Market platforms, industrial clusters and small business dynamics : specialized markets in China
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Bibliographic Information
Market platforms, industrial clusters and small business dynamics : specialized markets in China
E. Elgar, c2012
Available at 70 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO"
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-231) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The emergence of specialized markets has profoundly improved the means of market access, enriched the driving forces of value chains, and changed the business environment for small firms in the developing world. This ground-breaking book summarizes the experience of specialized markets in a systematic manner. Specialized markets are a unique product of China's economic transition. They are marketplaces located in industrial clusters, specializing in the wholesale of local commodities and related goods. Ding Ke reveals that, despite their seemingly primitive form, specialized markets appeared in many of the modern industrial sectors and were paradoxically upgraded and expanded as these clusters developed. He argues that specialized markets have also formed solid linkages with marketplaces in various cities in China and in other developing economies. A powerful, emerging market-oriented distribution system has thus appeared. Based on thorough fieldwork covering ten years, and using the novel theory of the platform, this book clarifies the unique development logic of specialized markets.
Specialized markets have thoroughly changed the business environment for SMEs in developing countries and greatly enriched the general understanding concerning SME development. This book will prove invaluable for SME, Chinese economy and platform researchers. Management scientists and managers in multinational firms focusing on bottom-of-the-pyramid markets will also find plenty of interesting information in this enlightening compendium.
Published in association with the Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO
Table of Contents
Contents: Introduction 1. Specialized Markets and Small Business Dynamics in China 2. Analytical Framework 3. The General Situation in the "Province of Markets" 4. Local Government and Platform Governance in Yiwu 5. The Specialized Market System in the Daily Necessities Industry: An Observation from Yiwu Market 6. Overseas Linkages of Specialized Markets 7. Producer-Distributor Relationships in Yiwu Market 8. Local Government and Inter-Platform Competition 9. The Logic of Quantitative Expansion and Qualitative Upgrading in the Market Platform Mode Cluster 10. The Typology of Apparel Clusters in China 11. Conclusion Bibliography Index
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