全球化中的中国中小企业：交通基础设施的作用

Chinese SMEs Riding on the Waves of Globalization:The Role of Transport Infrastructure

通过参与到亚洲区域性和全球性生产链、供应链和价值链之中,并与之发展紧密的合作关系,中国的中小企业引领了中国经济融入世界经济的过程。取得这一成就的原因在于一些基本条件得以满足,其中就包括交通基础设施条件的显著改善。本文回顾和分析了在生产分散化基础上的现代地区性与全球性生产网络和供应链的兴起与发展,重点关注了中小企业尤其是发展中国家中小企业在其中的地位和作用。本文实证分析使用了一组中国省级面板数据,验证了交通基础设施条件的改善在我国中小企业引领全国经济融入地区与全球生产链和供应链过程中的作用,结果较好地支持了相关理论判断。

Chinese SMEs have spearheaded the integration of the Chinese economy with the world economy through their close involvement and partnership with the Asian regional and global production networks and supply chains. Several factors contributed to this, of which a significant improvement in China＇s transport infrastructures was a key one. This paper reviews and analyzes the rise and development of modem regional and global production networks and supply chains thanks to increased extents of production fragmentation, with a focus on the status and role of SMEs, in particular those from developing countries. A pre - condition for SMEs to play their role is adequate transport infrastructures. Using a set of Chinese provincial panel data, our empirical investigation verifies the strong impact of transport infrastructures on the performances of Chinese SMEs by promoting their integration, and thereby the integration of the Chinese economy, with regional and global production networks and supply chains.