1. Producer service linkages and city connectivity in the mega-city region of China: A case study of the Pearl River Delta.
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Yeh, Anthony G. O., Yang, Fiona F., and Wang, Jiejing
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MEGALOPOLIS , *GLOBALIZATION , *MANUFACTURING industries , *SERVICE economy , *SERVICE industries ,ECONOMIC conditions in China - Abstract
This paper examines the intra- and inter-firm producer service linkages and city connectivity of the Pearl River Delta (PRD), one of the fastest growing and globalising mega-city regions in China. The study reveals that the rapid growth of producer services in the recent two decades has emerged as a crucial contributor to the formation of the regional network that was previously shaped mainly by manufacturing activities. To provide a better understanding of the mechanisms of mega-city regions, a nexus between the literature on globalisation and mega-city regions and the studies on the service economy must be developed to consider not only intra-firm office connections, but also the linkages of producer services between different firms and economic sectors. Through a questionnaire survey covering 1020 producer service firms in three major PRD cities, we provide evidence that in a manner different from manufacturing activities, producer services linkages, both intra-firm and inter-firm, bind the cities into a hierarchical and localised regional system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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