Abstract
Based on the data obtained in the mail survey and in-depth interviews conducted in October 2005, this paper analyzes the nature and characteristics of industrial agglomeration and technological transfer from Japanese firms in the Greater Bangkok region in order to verify empirically the applicability of the Flowchart Approach. In so doing, we take year of Bangkok office establishment as the dependent variables, while attributes of firms and factors affecting agglomeration serve as explanatory variables. The flowchart approach derives these explanatory variables as determinants of locational decision-making by firms: domestic demand, export, and capacity building such as infrastructure, institutions, human resources, and living conditions. We also use the following factors as explanatory variables: inter-firm relationships such as those between anchor firms and related or affiliated firms, and the degree of agglomeration. The most important relationship between variables is the relationship between the year of Bangkok office establishment and firm size.
