Han Chu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3998047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Han Chu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Han |
| FAMILY NAME | Chu |
| SIGNATURE | CHU H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4060-7160 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Opening the geographical black box of the influencer economy
The spatial evolution of E - sports firms and the location choice of new firms
Unpacking the clustering of the creator with digital entrepreneurial ecosystems
Digital platforms have re-wired how value is created, distributed, and captured—yet the geography of the related Creator Economy remains poorly understood. To unpack the clustering of the creator, this study develops a creator‐friendly Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (cfDEE) framework and constructs a comprehensive city‐level DEE index using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to capture the structural conditions that support creators’ entrepr…
Beyond regional economic resilience
This study distinguishes cluster resilience from regional economic resilience, which often overlooks heterogeneous mechanisms within clusters. Drawing on a two-decade comparison of two Chinese furniture clusters, it shows how adaptive capacities are shaped by dual embeddedness in territorial contexts and wider industrial networks. One cluster, located in an underdeveloped region with a simple industrial network, relies on direct government interv…
From smile curve to wicked smile? The role of e-commerce platforms in reshaping industry value chains and empowering clusters
Rethinking path dependence and lock-ins in regions, economy and society
In our current crisis-ridden times of multiple, cascading pressures, shocks and disruptions, there is an increasingly pressing need for adaptation, flexibility and change in regions, economies, societies and policy models. However, no matter whether present-day crises have a long durée character, such as climate change and the accelerating AI Revolution, or are sudden shocks, such as the Global Financial Crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine…
Exploring the mechanisms of platform empowered cluster development
By studying a Chinese characteristic phenomenon, the expansion of Taobao villages at the county level, we coin the term ‘platform empowered cluster development’ (PECD). Based on cluster theory and empirical knowledge of Taobao villages, we analyse the pre-existing context, the process forces and outcome of Taobao village expansion in 50 counties with a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The following four patterns of PECD are fin…
Advancing spatial ontology in evolutionary economic geography
Although evolutionary economic geography has been popular in economic geography, it has also been criticized for, among others, a weak geographical conceptualization, which has become evident, particularly in empirical research on related and unrelated variety. Therefore, this paper advances a spatial ontology, which is embedded in critical realism and social constructivism, and will empower evolutionary economic geography to understand and expla…
Placing the platform economy
The actions of platforms and their all-inclusive impact on place development is coined platform-based place making in this article. We use the actor-network theory to analyse a typical e-commerce platform-based place making, namely the emergence, development and upgrading of Taobao villages in China, and to explore the mechanisms of platform place making power. Our study shows that platforms ‘make’ places by platform–place interactions of progres…
Fragmented or engaged pluralism in economic geography
According to some economic geographers, modern economic geography has been increasingly fragmented over the last twenty years, concerning both its themes and its paradigms. However, so far, no bibliometric analysis has been carried out to quantitatively measure the degree of fragmentation in economic geography concerning paradigms. In this paper, we therefore aim to analyze the state of the art in economic geography concerning paradigms and persp…
Advancing spatial ontology in evolutionary economic geography
Although evolutionary economic geography has been popular in economic geography, it has also been criticized for, among others, a weak geographical conceptualization, which has become evident, particularly in empirical research on related and unrelated variety. Therefore, this paper advances a spatial ontology, which is embedded in critical realism and social constructivism, and will empower evolutionary economic geography to understand and expla…
Placing the platform economy
The actions of platforms and their all-inclusive impact on place development is coined platform-based place making in this article. We use the actor-network theory to analyse a typical e-commerce platform-based place making, namely the emergence, development and upgrading of Taobao villages in China, and to explore the mechanisms of platform place making power. Our study shows that platforms ‘make’ places by platform–place interactions of progres…
Fragmented or engaged pluralism in economic geography
According to some economic geographers, modern economic geography has been increasingly fragmented over the last twenty years, concerning both its themes and its paradigms. However, so far, no bibliometric analysis has been carried out to quantitatively measure the degree of fragmentation in economic geography concerning paradigms. In this paper, we therefore aim to analyze the state of the art in economic geography concerning paradigms and persp…
Exploring the mechanisms of platform empowered cluster development
By studying a Chinese characteristic phenomenon, the expansion of Taobao villages at the county level, we coin the term ‘platform empowered cluster development’ (PECD). Based on cluster theory and empirical knowledge of Taobao villages, we analyse the pre-existing context, the process forces and outcome of Taobao village expansion in 50 counties with a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The following four patterns of PECD are fin…
Advancing spatial ontology in evolutionary economic geography
Although evolutionary economic geography has been popular in economic geography, it has also been criticized for, among others, a weak geographical conceptualization, which has become evident, particularly in empirical research on related and unrelated variety. Therefore, this paper advances a spatial ontology, which is embedded in critical realism and social constructivism, and will empower evolutionary economic geography to understand and expla…
Placing the platform economy
The actions of platforms and their all-inclusive impact on place development is coined platform-based place making in this article. We use the actor-network theory to analyse a typical e-commerce platform-based place making, namely the emergence, development and upgrading of Taobao villages in China, and to explore the mechanisms of platform place making power. Our study shows that platforms ‘make’ places by platform–place interactions of progres…
Fragmented or engaged pluralism in economic geography
According to some economic geographers, modern economic geography has been increasingly fragmented over the last twenty years, concerning both its themes and its paradigms. However, so far, no bibliometric analysis has been carried out to quantitatively measure the degree of fragmentation in economic geography concerning paradigms. In this paper, we therefore aim to analyze the state of the art in economic geography concerning paradigms and persp…
Exploring the mechanisms of platform empowered cluster development
By studying a Chinese characteristic phenomenon, the expansion of Taobao villages at the county level, we coin the term ‘platform empowered cluster development’ (PECD). Based on cluster theory and empirical knowledge of Taobao villages, we analyse the pre-existing context, the process forces and outcome of Taobao village expansion in 50 counties with a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The following four patterns of PECD are fin…
Opening the geographical black box of the influencer economy
The spatial evolution of E - sports firms and the location choice of new firms
Unpacking the clustering of the creator with digital entrepreneurial ecosystems
Digital platforms have re-wired how value is created, distributed, and captured—yet the geography of the related Creator Economy remains poorly understood. To unpack the clustering of the creator, this study develops a creator‐friendly Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (cfDEE) framework and constructs a comprehensive city‐level DEE index using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to capture the structural conditions that support creators’ entrepr…
Beyond regional economic resilience
This study distinguishes cluster resilience from regional economic resilience, which often overlooks heterogeneous mechanisms within clusters. Drawing on a two-decade comparison of two Chinese furniture clusters, it shows how adaptive capacities are shaped by dual embeddedness in territorial contexts and wider industrial networks. One cluster, located in an underdeveloped region with a simple industrial network, relies on direct government interv…
From smile curve to wicked smile? The role of e-commerce platforms in reshaping industry value chains and empowering clusters
Rethinking path dependence and lock-ins in regions, economy and society
In our current crisis-ridden times of multiple, cascading pressures, shocks and disruptions, there is an increasingly pressing need for adaptation, flexibility and change in regions, economies, societies and policy models. However, no matter whether present-day crises have a long durée character, such as climate change and the accelerating AI Revolution, or are sudden shocks, such as the Global Financial Crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine…
Economic geography (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Regional resilience and development (4 works) · China (3 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Business cluster (2 works) · Cluster (spacecraft (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Development geography (2 works)