Edited by Harald Bathelt, Professor of Economic Geography, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Canada and Gang Zeng, Professor of Economic Geography, East China Normal University, PR China

• Contents:Preface1. Asia-Pacific Trade Fair Dynamics: An IntroductionGang Zeng and Harald BatheltPART I. CONCEPTUALIZING TRADE FAIR ECOLOGIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION2. Accessing Remote Knowledge – The Roles of Trade Fairs, Pipelines, Crowdsourcing and Listening PostsPeter Maskell3. The Evolution of Trade Show Systems: Lessons from EuropeFrancesca Golfetto and Diego Rinallo4. Internationalization and Knowledge-based Strategies of European Trade Show Organizers in Asia: The Case of Messe FrankfurtDiego Rinallo and Francesca Golfetto5. Temporary Clustering in Developing Economies: Trade Fairs in East and Southeast AsiaPeng-Fei LiPART II. THE RISE OF CHINESE TRADE FAIR ECOLOGIES6. Exhibition Destination Attractiveness: Dimensions and Perceptual Differences between Exhibitors and Visitors of China’s ExhibitionsXin Jin and Karin Weber7. The Spatial Distribution of China’s Exhibition IndustryYi-Wen Zhu and Gang Zeng8. Trade, Knowledge Circulation and Diverse Trade Fair Ecologies in ChinaHarald Bathelt and Gang Zeng9. Local Industry Structure and the Formation of Temporary Clusters: The Case of the Shanghai International Auto Show (SIAS)Xiang Kong and Yu-Fei ZhangPART III. TRADE FAIR DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRIALIZED ECONOMIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION10. Building Relationships at Local Trade Fairs in Japan: A Case Study of the Suwa Area Industrial MesseYutaka Yokura11. Trade Fairs in Peripheral Places: Toward a Political Economy of Australian Fashion EventsSally A. Weller12. State Strategy and Industrial Socio-Economic Practices in Taipei’s International Trade FairsJung-Ying Chang, Jinn-Yuh Hsu and Tsu-Lung Chou13. Upgrading of Latecomer Industries in Taiwan and the Case of the Taipei International Machine Tool ShowLiang-Chih Chen and Ling-I Chu14. How and Where Tigers Roam: The Role of Korean Trade Fairs in Supporting Firms’ Export ActivitiesRonald V. Kalafsky and Douglas R. GressPART IV. SYNTHESIS AND IMPLICATIONS15. Towards Temporary Knowledge Ecologies in the Asia-Pacific Region: A SynthesisHarald Bathelt, Peng-Fei Li and Gang ZengIndex

‘Bathelt and Zeng have put together a stellar collection that is truly original. The book develops a rich understanding of trade fairs in knowledge ecologies, and in doing so provides the reader with a sophisticated analysis of the local-global dynamics of such events. Moreover, the book also offers one of the first comprehensive analyses of the role of trade fairs in the Asia Pacific region, thus illuminating the significance of such events for the global economy.’

Edited by Harald Bathelt, Professor of Economic Geography, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Canada and Gang Zeng, Professor of Economic Geography, East China Normal University, PR China

• Contents:Preface1. Asia-Pacific Trade Fair Dynamics: An IntroductionGang Zeng and Harald BatheltPART I. CONCEPTUALIZING TRADE FAIR ECOLOGIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION2. Accessing Remote Knowledge – The Roles of Trade Fairs, Pipelines, Crowdsourcing and Listening PostsPeter Maskell3. The Evolution of Trade Show Systems: Lessons from EuropeFrancesca Golfetto and Diego Rinallo4. Internationalization and Knowledge-based Strategies of European Trade Show Organizers in Asia: The Case of Messe FrankfurtDiego Rinallo and Francesca Golfetto5. Temporary Clustering in Developing Economies: Trade Fairs in East and Southeast AsiaPeng-Fei LiPART II. THE RISE OF CHINESE TRADE FAIR ECOLOGIES6. Exhibition Destination Attractiveness: Dimensions and Perceptual Differences between Exhibitors and Visitors of China’s ExhibitionsXin Jin and Karin Weber7. The Spatial Distribution of China’s Exhibition IndustryYi-Wen Zhu and Gang Zeng8. Trade, Knowledge Circulation and Diverse Trade Fair Ecologies in ChinaHarald Bathelt and Gang Zeng9. Local Industry Structure and the Formation of Temporary Clusters: The Case of the Shanghai International Auto Show (SIAS)Xiang Kong and Yu-Fei ZhangPART III. TRADE FAIR DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRIALIZED ECONOMIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION10. Building Relationships at Local Trade Fairs in Japan: A Case Study of the Suwa Area Industrial MesseYutaka Yokura11. Trade Fairs in Peripheral Places: Toward a Political Economy of Australian Fashion EventsSally A. Weller12. State Strategy and Industrial Socio-Economic Practices in Taipei’s International Trade FairsJung-Ying Chang, Jinn-Yuh Hsu and Tsu-Lung Chou13. Upgrading of Latecomer Industries in Taiwan and the Case of the Taipei International Machine Tool ShowLiang-Chih Chen and Ling-I Chu14. How and Where Tigers Roam: The Role of Korean Trade Fairs in Supporting Firms’ Export ActivitiesRonald V. Kalafsky and Douglas R. GressPART IV. SYNTHESIS AND IMPLICATIONS15. Towards Temporary Knowledge Ecologies in the Asia-Pacific Region: A SynthesisHarald Bathelt, Peng-Fei Li and Gang ZengIndex

