Geographical Dynamics and Firm Spatial Strategy in China

1. Introduction
Shengjun Zhu, John Pickles, Canfei He

Part I. Government

2. Bring In, Go Up, Go West, Go Out: Upgrading, Regionalization, and Delocalization in China’s Apparel Production Networks
Shengjun Zhu, John Pickles, Canfei He

Part II. Firm

3. Geographical Dynamics and Industrial Relocation: Spatial Strategies of Apparel Firms in Ningbo, China
Shengjun Zhu, John Pickles, Canfei He

4. Global, Regional, and Local: New Firm Formation and Spatial Restructuring in China’s Apparel Industry
Shengjun Zhu, John Pickles, Canfei He

5. Turkishization of a Chinese Apparel Firm: Fast Fashion, Regionalization, and the Shift from Global Supplier to New End Markets
Shengjun Zhu, John Pickles, Canfei He

Part III. Spatial Articulation

6. Institutional Embeddedness and Regional Adaptability and Rigidity in a Chinese Apparel Cluster
Shengjun Zhu, John Pickles, Canfei He

7. Global and Local Governance, and Industrial and Geographical Dynamics: A Tale of Two Clusters
Shengjun Zhu, John Pickles, Canfei He

8. Going Green or Going Away: Environmental Regulation, Economic Geography and Firms’ Strategies in China’s Pollution-Intensive Industries
Shengjun Zhu, John Pickles, Canfei He

9. Summary and Conclusion
Shengjun Zhu, John Pickles, Canfei He

Keywords: Geography, Economic Geography, Sustainable Development, Development Economics, Sociology, general