Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 The Case of China's ICT Industry
1.3 Theory and Reality
1.4 Understanding the Uneven Innovative Performance of the ICT Industry in China
1.5 Terminology
1.6 Organization of the Book
Chapter Two Interpreting Technological Innovation Through Industrial Clustering
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Industrial Cluster and Technological Innovation: Is There a Relationship?
2.2.1 The origins of innovation and cluster
2.2.2 Framework of localized production network
2.2.3 Framework of innovative milieu
2.2.4 Framework of knowledge spinover
2.2.5 A critique
2.3 Summary
Chapter Three Understanding China's Technological Innovation Through State-Firm Strategic Coordination
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Defining Major Concepts: State, Firm and State-Firm Strategic Coordination
3.3 Theorizing the Innovative Performance of Regions and Firms:A State-Firm Strategic Coordination Framework
3.4 Explaining the Innovative Performance of China's ICT Industry through State-Firm Strategic Coordination
3.4.1 State-firm strategic coordination before the reform and opening-up in China
3.4.2 State-firm strategic coordination after the reform and opening-up in China
3.5 Summary
Chapter Four The Geography of Technological Innovation in China's ICT Industry
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Historicizing the Growth and Innovation of China's ICT Industry
4.3 Growth and Nature of China's ICT Industry
4.4 Spatial Distribution, Clustering and Technological Innovation
4.4.1 Spatial Agglomeration and Economic and Innovative Performance
4.4.2 Localized linkages, knowledge exchange and technological innovation
4.4.3 Beyond clustering: Attributes, motivation and strategies of firms, state-firm strategic coordination and technological innovation
4.5 Summary
Chapter Five State-Firm Strategic Coordination and the Growth of the Integrated Circuit Design Industry in Shanghai
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Growth, Distribution and Innovation of the IC Design Industry in Shanghai
5.3 State-Firm Strategic Coordination and Uneven Technological Innovation in Shanghai
5.3.1 Strategies and selectivity of the central government
5.3.2 Institutional environment as well as strategies and selectivity of local governments
5.3.3 Industrial policies and IC design developments in Shanghai
5.3.4 State-firm strategic coordination and innovation-related strategies of IC design firms in Shanghai
5.3.5 Spreadtrum Shanghai: A case study
5.4 Summary
Chapter Six State-Firm Strategic Coordination and the Growth of the ICT Industry in Shenzhen
6.1 Introduction
6.2 General Status and Nature of Shenzhen's ICT Industry
6.2.1 Growth, structure and spatial distribution of the ICT industry
6.2.2 Clustering, network, knowledge exchange and technological innovation
6.3 State-Firm Strategic Coordination in Shenzhen
6.3.1 Industry strategies and regional deployment of the central government
6.3.2 Selectivity and strategies of the Shenzhen municipal government
6.3.3 State-firm strategic coordination in Shenzhen
6.4 Summary
Chapter Seven State-Firm Strategic Coordination and Technological Innovation in Shanghai and Shenzhen:A Comparative Study
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Performance, Topology and Structure of the Software
Sector in Shanghai and Shenzhen
7.3 Strategic Selectivity of the State
7.3.1 Strategic position of Shanghai and Shenzhen assigned by the central government: A historical perspective
7.3.2 Strategic selectivity of local governments
7.4 Growth and Strategic Selectivity of the Firms in Shanghai and Shenzhen
7.5 State-Firm Coordination in Shenzhen and Shanghai
7.6 Summary
Chapter Eight Conclusion
8.1 Major Findings
8.2 Theoretical Implications
8.3 Policy Implications
Appendix I. Data Collection
Appendix II. List of Questions for the Interview
Appendix III. List of Interviewees and Informants
Bibliography
Index