Oxford Handbook of Industrial Hubs and Economic Development

Industrialization supported by industrial hubs has been widely associated with structural transformation and catch-up. But while the direct economic benefits of industrial hubs are significant, their value lies first and foremost in their contribution as incubators of industrialization, production and technological capability, and innovation. The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Hubs and Economic Development adopts an interdisciplinary approach to examine the conceptual underpinnings, review empirical evidence of regions and economies, and extract pertinent lessons for policy reasearchers and practitioners on the key drivers of success and failure for industrial hubs.

This Handbook illustrates the diverse and complex nature of industrial hubs and shows how they promote industrialization, economic structural transformation, and technological catch-up. It explores the implications of emerging issues and trends such as environmental protection and sustainability, technological advancement, shifts in the global economy, and urbanization.

List of contents

• Part I: Concepts and Methodologies


• 1: Arkebe Oqubay and Justin Yifu Lin: Industrial Hubs and Economic Development: An Introduction


• 2: Arkebe Oqubay: Industrial Hubs and Economic Development: A Literature Review


• 3: Christopher Cramer and Fiona Tregenna: Heterodox Approaches to Industrial Policy, and Implications for Industrial Hubs


• 4: Michael H. Best: The Economics of Innovation Behind Cluster Dynamic Processes


• 5: Antonio Andreoni and William Lazonick: Local Ecosystems and Social Conditions of Innovative Enterprise


• 6: Howard Stein: Industrial Policy, Institutional Transformation, and Development of Industrial Parks


• 7: Hisaki Kono: Industrial Hubs: The Viewpoints of Economic Geography and Empirical Economics


• 8: Edlam Abera Yemeru: Industrial Hubs, Urban Systems, and Economic Development


• Part II: Historical Context and Analytical Themes


• 9: Deepak Nayyar: Industrialization, Hubs, and Catch up: The World Economy in Historical Perspective


• 10: Gioacchino Garofoli: Industrial Districts in Europe: Lessons for Industrial Hubs and Industrialization


• 11: Patrick Neveling: A Global History of the Political Economy of Special Economic Zones


• 12: AnnaLee Saxenian: Cluster Dynamics and Regional Networks: New Argonauts, Silicon Valley, and Route 128


• 13: Michael A. Landesmann and Joris M. Schroeder: Agglomeration of European Industries


• 14: Thomas Farole: The Global Experience in Special Economic Zones: A History and Review


• 15: Padmashree Gehl Sampath: Leapfrogging Through Smart Manufacturing: The Role of Hubs in Industry 4.0


• 16: Célestin Monga: The Economics of Agglomeration


• 17: Fantu Cheru and Aklilu Fikreselasie: An Urban Planning Perspective on Industrial Hubs and Economic Development


• 18: Ludovico Alcorta and Taferre Tesfachew: Special Economic Zones and Export-Led Growth: An Industrial Policy Imperative


• 19: Akfumi Kuchiki: A Flowchart Approach to Industrial Hubs


• Part III: Industrial Hubs, Labour, Gender, and the Environment


• 20: Carlos Oya and Florian Schaefer: Industrial Hubs and the Industrial Labor Force in Africa and Asia


• 21: Özge Izdes and Fiona Tregenna: Gender, Industrialization, and Industrial Hubs


• 22: Arianna Rossi: Women, Working Conditions, and Industrial Hubs


• 23: Giovanni Valensisi: Special Economic Zones in Latecomer Countries: Time to Bring Environmental Sustainability to the Fore


• 24: John A. Mathews: Greening of Industrial Hubs: A 21st Century Development Strategy


• 25: Tilman Altenburg and Kasper Vrolijk: Greening Structural Transformation: What Role for Industrial Hubs?


• 26: James Zhan, Bruno Casella, and Richard Bolwijn: Towards a New Generation of Special Economic Zones: Sustainable and Competitive


• Part IV: Policy and Practices: Empirical Evidence from Asia


• 27: Arkebe Oqubay: Industrial Hubs as Development Incubators: Asian Pioneers


• 28: Justin Lin, Jianjun Xu, and Junjie Xia: Explaining the Reform and Special Economic Zones in China


• 29: Zonglai Kou and

  About the author

  Arkebe Oqubay is a Minister and Senior Adviser to the Ethiopian Prime Minister and has been at the centre of policymaking for over twenty five years. He is a former Mayor of Addis Ababa and Minister of Works and Urban Development. He currently serves as board chair of several leading public organizations and international advisory boards. He is a research associate at the Centre of African Studies at SOAS University of London, UK. He is the author of Made in Africa: Industrial Policy in Ethiopia (OUP, 2015) and co-editor of ow Nations Learn (OUP, 2019) and The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy (OUP, 2019). He was recognized as one of the 100 most influential Africans of 2016 and a 'leading thinker on Africa's strategic development' by the New African for his work on industrial policies. His research focuses on structural transformation, catch-up, industrial policy, and policymaking, with a special emphasis on Africa.
  
  Justin Yifu Lin is Dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics and Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, and Professor and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development at Peking University. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at the World Bank, 2008-12. He had previously served for fifteen years as founding director and Professor in the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is a councillor of the State Council and a member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference. He has written more than 20 books, and is the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics (OUP, 2015) and The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation (OUP, 2019). He is a corresponding fellow of the British Academy and a fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World.
  
  Arkebe Oqubay and Justin Yifu Lin are joint editors of China-Africa and an Economic Transformation (OUP, 2019).

  Summary

  Industrialization supported by industrial hubs has been widely associated with structural transformation and catch-up. But while the direct economic benefits of industrial hubs are significant, their value lies first and foremost in their contribution as incubators of industrialization, production and technological capability, and innovation. The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Hubs and Economic Development adopts an interdisciplinary approach to examine the conceptual underpinnings, review empirical evidence of regions and economies, and extract pertinent lessons for policy reasearchers and practitioners on the key drivers of success and failure for industrial hubs.
  
  This Handbook illustrates the diverse and complex nature of industrial hubs and shows how they promote industrialization, economic structural transformation, and technological catch-up. It explores the implications of emerging issues and trends such as environmental protection and sustainability, technological advancement, shifts in the global economy, and urbanization.

  Report

  Highly Recommended. J. Rogers, Louisiana State University, Alexandria, CHOICE

Product details

• Authors: Arkebe (Minister and Coordinator of Econom Oqubay
• Assisted by: Justin Yifu Lin (Editor), Lin Justin Yifu (Editor), Arkebe Oqubay (Editor), Oqubay Arkebe (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.2020
• EAN: 9780198850434
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885043-4
• No. of pages: 1232
• Series: Oxford Handbooks
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Industry & industrial studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Industry and industrial studies