Market Platforms Industrial Clusters And Small Business Dynamics

Author : Ke Ding
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781006283

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Market Platforms, Industrial Clusters and Small Business Dynamics by Ke Ding Pdf

The emergence of specialized markets has profoundly improved the means of market access, enriched the driving forces of value chains, and changed the business environment for small firms in the developing world. This ground-breaking book summarizes the experience of specialized markets in a systematic manner. Specialized markets are a unique product of China's economic transition. They are marketplaces located in industrial clusters, specializing in the wholesale of local commodities and related goods. Ding Ke reveals that, despite their seemingly primitive form, specialized markets appeared in many of the modern industrial sectors and were paradoxically upgraded and expanded as these clusters developed. He argues that specialized markets have also formed solid linkages with marketplaces in various cities in China and in other developing economies. A powerful, emerging market-oriented distribution system has thus appeared. Based on thorough fieldwork covering ten years, and using the novel theory of the platform, this book clarifies the unique development logic of specialized markets. Specialized markets have thoroughly changed the business environment for SMEs in developing countries and greatly enriched the general understanding concerning SME development. This book will prove invaluable for SME, Chinese economy and platform researchers. Management scientists and managers in multinational firms focusing on bottom-of-the-pyramid markets will also find plenty of interesting information in this enlightening compendium.

Author : Ke Ding
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : China
ISBN : OCLC:782997831

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Markey Platforms, Industrial Clusters and Small Business Dynamics by Ke Ding Pdf

Author : Yongrok Choi,Malin Song,Seunghwan Myeong
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9783038971535

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Sustainable Governance in Northeast Asia: Challenges for Innovation Frontier by Yongrok Choi,Malin Song,Seunghwan Myeong Pdf

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Sustainable Governance in Northeast Asia: Challenges for Innovation Frontier" that was published in Sustainability

Author : Jinmin Wang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814579872

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Institutional Change and the Development of Industrial Clusters in China by Jinmin Wang Pdf

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. Contents:IntroductionInstitutions, Industrial Clusters and Regional DevelopmentGlobal Institutional Change and the Development of Textile and Clothing Clusters in ChinaInstitutional Change and the Development of Industrial Clusters in Zhejiang ProvinceThe Ningbo Clothing ClusterShaoxing Textile ClusterYiwu Socks ClusterConclusions Readership: Undergraduates, graduates and scholars in contemporary Chinese Studies, development studies and international business management in the Asia-Pacific region. Keywords:China;Industrial Clusters;Institutional Change;Textile and Clothing;Public-Private Interface

Author : Mariko Watanabe
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783476428

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The Disintegration of Production by Mariko Watanabe Pdf

øIn the past two decades, China has experienced rapid industrial and economic growth. This fascinating book explores the unique Chinese business strategy of vigorous market entry and low prices, which has been the key feature of this accelerated indust

Author : Akifumi Kuchiki,Tetsuo Mizobe,Toshitaka Gokan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137571281

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A Multi-Industrial Linkages Approach to Cluster Building in East Asia by Akifumi Kuchiki,Tetsuo Mizobe,Toshitaka Gokan Pdf

This book proposes measures to promote regional industrial development in East Asia from the perspective of three industries: agriculture, food, and tourism. The authors argue that for regional agriculture to develop, collaboration with the food industry is essential. Further, by linking tourism, economic collaboration between the three industries is strengthened. The first part of the book introduces a basic model for the formation of the agriculture, food, and tourism industry cluster. Contributions from leading academics in agricultural economics then go on to discuss the relevance of this multi-industry cluster in countries such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Cambodia, amongst others. The final part sets out new approaches for further development in the cluster through quantitative analyses of the ‘economies of sequence’ concept. Readers will discover that from establishing linkages between different industries and other economic sectors, important positive externalities can be generated and these processes can be triggered on the local or cluster level.

