T Sonobe: 2 books
Cluster-Based Industrial Development
A Comparative Study of Asia and Africa
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
This book examines how to promote industrial development in low-income countries. It considers the role of traders in the evolution of a cluster, the role of managerial human capital, the effect of the 'China shock', and the role of industrial policies focused on international knowledge transfer in supporting the upgrading of clusters.
Cluster-Based Industrial Development:
KAIZEN Management for MSE Growth in Developing Countries
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
This book attempts to provide an effective strategy for industrial development based on the KAIZEN management training experiments conducted in Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Tanzania. We focus on micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in industrial clusters, because clusters consisting of MSEs are ubiquitous and have high potential to grow.