Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Contributors xi
5. 1. AN OVERVIEW 1
6. PART I. THE EARLY DEVELOPER: JAPAN
7. 2. STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE JAPANESE SYSTEM 47
8. 3. JAPAN ACTUALLY HAS START-UPS 74
9. Appendix 1: JAPANESE CLUSTERS 87
10. Appendix 2. SEMICONDUCTOR CLUSTER FORMATION IN FUKUOKA 92
11. PART II. THREE ASIAN IT TIGERS
12. 4. HSiNCHU, TAIWAN: Asias Pioneering High-Tech Park 101
13. 5. THE RE-MAKING OF SINGAPORE's HIGH-TECH ENTERPRISE ECOSYSTEM 123
14. 6. THE TALE OF TWO VALLEYS: Daeduk and Teheran 175
15. PART III. THE RECENT ARRIVAL OF Two GIANTS
16. 7. ZHONGGUANCUN: China's Pioneering High-Tech Cluster 197
17. 8. ENTREPRENEURSHIP: The True Story behind Indian IT 221
18. PART IV. SOME COMMON THEMES
19. 9. HOW GOVERNMENTS SHAPED THEIR IT INDUSTRIES 269
20. 10. VENTURE CAPITAL IN ASIA 290
21. 11. UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRIES EXCHANGE TECHNOLOGIES IN AMERICA AND ASIA 323
22. 12. CONCLUDING REMARKS: Moving from Making IT to Creating IT 350
23. REFERENCES 359
24. INDEX 377