Internationalization of Clusters: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of Township Industrial Clusters | Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title> Internationalization of Clusters: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of Township Industrial Clusters | Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business </title> <meta name="generator" content="Open Journal Systems 3.2.1.4"> <link rel="schema.DC" href="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" /> <meta name="DC.Creator.PersonalName" content="Qian Lu"/> <meta name="DC.Creator.PersonalName" content="Feifei Huang"/> <meta name="DC.Creator.PersonalName" content="Liangding Jia"/> <meta name="DC.Creator.PersonalName" content="Chuang Kai"/> <meta name="DC.Date.created" scheme="ISO8601" content="2024-07-01"/> <meta name="DC.Date.dateSubmitted" scheme="ISO8601" content="2023-10-15"/> <meta name="DC.Date.issued" scheme="ISO8601" content="2024-07-01"/> <meta name="DC.Date.modified" scheme="ISO8601" content="2024-07-01"/> <meta name="DC.Description" xml:lang="ca" content="Aquest estudi preten examinar la internacionalització dels clústers, un motor de l'auge de les empreses multinacionals dels mercats emergents. Hem explorat la qüestió des del coneixement i la dimensió relacional dels clústers. Examinem com la configuració de quatre factors, és a dir, el coneixement dels components, el coneixement de l'arquitectura, la competència horitzontal i la coordinació vertical, dins d'un clúster afecten conjuntament el grau d'internacionalització del clúster mitjançant l’ús del mètode d'anàlisi comparativa qualitativa de conjunts difusos (fsQCA). Utilitzant les dades de 34 clústers municipals a la ciutat de Suzhou, Xina, hem identificat tres models que condueixen a un alt nivell d'internacionalització de clústers."/> <meta name="DC.Description" xml:lang="en" content="This study aims to examine the internationalization of clusters, a driving force of the rising of multinational firms from emerging markets. We explored the question from the knowledge and relational dimension of clusters. 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Examinamos cómo la configuración de cuatro factores, a saber, conocimiento de los componentes, conocimiento de la arquitectura, competencia horizontal y coordinación vertical, dentro de un clúster afectan conjuntamente el grado de internacionalización del clúster mediante la utilización del método de Análisis Comparativo Cualitativo de Conjuntos Difusos (fsQCA). 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</nav> <article class="obj_article_details"> <h1 class="page_title"> Internationalization of Clusters: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of Township Industrial Clusters </h1> <div class="row"> <div class="main_entry"> <section class="item authors"> <h2 class="pkp_screen_reader">Authors</h2> <ul class="authors"> <li> <span class="name"> Qian Lu </span> <span class="affiliation"> Nanjing University of Science and Technology </span> <span class="orcid"> <svg class="orcid_icon" viewBox="0 0 256 256" aria-hidden="true"> <style type="text/css"> .st0{fill:#A6CE39;} .st1{fill:#FFFFFF;} </style> <path class="st0" d="M256,128c0,70.7-57.3,128-128,128C57.3,256,0,198.7,0,128C0,57.3,57.3,0,128,0C198.7,0,256,57.3,256,128z"/> <g> <path class="st1" d="M86.3,186.2H70.9V79.1h15.4v48.4V186.2z"/> <path class="st1" d="M108.9,79.1h41.6c39.6,0,57,28.3,57,53.6c0,27.5-21.5,53.6-56.8,53.6h-41.8V79.1z M124.3,172.4h24.5 c34.9,0,42.9-26.5,42.9-39.7c0-21.5-13.7-39.7-43.7-39.7h-23.7V172.4z"/> <path class="st1" 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c34.9,0,42.9-26.5,42.9-39.7c0-21.5-13.7-39.7-43.7-39.7h-23.7V172.4z"/> <path class="st1" d="M88.7,56.8c0,5.5-4.5,10.1-10.1,10.1c-5.6,0-10.1-4.6-10.1-10.1c0-5.6,4.5-10.1,10.1-10.1 C84.2,46.7,88.7,51.3,88.7,56.8z"/> </g> </svg> <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-8308" target="_blank"> https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1983-8308 </a> </span> </li> <li> <span class="name"> Chuang Kai </span> <span class="affiliation"> Jiangsu Financial Leasing Company </span> </li> </ul> </section> <section class="item doi"> <h2 class="label"> DOI: </h2> <span class="value"> <a href="https://doi.org/10.1344/jesb2024.44090"> https://doi.org/10.1344/jesb2024.44090 </a> </span> </section> <section class="item keywords"> <h2 class="label"> Keywords: </h2> <span class="value"> internacionalization, cluster, horizontal competition, vertical coordination, fsQCA </span> </section> <section class="item abstract"> <h2 class="label">Abstract</h2> <p>This study aims to examine the internationalization of clusters, a driving force of the rising of multinational firms from emerging markets. We explored the question from the knowledge and relational dimension of clusters. We examine how the configuration of four factors, namely, component knowledge, architecture knowledge, horizontal competition, and vertical coordination, within a cluster jointly affect the degree of cluster internationalization by utilizing the Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) method. 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