Industry Clusters - Science topic

Urban agglomerations play a pivotal role in regional economic growth by fostering industrial clustering and attracting firms, thereby enhancing urban productivity and efficiency. However, existing research on spatial sorting and selection in urban settings-primarily based on quantitative spatial models-often overlooks the dynamic strategic adaptati...

With the rapid implementation of Shenzhen's "20+8" industrial cluster strategy, the demand for technical skills in emerging industries has surged. There is an urgent need for field engineers equipped with practical operational expertise, process understanding, managerial competencies, and innovative thinking. However, the current vocational educati...

Clusters and networks may bring about several collective effects that contribute to collective efficiency. Since small enterprises lack resources, collective efforts must be encouraged. The encouragement of collective efforts in developing countries is a significant requirement for SME development. The current paper aims to identify different types...

Decarbonising industrial clusters is critical to achieving the UK’s net-zero industrial strategy. This study focuses on Teesside, an industrial cluster in Northeast England, analysing its transition through the framework of the Sociology of Expectations (SoE). The research investigates the role of public and private stakeholders in driving decarbon...

The success of a cluster depends on the interplay between intra- and inter-regional collaboration, while empirical research on the mechanisms through which intra- and inter-regional collaborations trigger cluster growth is rarely focused. Based on the local buzz–global pipelines framework and incorporating an evolutionary perspective, we explore ho...

Against the background of intensifying global environmental problems, green finance is increasingly emerging. By introducing the capital flow to environment-friendly projects, green finance is gradually promoting the optimization of industrial chains and the formation of new industrial clusters, facilitating sustainable economic development. This s...

As the “sweet business” and economic pillar of Laibin City, the sugar industry has ushered in a new development pattern under the background of “carbon peak” and “carbon neutral” strategies. This industry faces unprecedented policy support opportunities, technological innovation, industrial structure optimization, and higher requirements and challe...

Introduction This study investigates the impact of industrial synergistic agglomeration on residents’ health levels in China. It explores how green and traditional industry agglomeration models influence residents’ health levels outcomes and identifies the underlying mechanisms driving these effects. Methods Using panel data from 283 prefecture-le...

In recent years, the emergence of green development has had a significant influence on China's industrial upgrading. Through a comprehensive literature review, this paper explores the impact of green development and identifies three primary mechanisms by which it drives industrial upgrading: green technology, industrial clustering, and the industri...

The strategic integration of “new industrialization” between Shenzhen and Hong Kong has shown a positive trend. Based on their respective comparative advantages, the two regions have established an orderly industrial division system. The deep integration of Shenzhen’s manufacturing industry with Hong Kong’s service industry has jointly promoted the...

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The forces of a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation are accelerating the development of the manufacturing industry towards new quality, green, intelligent, and flexible directions. Under the unprecedented changes in economic and social development goals, the manufacturing industry needs to accelerate its upgrading pa...

Although Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Industrial Cluster (IC) are two different fields of study, it has been identified that there is a natural and internal relationship between these two theories. Most of research works depict that, integration of the two concepts is in its infancy. The aim of this research is to review the integration betwee...

Character of knowledge management conducted in industrial clusters is different from entity of enterpresis and socail public deparment because of distinction in management objection. Many scholars was attracted to reseach knowledge management for enterprises, knowledge management in industrial clusters lack durable study in depth. This paper seeks...

In this paper, the process of urbanization in the current one-sided pursuit of quantity and speed of urbanization, ignoring the inherent quality of urbanization, from the perspective of the development of intensive urbanization, proposed intensive urbanization ideas: From the agglomeration of population, space intensive, industrial clusters defined...

Along with urbanization, the cities in China are faced with a series of adjustments such as industrial transformation, economic growth, and organic update. The Huangjueping creative industry (based) in Chongqing developed an industrial cluster built around arts relying on the College and using its vacant resources such as warehouse and factory buil...

