TY - JOUR
T1 - Sticky factors in the industrial relocation of a cluster
T2 - A case study of Zhili children's garments cluster in China
AU - Huang, Zuhui
AU - Lu, Jia
AU - Sun, Huaping
AU - Hu, Jifei
AU - Song, Yu
N1 - Funding Information:
The paper based on the project “Systems of Innovation for Inclusive Development” supported by the International Development Research Council (IDRC), Canada.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - The traditional industrial relocation theories hold that there are industrial relocations between areas with different levels of economic development. However, we found a significant gap between the theory and reality of industrial relocation in Zhejiang province of China. To analyze this phenomenon, the paper explores reasons for the tardiness of industrial relocation on the basis of literature review and survey. Taking the children's garments industrial cluster in the Zhili town, as an example, the paper also analyzes the sticky factors affecting industrial relocation, such as labor costs, sunk costs, capital barriers, industrial cluster effect, social network and regional culture based on interviews and questionnaires.
AB - The traditional industrial relocation theories hold that there are industrial relocations between areas with different levels of economic development. However, we found a significant gap between the theory and reality of industrial relocation in Zhejiang province of China. To analyze this phenomenon, the paper explores reasons for the tardiness of industrial relocation on the basis of literature review and survey. Taking the children's garments industrial cluster in the Zhili town, as an example, the paper also analyzes the sticky factors affecting industrial relocation, such as labor costs, sunk costs, capital barriers, industrial cluster effect, social network and regional culture based on interviews and questionnaires.
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Industrial cluster
KW - Industrial relocation
KW - Sticky factor
KW - Sunk costs
KW - Transaction costs
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U2 - 10.1016/j.soscij.2011.07.003
DO - 10.1016/j.soscij.2011.07.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84860396510
SN - 0362-3319
VL - 48
SP - 560
EP - 565
JO - Social Science Journal
JF - Social Science Journal
IS - 3
ER -