Influence Of Industrial Structure Research Articles

Research on the Measurement of Technological Innovation Efficiency and its Influencing Factors in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone

This article constructs an evaluation index system for technological innovation efficiency. Using panel data from 16 cities at the prefecture level and above in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone from 2013 to 2019, the DEA-BCC model is employed to statically measure the technological innovation efficiency in the region. The Malmquist index method is used to conduct a dynamic analysis of the technological innovation efficiency, and the Tobit regression analysis method is applied with the comprehensive efficiency obtained from the BCC model results as the dependent variable to explore it’s influencing factors. The study reveals that there are significant differences in the comprehensive efficiency of technological innovation among cities in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, with an overall value of 0.818. The slow development of technological innovation in some areas is mainly due to the mismatch between input and output in technological innovation. The intensity of government support and the degree of openness to the outside world has a significant impact on technological innovation efficiency in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone, while the influence of industrial structure and infrastructure level is not significant.

Analysis on the Influence of Industrial Structure on Energy Efficiency in China: Based on the Spatial Econometric Model.

Compared with other developed countries, China's energy efficiency level is not optimal, but it has indeed made remarkable achievements in its long-term development, mainly due to efforts targeting the adjustment of industrial structure. This research, therefore, uses a spatial econometric model to study the energy efficiency of 30 provinces in China with data from the panel from 2004 to 2019, and studies the impact of industrial structure on energy efficiency from the overall sample, for different time periods and across the three regional scales of eastern, central and western regions. The following conclusions are drawn from the empirical analysis. (1) China's energy efficiency indicators have significant geographic spatial correlation and regional spatial structure differences. (2) In the full sample condition, the industrial structure has a positive impact on the energy efficiency of China's provinces, but it also shows a significant negative spatial spillover effect. (3) Industrial structure was positively correlated with energy efficiency from 2004 to 2011. (4) The industrial structure in the east promotes energy efficiency, while the industrial structure in the central and western regions inhibits energy efficiency improvement. (5) Government intervention and scientific and technological innovation have had a spatial impact on energy efficiency in China's provinces, while marketization and the average income of residents have had no significant impact.

A Heterogeneity Study of Carbon Emissions Driving Factors in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, China, Based on PGTWR Model.

The Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region is an important economic growth pole in China and achieving carbon emission reduction in the region is of great practical significance. Studying the heterogeneity of the influencing factors of carbon emission in this region contributes to formulating targeted regional carbon emission reduction policies. Therefore, this paper adopted thirteen cities as individuals of cross-section and conducted spatial and temporal heterogeneity analysis of the influencing factors of converted carbon emissions in the region with panel data from 2013 to 2018 based on the PGTWR model. From a space-time perspective, the regression coefficient of each influencing factor in this region has obvious heterogeneity, which is mainly reflected in the time dimension. In the study period, the impact of industrial structure, the level of urbanization, energy intensity, and the level of economic growth on carbon emission showed a decline curve, while the impact of the level of opening up and the size of population was on the rise, indicating that more attention should be paid to the latter two factors for the time to come. In terms of space, the differences in the influence of industrial structure and energy intensity on carbon emission vary significantly.

Strategic information flow under the influence of industry structure

We investigate incentive-driven information flow in a setting where a monopolistic supplier sells, through two retailers, to a market with uncertain demand. Market competition is either in quantity or in price. Each retailer has a signal useful for updating demand forecast, but the supplier has no signal access. Horizontal information sharing occurs as the two retailers exchange signals, while vertical information sharing occurs as the supplier acquires the retailers’ signals with differential payments. The retailers can adopt a cooperative (competitive) regime to manage operations and information decisions jointly (independently). We demonstrate that the decision regime adopted by the retailers and market competition mode intricately influence information flow and firms’ profit performance. Adopting the cooperative regime by the retailers insulates the system from the change in the mode of market selling, which would, however, impact the strategic interplay of horizontal and vertical information sharing, producing substantial profit implications, as the retailers adopt the competitive regime. Moreover, cooperation between the retailers, despite precluding system-wide information transparency, can increase system profit gain from information flow.

