scholarly journals An Empirical Study on the Key Factors of Intelligent Upgrade of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengxin Wang ◽  
Minghuan Shou ◽  
Shuai Wang ◽  
Ruinan Dai ◽  
Keqian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Labor Cost ◽  
Zhejiang Province ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Policy Environment ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
New Type ◽  
Made In China ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Major Industry ◽  
Made In

Promoting the intelligent upgrades of small and medium-sized enterprises is one of the important tasks of implementing “Made in China 2025” in China. As a front runner of nation-level reform, Zhejiang Province has provided much room for innovation and development, along with the emergence of a new type of ecology, accelerated formation of two ecosystems and international cooperation, and a supportive policy environment. Therefore, this paper uses 173 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) from Zhejiang Province as the research objects, builds a binary selection model, and analyzes the dynamic and constraining mechanism of intelligent upgrades of SMEs with regard to employee qualification, technology, capital, policy environment, and so on. The study finds that: First, among three main industries, manufacturing is the major industry for the intelligent upgrades of SMEs and there are significant demonstration effects and industry heterogeneity. Secondly, the willingness to upgrade intelligently for SMEs is relatively strong. More than half of SMEs that have not intelligently upgraded show willingness to implement intelligent upgrades. Thirdly, factors such as corporate profitability, human capital quality, and industry intelligence level have significantly promoted the intelligent upgrades of SMEs, while the impact of labor cost, capital structure, government subsidies, and other variables are not significant. This conclusion still works after a number of robustness tests. Last but not least, based on the above conclusions, this paper proposes corresponding policy recommendations which are practically beneficial to the development of SMEs in China.

Platform Capitalism ‘Made in China’? Intelligent Manufacturing, Taobao Villages and the Restructuring of Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boy Lüthje
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Manufacturing ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Social Shaping Of Technology ◽  
Social Shaping ◽  
Made In China ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Conditions Of Employment ◽  
Made In

The article examines the development of advanced digital manufacturing (as outlined in the ‘Made-in-China 2025’ government plan) from the perspective of the changing socio-technical paradigms of production. The analysis focuses on the transformations of value chains and work, based on theories of social shaping of technology, regulation theory and regimes of production. Analytically, the author proposes to distinguish between ‘production-driven’ and ‘distribution-driven’ pathways of manufacturing digitalisation. The transformation of semi-rural industrial areas (‘Taobao villages’, named after China’s largest e-commerce platform Taobao) into mass production clusters for e-commerce is depicted as a paradigmatic model of distribution-driven transformation and as a characteristic Chinese strategy in this field. The article examines the impact on industry supply chains and work, leading to ever-more precarious conditions of employment. Policy recommendations focus on local strategies to stabilise supply chain structures and working conditions, as an alternative to the present top-down approaches to manufacturing modernisation in China.

Chinese Ceramic Production and Trade

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Miksic
Keyword(s):  
International Markets ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Shang Dynasty ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
The World ◽  
Production Techniques ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Made In China ◽  
Major Industry ◽  
Made In

Ceramics are the most abundant types of artifacts made by human beings in the last 12,000 years. Chinese potters discern two types of products: earthenware (tao), which is porous and does not resonate when struck, and wares with vitreous bodies (ci), which ring like a bell. Western potters and scholars differentiate stoneware, which is semi-porous, from porcelain, which is completely vitrified. The earliest ceramics in the world are thought to have been made in China around 15,000 years ago. By the Shang dynasty, potters in China began to decorate the surfaces of their pottery with ash glaze, in which wood ash mixed with feldspar in clay to impart a shiny surface to the pottery. The first ash-glazed wares were probably made south of the Yangzi in Jiangnan. In the 9th century, China began to export pottery, which quickly became sought after in maritime Asia and Africa. Pottery making for export became a major industry in China, employing hundreds of thousands of people, and stimulating the development of the first mass-production techniques in the world. Much of the ceramic industry was located along China’s south and southeast coasts, conveniently located near ports that connected China with international markets. Chinese merchants had to adapt their wares to suit different consumers. For the last 1,000 years, Chinese ceramics provided an enormous amount of archaeological information on trade and society in the lands bordering the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, contributing a major source of data to the study of early long-distance commerce, art, technology, urbanization, and many other topics. Statistics are presented from important sites outside China where Chinese ceramics have been found.

US moves against Chinese technology may backfire

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Trade Deficit ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Investment Policies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chinese Investment ◽  
Made In China ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Made In

Subject The impact of US tariffs on China's Made In China 2025 industrial policy framework. Significance 'Made in China 2025' has become a byword for US grievances against China's trade and investment policies. US tariffs against Chinese products are primarily aimed not at trimming the bilateral trade deficit, but at forcing China to abandon policies by which it hopes to challenge the US position as the global high-tech leader. As such, the tariffs target the high-tech sectors Beijing seeks to develop. Impacts China will step up efforts to reduce reliance on US suppliers. Washington may press other countries to block Chinese investment or supplies of key components. China will seek greater high-tech cooperation with Russia; Russia will oblige. China may make greater use of cyberattacks in order to obtain advanced US technology.

scholarly journals The Impact of cotton textile sector trends in Cameroon

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 331-343
Author(s):  
Nguepi Tsafack Elvis
Keyword(s):  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Cotton Textile ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Textile Production ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cotton Belt ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Textile Sector ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Made In

