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Author Hutchinson, Francis E

Title Architects of Growth? : Sub-national Governments and Industrialization in Asia
Published Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (425 pages)
Contents SECTION I: Introduction and Industry Overview; 1. Introduction; 2. Harnessing Asian Capabilities for Transforming the Electronics and IT Sectors: Recent Trends, Challenges and A Way Forward; SECTION II: Cases from Industrializing Southeast Asia; 3. A Relational View on Regional Development: The Case of the Electronics Sector in Cebu, Philippines; 4. One Priority Among Many? The State Government and Electronics Sector in Johor, Malaysia; 5. Why Sub-National Governments in Thailand are not Creating Electronics Industry Clusters
6. Regional Economic Development and Perspectives for the Electronics Sector in Vietnam: The Case of Da NangSection III: Cases from China and India; 7. The Evolution of Chengdu as an Inland Electronics ""Base"" in China and Its Local State; 8. The Electronics Industry in Tamil Nadu. India: A Regional Development Analysis; SECTION IV: Cases from Industrialized Countries; 9. The Development of Singapore's Electronics Sector; 10. The Evolution of an Industrial Cluster and Its Policy Framework: The Case of Gumi City, Korea; 11. The Case of the Electronics Sector in Kaohsiung Municipality, Taiwan
12. Sub-national Policy and Industrial Transformation in North Brabant. NetherlandsSECTION V: Conclusion; 13. Sub-national Governments and Industrialization: Some Conclusions; Index
Summary Once acting as local representatives of the national government and content to let their larger counterparts do the ""heavy lifting"", state and provincial governments are increasingly expected to be stewards of their economies and deliver sustained growth rates for their citizens. Spurred on by increasing competition, not least from neighbouring territories, sub-national governments are increasingly formulating their own plans for economic development, taking out loans, investing in specialist facilities, and establishing marketing offices abroad. Despite this increasingly challenging environ
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Subject Economic development -- Political aspects -- Asia
Subnational governments -- Singapore
Industrialization -- Asia
Electronic industries -- Asia
Economic development -- Political aspects
Electronic industries
Industrialization
Subnational governments
Asia
Singapore
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789814414548
9814414549