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Posted by m beduya on July 19, 2009 · 9 Comments
Hongkong and Singapore are latecomer nations, in fact city-states, who were similar in many ways but took different paths toward their present developed status. As cities, they are a special case of industry clusters; as nations, these cities can be special cases to study from for the Philippines. For this paper A tale of two [...]
Filed under Books and Journals, Discovering economic locomotives and attaining competitiveness through modern industrial policy, Geographic Clusters - ASEAN, Sectors, Regions and Cities · Tagged with ASEAN, Caesar Cororaton, emerging markets, endogenous technological change, factor accumulation, Hongkong, increasing returns, industry clusters, Jane Jacobs, Paul Krugman, Paul Romer, Singapore, total factor productivity
Posted by m beduya on March 16, 2009 · 5 Comments
From Part II, the path to a richer, stronger and united ASEAN is long. The members are too economically diverse (see Table above) to unite quickly. Two strategies for convergence are possible. Firstly, a customs union on new, globally important products can link members up via trade for chosen products (see Post #20). Secondly, trade-oriented [...]
Filed under Geographic Clusters - ASEAN, Sectors, Regions and Cities, National Innovation Systems, Social Innovation · Tagged with ASEAN, flying geese, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Posted by m beduya on March 16, 2009 · 3 Comments
The way to a richer, stronger and united ASEAN will be long. The member countries start from too far apart, economically, to unite fast. From the table, there are at least four distinct echelons based on relative incomes, GDP per capita, for the ten members.
Filed under Geographic Clusters - ASEAN, Sectors, Regions and Cities, National Innovation Systems, Social Innovation · Tagged with ASEAN, Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Friedrich List, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, total factor productivity, Vietnam, Zollverein
