Technology Spillover Mechanism and Industrial Cluster in China: Evidence from PC Industrial Cluster in Dongguan District

Author

Zhou, Yinhua ; Fan, Lu ; Kuang, Guoliang

Author_Institution

Manage. Sch., Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

fYear

2007

fDate

21-25 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

3759

Lastpage

3762

Abstract

The agglomeration economy which is represented by so called industrial cluster, plays a critical role in China´s regional economic development. The objective of this article is to explore the technology spillover mechanism to analyze the ways through which technology or technological knowledge spilled over from advanced technology holder to recipient enterprises in China´s industrial cluster. Data are draw from a straightforward quantitative and qualitative survey of PC industrial cluster in Dongguan district, China. The technology spillover mechanism will be analyzed on the perspectives of both vertical (interindustry) and horizontal (intraindustry) spillovers.

Keywords

macroeconomics; technology management; China; agglomeration economy; horizontal spillovers; industrial cluster; regional economic development; technology spillover mechanism; vertical spillovers; Couplings; Emulation; Humans; Industrial economics; Industrial relations; Investments; Manufacturing industries; Silicon; Technological innovation; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2007. WiCom 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1311-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WICOM.2007.930

Filename

4340705