Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an updated picture of the emergence of specific firms, cities and sectors of excellence in one of the best performing industrial areas of China: Guangdong Province. Design/methodology/approach – The paper focuses on a single province‐case...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between medium‐large firms' industrial performance, territorial factors and local development policies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is an empirical econometric investigation based on a panel dataset of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the development strategies of two Chinese global players in the high‐tech sectors. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a case‐study approach on Huawei Technology Co. Ltd (Huawei) and Jing‐Hua Optical and Electronics Co. Ltd...

The paper offers an updated picture of the policies implemented by the government of the Guangdong Province (China) to foster the industrial development and the technological upgrading of its territories. Among these policies is the promotion and the institutional acknowledgement of a growing...