Spatial Distribution and Influencing Factors of the Specialized and Sophisticated “Little Giant” Enterprises within the Pearl River Delta Region in the Context of Regional Urbanization

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10.2991/978-94-6463-453-2_21How to use a DOI?

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specialized and sophisticated “Little Giant” enterprises; spatial-temporal evolution; scale of impact; MGWR; pearl river delta region; regional urbanization

Abstract

Specialized and sophisticated “Little Giant” enterprises, as a practical form of German hidden champions in China, have emerged as pivotal forces driving industrial transformation and enhancing regional economic competitiveness. Against this backdrop, this work utilized geospatial big data and spatial analysis to investigate the spatial distribution characteristics of approximately 1409 national-level specialized and sophisticated “Little Giant” enterprises within the Pearl River Delta region from 2019 to 2023. In this foundation, this work further utilizes the multi-scale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) model to identify the factors influencing the spatial distribution of these enterprises. Overall, the research findings reveal the following inspirations. First, the specialized and sophisticated “Little Giant” enterprises within the Pearl River Delta region exhibit spatial agglomeration, with the degree of agglomeration showcasing an upward trend year by year. These enterprises, with an agglomeration scale of 80 km, present agglomeration distribution characteristics closely related to the development scale and regional synergy of the Pearl River Delta metropolitan area where they are located. Second, the spatial distribution of the specialized and sophisticated “Little Giant” enterprises within the Pearl River Delta region is primarily centered around Shenzhen, with northwest-southeast serving as its predominant distribution direction, which is consistent with the geographical relative positioning of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen corridor. Meanwhile, the spatial distribution of these enterprises shows a tendency to aggregate into the Guangzhou-Shenzhen corridor year by year, with the aggregation center shifting toward Shenzhen. Lastly, a multitude of factors concerning four dimensions, including physical geography and location, government, market, and society collectively influence the spatial distribution of the specialized and sophisticated “Little Giant” enterprises within the Pearl River Delta region. Among the significant global variables, such as slope, industrial structure, and industrial platform, they exert a positive influence on the spatial distribution of these enterprises, whereas altitude and land development degrees generate a negative effect. The industrial platform acts as the most significant positive influencing factor. Moreover, the influence of altitude, slope, distance from water, industrial structure, and land development degree extends to a global scale. By contrast, several local variables, encompassing government intervention, industrial platform, road network density, living convenience, and collaborative innovation environment, have a relatively limited influence on the spatial distribution of “Little Giant” enterprises.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Han Zhong
AU  - Kai Yu
AU  - Mingxuan Xu
AU  - Yuxin Sun
AU  - Chengfang Wang
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/07/26
TI  - Spatial Distribution and Influencing Factors of the Specialized and Sophisticated “Little Giant” Enterprises within the Pearl River Delta Region in the Context of Regional Urbanization
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Urban Planning and Design (UPD 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 267
EP  - 294
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-453-2_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-453-2_21
ID  - Zhong2024
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