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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, through the case studies such as the automobile cluster in China; the technopolis in Austin, Texas; the automobile clusters in India; Japan’s industrial cluster policy; the industrial cluster in the Greater Bangkok, Thailand; and the electronics cluster in Guadalajara, Mexico.

AKIFUMI KUCHIKI is Executive Vice President of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan. His previous publications include 'Catastrophe Expectations and the Importance of Timing in of Policy Implementation' in Economic Papers, Osaka University, 'Silicon Valley in the South' in the Brazilian Journal of Political Economy (with Mitsuhiro Kagami) and Industrial Clusters in Asia (with Masatsugu Tsuji). MASOTSUGU TSUJI is Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of Applied Informatics, University of Hyogo, Japan, and Professor Emeritus at Osaka University, Ja