GEM-based evaluation of competitiveness of enterprise cluster
Jingxian Tang1, Yan Yu2, Haitao Zhou2
1Changchun University of Science and Technology Changchun, Jilin Province, China, 130600
2Beijing Normal University, Beijing City, China, 100875
Enterprise cluster development can improve development capacity of enterprises and industrial competitiveness by lowering cost, stimulating innovations, increasing efficiency and intensifying competition. It is one key industrial development trend in the future and an important consideration of enterprises in choosing regions. Recently, industrial cluster in China has achieved primary development. Provinces and cities are putting great efforts to creating industrial parks of Industrial Cluster. This plays an important role in promoting regional economic development and regional industrial competitiveness. In this paper, a competitiveness evaluation model of enterprise cluster was established using the GEM model. It was applied to the furniture enterprise cluster in Guangdong Province. Accuracy, time effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages of the model was analyzed through the case study. Advantages and disadvantages of regional enterprise cluster can be identified from competitiveness analysis of the model. Countermeasures to these disadvantages were suggested.