This study attempts to clarify and evaluate the factors that impact on cotton sector production in Cameroon and differentiate producers `behavior. A description of producers ‘behaviour is made in order to identify their main characteristics, which should shed light on the relationships between cotton textile production , the main producers` characteristics price and non-price variables. An inventory of ongoing sectoral agricultural policies is presented and suggestions are made for formulating alternative policies. The next section presents both a review of agricultural policies and the cotton sector in Cameroon. The third and fourth sections are literature review and cotton belt while the fifth presents the methodology. Discussion and interpretation of the empirical findings is followed by the conclusion and policy recommendations.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Revenues of the Landscape and Lawn Care Companies

2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 132-136
Author(s):  
S. K. Anil ◽  
W. J. Florkowski ◽  
J. E. Epperson ◽  
G. Landry
Keyword(s):  
Labor Cost ◽  
Single Equation ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Lawn Care ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Net Revenue ◽  
Revenue Models ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of key factors influencing the landscape maintenance and lawn care industry (LM/LC) sales or gross revenue as well as partial net revenue (gross revenue less labor cost). A single-equation framework was applied for the estimation of gross and partial net revenue models. Analysis showed a positive influence of labor cost on gross revenue. In comparison to individually owned firms, corporations can expect larger revenue increases. Companies with extended business experience (measured by the number of years in operation) could expect not only greater gross revenue but also greater partial net revenue. The level of education of supervisory personnel was specifically important for partial net revenue. Offers of price discounts for services enhanced gross revenue but not partial net revenue. Price discounting may help in the management of labor and cash flow in the short run, but the LM/LC company must recover overhead costs to stay in business. Population density continues to play a major role in improving the revenues of LM/LC companies.

scholarly journals Made In China 2025 and New Trends of Entrepreneurship Education of China: A Socio-Economic-Educational Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyun Wu ◽  
Spencer A. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Educational Perspective ◽  
Made In China ◽  
Future Economic Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Made In

The importance of entrepreneurship for economic growth and job creation has gained wide acceptance around the world. The Chinese government is dedicated to innovation and entrepreneurship, realizing the critical importance in meeting this dual purpose lies in entrepreneurship education (EE) and its integration across the government, academic and business sectors. This paper outlines the emergence of entrepreneurship and the emerging trends in EE of China by looking at the past and present of China’s economy, education and government policies through a socio-economic-educational perspective. It focuses on Made In China 2025, an important 10-year national plan, that outlines China’s objectives in future economic development, and the future directions for China’s EE. By looking at past and emerging trends this study presents a historical and current picture of EE within China. The socio-economic-educational perspective of this study results in the following observations: the change from government programmed economy to a more open briskness driven economy, the close relationship between China’s reform in economy and education, the impact of government policies and mandates on China’s entrepreneurship education, EE in China, a new facet of China’s education reform, which has moved from education for the elite to the masses, and lastly, Made In China 2025’s call for innovation and reform in educational practices of EE in China. The application of a socio-economic-educational perspective provides for broader and deeper insights into the direction for the further development of EE in China.

Wuhan lockdown will leave mark on China’s tech sector

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Treatment ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Large Fibre ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Made In China ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Made In

Subject The impact of the Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown on China's high-tech development plans. Significance The city of Wuhan -- the origin and epicentre of the COVID-19 epidemic, and target of the country’s longest and most severe lockdown -- plays a significant role in the China’s Made In China 2025 plan to develop indigenous high-tech industries. Impacts Wuhan will suffer long-lasting stigma as the origin of COVID-19, which may affect its ability to compete with other tech hubs for talent. The city’s large fibre-optic sector may in the long run lose out from efforts by customers to diversify their suppliers. Tech firms are likely to be made a priority in government recovery spending. Key people in strategic sectors may have got priority medical treatment, but COVID-19 may still adversely affect the high-tech workforce.

China-US tariffs will benefit Japan modestly

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
The United States ◽  
Technology Skills ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Made In China ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Made In

Subject The impact of the China-US trade tariffs on Japan's economy. Significance As trade talks between the United States and China stumble toward a March 1 self-imposed US deadline, US tariffs and Chinese retaliations are influencing global trade patterns. Japan as a major trading nation has much at stake. Impacts Japanese producers are examining relocation options for products now made in China. South-east Asia, not Japan, is the top candidate for supply chain relocation. Mexico also is another candidate for substitute production because of its location and technology skills. If the United States follows up its threat to impose a 25% tariff on its imports of autos and parts this would hit Japan’s auto exports.

scholarly journals Biosignature surveys to exoplanet yields and beyond

2020 ◽  
Vol 495 (1) ◽  
pp. 1000-1015 ◽  
Author(s):  
McCullen Sandora ◽  
Joseph Silk
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Mission Design ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Future Mission ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
Technological Civilization ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Upcoming biosignature searches focus on indirect indicators to infer the presence of life on other worlds. Aside from just signalling the presence of life, however, some biosignatures can contain information about the state that a planet’s biosphere has achieved. This additional information can be used to measure what fractions of planets achieve certain key stages, corresponding to the advent of life, photosynthesis, multicellularity, and technological civilization. We forecast the uncertainties of each measurement for upcoming surveys, and outline the key factors that determine these uncertainties. Our approach is probabilistic and relies on large numbers of candidates rather than detailed examination of individual exoplanet spectra. The dependence on survey size, likeliness of the transition, and several measures of degrees of confidence are discussed, including discussion of geological false positives in biosignatures as well as how combining data from different missions can affect the inference. Our analysis should influence policy recommendations for future mission design and strategy to minimize the impact of measurement uncertainties.

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