| Abstract | 第2页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第3-5页 |
| Chapter 1: Introduction | 第5-14页 |
| Research Puzzle | 第5-7页 |
| Research Question | 第7页 |
| Hypothesis | 第7页 |
| Research Significance | 第7-8页 |
| Identifying Clusters | 第8页 |
| Figure 1.1: Typology of Innovative Networks within Industry Clusters | 第8-10页 |
| Methodology | 第10-11页 |
| Variables and analysis | 第11-12页 |
| Controlling Extraneous Variables | 第12-13页 |
| Thesis Outline | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2: Evolutionary Economic Theory and the Development of Industry Clusters | 第14-24页 |
| Industry Clusters | 第14-16页 |
| Literature on Cluster Theory | 第16-17页 |
| Cluster Growth | 第17-19页 |
| Spill-over and tacit knowledge transfer | 第19-20页 |
| Window of Locational Opportunity | 第20-23页 |
| Figure 2.1 Stages of Industry Cluster Formation | 第23-24页 |
| Chapter 3：Qingdao and Newton Empirically | 第24-40页 |
| Definition of Case Study Areas | 第24-25页 |
| Figure 3.1： Newton Functioning Economic Area (FEA) | 第25-26页 |
| Figure 3.2: Qingdao Functioning Economic Area | 第26页 |
| Triggers: Incipient Stages of Cluster Development | 第26-29页 |
| Related Firms and Employment | 第29页 |
| Figure 3.3 Regional Occupational Specialization | 第29-31页 |
| Figure 3.4 Jasper County Comparative Advantages | 第31-32页 |
| Component Part Content | 第32-33页 |
| Cluster Innovativeness | 第33-37页 |
| Production | 第37页 |
| Decline within Newton Industry Cluster | 第37-40页 |
| Chapter 4: Analysis of Newton and Qingdao Historical Evolution | 第40-57页 |
| Stage 1: ‘Triggers’ | 第40-44页 |
| Stage 2: Industry and Environment Interaction | 第44-46页 |
| Industry Consolidation | 第46-47页 |
| Qingdao Target | 第47-51页 |
| Stage 3: Equilibrium and de-locking | 第51-52页 |
| Figure 4.1: The Canonical Model of Path Dependency | 第52-53页 |
| Figure 4.2 Number of Washing Machine Producing firms in Newton (1900-2015) | 第53-55页 |
| Figure 4.3 Zhenzhou Road Incubator | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 5: Findings and Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Implications | 第59-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-65页 |
