Download or read book Analysis of Industrial Clusters in China written by Zhu Yingming and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a close look at the national economic system of China, this book defines industrial clusters, then summarizes their measurement indices and identifies their methods. The author identifies 11 industrial clusters and analyses their structural relationships. He studies the relationships between structures and characters of industrial clusters u

Download or read book Economic Analysis of Industrial Clustering in China written by Xiyi Yang and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Economic Analysis of Industrial Clustering in China" by Xiyi, Yang, 杨锡怡, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: One of the most striking developments during China's economic reforms is the emergence of specialized industrial clusters in rural towns and villages with each contributing to a substantial share of the global product market. Different from the concepts of "clustering" or "geographical agglomeration" defined in existing studies, these clusters are developed under the unique institutional constraints to factor mobility and to entrepreneurship in China. Given the shortcomings of existing measurements, I construct an original measure of clustering which indeed can capture the major features from the reality. Based on this measurement, by using a combination of firm-level and county-level datasets from 1998-2007, I systematically test the economic impacts of clustering on regional growth and inequality, and on firm innovation and exporting. Along with the record-breaking growth, income inequality in China has increased so rapidly that China has become one of the most unequal economies in the world. How the development of clusters interacts with local economic growth and inequality, however, is unknown in the literature. Based on panel estimations, I find that industrial clusters, especially strong clusters or those with a more developed non-state sector, can enhance local economic and employment growth. More importantly, the higher growth does not lead to enlarged income inequality. Instead, counties with clusters consisting of a more developed non-state sector will have a substantially lower urban-rural inequality, driven by the increased income of local rural residents. The results stay robust after addressing the endogeneity issues by thepropensity score matching approach and the instrumental variable (IV) regression approach. On the other hand, though China has long been the factory floor that churns out popular gadgets for companies world-wide, the country's own technology were rarely viewed as leading edge. However, agrowing literature has pointed to the existence of distinctforms of industrial innovationin China that usually involvethe redefinition of existing technologies and the commercialization of new inventions.Given that a large proportion of the country's manufacturing is concentrated within these specialized industrial clusters, how this clustering environment interacts with industrial innovation and exporting of firms is an important but unanswered question. Using a combination of data from the State Intellectual Property Office Patent Database and the Chinese Manufacturing Firm Survey Database, I find that firms within industrial clusters are more likely to generate patent and this effect is amplified if there is a higher density of firms within the cluster, or if there are state-owned enterprises operating in the cluster. Moreover, firms located in industrial clusters will have a higher probability of exporting, especially if there are more private firms or foreign-invested firms within the clusters. Moreover, this effect of clustering on export is likely to operate through the channel of improved firm productivity. Finally, I use instrument variable regression to address the identification issue and establish causality between clustering and improved firm productivity. Subjects: Industrial clusters - China

Download or read book Network Structure of Industrial Clusters written by Tao Meng and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is missing in the literature on industrial clusters is the quantitative and empirical statement of the network structure of industrial cluster. In order to further the research of the structure of cooperative and coordinated relations among all kinds of organizations in cluster, the paper presents a research design which employs some quantitative measures and mapping tools from the theory of social network analysis. Using the cluster of electrical equipment and component manufacturing cluster in Liu Shi town, Yue Qing city in Zhe Jiang province in China as a practical example, the paper maps and measures the network structure of this cluster and discusses the disequilibrium and variability are important structure properties of interfirm networks. The research also presents the interaction and integration of social network and economic network in the typical Chinese industrial clusters.

Download or read book Economic Analysis of Industrial Clustering in China written by 杨锡怡 and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Asian Industrial Clusters Global Competitiveness and New Policy Initiatives written by Bernard Ganne and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of what Asian industrial clusters might teach us. At a time when the dynamics of the world''s economy are increasingly being influenced by developments in Asia, the question takes on particular relevance because of the explosion of clusters and cluster policies throughout the region; and because of the great variety of models which can be seen developing in the various countries. Based on robust empirical surveys and interviews conducted in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan, the studies collected in this book were first debated at an international workshop in Lyon. From industrial districts to poles of competitiveness, these studies explored the transformation of traditional systems of activities or industrial districts to new networks ready for global competition or innovation, and also the development of new agglomerations or scientific knowledge clusters. The wide range of case studies in this collection offers a rich store of theoretical and practical lessons for analysts, policy-makers and economists. The book will also be a useful guide for graduate students as well as researchers in economics, sociology and political studies.

