Theoretical Research and Empirical Analysis of Urban Competitiveness in China

Author: Ni Pengfei
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: The theoretical research and empirical analysis of urban competitiveness in China aim to effectively enhance the competitiveness of cities in China. This book conducts research strictly in accordance with the paradigm of empirical research. It provides a relatively accurate overview of the concept of urban competitiveness, which is intuitively understandable but difficult to grasp precisely, and expresses urban competitiveness using a set of key indicators. This book constructs a value system theory, proposes the concept of agglomeration advantage, and makes it a basic tool for analyzing urban competitiveness. It develops a novel and easy-to-understand urban competitiveness bowstring-arrow theory model, emphasizing the soft power of urban competition within the model. This book develops two new sets of urban competitiveness indicator systems and comprehensively measures the competitiveness of 24 cities in China using relevant methods. The book employs the fuzzy curve method to test and conduct empirical analysis of the hypothesis of urban competitiveness frameworks. The results show that the key factors influencing the comprehensive competitiveness of cities are, in order: capital, culture, infrastructure, agglomeration, management, and science and technology. The book proposes an industrial cluster strategy to enhance urban competitiveness. This book is of reference value and research value for cities, administrative departments at all levels, enterprises, relevant research institutions, universities and colleges, and the general public.