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Regional Cooperation of Small & Medium Firms in Japanese Industrial Clusters

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  • Arita, Tomokazu
  • Fujita, Masahisa
  • Kameyama, Yoshihiro

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This study examines the effects of intra-regional cooperation among firms and institutions on the growth of firms, using the unique data set of questionnaire survey collected in the three major industrial clusters in Japan. In contrast to the existing studies on regional innovations or agglomeration economies, this study explicitly focuses on the detailed contents of cooperative activities with two specific viewpoints: 1) the contents of regional cooperation in each of the three production stages of R&D, commercialization, and marketing, and 2) the detailed types of alliance partners. Our results demonstrate three points: 1) positive correlations are observed between the intensity of regional cooperation and the firm growth rate and R&D expenditure, 2) horizontal cooperation such as alliances with universities and cross-industry exchange organizations has positive significant effects on the growth rate of firms, which is in contrast with the previous studies that stressed only the role of vertically integrated inter-firm linkages in Japan, and 3) contents and partners of regional cooperation are different among the three clusters based on different dominant industries.

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  • Arita, Tomokazu & Fujita, Masahisa & Kameyama, Yoshihiro, 2004. "Regional Cooperation of Small & Medium Firms in Japanese Industrial Clusters," IDE Discussion Papers 18, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    • Handle: RePEc:jet:dpaper:dpaper18
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    Keywords

    Industrial clusters; Industrial agglomeration; Knowledge externalities; Japan; Regional economic cooperation; Small and medium-scale enterprises; Research & development; Marketing; Commerce; 日本; 域内経済協力; 中小企業; 研究開発; マーケティング; 商業;
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    JEL classification:

    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • R3 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location

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