Download or read book Institutional Change And The Development Of Industrial Clusters In China Case Studies From The Textile And Clothing Industry written by Jinmin Wang and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book mainly uses the New Institutional Economics Approach (NIE) to examine the formation and development of industrial clusters in China through multiple case studies of textile and clothing clusters in the Zhejiang province. The micro case studies illustrate the interaction between institutional change and the industrial development of China in transition.It also attempts to fill the information gap through an analysis of the typical institutional factors leading to the development and upgrading of industrial clusters, and provides a better understanding of the changing nature of the public-private interface in the process of cluster development in China.

Download or read book Cluster based industrialization in China Financing and performance written by Cheryl Long, Xiaobo Zhang and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book EMBEDDEDNESS COMPETITIVENESS written by Bei Zhao and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Embeddedness and Competitiveness: Regional Clusters in China" by Bei, Zhao, 趙蓓, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: ABSTRACT Embeddedness and Competitiveness: Regional Clusters in China Submitted by Bei Zhao For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong in October, 2003. Research on regional clusters in the past few decades has suggested that geographic concentration and local embeddedness can enhance competitiveness. Economic embeddedness is believed to have a direct impact on competitiveness by reducing total costs and improving efficiency and profitability. Institutional embeddedness is believed to result in multidimensional inter-firm network formation and joint problem solving. Social embeddedness nurtures trust and may be beneficial for more elaborate coordination among the firms and institutions. It is therefore not surprising to find industrial clusters throughout industries and nations. Clustering is not only the natural state for many industries, but has also in many cases been deliberately fostered as a matter of government policy. Despite the assumptions in the literature, the hypothesis that embeddedness enhances competitiveness has never been systematically examined, and no attempt has been made to measure economic, institutional or social embeddedness. This thesis attempts to test the claims that have been made for embeddedness both qualitatively with case studies and quantitatively with data at the company level. It attempts to develop workable measurements of embeddedness in each of its three dimensions. The data used in this study were derived from field research in China, where a planned economy has given way to a more market-oriented economy and the emphasis has shifted from egalitarian distribution to efficiency. Aggregate data analysis shows that the clustering of industries in China increased as a result of changing industrial policies and the introduction of the market mechanism. A high concentration of some industries developed in the coastal provinces. This was mainly because the central and local authorities opened up the economy along the coastal areas, and lured firms with incentives and promises of operational freedom, but the particular factor advantages in the coastal areas were also relevant. In-depth field investigations in Jinjiang have shown that several regional clusters have developed since the reform process began, and that economic, institutional, and social embeddedness have deepened both naturally and as a result of deliberate local government stimulation. An econometric analysis of the footwear and clothing industries has suggested that economic and institutional embeddedness have a positive impact on firm performance, while the influence of social embeddedness is less easy to discern. ii DOI: 10.5353/th_b2987215 Subjects: Industrial concentration - China - Fujian Sheng Industrial policy - China Industrial efficiency - China

Download or read book INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS LOCAL CO written by Wing-Man Lai and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Industrial Clusters and Local Competitiveness: a Case Study of Dongguan, China" by Wing-man, Lai, 黎詠雯, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of thesis titled Industrial Clusters and Local Competitiveness: A Case Study of Dongguan, China Submitted by LAI Wing Man for the degree of Master of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong in September 2004 Since the 1980s, the worldwide technological and political situations have experienced rapid changes. The localization of industries can progress hand in hand with globalization and some large multinational corporations (MNCs) have begun to dominate the world market. Industrial cluster is found in virtually every advanced economy and increasingly in developing countries as well. China, with greater integration with the rest of the world after World Trade Organization (WTO) accession, has become the ideal target for the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of MNCs. Within the Guangdong province in China, Dongguan, after the implementation of the economic reform and the Open Door Policy in 1978, has attracted massive FDI and formed industrial cluster based on its exclusive advantages. The main objectives of this study are to examine the general clustering situations in terms of electronics and telecommunications industry in China and the rationales lead to the development of an industrial cluster in Dongguan. Besides, it also attempts to examine the relationship of the industrial clusters and the local competitiveness. The degree of agglomeration is measured by means of Location Quotient (LQ) and the local competitiveness can be calculated by the equation of Line of Competitiveness (LC) and the variables of GDP, the volume of trade, the overall labour productivity, etc. in electronics industry. By applying an in-depth case study of a mobile phone company, Dongguan Nokia Mobile Co., Ltd., the global supply chain characteristics of an MNC can be well understood. The findings of this study suggest that theoretically, there is a significant positive correlation between agglomeration and competitiveness. The results of Dongguan electronics and telecommunications clusters are not as competitive as we supposed. Clusters in Dongguan have to face severe challenges such as the rise of production costs; the opening of domestic market to the foreigners after China's WTO accession; the rise up of the neighboring city as its keen competitor and the environmental degradation caused by pollution. This study is therefore to provide insights for the governmental agencies to develop policies to upgrade, transform and establish high value-added clusters in order to enhance the regional competitiveness in the wake of globalization. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3057785 Subjects: Industrial location - China - Dongguan Shi Electronic industries - China - Dongguan Shi Competition

