Establishing a two-sided market （specialized market） is an effective way to build a national value chain （NVC）. The Chinese knock-off wireless handset industry has succeeded in building a miniature version of an N...Establishing a two-sided market （specialized market） is an effective way to build a national value chain （NVC）. The Chinese knock-off wireless handset industry has succeeded in building a miniature version of an NVC based on the Huaqiangbei Market, a typical specialized market. ＂Ihis paper begins b）, analyzing the differences in the industrial chains of knock-off and traditional wireless handsets and concludes that due to lacking after-sales service, the value chain of knock-off wireless handsets is consumer-driven, with a focus on manufacturing and marketing. Analysis of the knock-off wireless handset-based NVC reveals that multi-level demands, a maturing industry and adaptive innovation are three pre-conditions for Chinese manufacturing to build an NVC in a two-sided market. Given the uneven scale and techniques among knock-off handset makers, their addiction to the low-end market and imperfect value chains constructed using the ＂knockoff pattern＂ this paper proposes that China can break these bottlenecks by letting the specialized and unilateral markets develop closer to each other and by providing governmental guidance in the specialized market.展开更多
China is actively upgrading its industrial structure through industries transferring between developed and undeveloped areas;however,the overall level of the national value chain is still not high,and the asymmetric c...China is actively upgrading its industrial structure through industries transferring between developed and undeveloped areas;however,the overall level of the national value chain is still not high,and the asymmetric competition pattern between the upstream and the downstream has not been broken.Therefore,this paper establishes a competitive equilibrium model for the production of manufacturing enterprises,with factor price distortion,under the condition of constant returns to scale.The authors derive the relative distortion coefficients of each factor price,calculate the misallocation indices of capital and labor,and construct an industry resource misallocation measure.Furthermore,this paper applies the regional value-added decomposition model to calculate the national value chain index and matches the market index of the China Market Index Database with the Chinese Industrial Enterprises Database and the Inter-Regional Input-Output Tables through quantitative analysis.From the perspective of the national value chain,the authors study the improvement effect and mechanism of the business environment on the resource allocation in industry.The study shows that industry resource allocation will be improved by 17.89%if the business environment level is improved by one standard deviation.This effect is most prevalent in the eastern and central regions,not so much in the west;the effect of downstream industries in the national value chain is higher than that of upstream industries;the improvement effect on capital allocation is higher in downstream industries than in the upstream industries;and the improvement effect on labor misallocation is basically the same in both the upstream and the downstream.Compared with labor intensive industries,capital intensive industries are more influenced by the national value chain,while the effect of upstream industries is weaker.At the same time,it is well documented that participation in the global value chain can improve the efficiency of regional resource allocation,and the construction of high-tech zones can improve resource allocation for both upstream and downstream industries.Based on the results of study,the authors propose suggestions for optimizing business environments,suiting the national value chain construction,and improving resource allocation in the future.展开更多
文摘Establishing a two-sided market （specialized market） is an effective way to build a national value chain （NVC）. The Chinese knock-off wireless handset industry has succeeded in building a miniature version of an NVC based on the Huaqiangbei Market, a typical specialized market. ＂Ihis paper begins b）, analyzing the differences in the industrial chains of knock-off and traditional wireless handsets and concludes that due to lacking after-sales service, the value chain of knock-off wireless handsets is consumer-driven, with a focus on manufacturing and marketing. Analysis of the knock-off wireless handset-based NVC reveals that multi-level demands, a maturing industry and adaptive innovation are three pre-conditions for Chinese manufacturing to build an NVC in a two-sided market. Given the uneven scale and techniques among knock-off handset makers, their addiction to the low-end market and imperfect value chains constructed using the ＂knockoff pattern＂ this paper proposes that China can break these bottlenecks by letting the specialized and unilateral markets develop closer to each other and by providing governmental guidance in the specialized market.
基金supported by the Major Program of National Fund of Philosophy and Social Science of China under Grant No.20&ZD168the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.71973102.
文摘China is actively upgrading its industrial structure through industries transferring between developed and undeveloped areas;however,the overall level of the national value chain is still not high,and the asymmetric competition pattern between the upstream and the downstream has not been broken.Therefore,this paper establishes a competitive equilibrium model for the production of manufacturing enterprises,with factor price distortion,under the condition of constant returns to scale.The authors derive the relative distortion coefficients of each factor price,calculate the misallocation indices of capital and labor,and construct an industry resource misallocation measure.Furthermore,this paper applies the regional value-added decomposition model to calculate the national value chain index and matches the market index of the China Market Index Database with the Chinese Industrial Enterprises Database and the Inter-Regional Input-Output Tables through quantitative analysis.From the perspective of the national value chain,the authors study the improvement effect and mechanism of the business environment on the resource allocation in industry.The study shows that industry resource allocation will be improved by 17.89%if the business environment level is improved by one standard deviation.This effect is most prevalent in the eastern and central regions,not so much in the west;the effect of downstream industries in the national value chain is higher than that of upstream industries;the improvement effect on capital allocation is higher in downstream industries than in the upstream industries;and the improvement effect on labor misallocation is basically the same in both the upstream and the downstream.Compared with labor intensive industries,capital intensive industries are more influenced by the national value chain,while the effect of upstream industries is weaker.At the same time,it is well documented that participation in the global value chain can improve the efficiency of regional resource allocation,and the construction of high-tech zones can improve resource allocation for both upstream and downstream industries.Based on the results of study,the authors propose suggestions for optimizing business environments,suiting the national value chain construction,and improving resource allocation in the future.