Industrial structure upgrading, urbanization and urban-rural income disparity: evidence from China

ABSTRACT This study examines the influence of industrial structure upgrading in China on urban-rural income disparity. Using panel data from 30 provinces with the empirical analysis methodology, we find that, during 2013 and 2018, industrial structure upgrading in China plays a significantly positive role in narrowing urban-rural income disparity. By the mechanism analysis, we find that urbanization rate is an intermediary variable which affects this causation. Further, urbanization in industrial structure upgrading for the influence of narrowing rural-urban income disparity existing in threshold effects, and threshold levels present a regional difference. Using the urban-rural consumption gap as the proxy variable of income gap, the result is still stable.

Finite Element Analysis of the Influence of Industrial Structure on Port Enterprise Development

Finite Element Analysis of the Influence of Industrial Structure on Port Enterprise Development

Adaption to climate change risk in eastern China: Carbon emission characteristics and analysis of reduction path

To improve its ability to adapt to climate change, China has promised considerable carbon emission reduction and proposed the policy strategy of “energy revolution”. Considering the lowest carbon emission intensity and the greatest mitigation task in the Eastern Economic Zone of China, this paper analyses the change of carbon emission intensity in Eastern China from 2000 to 2015. First, to prove the significance of carbon emission intensity, this paper studies the cointegration relationship between carbon emissions and the GDP. Afterwards, from the spatiotemporal perspective, this paper decomposes and analyses the carbon emission intensity of the whole country, Eastern China and the provinces of Eastern China and quantifies the impact of different factors. This paper finds that the energy structure of China and the East was in a relatively stable state during this period. In the past, the decrease in carbon emission intensity mainly depended on the improvement of sectoral emission efficiency, and the influence of industrial structure is growing. Furthermore, changes in the eastern region are similar to those in the whole country. The eastern region needs to give full play to its economic advantage in the future. On the spatial scale, GDP per capita and the ratio of tertiary industry have a significant impact on the spatial heterogeneity of carbon emission intensity in East China, while the ratio of secondary industry has few effects. Replacing energy-intensive industry with the service industry will be the focus of emission reduction in the future.

Spatial correlation of factors affecting CO2 emission at provincial level in China: A geographically weighted regression approach

Abstract Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have become a rising concern in China. Few studies have considered spatial correlation and agglomeration effect of CO2 emissions for adjacent regions and provinces. This paper employs Geographical Weighted Regression (GWR) model to examine the impact of urbanization, industrial structure and energy intensity on CO2 emissions and reveals the spatial correlation in different provinces in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2015. The results indicate that there is an obvious spatial effect on CO2 emissions of each province based on the GWR results. Urbanization is the most significant factor in the increase of CO2 emissions for all provinces in each year. For the neighboring provinces, a coordinated low-carbon urban construction plan should be carried out based on the urbanization development level. Energy intensity has a positive effect on CO2 emissions, but the effect on the emission reduction is relatively weak and unstable. It should strengthen exchanges and cooperation between provinces and regions by jointly exploring and promoting technologies to improve the efficiency of resource use and reduce CO2 emissions. The influence of industrial structure on CO2 emissions is positive, indicating that the industrial structure adjustment plays an important role in carbon emission reduction.

Did it work? An update on the costs and benefits of the transition to digital TV in Australia

Abstract This article re-evaluates Australia’s transition to digital television. Earlier analysis in this journal, conducted after about a third of the vacated digital dividend spectrum remained unsold following an auction in 2013, found the whole policy had resulted in a net cost to government revenues. After a further auction in 2017 where the remaining spectrum was sold at much higher prices (A$/MHz/pop), this article repeats the evaluation. It finds that digital switchover, now virtually complete, has produced a significant net increase in government revenues. Other conclusions from the original article about the complexity and difficulty of ex ante cost–benefit analysis, the influence of industry structure, and the capacity of government to plan and complete a large spectrum re-farming project, despite contested and shifting ideas about the purpose of the whole project, are confirmed and emphasized.