The aim of this paper was to examine the causes and effects of the frequent and unannounced electricity blackouts on the operations of micro and small scale industries (MSI) in Kumasi, Ghana. Data from a sample of 320 MSI selected from three industrial clusters in the Kumasi metropolis, revealed that the frequent and unannounced blackouts have caus...

Supply chain and industry cluster are the two important ways to enhance the competitiveness of regions or industries. By discussing the differences and links between the two, this paper concludes that industrial cluster and supply chain carry features of compatibility and symbiosis. The combination of the two can effectively increase the competitiv...

To achieve the "second pioneering" in high-tech development zone, it should vigorously develop high-tech industrial clusters to make a breakthrough. Only on the basis of industry clusters, by the establishment of an effective platform for science and technology innovation, through the vigorous support of technology with general character in industr...

The cluster has shown its powerful competitive advantages in global competition. However, as amounts of industrial clusters have displayed their competence, some have lost their competitive advantages in global competition. It is meaningful for clusters’ development to cultivate their sustainable competence. This paper analyzes the sources of clust...

This research investigates the textile industry clusters in Pakistan. A cross sectional data were collected from 30 textile industries by using simple random technique and data were analysis by using E-Views software. Structural questionnaire was the basic tool for measures the performance of textile clusters in Pakistan. It was revealed that the i...

The development of a nation’s financial industry has been playing an important role in promoting the economic growth. The regional financial industry layout is an important factor affecting the local economic development. Therefore, it is significant to examine how the regional financial industry is organized. The financial structure optimization t...

Under the background of the knowledge economy and globalization, knowledge becomes the firm's strategic resources, enhancing the core competence of industrial clusters requires knowledge management. In this paper, firstly, the connotation of the core competence of industrial clusters is analyzed. The mechanism of knowledge management affecting the...

Xi'an and Xianyang is two famous textile towns in Guangzhong, it formed a cotton textile industry-orientedresearch, production systems and international market networks which have great influence throughout thecountry. The textile industry cluster in the region is now in cluster development infancy, being a free competitivemarket structure. Accordi...

Inter-firm cooperation is one important instrument for the way of industrial cluster development in developing countries. We utilize the case of Lao garment industry in Vientiane Capital City to examine the relationship between types of cooperation and firm performance. In order to prove our hypotheses, factor analysis and multiple regression analy...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact mechanism of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao National Games on the development of the sports industry in Guangdong Province and its long-term impact. Through literature review, current situation analysis and policy assessment, the study finds that the Games have had a significant direct economic effe...

For some time now, China has relied heavily on industrial clusters to create an international competitive edge. While the program has been largely successful, China has increasingly had to cope with severe accusations from its trading partners who claim a policy of dumping and selling low quality products with flaws, and hazardous outcomes. Claims...

In order to solve the pollution to water resources caused by Chinese industry, this paper proposes to select and develop distinctive industries based on industry performance, to establish a clustering model for the spatial organization of distinctive industries based on market behavior and to construct a network of industrial clusters with special...

Relevance of the study due to problems, that this article describes an approach for modeling of diffusion of innovation in the sphere of biotechnology. Authors proposed a sectoral typology of diffusion of innovation and matched it with technological paradigm shifting. Probation of this model was realized by hierarchical clustering analysis of branc...

Climate change is accelerating the shift from traditional, carbon-intensive industries to decentralized green economies in U.S. cities. Urban hubs like Silicon Valley, Boston, and Austin are emerging as global leaders in clean technology, biotechnology, and renewable energy by capitalizing on their unique regional strengths. These industry clusters...

R&D and Innovation activities, which lead to technological progress, are considered as important factors contributing to stable and continuous economic growth. Total Factor Productivity accounts for the proportion of economic growth that is not captured by labour and capital inputs, and is measured by R&D and innovation in this paper. The paper inv...

The paper presents the results of research on enterprise integration meth-cabling sector in the region in theterritorial and industrial cluster. It is shown that the territorial-industry clusters act as a key tool for thedevelopment of regional economies. The authors created methodological approach to the study of the prospectsof the formation of t...

