Back to Search
Start Over
How did geese fly domestically? Firm demography and spatial restructuring in China's apparel industry.
- Source :
- Area; Sep2016, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p346-356, 11p, 4 Charts, 2 Graphs, 2 Maps
- Publication Year :
- 2016
-
Abstract
- Using a firm-level database from 1999 to 2008, this paper sheds new light on the industrial dynamics of China's clothing industry, highlighting the multi-scalar process of spatial restructuring primarily driven by differences in the rate of job creation, especially through start-up firms. At the inter-provincial level, 2004 represents a turning point where the industry ceased to be concentrated in coastal areas and began to relocate inland, especially to central provinces. At the intra-provincial level, cities in coastal provinces remained the most attractive locations for start-up companies even after 2004. The results suggest that the regionally decentralised authoritarian regime, intertwined with market forces shaping the multi-scalar process of spatial restructuring, is pivotal to understanding the changing geography of China's apparel industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00040894
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Area
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117595274
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12269