Author : MacGregor, Robert,Hodgkinson, Ann T.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781599041285

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Small Business Clustering Technologies: Applications in Marketing, Management, IT and Economics by MacGregor, Robert,Hodgkinson, Ann T. Pdf

Examines the development and role of small business clusters from a variety of disciplines - economics, marketing, management, and information systems. This book aims to prove that there is an approach suggesting that cluster analysis is truly interdisciplinary. It gives case studies illustrating the variety of clusters throughout the world.

Author : Kazuko Furuta,Linda Grove
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811037528

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Imitation, Counterfeiting and the Quality of Goods in Modern Asian History by Kazuko Furuta,Linda Grove Pdf

This book focuses on the production of low-quality goods, the rise of markets for imitations and shoddy goods, and dishonest trading practices which developed along with the expansion of global trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in East Asia. Fake, imitation, counterfeit, and adulterated goods have long plagued domestic and international trade. While we are all familiar with contemporary attempts to control the manufacture and sales of such goods, economic historians have given the subject little attention, despite the fact that the growth of international trade and the lengthening of commodity chains played a major role in the spread of such practices. The problem is approached in several ways. Part I of the book examines the ways in which the asymmetry of product-quality information was reduced and mechanisms were developed to bring greater order in the markets, using case studies on cotton fiber, silk pongee, cotton cloth, fertilizer, and tea. Part II of the book focuses on problems associated with imported everyday-use items—which are referred to here as “small things”—and the role played by imitations of such everyday goods as soap, matches, glass bottles, and toys in the development of the modern economies of Japan, China and Taiwan. The project brings together the work of an international team of scholars who offer important historical perspectives on these issues, exploring the ways in which new institutions were created that continue to play a role in contemporary global economic activities.

Author : Kenta Goto,Tamaki Endo,Asei Ito
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429536755

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The Asian Economy by Kenta Goto,Tamaki Endo,Asei Ito Pdf

The book is a key reading which provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the contemporary Asian economy. The book focuses on the structural changes that are rapidly transforming the regional economic landscape in the 21st century. It highlights the concomitant challenges that have arisen, and further discusses prospects and potentialities of Asian economies given this new economic environment. The book also looks at broader social issues that are both the cause and result of these new and complex economic dynamism in Asia. Understanding the Asian economy cannot be achieved without understanding the new interrelationships and complexities that have evolved from this context, which continue to be driven by drastic changes in technological, demographic, and social structures, among others. Each of the chapters are titled based on "issues" and are framed in present continuous tense, intended to capture and emphasize the progressiveness of this new dynamism that are transforming the region in a fundamental way.

Author : Janet Tai Landa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642540196

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Economic Success of Chinese Merchants in Southeast Asia by Janet Tai Landa Pdf

This book provides an original analysis of the economic success of Overseas Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia: The ethnically homogeneous group of Chinese middlemen is an informal, low-cost organization for the provision of club goods, e.g. contract enforcement, that are essential to merchants’ success. The author’s theory - and various extensions, with emphasis on kinship and other trust relationships - draws on economics and the other social sciences, and beyond to evolutionary biology. Empirical material from her fieldwork forms the basis for developing her unique, integrative and transdisciplinary theoretical framework, with important policy implications for understanding ethnic conflict in multiethnic societies where minority groups dominate merchant roles.

Author : Qianyi Wang,Kee Cheok Cheong,Ran Li
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811505447

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City Development and Internationalization in China by Qianyi Wang,Kee Cheok Cheong,Ran Li Pdf

This book explores how history shapes city development, assesses the role of government at national and sub-national levels through case studies of three secondary cities, Quanzhou, Yiwu and Nannin, and provides a link between city development and internationalization. In doing so, the book highlights alternative paths to development and internationalization that have received little attention in mainstream discussions. The case studies in the book provide insights into the development and internationalization of cities, linking them to historical, social, institutional and economic factors—narratives that bridge the two themes of city development and internationalization. Strong analyses are accompanied by photographs and charts that allow the reader to learn about Chinese cities beyond the major urban areas in China, garner better understanding of the role of the Chinese state, and appreciate the relevance of “city-specific assets” for city planning.

