Both Volvo and SAAB are now Chinese owned car companies. This means that a substantial amount of Swedish innovation takes place in China. In order to understand this phenomenon better and what it means to innovation strategy we look at how industrial clusters in the automobile industry in different phases of development differ. The Diamond Model is used to explain and measure the competitive situation in three cluster regions in China. The new automobile manufacturing clusters of Chongqing and Chengdu (2C) is compared with two well-developed clusters in Shanghai and Jiangsu, and Beijing and Hebei. Although Shanghai is the most attractive automobile cluster, automobile manufacturing firms choose to locate their production in other regions. The move is also related to the level of innovation in different regions.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Research Article
- Pages 31-44
- DOI 10.1260/1757-2223.5.1.31
- Authors
- William Fri, School of Business and Engineering, Halmstad University, Sweden
- Tobias Pehrsson, School of Business and Engineering, Halmstad University, Sweden
- Klaus Solberg Søilen, School of Business and Engineering, Halmstad University, Sweden
- Journal International Journal of Innovation Science
- Print ISSN 1757-2223
- Journal Volume Volume 5
- Journal Issue Volume 5, Number 1 / March 2013