An investigation of the relationships among industry structure, strategy type, organizational characteristics and organizational performance: A case study of the food and chemical industries of Iran

Studying the influence of main factors on organizational performance is an important subject in the strategic management literature. Generally, performance differentiations’ resources among organizations are definable in terms of the existing industrial structure in industrial organization literature (OI) or characteristics of the organization in resource-based view (RBV). In this article, a model has been developed based on these two fundamental views after studying related literature. The proposed model has been examined in 48 chemical and 76 food industries by means of structural equations’ model and based on partial least squares (PLS) methodology. Results imply that industrial structure determines organizational characteristics, which in turn leads to superior organizational performance. Non-homogeneity of organizational characteristics could be explained not only through competition intensity but also by the means of applied strategic type in an organization that shows goodness and consistency of organizational-strategy characteristics. The obtained experimental results support almost all of the hypotheses except the hypothesis related to the influence of industrial structure on strategic type. Key words: Industrial structure, strategic type, market orientation, organizational learning, innovative culture, organizational performance.

Eco-environmental Impact Assessment of the Change of Regional Industrial Structure and Regulative Measures

Abstract Acting as an important driving force for the change of the regional land use, the change of industrial structure also has some influences on the ecological environment. The assessment and mechanism analysis of these influences will be beneficial to the sustainable development of regional economy and the im­provement of relationships between man and earth. Taking Chuzhou City in Anhui Province as an example, on the basis of a qualitative analysis of the influence of the development of differ­ent industry on the regional ecological environment, this paper builds the influence factor of industrial structure on natural envi­ronment and the influence index of industrial structure on natural environment, makes a quantitative assessment of the change of the industrial structure and its comprehensive influences on the eco­logical environment in the Chuzhou City from 1974 to 1995. Studies show that, during the analysed period, Chuzhou City’s industrial structure has changed markedly, having undergone two transformations. The influence of industrial structure on natural environment from 1974 to 1995 increased as a whole, while from 1996 to 2004, the influence of industrial structure on natural en­vironment decreased year-on-year. These changes indicate that the regional change of industrial structure results in better ecological effects. Finally, we propose appropriate regulatory measures ac­cording to our research results.

Determinants of Localized Technology Spillovers: Role of Regional and Industrial Attributes

