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Making of an Asia-Pacific High-Tech Hub
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Abstract
Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture introduced several large-scale business site development projects in the 1980s and 1990s, such as Tsuda Science Hills, Rinku Town and Technoport Osaka. The idea was to claim Osaka’s share of anticipated growth boosted by the internationalisation of business and high-t... view more
Osaka City and Osaka Prefecture introduced several large-scale business site development projects in the 1980s and 1990s, such as Tsuda Science Hills, Rinku Town and Technoport Osaka. The idea was to claim Osaka’s share of anticipated growth boosted by the internationalisation of business and high-tech development, but eventually these investments proved to be failures. The case of Osaka suggests that large-scale business site developments need increasingly to be built on premises that match the requirements and demands of global knowledge economy, thus emphasising local synergy, growth mechanisms, entrepreneurship and innovativeness.... view less
Classification
Economic and Social Geography
Economics
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 759-769
Journal
Regional Studies, 43 (2009) 5
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400701874107
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)