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This chapter describes the research background three objectives of this book. The first objective is to clarify from multiple perspectives how industrial agglomeration influenced the growth of the regional economy in Japan during the 1980s and 1990s, when globalization of economic activity and the hollowing-out of industries were in progress. The second is to shed light on the industrial agglomeration effects from a dynamic perspective by looking at industrial development. The third objective is to propose a new analytical approach using the techniques of productive efficiency analysis. This book is comprised of ten chapters. A summary of each chapter is described in this chapter.
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Bank of Japan, Foreign direct investment, from the Balance of International Payments Monthly.
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Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Statistics on business establishments with four or more employees from the Census of Manufactures.
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In Japan, the formation of new industrial agglomerations, where regional resources such as knowledge and techniques are brought together, has been pursued in each region under various projects such as the “Industrial Clusters Plan” headed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the “Intellectual Cluster Creation Project” by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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Otsuka, A. (2017). Introduction and Summary. In: A New Perspective on Agglomeration Economies in Japan. New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, vol 20. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6490-6_1
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