Koo J. (2007) Determinants of localized technology spillovers: role of regional and industrial attributes, Regional Studies 41, 995–1011. Based on a simultaneous framework, the study investigates regional and industrial attributes that influence the geographical localization of technology spillovers. It provides substantial evidence that agglomeration, industry structure, small establishment, and local competition play important roles in the localization of technology spillovers. The influence of industry structure on localized technology spillovers, however, varies by industry. Diversity and specialization are important, but the magnitude of their importance decreases as the knowledge intensity of an industry increases. In particular, for more knowledge-intensive industries, it is the presence of a group of industries sharing similar knowledge bases that stimulates technology spillovers in metro areas. Koo J. (2007) Les déterminants des retombées technologiques locales: le rôle des atouts régionaux et industriels, Regional Studies 41, 995–1011. A partir d'une structure simultanée, cet article cherche à examiner les atouts régionaux et industriels qui influent sur la localisation des retombées technologiques dans l'espace. L'étude fournit d'importantes preuves que l'agglomération, la structure industrielle, les entreprises de petite taille et la concurrence locale jouent un rôle essentiel dans la localisation des retombées technologiques. Cependant, l'influence de la structure industrielle sur la localisation des retombées technologiques varie selon l'industrie. La diversité et la spécialisation s'avèrent importantes, mais l'ampleur de leur importance diminue au fur et à mesure que le niveau de connaissances d'une industrie augmente. En particulier, pour les industries à fort niveau de connaissances, c'est la présence d'un regroupement d'industries qui partage des connaissances similaires qui encourage des retombées technologiques dans des zones métropolitaines. Retombées; Agglomération; Connaissances; Innovation Koo J. (2007) Determinanten von lokalisierten TechnologieU¨bertragungen: die Rolle der regionalen und branchenspezifischen Eigenschaften, Regional Studies 41, 995–1011. In dieser Studie werden auf der Grundlage eines simultanen Rahmens die regionalen und branchenspezifischen Eigenschaften untersucht, die sich auf die geografische Lokalisierung von technologischer U¨bertragung auswirken. Die Studie liefert umfangreiche Belege dafU¨r, dass Agglomeration, Branchenstruktur, Kleinbetriebe und lokaler Wettbewerb bei der Lokalisierung von technologischer U¨bertragung eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Der Einfluss der Branchenstruktur auf die lokalisierte Technologie-U¨bertragung hängt jedoch von der Branche ab. Diversität und Spezialisierung sind wichtig, doch ihre Bedeutung nimmt bei wachsender Wissensintensität der Branche ab. Insbesondere wird in wissensintensiveren Branchen die TechnologieU¨bertragung in Metro-Bereichen durch die Präsenz einer Gruppe von Branchen stimuliert, die ähnliche Wissensbasen teilen. U¨bertragungen; Agglomeration; Wissen; Innovation Koo J. (2007) Determinantes de los desbordamientos localizados de tecnología: el papel de los atributos regionales e industriales, Regional Studies 41, 995–1011. Según una estructura simultánea, en este estudio analizo las características regionales e industriales que influyen en la localización geográfica de los desbordamientos de tecnología. En este estudio se dan suficientes ejemplos de que la aglomeración, la estructura industrial, los pequeños comercios y la competencia local desempeñan un papel importante en la localización de los desbordamientos de tecnología. Sin embargo, la influencia de la estructura industrial en los desbordamientos localizados de la tecnología varía en función de la industria. La diversidad y la especialización son importantes pero la magnitud de su importancia disminuye cuando aumenta la intensidad del conocimiento de una industria. Especialmente en la mayoría de industrias de conocimiento intensivo, la presencia de un grupo de industrias que comparten bases similares de conocimiento es precisamente lo que estimula los desbordamientos de la tecnología en áreas metropolitanas. Desbordamientos; Aglomeración; Conocimiento; Innovación

Exploring the Role of Industry Structure in New Venture Internationalization

While we have gained considerable knowledge since the late 1980s regarding the phenomena of international new ventures, less is known about the influence of industry structure on these ventures. In the present paper, we draw on literature from industrial economics, international business and entrepreneurship to identify industry structure variables that fit within the theoretical framework of international new ventures. We then offer propositions as to how the identified industry structure variables individually and jointly influence the likelihood of new venture internationalization.

The mediating role of innovation on the influence of industry structure and national context on firm performance

Abstract In this study, a model of industry structure and national context is developed and tested to better understand their influence on firm investment in innovation and performance. Archival financial data from 730 companies in 30 countries and 10 industries, along with industry- and national-level data, was collected to test the mediation model and hypotheses. The results of the analyses provide support that both industry structure and national context play an important role influencing firm investment in innovation and performance. In particular, industry dynamism and a country's patent protection were found to be positively related to firm performance. These relationships were mediated by the firm's investment in innovation. The findings of this study support the need to include both industry and national effects in international strategy research. Additionally, the role that information technology (IT) has on these variables, through the globalization issues of coordination, communication, and competition, is explored.

Business Ownership and Unemployment in Japan

The influence of industrial structure, more specifically of business ownership, is investigated on the level of unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of unemployment. It will be concluded that Japan is hardly an outlier when using a simple model of the relationship between unemployment and the rate of business ownership. The model is calibrated using recent data of 23 OECD countries. It shows a minor underestimation of the rise in unemployment in Japan in the period 1984-2002. Arguments are brought forward why this might be the case. We argue that small firms in Japan have benefitted in the past from the protective environment of the keiretsu structure. In the current process of industrial restructuring, keiretsu support is dissipating, but has not yet been adequatly replaced with a market environment conducive to the establishment and growth of entrepreneurial firms. The underestimation of the rise in unemployment is a reflection of the limited access of small firms to the market in Japan.

