TITLE:
Research on the Evolution of the Spatial Structure of the Digital Economy and the Influencing Factors of the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration
AUTHORS:
Fuyun Zhu, Xinping Wang
KEYWORDS:
Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration, Digital Economy, Spatial Structure
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.11 No.5,
September
28,
2023
ABSTRACT: Digital economy is a key force to promote the
high-quality development of Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration. Based on the
digital economy development indexes of 11 cities in the Guanzhong Plain city
cluster in 2012, 2016 and 2020, this study applies the modified gravity model
to measure the degree of spatial connectivity within the city cluster and
analyzes the network spatial structure of the digital economy in the Guanzhong
Plain from the perspectives of centrality, linkage intensity and linkage
density by combining the social network analysis method. Finally, this study conducts QAP empirical research on the impacts of the digital
economy in 2020. The results found that: the digital economy network structure
of Guanzhong Plain is stable, and the cities of Xi’an and Baoji have a stronger
digital economy radiation effect; the cohesive subgroups have a poor clustering
effect; the city GDP, scientific and technological innovation, and the strength
of governmental support are the important factors influencing the spatial
structure of the digital economy of the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration.