The new geography of information and consulting services in China: Comparing Beijing and Guangzhou

Lin, George C. S.; Yang, Fan; Hu, Fox Z.Y.

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.03.001

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“…In the same geographical space, the exchange of knowledge can be effectively promoted [47]. The cognitive distance between the subjects will be reduced, and the connection between the two parties will be strengthened [48,49]. The degree of connection between subjects is closely related to whether the two actors can trust each other, which affects the occurrence of innovation [50].…”

Section: Proximities and Innovation Network In Chinamentioning

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Evolution of Guangzhou Biomedical Industry Innovation Network Structure and Its Proximity Mechanism

Zhang

Qian

Zhao³

2020

Sustainability

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The topological structure and multidimensional proximity evolution mechanism of Guangzhou biomedical industry innovation network are studied by using cooperative patents and cooperative papers from 1998 to 2018 with Ucinet and PLS-SEM. Research shows: ① The evolution of the Guangzhou Biomedical Industry Innovation Network can be divided into three stages, which are the primary budding stage of 1998–2005, the steady development stage of 2006–2012, and the rapid development stage of 2013–2018; ② the number of subjects in the innovation network is increasing, and the types of subjects are constantly increasing. The innovation network has gone from small to large, from closed to open, and from simple to complex. Patents and papers cooperation networks show different characteristics at various stages; ③ the relationship between geographical proximity, cognitive proximity, organizational proximity, and innovation network differs in stages. The interaction of proximity varies with the content of innovation cooperation. Based on this result, we have put forward policy recommendations for different innovative content.

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Section: Proximities and Innovation Network In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

Evolution of Guangzhou Biomedical Industry Innovation Network Structure and Its Proximity Mechanism

Zhang

Qian

Zhao³

2020

Sustainability

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“…By mixing M individuals with N individuals, a new population including M + N individuals in step 9 and step 12 can be obtained. After (12)…”

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“…Regarding above problems, researchers have conducted large amounts of researches on information collection technology, information data structure processing technology, and information matching technology [10,11], and have built information service modes that suitable for various areas [12]. However, in the aspect of information transmission, researches are insufficient.…”

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Improved Ant Colony-Genetic Algorithm for Information Transmission Path Optimization in Remanufacturing Service System

Wang

Xia

Cao

et al. 2018

Chin. J. Mech. Eng.

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The information transmission path optimization (ITPO) can often affect the efficiency and accuracy of remanufacturing service. However, there is a greater degree of uncertainty and complexity in information transmission of remanufacturing service system, which leads to a critical need for designing planning models to deal with this added uncertainty and complexity. In this paper, a three-dimensional (3D) model of remanufacturing service information network for information transmission is developed, which combines the physic coordinate and the transmitted properties of all the devices in the remanufacturing service system. In order to solve the basic ITPO in the 3D model, an improved 3D ant colony algorithm (Improved AC) was put forward. Moreover, to further improve the operation efficiency of the algorithm, an improved ant colony-genetic algorithm (AC-GA) that combines the improved AC and genetic algorithm was developed. In addition, by taking the transmission of remanufacturing service demand information of certain roller as example, the effectiveness of AC-GA algorithm was analyzed and compared with that of improved AC, and the results demonstrated that AC-GA algorithm was superior to AC algorithm in aspects of information transmission delay, information transmission cost, and rate of information loss.

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“…Of course, location strategies of China's non-financial firms correspond with world-city and global-city theories (Friedmann, 1986;Sassen, 2001). For example, more advertising companies have set up offices in Beijing during the period 1996 to 2001 (Lin et al, 2012). Incidentally, China's household savings rate has remained at a high level (Chao et al, 2011;Horioka and Terada-Hagiwara, 2012;Lipschitz et al, 2011), and banks, insurance companies and securities companies need to effectively absorb part of these funds.…”

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“…In other words, while the banking and insurance sectors are more dominated by SOEs and become an integrated part of territorial control, the law, advertising and consultancy professions are relatively more driven by market forces. For example, Lin et al (2012) documented how informational and consulting services in Guangzhou – 2000 km away from the national capital Beijing – have endured less governmental intervention and been significantly influenced by the global market. The central and western regions show more centralisation tendencies, which means the hinterland economy is still dominant there, while provincial capital cities are becoming important gateway cities.…”

Section: A Multiscalar Approach To Urban Ps Provision: the Case Of Chinamentioning

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Mapping producer services networks in mainland Chinese cities

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We analyse the geographies of urban networks created by leading producer services (PS) firms in China. Because of the national regulation of the Chinese state-led economy and the location strategies of global advanced producer services (APS) firms, the geography of global APS in China as examined by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) cannot be studied as a subnetwork of GaWC's global network, but needs an empirical study based on a wide range of leading PS in the Chinese market. We explore the spatial differentiation in the connectivity of Chinese cities based on the location strategies of 323 APS firms in 287 Chinese cities. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen emerge as the primary nodes. The spatial distribution of banking, securities, and insurance services networks appears to be more even than those of non-financial PS firms. Regional disparity exists in terms of polycentric urban development in coastal China, as well as in the centralisation model in central and western areas. We suggest that owing to the continued tight regulation of China's state-led economy and the nature of the location strategies of 'globalised' PS firms, the urban networks created by Chinese PS firms are not only an extension of urban networks at a global scale but also an embodiment of economic activities at other scales.

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The new geography of information and consulting services in China: Comparing Beijing and Guangzhou

Cited by 16 publications

References 29 publications

Evolution of Guangzhou Biomedical Industry Innovation Network Structure and Its Proximity Mechanism

Evolution of Guangzhou Biomedical Industry Innovation Network Structure and Its Proximity Mechanism

Improved Ant Colony-Genetic Algorithm for Information Transmission Path Optimization in Remanufacturing Service System

Mapping producer services networks in mainland Chinese cities

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