Part I Introduction 1 -- 1 The It Industry In The Asia Pacific Region: Heritage, Context And Future / Philip Cooke Cooke, Philip, Glen Searle Searle, Glen, Kevin O'connor O'connor, Kevin 3 -- Part Ii The New Global Context 9 -- 2 The Ict-led Model Of Economic Evolution In Global Innovation Networks: Ict And Eco-innovation As Qualitative Comparisons / Philip Cooke Cooke, Philip 11 -- Part Iii National Perspectives On The Asia Pacific It Industry In A Global Context 31 -- 3 New Outcomes For Australian Firms In The Global It Industry / Glen Searle Searle, Glen, Kevin O'connor O'connor, Kevin 33 -- 4 Singapore's Ict Industry: An Evolutionary Perspective / Leo Van Grunsven Grunsven, Leo Van 47 -- 5 Time And Spaces Of China's Ict Industry / Yu Zhou Zhou, Yu 68 -- 6 Inter-organizational Platform-based Development And Global Innovation Networks: The Case Of The Taiwanese Ict Industry / Shin-horng Chen Chen, Shin-horng, Pei-chang Wen Wen, Pei-chang, Hsiao-chi Chen Chen, Hsiao-chi 86 -- 7 The It Industry In Japan: Entrepreneurship And Sensitization / Yuko Aoyama Aoyama, Yuko 107 -- Part Iv Sectoral Responses To Global Change 127 -- 8 The Role Of The State In Creating Display Industry Clusters In South Korea / Yong-sook Lee Lee, Yong-sook, Hyungjoo Kim Kim, Hyungjoo 129 -- 9 China's Catch-up And Innovation Model In The It Industry / Xielin Liu Liu, Xielin, Jianghua Zhou Zhou, Jianghua 144 -- 10 China's Good-enough Innovation: Shanzhai Handsets And Shanzhai Economy / Shin-horng Chen Chen, Shin-horng, Pei-chang Wen Wen, Pei-chang, Chih-yen Tai Tai, Chih-yen 169 -- 11 The Spatial Distribution And Structure Of Partnership Networks Of The Software Industry In Korea / Ilyoung Hong Hong, Ilyoung 189 -- 12 A Geography Of Innovation In Isolation?: Knowledge Spillover, Technology Transfer And Innovation Of Firms In China's Software Industry / Cassandra C. Wang Wang, Cassandra C., George C.s. Lin Lin, George C.s. 202 -- Part V Regional And Local Responses To Global Change 219 -- 13 A Half Century Of Envisioning The Future In Bangalore: From Autarky To Innovation In The Global Information Economy / Balaji Parthasarathy Parthasarathy, Balaji 221 -- 14 Localizing Production Of The Globalized Knowledge Enclaves: The Role Of The Sub-national States In Development Of The It-ites Clusters In India / Tathagata Chatterji Chatterji, Tathagata 243 -- 15 Institutional 'embeddedness', Networks And China's It Industry: An Analysis Of Dalian Software Park / Charla Griffy-brown Griffy-brown, Charla, Weilin Zhao Zhao, Weilin, Chihiro Watanabe Watanabe, Chihiro, Yuji Tou Tou, Yuji 264. Edited By Philip Cooke, Glen Searle And Kevin O'connor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.