This paper adopts a multi-case analysis approach, selecting the port-adjacent industrial clusters in Ningbo, China, Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Tokyo Bay, Japan, as exemplary cases for study. It collects multi-source data and information from academic literature, official channels, news reports, and social media. By applying the three-level coding...

Based on the principle of coupled cooperation, the article identifies indicators from the perspective of industrial clusters, uses the principal component analysis to extract the effective coupling indicators of military-and-civilian integration industry and regional economic development and builds a model for the coupling coordination between the...

This study aims to explore the factors affecting the national innovation capacity (NIC) of China. NIC is the capability of a nation to manufacture & commercialize the stream of innovation technology over the “long term”. The NIC of a country depicts not only industrial competitiveness of a country via a direct impact on the global market share of h...

Industry cluster is frequently mentioned in the literature of the regional economic development, but there are a few studies about identifying competitive clusters in the region. For this reason, the paper approaches cluster analysis for identifying competitive clusters in Central Vietnam. From location quotient and shift-share analysis, the result...

This paper discusses the strategy of developing a local economy based on regional superior commodities. Not many people can to process superior commodities into derivative products that have added value. Also, the limited access to price information and marketing networks forces farmers to sell their crops to collectors at a price that is determine...

The spread of social and financial advancement in business environment of developing countries has instigated various expansion approaches, ranging from industry agglomeration to industry clusters, which refers to groups of interrelated firms located in a defined geographical area. Firms or companies that participate in cluster developments benefit...

Farmer cooperatives are one of the types of important entities for agricultural production and rural community development in China. This study aims to examine the effects of farmer cooperatives on rural labor employment and explores the mechanisms from the perspective of institutional advantage, factor redistribution, and value chain. Leveraging t...

The relevance of the research topic is due to the rapid development of digital technologies and the increasing importance of interactive marketing communications in the context of globalisation. Creative industries play a crucial role in economic growth, and effective marketing strategies are a prerequisite for their competitiveness and sustainable...

The research aims to demonstrate the role of intra-cost management in reducing the costs of industrial clusters in small and medium enterprises to support their competitiveness. In addition building a comprehensive proposal framework for inter-cost management tools that are compatible with the characteristics of industrial clusters in small and med...

The rapid growth of industrialization has led to a significant increase in industrial wastewater generation, necessitating proper treatment before effluent discharge into water bodies. Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) have been established in industrial clusters to address this need. Industries within these clusters send effluent from their...

The economic rise of China has changed the global economy. The authors explore China’s transformation from a low-cost manufacturing hub to an increasingly innovation- and service driven economy. Major growth drivers for the period 2010–2025 are analysed, including the paradigms of “Made in China” and the “Dual Circulation Strategy”. The export inte...

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As one of the most active areas in China's economic development, the biomedical industry gathers and develops here, and gradually forms a competitive industrial cluster. As one of the important characteristics of industrial agglomeration, economies of scale effect is of great significance for enhancing industrial competitiveness and promoting regio...

Regional coordinated development is a process based on regional comparative advantages, achieved through orderly division of labor and collaboration, aiming for relative balance, dynamic coordination, and full development between regions. Its core essence lies in narrowing regional disparities and seeking coordination and dynamic equilibrium among...

Real data on the production of the timber industry cluster of the Russian Federation in 2023-2024 are indicated, an overview of trends in the logging industry of the Russian Federation is given in the conditions of the new economic reality: digitalization, digitalization. import substitution, changes in sales markets for logging and wood processing...

Greater Dhaka area is home to large industrial clusters that are driving economic growth and the poverty reduction efforts of Bangladesh. These clusters are located around peripheral rivers- Turag, Buriganga, Dhaleswari, Balu, Shitalakhya, Bangshi, and Tongi-Khal, which are important for water transport, environment, and eco-systems where flooding...

This study investigated the sources and distribution characteristics of PM2.5 and its chemical components (ions, carbons, elements) at five locations within the Banwal and Sihwa National Industrial Complexes in Ansan and Siheung. These large-scale industrial clusters, comprising 7642 businesses across sectors such as petrochemicals, steel, machiner...

