Influence factors of industrial cluster development

A substantial proportion of electronic and communication device manufacturing clusters are at the primary stage in the global. In order to promote the development of this industry and play its improving effect on regional economic growth, the influence factors of industry cluster development level are studied in this paper. Firstly, 18 impact factors are summarized according to the actual situation of electronic communication equipment manufacturing industry and correlative literature at home and abroad which is divided into internal and external factors of an industrial cluster. Secondly, each factor's influences on the development level of an industry cluster are analyzed based on panel data of the 21 provincial in China from 1997 to 2009. Seven factors include enterprise scale; employed concentration has significant influence on the industry cluster development level. Finally, the impacts of key factors on the industry cluster of different development level were analyzed in-depth. The influence of six factors includes the quantity of patent applications. Number of enterprises in some region which has the overall developmental level on industrial cluster is greater than those regions which have a high development level.