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List of contents
1. Introduction: Regional Change in Industrializing Asia. Leo van Grunsven. 2. Asia Pacific Regionalization: Reality and Rhetoric. Geoff Missen and John McKay. 3. Economic Integration of the ASEAN Countries. Erja Kettunen. 4. Intra-Regional Division of Labour and Industrial Change in East Asia. Emerging High-Technology Interaction between Korea and Taiwan. Claes G. Alvstam and Sang-Chul Park. 5. Diaspora Investment and Their Regional Impacts in China. Chung-Tong Wu. 6. Industrial Restructuring in the Asian NIEs, the Behaviour of Firms and the Dynamics of Local Production Systems. The Case of Audio Production in Singapore. Leo van Grunsven. 7. Paths of Development in the Japanese Automotive Industry. Changing Competitiveness and the Just-in-Time System. Bo Terje Kalsaas. 8. Local-Global Networks of High-Technology Industrial Districts in Korea. Sam Ock Park. 9. World City Futures: The Role of Urban and Regional Policies in the Asia Pacific Region. John Friedmann. 10. Economic Integration or Interdependence? The Nation State and the Changing Economic Landscape of Southeast Asia. Carl Grundy-Warr and Martin Perry.
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Leo van Grunsven
Summary
First published in 1998 this boo responds to the dynamics of Industrializing Asia and the behavioural changes of actors which, in response to changing internal and external forces, have given rise to and are constantly giving rise to alterations in patterns of growth.
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’...provides much needed empirical analysis of industrial and economic processes operating at the national and regional scales in Asia...some interesting insights into the multi-faceted nature of dynamic transformations in Asia.’ Third World Planning Review ’...certainly add a new dimension to our understanding of the changes that are taking place in East and South East Asia.’ Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers ’...this edited volume is welcome...covering a wide range of issues, very contextualised, informative and interpretively insightful...a succession bringing out new illumination, contextualisation and interpretation of the spatiality of the economic reality in industrializing Asia.’ Journal of Economic and Social Geography ’...the book will be useful for readers who are just beginning to take an interest in the implications of regional changes in industrializing Asia Pacific...’ Journal of Regional Science ’...a lively collection of papers that add fascinating insights into the world’s most dynamic region. Students of the region and of industrial location dynamics in general have much to ponder in this volume.’ Progress in Human Geography
