Isbn: 9780804756730 - post-industrial east asian cities: innovation for growth (4 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Throughout East Asia, the growth process and its sources are changing in a number of important respects, especially for middle- and high-income economies. Growth is increasingly coming from the strength of innovative activities in these economies rather than from 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.Drawing on a wide range of literature and on interviews with firms, this book explores these issues with a focus on six East Asian cities: Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. It suggests how policies and institutions can induce and furnish an urban environment that supports innovative activities. A valuable resource for researchers, urban planners, urban geographers, and policy makers interested in East Asia, Post-Industrial East Asian Cities presents the latest findings on creative industries in East Asia and their effect on economic growth.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnSHAHID YUSUF is research manager in the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank. He is the team leader for the World Bank-Japan project on East Asia s Future Economy. KAORU NABESHIMA is an economist in the D.