Upgrading Resource-Based Regional Industrial Clusters to Innovative Clusters: The Case of Shanxi Province in China

Cao, Xuanwei; Xi, Youmin; Zeng, Xianju

doi:10.1057/abm.2008.11

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“…As more and more industrial clusters are established and developed around the world, the competition among them is becoming increasingly fierce, which leads to rising attention on the structure of the industrial cluster. This is regarded as an important factor to improve the particular cluster's innovation capacity and distinguish its competitiveness from others (Cao et al, 2008;Dayasindhu, 2002). Under different resource endowments, a suitable structure can make resource allocation more reasonable and efficient among all actors of a cluster.…”

Section: Sectoral Innovation System and Clustermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Local government policies and pharmaceutical clusters in China

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Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study how local government policy influences the structure of Chinese pharmaceutical clusters during their industrial catch-up. Design/methodology/approach – This paper applies a case study method by targeting pharmaceutical clusters in Tonghua, Taizhou, and Tianjin. Findings – The varied structures of pharmaceutical clusters in China demonstrate local governments' efforts to utilize local resources accordingly. While the local governments in China introduce different policies to firms with different ownership in the process of constructing different cluster composition, all the local governments emphasize motivating the development of small- and middle-sized enterprises for cluster dynamics. Practical implications – The local governments should try to reach a balance between short-term foundation and long-term competitiveness for industrial cluster development. Originality/value – This paper provides the detailed analysis of local governments' influences on the formation of pharmaceutical clusters in China and helps to enrich the knowledge about how local government promotes industrial clusters to realize industrial catch-up through sectoral innovation system.

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Section: Sectoral Innovation System and Clustermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…. SOEs need the guidance from local government because of their ownership structure and their slow reaction to the change of market (Cao et al, 2008;Luo, 2001). So the government can play a very important and direct part in the primary stage of development or transition of SOEs in the cluster, such as the Tonghua cluster.…”

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Local government policies and pharmaceutical clusters in China

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“…They describe how Shenzhen grew from a fishing village to an industrialized metropolis within a generation. In 1988, the entire island of Hainan became an SEZ; and in 1990 a large part of Shanghai was restructured as the Pudong New Area zone (see Cao, 2008Cao, , 1994and Chen, 1989, on upgrading the SEZ model and the transformation of industrial clusters into high technology zones: additional research on zones, clusters and industrial districts has been reported by Yeung et al, 2009;Dodgson, 2009;Huang et al, 2011;Wang, 2007;Wei and Wang, 2009;S {arić, 2012;and Fleisher et al, 2010;and Ma and Oxley, 2012 have reported on energy clusters in China).…”

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“…The Medium-and Long-Term Plan for S&T Development 2006-2020 (MLP) maps out the transformation of China into an innovation-driven economy; and the 12th Five-Year Plan for S&T Development (2011-2015) plays a central role in implementing the MLP. In the 12th Five-Year Plan the Chinese Committee of Science, Technology and Education, the main body for the central government's innovation policy, highlights the strengthening of the scientific-technological base and the upgrading of domestic innovative competences (see Cao et al, 2008 for Shanxi province; Liu et al, 2011 for the evolution and structure of Chinese innovation policy). This new plan places the industrial focus on seven new strategic emerging industries, mirroring innovative sectors in the USA and Europe (for example, electro mobility, nanotechnology and green technologies) to induce further growth.…”

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Upgrading the Chinese Economy by Overhauling Special Economic Zones

Gebhardt¹

2013

Industry and Higher Education

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In the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011–2015), the Chinese Committee of Science, Technology and Education, the main body for the central government's innovation policy, highlights the strengthening of the scientific–technological base and the upgrading of domestic innovative competences, and places the industrial focus on seven new strategic industries. Available data show that the transition is underway, from a Chinese growth model based on the availability of inexpensive land, investments, exports and a very large low-cost workforce to science-based and innovation-driven growth. However, the poor outcomes from public S&T expenditures suggest that future growth will depend on a different growth formula and that the greatest impact will come from an innovative innovation model. This paper focuses on an emerging Chinese innovation model that applies elements of cluster theory and the regional innovation systems approach to the next development stage of Chinese Special Economic Zones. The model also adopts features of the Triple Helix model of university–industry–government relations such as ‘systemness’ and entrepreneurial universities to enforce regional innovativeness. The author outlines the management and governance challenges associated with the policy objective of moving from imitation to innovation. The paper is based on a study on cluster management for the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) 2009–2013 and on empirical research in collaboration with the Chinese Association of Developmental Zones (CADZ) in 2012. The study used 15 expert interviews with managers of Tianjin Wuqing Development Zone in the Beijing–Tianjin Corridor and with senior officials of CADZ, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Science and Technology, at the Second China German Innovation Forum held in Berlin on 26 and 27 November 2012.

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“…Only post 2003, with new export markets for coal products and sharply increased prices did that income even begin to catch up with the rest of the country and there was little, non-extractive, higher knowledge component development and the brain drain was in flow. Cao et al (2008) propose that application of so-called He Xie Management Theory could provide the framework for a solution in the case of Shanxi. While He Xie as a phrase may translate broadly as "harmony", they take the two characters and work with them separately to explain how the theory might help.…”

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Distribution of FDI across China – common policies but differing impacts by region

Foster¹

2011

Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies

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PurposeThe aim of this paper is to illustrate how differing policy instruments linked to foreign direct investment (FDI) into China may have very different impacts. The paper looks at: patterns of FDI across China and other key, emerging nations; FDI patterns across the three declared, developmental regions of the People's Republic of China (PRC); and the effectiveness of four of the PRC Government's policy measures aimed at promoting FDI, and highlights the unexpectedly differing outcomes which can emerge from those incentives.Design/methodology/approachThe initial patterns draw on published data of the relevant countries and of the China's three designated development regions. The problem of differing, and unexpected, impacts is examined by means of four mini‐cases, drawing on previously published work and featuring a number of locations.FindingsChina is near the top of the list of FDI recipients, but its relative success compared with other developing economies is more modest. FDI into China is heavily skewed in favour of the richest east region, the poor west being the weakest attractor. The mini‐cases show how the same policy can have very different and sometimes unintended outcomes in different areas. A recurring theme is the existence of common, systemic problems for investors, which may be seen as “grit” in China's economic system.Practical implicationsThe PRC Government should reflect on what its investment policies may actually deliver as well as their initial intent and to seek to ensure consistent implementation across the country.Originality/valueThe originality of the work lies in the interpretation of existing information: the location of “hidden truths”.

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Upgrading Resource-Based Regional Industrial Clusters to Innovative Clusters: The Case of Shanxi Province in China

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Local government policies and pharmaceutical clusters in China

Local government policies and pharmaceutical clusters in China

Upgrading the Chinese Economy by Overhauling Special Economic Zones

Distribution of FDI across China – common policies but differing impacts by region

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