‘Bathelt and Zeng have put together a stellar collection that is truly original. The book develops a rich understanding of trade fairs in knowledge ecologies, and in doing so provides the reader with a sophisticated analysis of the local-global dynamics of such events. Moreover, the book also offers one of the first comprehensive analyses of the role of trade fairs in the Asia Pacific region, thus illuminating the significance of such events for the global economy.’

Edited by Harald Bathelt, Professor of Economic Geography, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Canada and Gang Zeng, Professor of Economic Geography, East China Normal University, PR China

• Contents:Preface1. Asia-Pacific Trade Fair Dynamics: An IntroductionGang Zeng and Harald BatheltPART I. CONCEPTUALIZING TRADE FAIR ECOLOGIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION2. Accessing Remote Knowledge – The Roles of Trade Fairs, Pipelines, Crowdsourcing and Listening PostsPeter Maskell3. The Evolution of Trade Show Systems: Lessons from EuropeFrancesca Golfetto and Diego Rinallo4. Internationalization and Knowledge-based Strategies of European Trade Show Organizers in Asia: The Case of Messe FrankfurtDiego Rinallo and Francesca Golfetto5. Temporary Clustering in Developing Economies: Trade Fairs in East and Southeast AsiaPeng-Fei LiPART II. THE RISE OF CHINESE TRADE FAIR ECOLOGIES6. Exhibition Destination Attractiveness: Dimensions and Perceptual Differences between Exhibitors and Visitors of China’s ExhibitionsXin Jin and Karin Weber7. The Spatial Distribution of China’s Exhibition IndustryYi-Wen Zhu and Gang Zeng8. Trade, Knowledge Circulation and Diverse Trade Fair Ecologies in ChinaHarald Bathelt and Gang Zeng9. Local Industry Structure and the Formation of Temporary Clusters: The Case of the Shanghai International Auto Show (SIAS)Xiang Kong and Yu-Fei ZhangPART III. TRADE FAIR DEVELOPMENT IN INDUSTRIALIZED ECONOMIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION10. Building Relationships at Local Trade Fairs in Japan: A Case Study of the Suwa Area Industrial MesseYutaka Yokura11. Trade Fairs in Peripheral Places: Toward a Political Economy of Australian Fashion EventsSally A. Weller12. State Strategy and Industrial Socio-Economic Practices in Taipei’s International Trade FairsJung-Ying Chang, Jinn-Yuh Hsu and Tsu-Lung Chou13. Upgrading of Latecomer Industries in Taiwan and the Case of the Taipei International Machine Tool ShowLiang-Chih Chen and Ling-I Chu14. How and Where Tigers Roam: The Role of Korean Trade Fairs in Supporting Firms’ Export ActivitiesRonald V. Kalafsky and Douglas R. GressPART IV. SYNTHESIS AND IMPLICATIONS15. Towards Temporary Knowledge Ecologies in the Asia-Pacific Region: A SynthesisHarald Bathelt, Peng-Fei Li and Gang ZengIndex

‘Bathelt and Zeng have put together a stellar collection that is truly original. The book develops a rich understanding of trade fairs in knowledge ecologies, and in doing so provides the reader with a sophisticated analysis of the local-global dynamics of such events. Moreover, the book also offers one of the first comprehensive analyses of the role of trade fairs in the Asia Pacific region, thus illuminating the significance of such events for the global economy.’