Strategies of Developing Deep Ocean Water Industry - Cluster and Value Network Views

Deep ocean water is a special resource which has been emphasized by the government in recent years. This resource is clean, low temperature, nutritious, and is stable which makes it useful in a wide range of applications such as tourism, agriculture, fishery, energy and culture. This paper focuses on the cases study of Japan and U.S. and experts´ opinion to offer some conclusions. This paper proposes four suggestions for policies, based on the cluster and value network views: 1. respect international connections of a value network; 2. foster human resources and research teams; 3. integrate the local economy and sustainable development; 4. create job opportunities across industries.