ABSTRACT: Construction and development of green industrial buildings in industrial clusters (ICs) in Hanoi will make an important contribution to green development, reducing carbon emissions, reducing natural resource depletion and environmental pollution because Hanoi currently has 70 industrial clusters with 3,864 households and industrial enterp...

In the era of the global knowledge economy, the rapid advancement of new-generation information technologies has positioned digital industry at the forefront of socio-economic development. Digital industrial clusters, comprising key enterprises and related institutions, have emerged as global hubs for technological innovation, drawing recognition f...

The indicator representing the state of cluster development and depth evaluates the level of development and the depth of innovation and industrial clusters within a specific region or country. Clusters are geographic concentrations of businesses, academic institutions, research entities, and related organizations that collaborate in specific secto...

Recent literature on sustainable transitions seeks to bridge macro-and micro-level dynamics; this study examines how agents at different levels interact, and what implications these lower-level dynamics have on sustainable repositioning. A new normal characterized by frequent industry crises, coupled with green policy initiatives, creates push and...

effective implementation of the principles of circular economy in mining companies is possible on the basis of industrial clusters. Such a cluster will unite mining companies, enrichment plants, metallurgical plants, enterprises of the Fuel and energy complex and other industries. The cluster participants will create a system for closed-loop proces...

Clusters of knowledge-intensive industries and manufacturing industries form industrial agglomeration in Step I and activate innovation in Step II. Industry clusters are formed by building segments. “Construction sequencing” in the construction industry refers to the process of determining the sequence of segments to optimize a project’s resources,...

Extended abstract Maritime clusters are a diverse and interesting domain of maritime transportation that has enjoyed attention from academia and practice in recent years. Maritime clusters can be studied and researched from a plethora of perspectives and contribute to research and policy, as well. Despite said attention, the aspect of sustainabilit...

China has implemented a “dual-carbon” policy in response to the Paris Agreement’s global climate change objectives. Hohhot, Baotou, and Ordos (HBO-UA) is a resource-based urban agglomeration that is noteworthy for having significant heavy industry in China. Based on the extended STRIPAT model, which broadens the study indicators into six aspects—po...

This study aims to investigate the counteraction of localization effects against the core-periphery effect driven by trade liberalization involving large factor flows for a small economy. The data utilized in this study comprise industry census data from Taiwan, customs trade statistics, and information on investment in China by Taiwan’s listed com...

Vigorously developing new textile material technology is critical to improving the textile industry's high-tech level, upgrading its transformation, promoting high-quality development of the real economy, and enhancing the country's overall power. This paper analyzes patent technology to explore new textile material technology layout characteristic...

During the 1950s, Sumitro Djojohadikusumo contributed in a significant manner to the construction of the economy of Indonesia, along with other figures, namely Mohammad Hatta, Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, and Djuanda Kartawidjaja. During this period, Sumitro promoted policies to drive industrialization in Indonesia and self-reliance to transform Indon...

The study "Industrial Clusters as Engines of Sustainable Innovation" explores how industrial clusters can drive sustainable innovation through the integration of emerging technologies, collaborative governance, and public policies. The research highlights the importance of partnerships between businesses, government, and institutions to promote sus...

Business enterprises are required to adopt new economic models and business strategies in line with global trends such as the green agenda, the shortening of innovation cycles, digitalization (networking platforms) and socio-economic security. The models of network integrations (clusters, industrial symbioses, innovation ecosystems, etc.) are devel...

Today's policymakers face a significant challenge in successfully integrating Industry 4.0 technologies across various sectors. With Industry 4.0 set to play a crucial role in the future, the need for a robust implementation framework is evident. This article focuses on an appropriate pattern for deploying Industry 4.0 technologies with the assista...

China’s coal-based energy structure and its large proportion of the manufacturing industry have resulted in China having the highest CO2 emissions in the world, accounting for about one-third of the world’s total emissions. Achieving the carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, while maintaining economic development, presents a significan...