Author : Satyaki Roy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135071424

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Small and Medium Enterprises in India by Satyaki Roy Pdf

Small and medium enterprises (SME) have attracted increasing interest in the last few years, and industrialization is no longer seen as a linear way of development. This book analyzes how SME clusters emerge in a developing economy. Using India as a case study, it addresses one central question: If growth has largely failed to be inclusive so far, and if employing a work force in increasing returns activities through a different trajectory of industrialization is largely dependent upon industrial clusters of small and medium sized firms, then what are the structural infirmities and asymmetries that need to be taken into account in the context of framing policies related to industrial clusters? The book identifies the structural infirmities in industrial clusters in India, which could be typical to any of the developing countries and sharply in contrast to European success stories. Blending theory and empirical material, it provides a middle ground between the two extremes of a uniform policy assuming ‘one size fits all’, and a specific policy based on individual cases. The book redraws the broad contours where space and production processes mutually constitute each other, giving rise to outcomes somewhat generic to underdevelopment. It is of interest to academics working in the fields of economics, business administration/ management and development economics.

Author : Valentina De Marchi,Eleonora Di Maria,Gary Gereffi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351723992

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Local Clusters in Global Value Chains by Valentina De Marchi,Eleonora Di Maria,Gary Gereffi Pdf

The international fragmentation of economic activities – from research and design to production and marketing – described through the lens of the global value chain (GVC) approach impacts the structure and performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) agglomerated in economic clusters. The consolidation of GVCs ruled by global lead firms and the recession of 2008-09 exacerbated the pressures on cluster actors that based their competitive advantage on local systems, spurring an increasing heterogeneity, both across and within clusters, that is still overlooked in the literature. Drawing on detailed studies of different industries and countries, Local Clusters in Global Value Chains shows the co-evolutionary trajectories of clusters and GVCs, and the role of firms and their strategies in organizing manufacturing and innovation activities in the context of ongoing technological shifts. The book explores the tension between place-based variables and global drivers of change, and the possibility for territories containing such clusters to prosper in the new global scenario. By adopting insights from the GVC framework and management studies, the book discusses how the internationalization strategies of firms create opportunities as well as constraints for adaptive upgrading in clusters. This book is of interest to both researchers and policy-makers who are interested in the dynamic sources of competitive advantage in the global economy.

Author : Martin Perry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134300198

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Business Clusters by Martin Perry Pdf

Clusters of specialized businesses are being promoted around the world, aided by high-profile examples such as Silicon Valley. Using evidence from high- and low-income economies, as well as detailed case studies that show the special conditions behind successful clusters, this book provides a new vantage point on this high-interest topic, making it ideal for students of business location, policy-makers and managers seeking a real-world understanding of clustering.

Author : Fiorenza Belussi,Alessia Sammarra
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134048557

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Business Networks in Clusters and Industrial Districts by Fiorenza Belussi,Alessia Sammarra Pdf

During the 1980s the Marshallian concept of industrial district (ID) became widely popular due to the resurgence of interest in the reasons that make the agglomeration of specialised industries a territorial phenomenon worth being analysed. The analysis of clusters and IDs has often been limited, considering only the local dimension of the created business networks. The external links of these systems have been systematically under-evaluated. This book offers a deep insight into the evolution of these systems and the internal-external mechanism of knowledge circulation and learning. This means that the access to external knowledge (information or R&D cooperative research) or to productive networks (global supply chains) is studied in order to describe how external knowledge is absorbed and how local clusters or districts become global systems. It provides a unified approach; showing that existing capabilities expand when locally embedded knowledge is combined with accessible external knowledge. In this view, external knowledge linkages reduce the danger of cognitive ‘lock-in’ and ‘over-embeddedness’, which may become important obstacles to local learning and innovation when technological trajectories and global economic conditions change. A selection of international experts