An application of the levels of organization in biology to process formation in an industrial cluster: The economies of sequence

Abstract

Kuchiki and Mizobe focus on the processes of the formation of an industrial cluster in the field of manufacturing. The methodology seeks to apply the concept of the levels of organization to the formation processes of an industrial cluster. A cluster is efficiently formed when the sequence of segment formation is in the optimal order. The economies of sequence are defined as a concept by which the costs of forming an industrial cluster are most efficiently controlled by optimally sequencing the order of segment formation in the cluster. The automobile industry cluster in the Eastern Seaboard region of Thailand and the electronics industry cluster in northern Vietnam are discussed.