Production Networks and Industrial Clusters: Integrating Economies in Southeast Asia

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ii The Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) is a Japanese government-related institution, founded in 1958 to conduct basic and comprehensive studies on economic, political, and social issues of developing countries and regions. The IDE-JETRO aims to make intellectual contributions to the world as a leading center of social-science research on Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Oceania, and Eastern Europe. The Institute accumulates locally-grounded knowledge on these areas, clarify the conditions and issues they are facing, and disseminate a better understanding of these areas both domestically and abroad. These activities provide an intellectual foundation to facilitate cooperation between Japan and the international community for addressing development issues. The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, includingASEAN andAPEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publishing, an established academic press, has issued almost 2,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publishing works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. iv First published in Singapore in 2008 by ISEAS Publishing Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: http://bookshop.iseas.edu.sg All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.© 2008 Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the authors and their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of IDE-JETRO, ISEAS or their supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Production networks and industrial clusters : integrating economies in Southeast Asia / edited by Ikuo Kuroiwa and Toh Mun Heng. 1. Southeast Asia—Economic integration. 2. Southeast Asia—Foreign economic relations. 3. Business networks—Southeast Asia. 4. Industrial clusters—Southeast Asia. I. Kuroiwa, Ikuo. II. Toh Mun Heng. III. Title: Integrating economies in Southeast Asia HF1591 P96 2008 ISBN 978-981-230-763-7 (hard cover) ISBN 978-981-230-764-4 (PDF) Typeset by Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Seng Lee Press Pte Ltd ...