Research on the Green Competitiveness Index of Manufacturing Industry in Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration

Yuhong Cao


School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444 (China)

Jianxin You


School of Economics &Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092 (China)

Yongjiang Shi


Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, CB3 0FS Cambridge, UK (United Kingdom)

Wei Hu


School of Economics and Trade, Shanghai Urban Construction Vocational College, Shanghai, 201999 (China)

Abstract

From the perspective of the complex multi-factors that affect manufacturing green competitiveness, this study constructs a green competitiveness index measurement indicator system of manufacturing industry in Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, which includes five dimensions: economic creativity, technological innovation, energy and environmental protection, industrial structure optimization, and social service capabilities. The manufacturing green competitiveness index in Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration in 2014-2018 is measured and analyzed by using the comprehensive evaluation model of gray correlation projection method based on the combined weights of FAHP and maximum deviation. The results show that manufacturing green competitiveness of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration generally shows a relatively stable and continuous improvement trend, but the regional differences are large: regional cities and general node cities have significantly lower manufacturing green competitiveness than the leading cities and hub cities, and the pace of industrial structure transformation and upgrading in the whole region also needs to be accelerated. Based on these results, this paper puts forward some policy recommendations for comprehensive development of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration manufacturing industry: focus on improving the effective guidance of the positive incentive effect of technological innovation on manufacturing green competitiveness level, and solving the problem of insufficient technological innovation achievement transformation benefits; replan regional space, strengthen the integration of all industrial resources, reducing homogeneous competition; strengthen the ecological co-construction of regional manufacturing and improve social service security level.


Keywords:

Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, manufacturing green competitiveness, FAHP, maximum deviation, gray correlation projection method

BILL S., PAULO R.S.T., 2012, Determinants of corporate debt maturity in South America: Do institutional quality and financial development matter?, in: Journal of Corporate Finance, 18 (4), p.15-23.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2012.05.004   Google Scholar

CHENG Y.P., 2012,Essential attributes of regional green competitiveness, in: Guangming Daily.
  Google Scholar

GUAN H.Q., QIN Y., DONG Z.F., 2016,The Latest Progress and Trend of China's Comprehensive Environmental and Economic Accounting, in: Environmental Protection Science, 42(2), p.22-28.
  Google Scholar

GUERRIERI P., MELICIANI V., 2005, Technology and international competitiveness: the interdependence between manufacturing and producer services, in: Structural change & economic dynamics, 16(4), p.489-502.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2005.02.002   Google Scholar

GU S.Z., CAO D.M., YANG M., 2018, Strategic Thinking on Constructing the Innovation Ecosystem of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, in: China Soft Science,4, p.1-9.
  Google Scholar

HAFEZALKOTOB A., ZAMANI S. A., 2018, multiproduct green supply chain under government supervision with price and demand uncertainty, in: Journal of Industrial Engineering International, 3, p.1-14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40092-018-0271-9   Google Scholar

HOU C.A., 2015, Research on Evaluation of Green Competitiveness of Heilongjiang Equipment Manufacturing Industry, in: Harbin University of Science and Technology.
  Google Scholar

JOHN P., MASAHIRO A., 2004, Coherence and smoothing effects at a wind farm, in: Wing Energy, 7, p. 61-74.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/we.109   Google Scholar

LI B.N., 2007, Fuzzy mathematics and its applications, in: Hefei University of Technology Press, p. 130-134.
  Google Scholar

LI L.S.,YANG C.H., LIU J., 2014, Research on Evaluation of Comprehensive Development Ability of Regional Manufacturing Industry in China – Empirical Analysis Based on East, Mid and West Manufacturing, in: China Soft Science, 2, p. 121-129.
  Google Scholar

LI P.,WANG Q., HE J., WU B., 2010, Construction of China's Manufacturing Industry Sustainable Dedelopment Index System and Target Forecast, in: China Industrial Economics, 5, p. 5-15.
  Google Scholar

LI Y., ZHANG M., 2018, Green manufacturing and environmental productivity growth, in: Industrial Management & Data Systems, 118(6), p. 1303-1319.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-03-2018-0102   Google Scholar

MARTINS A.A., MATA T.M., COSTA C.A.V., 2007, A framework for sustainability metrics, in: Industrial& engineering chemistry research, 46(10), p. 2962-2973.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ie060692l   Google Scholar

PORTER., 2011, A multi-factor efficiency to the relationships among the world GDP, in: Energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission, 73, p.87-89.
  Google Scholar

PORTER M E., CLASS V D L., 1995, Toward a new conception of the environment competitiveness relationship, in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 9(4), p.97-118.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.9.4.97   Google Scholar

TAO J.C.,WU J.M.,2001, A New Probe into the Comprehensive Weight Determination of Comprehensive Weighted Scoring, in: Systems EngineeringTheory & Practice, 8, p.43-48.
  Google Scholar

VACCARO A., 2010, Corporate transparency and green management, in: Journal of Business Ethics, 95, p. 487-506.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0435-z   Google Scholar

WANG L.,WANG R.,2010,Approaches to Enhance Green Competitiveness of Enterprises in a Low-Carbon Economy, in: Accounting Research,17, p. 55-57.
  Google Scholar

WANG Y.M., 1998, Multi-indicator decision-making and ranking using dispersion maximization, in: China Soft Science, 3, p. 36-38.
  Google Scholar

YANG X.X., 2016, Research on China's Green Economy Competitiveness, Fujian Normal University.
  Google Scholar

ZHAI X.J.,2013, Research on the Construction of Green Innovation System of Heilongjiang Equipment Manufacturing Industry in the Low-carbon Era, in: Pioneering with Science& Technology Monthly, 5, p. 12-15.
  Google Scholar

ZHOU S.J.,2015, Research on Influencing Factors of Green Competitiveness of Manufacturing Enterprises, Dalian University of Technology.
  Google Scholar

ZHU J., SUN X.Z., LIU X.M., SONG M., 2012, Research on China's Green Economy Strategy, in: China Population Resources and Environment, 22(4), p.7-12.
  Google Scholar

Download


Published
2021-01-04

Cited by

Cao, Y., You, J., Shi, Y., & Hu, W. (2021). Research on the Green Competitiveness Index of Manufacturing Industry in Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 16(1), 143–156. https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2021.1.15

Authors

Yuhong Cao 

School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444 China

Authors

Jianxin You 

School of Economics &Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092 China

Authors

Yongjiang Shi 

Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, CB3 0FS Cambridge, UK United Kingdom

Authors

Wei Hu 

School of Economics and Trade, Shanghai Urban Construction Vocational College, Shanghai, 201999 China

Statistics

Abstract views: 72
PDF downloads: 32