REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN BY A CLUSTER CONCEPT
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https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2013.6780Keywords:
regional industrial development, industrial cluster, SMEs, “Ba” theory, regional value creationAbstract
This paper introduces a case in Japan on regional industrial development by a cluster concept which is a typical application of “Ba” theory, one of the mainstay principles of P2M Guidebook of Japan.
The regional economy in Japan, excepting that of the three major industrial regions, occupies 46% of the Japanese GDP and is characterized by industrial innovation based on both, locality specific technology and synergy originating from the combined strength of upstream - downstream integration of regional industrial firms, mostly small to medium enterprises, which is called an industrial cluster, named after a cluster of grape..
An industrial cluster is a form of application of the “Ba” theory, a network synergy theory born in Japan, which is a platform of shared context in motion for collaborative knowledge and value creation.
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