Industrial Convergence of Manufacturing and Producer Creative Industries—An Comparative Analysis of China and Czech

Abstract

Selecting the producer creative sectors that closely linkage with manufacturing from creative industries, the paper measures the convergence degree of manufacturing and producer creative industries in China and Czech and uses the gray correlation analysis method to measure the correlation between industrial convergence and manufacturing update. The results show that: (1) considering convergence occurring between PCIs and MI, China's convergence degree is higher than that of the Czech Republic, but it is volatile over time. From the perspective of sub-sectors, the convergence of Czech’s manufacturing and producer creative sectors is much more balanced than that of China. For effect of convergence, the positive impact of industrial convergence on manufacturing upgrading in Czech is more remarkable.