The petrochemical industry is composed of several interconnected processes that use fossil-based feedstock for producing chemicals. These processes are typically geographically clustered and often belong to different parties. Reducing the environmental impacts of the petrochemical industry is not straightforward due to, on the one hand, their relia...

Taiwan's remarkable growth in the 21st century is largely attributed to its production of critical semiconductors, which are indispensable for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, technological progress, and military advancements. This unique position has established Taiwan as a key player in the global semiconductor industry. This paper contends that...

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are crucial to the Indian economy. The majority of the metal manufacturing industries exist in clusters. In the contemporary globalized world, such clusters’ survival and expansion depend on three critical sustainability characteristics: economic, environmental, and social. The first two dimensions of ene...

This study looks at what makes micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) successful in Kerala. It involved structured interviews with 217 MSMEs that have been registered for at least 5 years. Statistical analyses were done to understand how factors like the owner's demographics, personal traits, entrepreneurial characteristics, environmental fac...

Industrial clustering is the co-location of firms in a geographic area, which can lead to numerous economic benefits such as joint resources and knowledge pooling, R&D collaboration, technology sharing, and joint marketing. This study aims to examine the influence of industrial clustering on the performance of firms in the leather and leather produ...

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the logistics supply for residents of eco-industrial parks and examines its influence on the competitiveness and sustainability of these parks. Eco-industrial parks, as integral components of circular economy systems, facilitate the efficient use of resources, reduction of environmental impact, and op...

A community service partnership is carried out between a universityand a local government to standardize processes and products produced by theAyam Goreng Kalasan industry cluster. Efforts are made through a series offocused discussion activities, knowledge sharing, and material provision, as wellas training and mentoring on aspects of standardizati...

In the context of rural revitalization, the rural B&B industry demonstrates notable dynamism and exhibits a tendency towards clustering. Using the GEMS model, the competitiveness of the local rural B&B industry cluster is evaluated at four levels: foundation, enterprise, market and environment. The findings indicate that the rural B&B industry clus...

The regional public brand of agricultural products plays an important role in the development of agricultural economy. How to effectively build regional public brands for agricultural products is an urgent practical problem that needs to be solved in various regions. This study uses Chinese Yingde black tea as a case, aims to understand how governm...

This comprehensive assessment of the literature looks at the strategic significance of location for export competitiveness. In order to provide a nuanced understanding of how geographic location affects firms' ability to compete in export competitiveness, the review synthesizes key findings and insights from a thorough analysis of 71 scholarly arti...

Agglomeration economies are manifested in geographical concentration of firms, as stated by Agglomeration Theory. The objective of this paper was to examine the proximity and concentration of firms in continuous space and in specific directions for the mapping of potential industrial clusters, through an unprecedented approach. The methods used wer...

In India, the spatial coverage of air pollution data is not homogeneous due to the regionally restricted number of monitoring stations. In a such situation, utilising satellite data might greatly influence choices aimed at enhancing the environment. It is essential to estimate significant air contaminants, comprehend their health impacts, and antic...

The high-tech zones is a concentrated distribution area of high-tech industrial clusters, which plays a key leading role in the high-quality development of industrial economy. This paper analyzes the current situation and existing problems of high-tech zones in Shandong Province in the development of industrial economy. Based on the above research,...

Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries or SFURTI is one of the flagship schemes of the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises for the creation of common facility centres and infrastructure development. This scheme has been integral to the achievement of various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the past few years, in...

‘Namami Gange Programme (NGP)’, is a flagship programme, initiated by the Union Government in June, 2014 and implemented by NMCG (National Mission for Clean Ganga) and SMCG (State Mission for Clean Ganga) to achieve the twin objectives of abatement of pollution, conservation, and rejuvenation of National River Ganga. The Central Pollution Control B...

The forest products industry in Nigeria was one of the most developed in the country in the 1960's to early 1970's. During this period, forest resources served as the engine of growth and propelled economic activities in the construction, furniture and packaging industries. It also made Nigeria an exporter of wood products such as plywood, furnitur...