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