Institutions, Innovation and Regional Economic Change

In: Megacities and Global Change / Megastädte und globaler Wandel v.18

Abstract

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ABBREVIATION -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 INSTITUTIONS IN A REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH MODEL -- 1.2 A CHINESE SUCCESS STORY: THE GREATER PEARL RIVER DELTA -- 1.3 TOWARD A NEW ECONOMIC GROWTH MODEL? -- 1.4 AIM AND SCOPE -- 1.5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 2. THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND -- 2.1 INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND THE REGIONAL ECONOMY -- 2.2 INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL UPGRADING IN CHINA -- 2.3 DEVELOPING AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- 3. METHODOLOGY -- 3.1 EMPIRICAL RESEARCH DATA -- 3.2 MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS -- 3.3 CRITICAL METHOD EVALUATION AND LIMITATIONS -- 4. INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND STRATEGIC ADAPTATION. A FIRM-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE ON THE POST-CRISIS ECONOMY OF THE CHINESE PRD -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND -- 4.3 DATA AND METHODS -- 4.4 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FIRM ADAPTATION PROCESSES -- 4.5 CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION -- 5. THE IMPACT OF FINANCING CHANNELS ON FIRM INNOVATION - IS THERE AN 'INFORMALITY TRAP?' -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND -- 5.3 DATA AND METHODS -- 5.4 FINANCE AND INNOVATION IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY OF THE PRD -- 5.5 CONCLUSION -- 6. INTER-FIRM LEARNING IN THE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN - PROSPECT FOR ENHANCING LOCAL FIRMS' INNOVATION PERFORMANCE? -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 THE PROCESS OF INNOVATION FROM A SUPPLY-CHAIN PERSPECTIVE -- 6.3 DATA AND METHODS -- 6.4 ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS -- 6.5 DISCUSSION -- 6.6 CONCLUSION -- 7. POLICIES OF RESTRUCTURING ECONOMIC GROWTH - TOWARDS A NEW GROWTH MODEL IN CHINA AND ITS PROVINCES? -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CHINESE POLITICAL SYSTEM -- 7.3 DATA AND METHODS -- 7.4 THE CHINESE NATIONAL GROWTH MODEL -- 7.5 POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE -- 7.6 INTERIM CONCLUSION.