Spatio-temporal evolution and influencing factors of the e-sports industry in China

Abstract: The emergence and development of new industry play a key role in regional development and economic growth. This study explores the e-sports industry evolution, a typical cross-sector new industry, through a theoretical lens of the evolutionary economic geography (EEG) based on Chinese e-sports industry enterprise data between 1998–2018 and examines the influencing factor by multivariate regression. Results show e-sports industry development is a typical evolutionary process that combines spin-off, path creation, spatial evolution, and firms’ network. Furthermore, the e-sports industry is characterized by the integration of the sports and creative industries. However, technology correlated-based knowledge spillover from culture and sports does not significantly impact the e-sports industry, whereas the knowledge spillover from the information software industry promotes e-sports industry development. The regression result also confirms that the institution and culture significantly i.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2983

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Spatio-temporal evolution and influencing factors of the e-sports industry in China ; volume:78 ; number:2 ; year:2024 ; Erdkunde ; 78, Heft 2 (2024)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Zhu, Yixin ; Yang, Zhenshan ; Cheng, Zhe

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2024.02.01
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410281642154.790237491801
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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