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Michael Hobday, Formerly Visiting Professor, CENTRIM, University of Brighton, UK, UK<i>'Hobday provides an extraordinary interesting blow-by-blow account of how East Asian firms developed their present formidable competencies in electronics technology. . . . he also provides a fascinatingly detailed account of a large number of East Asian companies that currently are quite sophisticated in electronics.'</i>
A series of detailed case studies is used to show how individual companies developed and how large groups of firms formed industrial clusters from behind the technology frontier. Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore have emerged as dynamic and distinct forces for growth and innovation. Increasingly the competitive challenge to Japan comes from these countries rather than from Europe and America. The book extends conventional innovation theory to develop an analytical framework for understanding the strengths, weaknesses and future prospects of latecomer firms.
The book will be welcomed by academics, policymakers, students, government bodies and companies concerned with the rise of East Asia. It will be of particular interest to countries facing the competitive challenge of East Asia (the US and Europe) as well as Japan and the individual countries of the Asian region.