A Multi-Industrial Linkages Approach to Cluster Building in East Asia : Targeting the Agriculture, Food, and Tourism Industry

This book proposes measures to promote regional industrial development in East Asia from the perspective of three industries: agriculture, food, and tourism. The authors argue that for regional agriculture to develop, collaboration with the food industry is essential. Further, by linking tourism, economic collaboration between the three industries is strengthened. The first part of the book introduces a basic model for the formation of the agriculture, food, and tourism industry cluster. Contributions from leading academics in agricultural economics then go on to discuss the relevance of this multi-industry cluster in countries such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Cambodia, amongst others. The final part sets out new approaches for further development in the cluster through quantitative analyses of the ‘economies of sequence’ concept. Readers will discover that from establishing linkages between different industries and other economic sectors, important positive externalities can be generated and these processes can be triggered on the local or cluster level. Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Basic Concept and Summary....Pages 3-29 Front Matter....Pages 31-31 Agriculture-Food-Tourism Industry Clusters in China....Pages 33-53 The Agriculture-Food-Tourism Industry Cluster in the Republic of Korea: The Formation and Growth Factors of Clusters in Regional Agriculture....Pages 55-71 The Agriculture-Food-Tourism Industry Cluster in Japan: Case Studies of Tourism Industry Clustering in Okinawa and Aichi....Pages 73-90 The Agriculture-Food-Tourism Industry Cluster in Okinawa, Japan: The Key Role of an Airport in Clustering....Pages 91-116 Tourism Development in Cambodia: An Analysis of Factors in the Creation of Local Specialties....Pages 117-132 The Collocation of Industries in Agriculture-Food-Tourism in Vietnam....Pages 133-159 Front Matter....Pages 161-161 An Application of the Levels of Organization in Biology to Process Formation in an Industrial Cluster: The Economies of Sequence....Pages 163-185 Railway-Led Formation of the Agriculture-Food-Tourism Industry Cluster: Escaping the Middle-Income Trap....Pages 187-205 Quantitative Analyses of the Economies of Sequence: The Impact of New Airport Construction on Tourism Industry Growth—A Case Study of Hong Kong and Singapore....Pages 207-224 An Application of the Flowchart Approach to the Agro-Food-Processing Industry Cluster in East Asia: The Case of the Nacala Corridor Region in Mozambique....Pages 225-244 A Comparison of the Information Technology Industry Cluster with the Agro-Food Industry Cluster from the Perspective of the Economies of Sequence....Pages 245-268 Appendix: Introduction to an Application of Biology to the Formation of Segments in an Industrial Cluster....Pages 269-282 Back Matter....Pages 283-295