Does the agglomeration of urban producer services promote carbon efficiency of manufacturing industry?

Assessing the impact of industrial intelligence on urban carbon emission performance: Evidence from China

“…It shows that industrial intelligence has an enhancing effect on the carbon performance in the local region, but a decreasing effect on the carbon performance in neighboring regions. Studies by Liu et al [ 26 ] and Li et al [ 27 ] have demonstrated that industrial intelligence has a significant contribution to CEP. However, their papers do not consider the spatial spillover effects.…”

“…Various studies have indicated that the implementation of industrial intelligence can be a viable means of improving CEP and energy efficiency. For example, Liu et al [ 26 ] studied AI's impact on carbon's intensity based on the database from Chinese industrial sector and found that AI had a significant reduction in carbon intensity. Similar findings were found in the study of Li et al [ 27 ].…”

A pathway towards high-quality development of the manufacturing industry: Does scientific and technological talent matter?

“…Thus, hypothesis 3 of this paper is confirmed. The improvement of the level of scientific and technological talents will attract more high-level talents, promote the optimization of regional human capital structures, and then drive the concentration of the productive service industry, which can provide specialized and personalized services for manufacturing production, reduce enterprise information search and transaction costs, improve the international competitive advantage of the manufacturing industry through the economy of scale effect, agglomeration effect, and spillover effect, and promote the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry [ 39 , 57 ].…”

“…Combined with the theory of industrial clusters, the accumulation of productive service industries can produce strong agglomeration, scale, spillover, and competition effects [ 38 , 39 ], thus impacting the manufacturing industry’s high-quality development. The improvement of the level of scientific and technological talents means that the attractiveness of regional talents is enhanced, and the production service industry, as a knowledge-intensive industry, will also experience the phenomenon of agglomeration.…”

An Integrated Duranton and Overman Index and Local Duranton and Overman Index Framework for Industrial Spatial Agglomeration Pattern Analysis

“…A suitable industrial agglomeration pattern, which considers both the agglomeration degree and the cluster location, can facilitate firms in benefiting from the industrial agglomeration effect and acquiring clear advantages in terms of cost, productivity, and innovation environment [5][6][7][8][9][10]. It serves as a crucial force for the high-quality and sustainable development of regions and cities [11][12][13][14][15]. A comprehensive analysis of industrial agglomeration patterns helps evaluate the performance of existing policies and formulate new ones, thereby promoting the development of a more suitable industrial agglomeration pattern [10,[16][17][18].…”