Crisis-induced innovation: Quality upgrading in Chinese industrial clusters

Supporting institutions and policies play a key role in facilitating upgrades to product quality among manufacturing firms. However, the emergence of quality-supporting institutions has not been well studied. Based on qualitative and quantitative evidence in Chinese clusters, this paper shows that q...

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Autores principales: Hu, Xiangting, Ruan, Jianqing, Zhang, Xiaobo
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142731
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author Hu, Xiangting
Ruan, Jianqing
Zhang, Xiaobo
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Zhang, Xiaobo
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description Supporting institutions and policies play a key role in facilitating upgrades to product quality among manufacturing firms. However, the emergence of quality-supporting institutions has not been well studied. Based on qualitative and quantitative evidence in Chinese clusters, this paper shows that quality-enhancing institutions and policies often emerge in response to crises, such as consumer boycotts and impositions of export barriers, which can catalyze collective action from entrepreneurs and local governments to improve product quality. (JEL codes: L15; L22; L51; L60).
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spelling CGSpace1427312025-02-24T06:49:40Z Crisis-induced innovation: Quality upgrading in Chinese industrial clusters Hu, Xiangting Ruan, Jianqing Zhang, Xiaobo innovation crises secondary sector policies capacity development quality institutions manufacturing industrialization Supporting institutions and policies play a key role in facilitating upgrades to product quality among manufacturing firms. However, the emergence of quality-supporting institutions has not been well studied. Based on qualitative and quantitative evidence in Chinese clusters, this paper shows that quality-enhancing institutions and policies often emerge in response to crises, such as consumer boycotts and impositions of export barriers, which can catalyze collective action from entrepreneurs and local governments to improve product quality. (JEL codes: L15; L22; L51; L60). 2021-11-01 2024-05-22T12:10:57Z 2024-05-22T12:10:57Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142731 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.10.003 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2010.04.004 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2007.11.001 https://doi.org/10.1086/605208 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146405 Limited Access Oxford University Press Hu, Xiangting; Ruan, Jianqing; and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2021. Crisis-induced innovation: Quality upgrading in Chinese industrial clusters. Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 37(3): 571–606. https://doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewab008
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crises
secondary sector
policies
capacity development
quality
institutions
manufacturing
industrialization
Hu, Xiangting
Ruan, Jianqing
Zhang, Xiaobo
Crisis-induced innovation: Quality upgrading in Chinese industrial clusters
title Crisis-induced innovation: Quality upgrading in Chinese industrial clusters
title_full Crisis-induced innovation: Quality upgrading in Chinese industrial clusters
title_fullStr Crisis-induced innovation: Quality upgrading in Chinese industrial clusters
title_full_unstemmed Crisis-induced innovation: Quality upgrading in Chinese industrial clusters
title_short Crisis-induced innovation: Quality upgrading in Chinese industrial clusters
title_sort crisis induced innovation quality upgrading in chinese industrial clusters
topic innovation
crises
secondary sector
policies
capacity development
quality
institutions
manufacturing
industrialization
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142731
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