The influence of industry structure on the entry mode choice of overseas entrants in manufacturing industries

Abstract This study examines the impact of industry structure on the foreign direct investment (FDI) entry mode decisions by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in manufacturing industries. We explore the notion that firms would seek to balance the risks due to industry structural barriers and liabilities of foreignness while seeking entry in international markets. A multinomial logistic regression model is used to test 336 entry decisions from 18 countries entering the United States over the period 1989–1994. Empirical evidence shows that underlying industries' structural characteristics influence a firm's preference for entry mode alternatives such as greenfield investments, acquisitions, and joint ventures. In concentrated and high-growth industries, foreign firms prefer entry by setting up greenfield operations rather than pursuing acquisitions or joint ventures. However, in industries characterized by high gross profits or higher plant scale, the preference is for joint ventures or acquisitions as an entry mode over greenfield operations.

Entrepreneurship and Unemployment in the UK

AbstractThe influence of industrial structure, more specifically of entrepreneurship, is investigated on the level of unemployment in the UK. The question is to what extent entrepreneurship, i.e., business ownership can reduce the level of unemployment. The alleged differences between the managed and the entrepreneurial economy will be discussed as well as the links between entrepreneurship and unemployment. It will be concluded that the UK is a relative outlier when using a simple model of the relationship between unemployment and the rate of business ownership. The model is calibrated using recent data of some 23 OECD countries. It underestimates the decrease in unemployment in the UK in the period 1982–1990. Some arguments are brought forward why this might be the case.

Wage change and trade performace in US manufacturing industries

This paper presents empirical measurement of wage contours in US industry, 1959-88, applying cluster analysis to the path of change of average hourly wages. We define six principal industrial clusters and present simple wage-change equations for each cluster. A series of tests shows that the 'rules of the economic game' differ across our industrial groups: industrial structure matters to wage outcomes. Finally, we present the evolving relationship between relative wage levels and the comparative trade performance of the clusters. The results suggest a strong association between trade performance and the evolving industrial wage structure, contrary to the findings of some other recent studies. We conclude that the reclassification of industrial data along lines specific to the problem being studied is an important analytical step, whose neglect in previous work has led some researchers to understate the influence of industrial structure and trade pressures on wages. (c) 1996 Academic Press Limited Copyright 1996 by Oxford University Press.

Intraindustry information transfer: An analysis of research methods and additional evidence

This study analyzes estimators used in information transfer research. It concludes that tests which use the announcing firm's abnormal return to proxy for the information signal generally overstate the significance of information transfer due to cross-covariation of regression disturbances. However, some related approaches may actually understate information transfer. Another approach, based on direct estimation of the signal, yields an estimator that is less sensitive to assumptions about regression disturbances. This study also tests hypotheses concerning the influence of industry structure on information transfer, since the econometric analysis suggests that prior results concerning this issue should be interpreted with caution. The evidence indicates that transfers are most pronounced in homogeneous and concentrated industries.

International trade performance and concentration in British industry

This paper reports the results of a cross-sectional analysis for 97 industries at the Minimum List Heading level, of their international trading performance 1970–77 and the influence of industrial structure on this. It is shown that, on average, import penetration increased faster than the export ratio for the industries analysed. Investigation of the relationship between industrial concentration and international trade suggest that in the majority of the analyses, especially where the relation between prior concentration change and subsequent with a performance was concerned, higher or increasing levels of concentration were associated with a weaker international trade performance. On the basis of this it is argued that more attention needs to be paid to international trade as a performance rather than merely a structural phenomenon in industry, the reasons for the relatively disappointing performance need to be investigated in more detail, the risk of a decline in internaional trade performance needs to...