Spatial changes in the command and control function of cities based on the corporate centre of gravity model

Raźniak, Piotr; Dorocki, Sławomir; Winiarczyk-Raźniak, Anna

doi:10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0002

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“…NEG has been criticized because distance is pre‐given exogenously and time is “logical” time rather than real history (Boschma & Frenken, 2006; Garretsen & Martin, 2010; Martin, 1999). In this study, the profit center of gravity is the spatial equilibrium point of industrial competition, and the distance from the spatial equilibrium point is endogenously determined rather than pre‐given exogenously (Grether & Mathys, 2010; Lösch, 1967; Raniak et al., 2020). As the spatiotemporal content of industrial competition changes, the profit center of gravity also moves, and the average distance between the sample companies and the profit center of gravity changes simultaneously.…”

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“…The equilibrium point becomes the center of gravity in flat spaces such as polygons (Kulin & Kuenne, 1962), hexagons (Lösch, 1967), circles (Hayashi & Tsuge, 2019), and ellipses (Gong, 2002). In empirical research, the center of gravity is regarded as a point of spatial equilibrium, such as the economic center of gravity (Grether & Mathys, 2010), the industrial center of gravity (Raniak et al., 2020), the population center of gravity (Luo et al., 2019), and so on. However, the relationship between the profit center of gravity and firm performance is still in a “black box.”…”

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confidence: 99%

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Spatiotemporal context and firm performance: The mediating effect of strategic interaction

2020

Growth and Change

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Traditional studies of firm performance typically focus on the effect of market structure and rarely consider the impact of the spatiotemporal context in industrial competition. Using a sample of 1,555 listed companies from 2015 to 2018 in China, this study shows that the profit center of gravity tends to move from southeast to northwest, and that there are negative effects on firm performance with distance from the profit center of gravity. Moreover, when controlling for organizational variables, strategic interaction at the local level significantly mediates the relationship between spatiotemporal context at the global level and firm performance at the microlevel. This investigation provides preliminary support for strategic interaction as a significant mediator between spatiotemporal context and firm performance, and further highlights the relevance of spatiotemporal context and strategic interaction in determining firm performance. The results of this study contribute to our understanding of the dynamic mechanism of spatiotemporal context affecting firm performance and the role of strategic interaction at the local level in this relationship, which can improve the existing insights into new economic geography.

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Spatiotemporal context and firm performance: The mediating effect of strategic interaction

2020

Growth and Change

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“…The least degraded Subcarpathian and Masovian Provinces only have about one quarter of this share. Nevertheless, there are many companies that play a significant role in central and eastern Europe [99]; however, apart from Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa, they are not important in the global economy [100].…”

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Transformation Directions of Brownfields: The Case of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis

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Brownfields are remnants of the functional and spatial transformations of urban areas in Poland. They are particularly abundant in old industrial districts, based on coal mining and metallurgy. The aim of this study is to identify the transformation directions and functional changes of brownfields in the former Upper Silesian Industrial Region in southern Poland, which has evolved into the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis (GZM) through the process of socio-economic transformation. The study makes use of the χ2 test of independence and Cramer’s V as a post-test, and the method of in-depth interviews. The results indicate that the most popular new functions of post-industrial sites are production and services. When we consider large brownfields such as, in particular, disused mine dumps, dumping sites, settling ponds and workings, the most popular new form of land use is green spaces. Moreover, the study shows that the size of brownfields impacts their new forms of land use.

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“…Chinese cities have been playing an increasingly important role in the world city networks, and they have improved their international connectivity and workers' skills as well [61]. Moreover, these Chinese cities also exhibit their great resilience or sustainability in the global economic crisis [62,63].…”

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Agglomeration Externalities and Skill Upgrading in Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities of China

Zhu

2020

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Skill upgrading, the increase in the percentage of skilled workers in the employment population, boosts the economic growth of developing countries and sustains their industrial competitiveness. The international economics literature discusses the effects of international trade on skill upgrading, ignoring the potential role of agglomeration externalities. This paper takes China as a case study, which has been encountering a serious challenge about how to strengthen its industrial competitiveness in the world through skill upgrading as its population dividend decreases. The panel data of 2005, 2010 and 2015 from prefecture-level cities in China were used for regression analysis to explore the benefits from agglomeration externalities, including specialization and diversification effects, on skill upgrading. The results show that both the specialization effect and diversification effect do promote skill upgrading. Furthermore, there are significant differences in the influence of local agglomeration externalities across different regions, and the positive effect brought about by specialization externalities is usually dominant in undeveloped, inland or small cities, compared with the diversification in developed or coastal cities. Besides, manufacturing agglomerations exhibit positive externalities to skill upgrading mainly through specialization, while the service agglomerations mainly promote skill upgrading by means of diversification.

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Spatial changes in the command and control function of cities based on the corporate centre of gravity model

Cited by 17 publications

References 46 publications

Spatiotemporal context and firm performance: The mediating effect of strategic interaction

Spatiotemporal context and firm performance: The mediating effect of strategic interaction

Transformation Directions of Brownfields: The Case of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis

Agglomeration Externalities and Skill Upgrading in Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities of China

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