The Degree Of Industrial Clustering Across Two Dimensions Of Evaluation Methods And Their Applications

In the wave of international economic integration, the importance of the economic zone spaces not as weakened as expected, but has become increasingly obvious. Industry clusters become the main form of regional economic development. Since the Industrial Revolution industry cluster study has become a hot issue in the fields of geography and economics. Industry gather degree evaluation is an important industry cluster study subjects. Theoretically it is a prerequisite for other research topics and an important tool; in practice it provides important information for decision-making of enterprises and government regulators.This thesis addresses the necessity of outlining associate effects in the evaluation of industry gather degree, and describes the existing qualitative and quantitative methods for the evaluation of industry gather degree, the methods about correlation analysis and the analysis of the industries relation. Against the shortcoming to ignore associate effects in the most evaluation methods, the thesis constructs two-dimension model of the evaluation of industry gather degree. The model describes the industry development trend in two dimensions. One dimension is the size and competitiveness of the industry and another is the utility to promote the other industries and the whole economic system. The thesis analyses the different development situation of the industry and the transformation of situations. Similar to Boston matrix, the model is better than the single-dimension evaluation model. Policy makers can observe the relative location of industry competition strength and associate effects, which provide useful information for planning of investment and industry development. Finally the thesis provides an empirical example about Chinese electronic information industry. It selects the major cluster zones in the method of Weaver index and evaluates development situations of various regions from tow dimension -the size of the industry and the grey associate effects with other industries and the overall national economy.