Institutional change and the development of industrial clusters in China : case studies from the textile and clothing industry / Jinmin Wang, Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Jinmin.

Series:

Series on economic development and growth ; v. 8.

Series on economic development and growth ; volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial clusters--China--Case studies.

Industrial clusters.

Textile industry--China--Case studies.

Textile industry.

Clothing trade--China--Case studies.

Clothing trade.

Organizational change--China--Case studies.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 pub

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgment; About the Author; List of Tables; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; 1.1. The Development of Private Economy in China's Post-Reform; 1.2. The Emergence of Industrial Clusters in China; 1.3. Institutional Change and the Development of Industrial Clusters; 1.4. State, Institutional Change and Economic Development; 1.5. Plan of the Book; 2 Institutions, Industrial Clusters and Regional Development; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Concepts and Types of Industrial Clusters; 2.3. Competitive Advantage and Industrial Clusters

2.4. Institutional Change and the Development of Industrial Clusters2.5. Conclusion; 3 Global Institutional Change and the Development; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. The Development of the Textile and Clothing Industry in China; 3.3. The Evolution of Global Textile and Clothing Trade Regime; 3.4. The Impacts of Global Institutional Change on the Textile and Clothing Clusters in China; 3.4.1. Making the extension of vertical value chain; 3.4.2. Coordinated cluster development with local commodity trading markets; 3.4.3. Making spatial expansion home and abroad

3.4.3.1. The overcapacity within the domestic market3.4.3.2. The increasing international trade frictions on Chinese textile and clothing exports; 3.4.3.3. The adjustment of domestic industrial policy and tax policy; 3.4.3.4. "Go Global" strategy by the Chinese government; 3.5. Conclusion; 4 Institutional Change and the Development of Industrial Clusters in Zhejiang Province; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The Development of Industrial Clusters in Zhejiang Province; 4.2.1. Widespread SME industrial clusters in rural area; 4.2.2. The interaction between SMEs and commodity trading market

4.2.3. The rapid growth of economic development zones4.2.4. The spatial expansion of industrial clusters home and abroad; 4.3. Informal Institutions and the Development of Industrial Cluster in Zhejiang Province; 4.4. Institutional Innovation of the Local Government; 4.4.1. Encouraging entrepreneurship and promoting the development of private economy; 4.4.2. Building the commodity trading market; 4.4.3. The implementation of "go out" strategy at the local level; 4.5. Conclusion; 5 The Ningbo Clothing Cluster; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. The Formation and Development of Ningbo Clothing Cluster

5.3. Informal Institutions and Cluster Development5.4. Formal Institutions and Cluster Development; 5.5. The Internationalization of Ningbo Clothing Cluster; 5.6. Conclusion; 6 Shaoxing Textile Cluster; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. The Informal Institutional Change and the Development of Shaoxing Textile Cluster; 6.3. The Formal Institutional Change and the Development of Shaoxing Textile Cluster; 6.3.1. The development of Terephthalic Acid (PTA) industry in China; 6.3.2. The entry of private textile firms in the PTA industry

6.3.3. The second phase of the PTA program of Hualian Sunsjine Petro-Chemical Co., Ltd

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF (ebrary, viewed December 30, 2013).

ISBN:

9789814289054

9814289051

OCLC:

865014083