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An Institutional Perspective on Production and Upgrading The Electronics Industry in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta

:	Daniel Schiller
:	An Institutional Perspective on Production and Upgrading The Electronics Industry in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta
:	Franz Steiner Verlag
:	9783515105668
:	Megacities and Global Change / Megastädte und globaler Wandel
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Production and upgrading processes in emerging economies are studied by geographers and economists since many years. However, the relevance of institutions, in particular the informal ones, has not yet been fully understood. The institutional perspective of this e-book is relevant because regional production and innovation are embedded within multi-layered institutional settings which are enforced by actors at different spatial scales, e.g. local stakeholders, national policy makers, and multinational firms.

This e-book analyses the electronics industry of the mega-urban region of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta which is the world's most important production cluster of the industry. A conceptual discussion on the institutional approach to informality and an overview of methods to measure it set the scene for five empirical chapters. The description of the spatial and organisational transition of the electronics industry in the region is followed by a thorough analysis of the role of personal relations for doing business. Finally, the most important issue for the long-term competitiveness of the region is discussed: upgrading and innovation.

PD Dr. Daniel Schiller studied geography majoring in economic geography at Leibniz University Hannover and Vienna University of Economics and Business. He was a research associate at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at Leibniz University Hannover from 2003 to 2012. He completed his PhD thesis on university-industry linkages in Thailand in 2005. In 2012, he received his professorial qualifications (Habilitation) for his work on the electronics industry in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta.

His focus of research is on regional innovation, science and higher education systems, globalization, developing and emerging countries, and public finance. His regional research is mainly about Germany, the European Union and its neighboring countries as well as East- and South East Asia. Since 2012, he is a senior researcher at the Lower Saxony Institute for Economic Research (NIW) and is responsible for the research field 'Regions and Institutions'.

	CONTENTS	6
	CHAPTER A. INTRODUCTION	14
	1. THE RELEVANCE OF THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE	14
	2. AIM, SCOPE AND CONTRIBUTION	17
	3. POSITIONING THE THESIS WITHIN A LARGER RESEARCH PROJECT	20
	4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	23
	PART I: CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENT OF INFORMALITY	26
	CHAPTER B. INFORMAL DYNAMICS OF ECONOMIC PROCESSES – CONCEPTUAL REMARKS ON INFORMALITY AND AGILITY IN EMERGING ECONOMIES	28
	1. THE CONCEPT OF INFORMALITY FROM AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE	28
	2. AGILITY: SUSTAINED COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE BY COMBINING INFORMALITY AND FLEXIBILITY	43
	3. REGIONAL ASPECTS OF INFORMALITY AND AGILITY: UPGRADING AND RESILIENCE	55
	4. CONCLUSION	67
	CHAPTER C. MEASURING INFORMALITY AND FLEXIBILITY – AN OVERVIEW OF DATA AND METHODS USED FOR THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS	68
	1. COMPANY SURVEYS	68
	2. QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS	71
	3. MEASURING THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL NETWORKS AND OTHER FACETS OF INFORMALITY	72
	4. DISCUSSION OF STRENGTHS AND POTENTIAL WEAKNESSESOF THE DATASETS AND INDICATORS	76
	PART II: INFORMAL ORGANISATION OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES	80
	CHAPTER D. SPATIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL TRANSITION OF AN EAST ASIAN HIGH-GROWTH REGION: THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IN THE GREATER PEARL RIVER DELTA	82
	1. INTRODUCTION	82
	2. CONCEPTUALISING SPATIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL TRANSITION IN HIGH-GROWTH REGIONS	84
	3. EMPIRICAL RESULTS ON SPATIAL TRANSITIONS	90
	4. EMPIRICAL RESULTS ON ORGANISATIONAL TRANSITIONS	100
	5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION	106
	CHAPTER E. PERSONALISATION OF BUSINESS RELATIONS IN HONG KONG AND THE PEARL RIVER DELTA: AN INSTITUTIONAL NECESSITY OR A STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY?	109
	1. INTRODUCTION	109
	2. THE RATIONALE BEHIND PERSONALISATION OF BUSINESS RELATIONS	111
	3. DESCRIPTIVE RESULTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL NETWORKS	120
	4. EXPLANATION OF PERSONALISATION PATTERNS	128
	5. DISCUSSION OF QUALITATIVE EVIDENCE	135
	6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION	138
	PART III: INFORMAL ASPECTS OF UPGRADING AND INNOVATION	142
	CHAPTER F. THE ROLE OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FIRMS IN REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS OF LATECOMER COUNTRIES: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA	144
	1. INTRODUCTION	144
	2. CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE UPGRADING OF TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES AND INNOVATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES	146
	3. OVERVIEW OF THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IN THE GUANGDONG PROVINCE	149
	4. INNOVATION AND UPGRADING ACTIVITIES OF DOMESTIC AND NON-DOMESTIC ELECTRONICS FIRMS	152
	5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION	161
	CHAPTER G. THE IMPACT OF GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGY ON CORPORATE INNOVATION ACTIVITIES AND FIRM PERFORMANCE IN EMERGING ECONOMIES	163
	1. INTRODUCTION	163
	2. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, STRATEGY AND INNOVATION IN EMERGING ECONOMIES	164
	3. EMPIRICAL RESULTS ON THE IMPACT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGY ON INNOVATION	169
	4. DISCUSSION	186
	5. CONCLUSION	191
	CHAPTER H. UPGRADING STRATEGIES OF FIRMS FROM EMERGING ECONOMIES IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS: THREE CASES FROM THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG	193
	1. INTRODUCTION	193
	2. IDENTIFICATION OF DETERMINANTS FOR UPGRADING ON THREE LEVELS	195
	3. THE REGIONAL PRODUCTION AND INNOVATION SYSTEM OF HONG KONG AND THE PEARL RIVER DELTA	201
	4. THE CASE STUDIES	203
	5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION	208
	CHAPTER I. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION	214
	1. SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR FINDINGS	214
	2. MAJOR FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO INFORMAL DYNAMICS	219
	3. POLICY IMPLICATIONS	221
	4. RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS	223
	LIST OF REFERENCES	225
	ANNEX	239