Governance capacity, state policy and the rise of the Chongqing notebook computer cluster. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gao, Boyang; Dunford, Michael; Norcliffe, Glen; Liu, Weidong
• Is Part Of: Area development and policy. Volume 4:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 321
• Page End: 345
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: industrial clusters -- global production networks -- global value chains -- strategic coupling -- notebook computer industry -- infrastructure investment -- governance capacity -- government debt -- Chongqing -- China; 产业集群 -- 全球生产网络 -- 全球价值链 -- 战略耦合 -- 笔记本电脑产业 -- 基础设施投资 -- 政府治理能力 -- 政府债务 -- 重庆 -- 中国; aglomeraciones industriales -- redes de producción global -- cadenas globales de valor -- conexión estratégica -- industria de ordenadores portátiles -- inversión en infraestructura -- capacidad gubernamental -- deuda pública -- ChongqingChina; промышленные кластеры -- глобальные производственные сети -- глобальные производственно-сбытовые цепи -- стратегическое сопряжение -- индустрия ноутбуков -- инвестиции в инфраструктуру -- потенциал управления -- государственный долг -- ЧунцинКитай; Regional planning -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Human geography -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- Periodicals; Human geography -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 338.90091724
• DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2018.1544465
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-2949

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The ability of a local development-oriented state to make their localities nodes in global production networks (GPNs) depends on the policy instruments available to it and the capacity of various actors to exploit this policy envelope fully and effectively. The post-2008 relocation and expansion in Chongqing of a coastal Chinese notebook computer manufacturing cluster is a compelling example of an activist state relocating and expanding parts of a GPN, and exporting globally from an inland location. Functional roles and governance capacity are examined through a study of the ways in which the Chongqing Municipal Government drew on government–industry relations, economic infrastructure, and social overhead capital provision, labour market organization and preferential policies, including measures to support chain logistics in and after industrial transfer, to couple its ambitions of lead companies, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and local enterprises with its own strategic goals.