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Structural Evolution of Regional Firm Network System under the Influence of Industrial transfer: A Case Study of the Refrigeration Industrial Cluster of Minquan County

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  • Shang Gao
  • Zhao Ran
  • Yating Li
  • Shaoqi Pan

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The transplanted firm is an important force to promote the network evolution and cluster transformation and upgrading of the undertaking firm. From the micro‐analytic perspective of firm network, this paper puts forward a theoretical framework with “relationship‐network‐evolution” as the main line. Taking the refrigeration industry cluster in Minquan County of China as a case study and keeping the firm networks of economic relation, technical cooperation, and social communication firm network in 2009, 2013, and 2017 as the research objects, this paper analyzes the structure and evolution characteristics of regional firm network system, proposes the degree and effect of the local embeddedness of transplanted firms, and discusses their differences between international and interregional transplanted firms. The results revealed that: (1) the local embeddedness of transplanted firms significantly promotes the development of refrigeration industry network. (2) The network power of large‐scale transplanted firms in the cluster is increasing day by day, and the network presents a multi‐core trend. (3) The local embeddedness of some transplanted firms is not high, and the overall connectivity of the network is not strong. (4) Network intermediary nodes have strong heterogeneity, and the intermediary role of some large transplanted firms in the network needs to be improved. (5) The three network systems have similar structural characteristics, and social capital plays an important role in the local embeddedness of transplanted firms and the development of regional firm network. (6) Compared with international transplanted firms, interregional transplanted firms are more adaptable in terms of local embeddedness. The research results provide a reference for the construction of similar industrial clusters in China and other developing countries.

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  • Shang Gao & Zhao Ran & Yating Li & Shaoqi Pan, 2022. "Structural Evolution of Regional Firm Network System under the Influence of Industrial transfer: A Case Study of the Refrigeration Industrial Cluster of Minquan County," Complexity, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2022(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:complx:v:2022:y:2022:i:1:n:9050029
    DOI: 10.1155/2022/9050029
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