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| THE EFFECTS OF LATE COMER: THE DISADVANTAGES AND ADVANTAGES OF THE LATE COMER——Implication to Western China Development |
| WU Yu-ming1,2, LI Jian-xia2, XU Jian-hua1 |
1. Open Research Laboratory of City & Environmental Informational Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China;
2. School of Business, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541001, China |
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Abstract Based on introduction of the concept of the effects of the late comer, the paper not only discusses the positive effects, the disadvantages and advantages the negative effects of the late comer, but their contents also are introduced. The theory of disadvantages and advantages of the late comer inspires us that the late comer not only has positive effect but also has negative effect in its economic development process, and the regions which lagged behind will not always the laggard and have not the likelihood and hope of growing up, they can spring up quickly through the appropriate regional development stratagem and cut-in path and breakthrough in regional economic development. To overcome the negative effect of the late comer, and to actualize the goal of catch up the developed regions, following steps should be taken timely and properly. First of all, the late comer must be aware of the development critic pressure and vital crisis, and be sufficiently conscious of its inferior position. This is the first and necessary step for the late comer to the correctly aware of its inferior position and overcome the shortage.Secondly, the late comer should make good use of the advantages of the late comer actively, and get over its disadvantages in time, exert to conquer its disadvantages step by step. This is the sticking point of the catching-up course.Thirdly, in the dynamic process of development and overtaking course, only the disadvantages of the late comer be transformed into the advantages completely, can the late comer and the earlier comer change their positions thoroughly inversely. The implication to Western China Development is that the late comer has the opportunities to catch up with and exceed the earlier development regions. The sticking points of the underdevelopment regions growing ahead or lag behind, lie on whether the late comer can integrate the economic theory with its local development situations, and chooses the proper regional development strategies and the right cut-in route and breakthrough points. For the sake of realizing sustainable development of the Western China, regional development strategies must be changed, advantages of the late comer must be exerted, advantages of the late comer and institution innovations, technical innovations and knowledge development competence must be combined correctly also. At last, the positive countermeasures must be taken timely.
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Received: 08 October 2003
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2005, Vol. 20 
