Industrial agglomeration and new technologies : a global perspective

Agglomeration in Asia -- The relationship between Toyota and its parts suppliers in the age of information and globalization : concentration vs. dispersion / Masatsugu Tsuji -- Iron town cluster : Yawata, its glory, decline and rebirth / Mitsuhiro Kagami -- Information technology and economic growth : discovering the informational role of density / Takuo Imagawa -- Agglomeration of exporting firms in industrial zones in Northern Vietnam : players and institutions / Akifumi Kuchiki -- Industrial agglomeration and regional growth in Korea : focusing on the software and IT service sector / Yasushi Ueki -- China's regional industrial disparity from the viewpoint of industrial agglomeration / Koichiro Kimura -- Agglomeration in Italy -- Italian comparative advantages, persistence and change in overall specialization / Luca De Benedictis -- Globalization, industrial districts and value chains / Roberta Rabellotti -- The competitive advantage of a region : industrial districts in Emilia-Romagna / Enrico Santarelli -- Where is the internet? : agglomeration in space and cyberspace / Emanuele Giovannetti, Karsten Neuhoff and Giancarlo Spagnolo -- Agglomeration in the Americas -- The software industry in North America : human capital, international migration and foreign trade / Andrew Schrank -- Mexico : the management revolution and the emergence of the software industry / Clemente Ruiz Durán.