The embeddedness of transnational corporations in Chinese cities: Strategic coupling in global production networks?

Wei, Yehua Dennis; Liao, Felix Haifeng

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.01.005

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“…In brief, while the prefectural level cities are transforming from production to service-based, the county level ones still focus on industrialization. The transformations in the YRD, as observed in the findings of this research, could be largely attributed to two aspects: (i) as the prefectural level cities are highly urbanized, the local governments have been focusing on de-concentration of manufacturing, and providing more land for neighborhood development and service based centres; and (ii), the policy of "Increase Power of the County" (qiangxian kuoquan) and the development competition between county level cities and prefectures has recently led to the allocation of more industrial land in the county level cities [75].…”

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“…Specifically, as an emerging global city region in China and the world's sixth-largest economic center, the YRD region has been facing fierce global and regional competition for investment from the Transnational Corporations (TNCs) [75]. A variety of development zones (DZs) and new towns are being established to attract economic investment and absorb skilled migrants [57].…”

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Urban Land Expansion and Structural Change in the Yangtze River Delta, China

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Urban development in China has attracted considerable scholarly attention. However, more work is still needed to examine and understand the mechanisms of urban land expansion, especially within the context of globalization/marketization, decentralization and urbanization. This paper analyzes urban land expansion and structural changes in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). We find that cities in the YRD are experiencing urban land expansion mainly characterized by the growth of residential and industrial land. The dominant characteristics of urban land expansion in cities have also varied within different development and administrative levels. Based on our conceptual framework, we have used multi-models to investigate the driving forces of urban land expansion and structural changes in the YRD. The results reveal that six influencing factors-foreign direct investment (FDI), labor, government competition, institution, population, and job-housing relations-facilitate land use change in the economic transition process. However, their impacts differ in cities in different geographical locations, as well as with different administrative levels. Finally, this paper discusses policies to promote sustainable urban land use in the YRD. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 10282

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Urban Land Expansion and Structural Change in the Yangtze River Delta, China

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“…Studies assessing the linkages between TNCs and domestic firms in developing countries, however, have presented often-contradicting results (e.g. Amendolagine et al, 2013;Wei & Liao, 2013). These studies indicate that apart from TNCs' characteristics (e.g.…”

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Local institutional actors and globally linked territorial development in Bekasi District: A strategic coupling?

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2018

Singap J Trop Geogr

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Ever‐changing spatial divisions of labour have led to an altered integration of many developing countries into global production networks (GPNs), leading to new spaces of territorial development in these countries. Against this background, this paper examines the role of local institutional actors in co‐shaping territorial development driven by global industrial relocation. Drawing on the case of Bekasi District, Indonesia, this paper nuances the notion of ‘strategic coupling’ in specific national and local settings of developing countries. Drawing on empirical material obtained through a series of in‐depth interviews conducted between 2012 and 2016, our analysis reveals that although local institutional actors have participated in Bekasi District's territorial development processes they sometimes exhibit a hesitant and less‐than‐creative attitude in this participation. Meanwhile, non‐local actors, most notably private developers and central government agencies, tend to have a more significant leverage in these development processes at the local level, suggesting complex institutional arrangements in tying Bekasi District's assets with GPNs.

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“…They range from local governments (e.g. provincial, county and/or urban governments) seeking to bolster GDP growth rates (Yu, 2014a;Wu, 2015); village collectives seeking rent from leasing land for non-agricultural activities (Zheng et al, 2009;Wang et al, 2009); state-owned enterprises (SOEs) seeking to enhance their positions at the national scale through local market capture (Bai et al, 2004;Yu, 2014b); third-party associations lobbying for better operating conditions for their members (Pearson, 1994;Chen, 2003;Deng and Kennedy, 2010); and, last but not least, TNCs seeking locations that offer the best opportunities for 'strategic coupling' (Demurger et al, 2002;Wei and Liao, 2013).…”

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‘Emptying the cage, changing the birds’: state rescaling, path-dependency and the politics of economic restructuring in post-crisis Guangdong

Lim

2016

New Political Economy

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The embeddedness of transnational corporations in Chinese cities: Strategic coupling in global production networks?

Cited by 26 publications

References 62 publications

Urban Land Expansion and Structural Change in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Urban Land Expansion and Structural Change in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Local institutional actors and globally linked territorial development in Bekasi District: A strategic coupling?

‘Emptying the cage, changing the birds’: state rescaling, path-dependency and the politics of economic restructuring in post-crisis Guangdong

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