<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In recent years, the development of agricultural industry clusters is rapid in China. As a main producing area of bananas, the Hainan Ledong Industrial Cluster’s competitiveness is of great significance to the development of the whole banana industry in China. This paper first analyzed the cultivation of tropical banana and the market share of bananas in each region, and then analyzed the competitiveness of Ledong banana industry cluster through the GEM (Groundings- Enterprises- Markets) model. The results showed that the GEM model score was 456 points, and the domestic cluster competitiveness exceeded the average level. The “factor pair” socre suggested that the scores of the structure, strategy and competition of the enterprise were low, which restricted the development of Ledong banana industry cluster.</p></abstract>

In recent years, the development of agricultural industry clusters is rapid in China. As a main producing area of bananas, the Hainan Ledong Industrial Cluster’s competitiveness is of great significance to the development of the whole banana industry in China. This paper first analyzed the cultivation of tropical banana and the market share of bananas in each region, and then analyzed the competitiveness of Ledong banana industry cluster through the GEM (Groundings- Enterprises- Markets) model. The results showed that the GEM model score was 456 points, and the domestic cluster competitiveness exceeded the average level. The “factor pair” socre suggested that the scores of the structure, strategy and competition of the enterprise were low, which restricted the development of Ledong banana industry cluster.

Study on The Industrial Cluster of Tropical Bananas Based on Gem Model

Hunan Vocational College of Science and Technology

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology

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In recent years, the development of agricultural industry clusters is rapid in China. As a main producing area of bananas, the Hainan Ledong Industrial...

Study on The Industrial Cluster of Tropical Bananas Based on Gem Model

Published Online: Aug 26, 2017

Page range: 69 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2017-0008

Keywords
GEM model, tropical banana, cluster competitiveness, industrial cluster

© 2017 Lucian Blaga University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Study on The Industrial Cluster of Tropical Bananas Based on Gem Model

Published Online: Aug 26, 2017

Page range: 69 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aucft-2017-0008

KeywordsGEM model, tropical banana, cluster competitiveness, industrial cluster

© 2017 Lucian Blaga University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
GEM model, tropical banana, cluster competitiveness, industrial cluster