOSHIDA JETRO, Japan; Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, USA