Project Details
Projekt
Regional agility in the wake of crisis: Towards a new growth model in the Greater Pearl River Delta?
Applicants
Dr. Dirk Dohse; Professorin Dr. Frauke Kraas; Professor Dr. Ingo Liefner; Professor Dr. Javier Revilla Diez
Subject Area
Human Geography
Term
from 2008 to 2015
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 99428180
During the first two phases of the priority program, the research team focused on the interdependence of informality and flexible firm organization (agile firms) and on the role of informality for upgrading and innovation in the Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD) region (regional agility). In the third phase, the team will investigate the longterm structural effects of the crisis on the drivers of growth in the PRD which have been derived and consolidated from the results of the first and the second phases. The main research aims are (i) to establish whether and how the agility of firms and of the region in general has been sustained amid the recent crisis and (ii) to find out what kind of post-crisis structural adjustments will affect the growth determinants in the Greater Pearl River Delta. Four determinants have been identified during the first two phases that are critical for the future success of the region, namely the enterprise sector, especially foreign and domestic private firms in the electronics industry, human capital formation, particularly university graduates, the government and the related institutional environment, and the dynamics of global trade and investment.
DFG Programme
Priority Programmes
Participating Persons
Professor Dr. Stefan Hennemann; Professor Dr. Daniel Schiller; Professor Dr. Rüdiger Soltwedel