Download or read book Industrial Clusters in Asia written by A. Kuchiki and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-10-19 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on East Asia, which has been attracting FDI and a centre of industrial agglomeration, and because of this, the production structure in the world has been dynamically transforming. This book analyzes this world trend and provides a framework for strategy that is required not only for Japanese local governments to implement industrial cluster policy, but also for firms to survive the global competition.

Download or read book Industrial Districts and Clusters in China written by Hua Li and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Problems of Industrial Development in China written by Harold Monk Vinacke and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Finance and Cluster Based Industrial Development in China written by Xiaobo Zhang and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2008 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Competitive Advantages through Clusters written by Saša Šarić and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world over, clusters are home to leading firms and institutions that compete on the edge of technology. They can be found in developed and developing countries alike and comprise such famous ones as Silicon Valley, London ‟s financial center, ceramic tile and fashion in north Italy, wine in Bordeaux, automotive in Stuttgart and Munich, software in Bangalore, and manufacturing in China ‟s Pearl-river delta. Today they are studied by a variety of scholars from different fields including economists, social scientists, and strategists, but also by a growing number of business practitioners and policy makers.3 As a result, knowledge on the capacity of clusters to promote regional economic development and national prosperity and the role of local industrial policy in creating new clusters has increased rapidly in recent years The present research is best described as being exploratory in nature. It elaborates and extends existing theory. By doing so, it takes up a distinct position within scientific theory that is defined by three levels of analysis: (1) the meta-methodological level, (2) the methodological level, and (3) the theoretical level.

Download or read book Cluster Genesis written by Pontus Braunerhjelm and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-11-02 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clusters - regional concentrations of related firms and organizations - are seen as being an important element of economic growth and innovation. But there is little understanding of how clusters come into existence, and little guidance provided on the role of policies that are conducive to the formation of clusters. Cluster Genesis focuses on these early origins of clusters. The case histories of well-known, established clusters, as well as more recently-developed clusters are discussed, including: · The Hollywood motion picture cluster, · Silicon Valley, · Boston and San Francisco biotech regions, · The Biotech industry in China, · Medicon Valley in Scandinavia, · The Irish ITC sector. Leading scholars contribute chapters examining cluster genesis, the divergent processes by which clusters arise, how multinationals contribute to cluster development, and how economic development policy may promote or hinder cluster genesis. Cluster Genesis uses a variety of methodological perspectives, examines a range of policy options, and draws on a number of rich case histories, and will be key reading for academics, researchers, and students of Economics, Innovation, Sociology, Geography, and Management Studies, as well as economic development officials and policy makers.

Download or read book Creative Industrial Cluster in the New China written by Shuting Xu and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Industrial Clusters and Local Competitiveness written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Uncorrected OCR) Abstract of thesis titled Industrial Clusters and Local Competitiveness: A Case Study of Dongguan, China Submitted by LAI Wing Man for the degree of Master of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong in September 2004 Since the 1980s, the worldwide technological and political situations have experienced rapid changes. The localization of industries can progress hand in hand with globalization and some large multinational corporations (MNCs) have begun to dominate the world market. Industrial cluster is found in virtually every advanced economy and increasingly in developing countries as well. China, with greater integration with the rest of the world after World Trade Organization (WTO) accession, has become the ideal target for the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of MNCs. Within the Guangdong province in China, Dongguan, after the implementation of the economic reform and the Open Door Policy in 1978, has attracted massive FDI and formed industrial cluster based on its exclusive advantages. The main objectives of this study are to examine the general clustering situations in terms of electronics and telecommunications industry in China and the rationales lead to the development of an industrial cluster in Dongguan. Besides, it also attempts to examine the relationship of the industrial clusters and the local competitiveness. The degree of agglomeration is measured by means of Location Quotient (LQ) and the local competitiveness can be calculated by the equation of Line of Competitiveness (LC) and the variables of GDP, the volume of trade, the overall labour productivity, etc. in electronics industry. By applying an in-depth case study of a mobile phone company, Dongguan Nokia Mobile Co., Ltd., the global supply chain characteristics of an MNC can be well understood. The findings of this study suggest that theoretically, there is a significant positive correlation between agglomeration and competitiveness. The results of Dongguan electronics and t.