TETSUSHI SONOBE is a Professorial Fellow at the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) and a Professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan. He received a PhD in Economics from Yale University and taught at Tokyo Metropolitan University from 1992 to 2003. KEIJIRO OTSUKA is a Professorial Fellow at FASID and a Professor at GRIPS, Japan. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and taught at Tokyo Metropolitan University from 1980 to 2001. He is an Associate Editor of Economic Development and Cultural Change

• List of Figures List of Tables Preface Introduction The Development of Industrial Clusters in East Asia The Geography of Industrial Development in East Asia An Inquiry into Merchant-Led Industrialization: The Garment Industries in Zhejiang and Hiroshima An Inquiry into Engineer-Led Industrialization: The Motorcycle Industries in Japan and Chongqing Innovation in Industrial Clusters: The Machine Tool Industry in Taichung and the Low-Voltage Electric Machinery Industry in Wenzhou The Changing Roles of Imitation and Innovation in Industrial Clusters: The Printed Circuit Board Industry in Northern Taiwan and Jiangsu Province Towards an Endogenous Model of Industrial Development References Index