Category: Book Chapters

Aoyama, Yuko.  Forthcoming.  “The IT Industry in Japan: Entrepreneurship and Servicization”  P. Cooke and K. O’Connor (eds.), Asia Pacific Information Technology Industry, Routledge.

Aoyama, Yuko.  Forthcoming.  “Cultural Survival as a Geographic Paradox: The case of Flamenco.”   Chapter in Kuhlke, O. and Pine, A. (eds.),  Geographies of Dance: Bodies, Space & Movement, Vol.2: Global Movements. Lexington Books: a division of Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group.

Aoyama, Yuko and Hiro Izushi.  Forthcoming.  “Video-Game Industry.”  Chapter in McCann, et al, (eds.), Handbook of Economic Geography and Industry Studies.  Edward Elgar.

Aoyama, Yuko and Rory Horner.  2011.  “Service Innovation.” Chapter in Cooke, et al, (eds.), Handbook of Regional Innovation and Growth, Edward Elgar.

Aoyama, Yuko.  2010.  “Manuel Castells”.  Warf, B. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Geography.  Sage Publications.

Horner, Rory and Yuko Aoyama.  2009.  “Limits to FDI-driven growth in Ireland: A newspaper content analysis for investment, upgrading and divestment.” In P. Kirby and P. Carmody (eds.), The Legacy of Ireland’s Economic Expansion: Geographies of the Celtic Tiger.   Taylor & Francis, pp.140-160.

Aoyama, Yuko.  2009.  “Entrepreneurship and Regional Culture:  The case of Hamamatsuand Kyoto, Japan.”  Chapter in Yeung, H. (ed.), Globalizing Regional Development in Asia.   Taylor & Francis.

Aoyama, Yuko and Samuel Ratick. 2007.  “Competition and Inter-firm Relations in the Age of Instant Access: Case of the U.S.Logistics Industry.”   Chapter in Miller, H. (ed.) Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access.   Springer, pp.311-327.

Aoyama, Yuko and Guido Schwarz.  2006.  “The Myth of Wal-Martization: Retail Globalization and Local Competition in Japan and Germany.”  Chapter in Brunn, S. (ed.) Wal-Mart World. New York: Routledge, pp. 275-291.

Aoyama, Yuko and Hiro Izushi, 2004, “Creative Foundations of the Japanese Video Game Industry.”  Chapter in D. Power and A. J. Scott (eds.) Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture, London and New York: Routledge, pp.110-129.

Zook, Matthew, Martin Dodge, Yuko Aoyama and Anthony Townsend, 2004.  “New Digital Geographies: Information, Communication, and Place.”  Chapter in S. Brunn, S. Cutter and J.W. Harrington (eds.), Geography and Technology.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.155-176.

Aoyama, Yuko, 2003, “E-Commerce and Urban Space in Japan: Accessing the Net via Convenience Stores and Mobile Telephones” Chapter in Cybercities Reader edited by Stephen Graham,London and New York, Routledge, pp.231-234.

Aoyama, Yuko, 2001.  “The Information Society, Japanese Style: Corner Stores as Hubs for E-Commerce Access.”  Chapter in Worlds of Electronic Commerce, edited by Stanley D. Brunn and Thomas R. Leinbach. Chichester: John Wiley, pp.109-128.

Aoyama, Yuko, 2000. “Industrial Network Formation and Regulation: The Case of Japan’s SME Policy.”  Chapter in Network Firms in the Global World: Small Firms in New Environments. Edited by Eirik Vatne and Michael Taylor. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp.45-63.

Wheeler, James O., Yuko Aoyama and Barney Warf, 2000.  “Introduction”.  Fractured Geographies: Cities in the Telecommunication Age. New York: Routledge, pp.3-17.

Aoyama, Yuko, 1999.  “Locational Dynamics of Japanese Electronics Industry in Europe.”  Chapter in FDI and the Global Economy: Corporate and Institutional Dynamics of Global-Localization, edited by Nicholas Phelps and Jeremy Alden.  Published in Association with the Regional Studies Association,London: Stationery Office, pp103-119.

Castells, Manuel and Yuko Aoyama, 1998.  “Paths Towards the Informational Society: Employment Structure in G-7 Countries. 1920-1990.” Reprinted. Chapter in J. R. Bryson and P.W. Daniels (eds.). Service Industries in the Global Economy. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, an Elgar Reference Collection.  Cheltenham, Glos.: Edward Elgar, Vol. 1, pp. 525-553.

Castells, Manuel and Yuko Aoyama, 1997.  “Paths Towards the Informational Society: Employment Structure in G-7 Countries. 1920-1990.”  Reprinted (with Manuel Castells).  Chapter in Van den Berg, Axel and Joseph Smucker (eds.). The Sociology of Labour Markets: Efficiency, Equity, Security. Scarborough, Ontario, Prentice Hall, pp.14-39.

Aoyama, Yuko, 1992.  “Socio-demographic Trends and Elderly Populations in OECD Countries.”  Chapter in Urban Policies for Ageing Populations, OECD, Paris, pp.19-42.