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Moving up in the global value chain in button manufacturing in China

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  • Rajah Rasiah
  • Xin-Xin Kong
  • Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi

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This study traces the transformation of Qiaotou city from a button distribution centre to a composite and advanced button manufacturing cluster accounting for 65% of world button production in 2006. It argues that button sales originated in entrepreneurial initiative that expanded through market-based armslength transactions as hundreds of stalls mushroomed in Qiaotou. The transformation of Qiaotou from the late 1990s into a composite cluster including designing, new material and product development took place when the local government took advantage of the rapid manufacturing growth to stimulate collaborative links between government, the firms and universities to support the appropriation of research synergies.

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  • Rajah Rasiah & Xin-Xin Kong & Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi, 2011. "Moving up in the global value chain in button manufacturing in China," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(2), pages 161-174, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apbizr:v:17:y:2011:i:2:p:161-174
    DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2011.533508
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    1. Bingqiang Li & Lei Huang, 2019. "The Effect of Incremental Innovation and Disruptive Innovation on the Sustainable Development of Manufacturing in China," SAGE Open, , vol. 9(1), pages 21582440198, February.
    2. Hiroyuki Taguchi & Jiejun Li, 2018. "Domestic Value Creation in the Involvement in Global Value Chains: The Case of Chinese Economy," Asian Development Policy Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 6(3), pages 155-168, September.
    3. Taguchi, Hiroyuki, 2018. "Domestic value creation in global value chains in Asian economies," MPRA Paper 89741, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Taguchi, Hiroyuki, 2018. "Domestic value creation in the involvement in global value chains: Evidence of China," MPRA Paper 88436, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Miao Zhang & Xin Xin Kong & Santha Chenayah Ramu, 2016. "The transformation of the clothing industry in China," Asia Pacific Business Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(1), pages 86-109, January.
    6. Taguchi, Hiroyuki & Pham, Son Duong, 2019. "Domestic Value Creation in the Involvement in Global Value Chains in Asian Economies: Role of Supporting Industries," Asian Economic and Financial Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 9(10), pages 1184-1199, October.
    7. Miao ZHANG & Xin Xin KONG & Santha Chenayah RAMU, 2015. "The Transformation of the Clothing Industry in China," Working Papers DP-2015-12, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).

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