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Fig. 3 Distribution of technopolis zones and their Mother Cities in Japan. Source Tatsuno ( 1986 ,

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development of marketing channels, entrepreneurship, human resource develop-
ment, and other critical factors 8 (Figs. 5 , 6 ).
On the other hand, the Knowledge Cluster Initiative is a program to form
knowledge clusters that a system for technological innovation organized by local
initiative around universities and other public research institutions with original

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Cha ( 2008 , pp. 181-182).