Intro; Foreword; Parts of this monograph have been published in the following journal articles; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 An ``Evolutionary ́́Turn in Economic Geography; 1.2 The Case of China; 1.3 Methodology; 1.3.1 Data Sources; 1.3.2 Research Design; 1.4 Synopsis of the Book; 1.5 Part I: Industrial Dynamics; 1.6 Part II: Firm Dynamics; 1.7 Part III Product Dynamics; 1.8 Part IV Impact of Industrial Dynamics on Regional Inequality; References; Chapter 2: How Has Production Space Evolved in China?; 2.1 Introduction
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2.2 Literature Review and Analytical Framework2.3 Data and Model; 2.3.1 The Measurement of Industrial Relatedness; 2.3.2 Model Specification and Variables; 2.4 The Evolution of Production Network and Regional Path Dependence; 2.4.1 The Evolution of Chinaś Production Space; 2.4.2 The Evolution of Regional Productive Structure; 2.5 The Regional Path Dependence and the Effect of Institutions; 2.6 Conclusion and Discussion; References; Chapter 3: How Does Regional Industrial Structure Evolve in China?; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Understanding Regional Industrial Evolution
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3.2.1 Relatedness and Industrial Evolution of Regions3.2.2 Global Linkages, Regional Institutions, and Industrial Evolution of Regions in China; 3.2.2.1 Global Linkages; 3.2.2.2 Economic Liberalization; 3.2.2.3 State Involvement; 3.3 Data and the Relatedness Indicator; 3.4 Descriptive Analysis; 3.4.1 Industrial Entries and Exits in China; 3.4.2 Relatedness and Regional Industrial Evolution in China; 3.5 Model Specifications and Empirical Findings; 3.5.1 Model Specifications; 3.5.2 Empirical Results; 3.5.3 Robustness Checks; 3.6 Summary and Discussion; References
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5.2.2 The Impact of Related Variety and Unrelated Variety5.2.3 The Vernon-Chinitz Effect; 5.3 New Firm Formation in China; 5.4 Model Specification and Variables; 5.4.1 Dependent Variables and Model Specification; 5.4.2 Localization Externalities and Supplier/Customer Linkages; 5.4.3 Jacobs Externalities, Related Variety, and Unrelated Variety; 5.4.4 The Vernon-Chinitz Effect; 5.5 Empirical Results; 5.5.1 Impact of Agglomeration Economies; 5.5.2 The Vernon-Chinitz Effect; 5.5.3 The Size Effect of Start-Ups; 5.5.4 Robustness Check; 5.6 Conclusion and Implications; References
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Chapter 4: What Matters for Regional Industrial Dynamics in China?4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Regional Industrial Dynamics: Region-Specific and Industry-Specific Factors; 4.2.1 Technological Relatedness and Regional Institutions; 4.2.2 Industry-Specific Factors; 4.3 Research Design; 4.4 Regional Industrial Dynamics in China; 4.5 Empirical Results; 4.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: What Facilitates New Firm Formation in China?; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Literature Review and Hypothesis Development; 5.2.1 The Impact of Localization and Urbanization Economies on New Firm Formation
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The book provides the first detailed account of the complex geographical dynamics restructuring China's manufacturing industries from the evolutionary economic geography perspective. These geographical and industrial shifts have enormous implications in and beyond China for what is possible in the post-crisis global economy. The book demonstrates that the interface between evolutionary economic geography approaches and other approaches (e.g. global value chain, global production network, institutional economic geography) could be a fertile area for further consideration. The two main audiences that this book appeals to are economic geography and regional science. The topics covered in the book are also relevant to development studies, economics, economic sociology and international studies, offering academics, international researchers, post-graduate and advanced undergraduate students in these fields an accessible, grounded, yet theoretically sophisticated account of the evolutionary economic geography in China and its interaction with firm performance and regional economic development. The book is also attractive to national policy makers, since it engages directly with economic and industrial policy issues, such as industrial competitiveness, regional and national development, industrial and employment restructuring, and trade regulation.