TY - BOOK AU - Tsuji,Masatsugu (ed) AU - Giovannetti, Emanuele (ed) AU - Kagami, Mitsuhiro (ed) TI - Industrial agglomeration and new technologies: a global perspective SN - 9781845423964 U1 - 338.87 PY - 2007/// CY - Cheltenham PB - Edward Elgar KW - Commercial geography KW - Research KW - Case studies KW - Economic geography N1 - The studies presented in this book illustrate real examples of industrial clusters, adding anecdotal evidence to the emerging theory of economic geography by exemplifying the centripetal and centrifugal forces that regulate the clustering process. The authors examine clusters in a diverse set of countries including China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the USA and Vietnam. Significantly, the book provides an interesting split between studies of IT and software-related industries, and more traditional sectors, such as steel and vehicle manufacturing ER -