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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

3. From Global Manufacturing Center into Global Innovation Center: The Case of the Yangtze River Delta

Authors : Shouhua Wei, Xiaojing Liu, Mu Cheng

Published in: Transition of the Yangtze River Delta

Publisher: Springer Japan

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Abstract

We theoretically explore the dynamism of transformation from global manufacturing center into global innovation center, and empirically examine how manufacturing agglomeration affects innovation output of the Yangtze River Delta, employing expanded Feldman and Florida’s geographic innovation function (1994). The results demonstrate that manufacturing agglomeration significantly enhances innovation activities, such as industrial R&D activities and technology transaction, and at the same time R&D activities of enterprises, universities and research institutions interact and reinforce with each other. Regional innovation capability is jointly determined by all R&D activities within the region as well as international and interregional technological spillovers. This paper attempts to investigate the progressive and systematic transformation of the Yangtze River Delta from global manufacturing center to global innovation center.

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previous chapter The Spatial Distribution of Industries: From “Massive Economic” to Industrial Cluster
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Metadata
Title
From Global Manufacturing Center into Global Innovation Center: The Case of the Yangtze River Delta
Authors
Shouhua Wei
Xiaojing Liu
Mu Cheng
Copyright Year
2015
Publisher
Springer Japan
Book
Transition of the Yangtze River Delta

Print ISBN: 978-4-431-55177-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-4-431-55178-2

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55178-2_3