Abstract
This article investigates the role of local external linkages in supporting regional industry entry in new activities, by specifically considering the role of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs). Theoretically, we construct an original conceptual framework encompassing different potential trajectories of regional diversification based on the presence of MNEs. Empirically, we focus on the case of 279 Chinese prefectures over 1998–2007 and our results suggest that the presence of MNEs is associated with industry entry in unrelated and complex industries, supporting the idea that regional external linkages can activate processes of diversification that modify the technological and industrial portfolio of local economies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1077-1101 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Environment and Planning A |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 6 Feb 2024 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2024.
Funding
The author disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Andrea Ascani gratefully acknowledges funding from the NWO-Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni SSH 2018 (Grant N. 016.Veni.195.085). Yibo Qiao acknowledges financial support from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2023M741630) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.52378059, No.52278066).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| NWO-Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni SSH | |
| National Natural Science Foundation of China | 52278066, 52378059 |
| China Postdoctoral Science Foundation | 2023M741630 |
Keywords
- China
- Complexity
- Multinational enterprises
- Regional diversification
- Relatedness