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Postindustrial East Asian Cities: Innovation for Growth
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Paperback. Draws on a wide literature and interviews of firms and suggests how policies and institutions can induce and furnish an urban environment that supports innovative activities with a focus on four cities in East Asia: Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
Throughout East Asia, the growth process and its sources are changing in a number of important respects, especially for middle and higher income economies. Growth will increasingly come from the strength of innovative activities in these economies instead of factor accumulation as in the past. Such innovative activities, especially in producer services and the creative industries are concentrated in high-tech clusters in globally-linked cities. The development of such cities is influenced by ongoing structural changes and initiatives by governments and firms. A successful transition from export-oriented manufacturing to a service economy that is competitive and integrated with the global systems, ... Read more
Throughout East Asia, the growth process and its sources are changing in a number of important respects, especially for middle and higher income economies. Growth will increasingly come from the strength of innovative activities in these economies instead of factor accumulation as in the past. Such innovative activities, especially in producer services and the creative industries are concentrated in high-tech clusters in globally-linked cities. The development of such cities is influenced by ongoing structural changes and initiatives by governments and firms. A successful transition from export-oriented manufacturing to a service economy that is competitive and integrated with the global systems, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780821356227
SKU
V9780821356227
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