关键词: 企业地理, 多厂企业, 企业联系, 企业空间演化, 企业空间行为

Abstract: The geography of enterprise which is a relatively new approach in industrial geography, focuses first on enterprises themselves and only second on their spatial effects, yet several studies have already indicate its Value. Since McNee's pioneering work over three decades ago, the idea and practicei of a geography of enterprise has gathered momentum.The paper which examines the major theoretical devslopments of the geography of enterprise is arranged around four main facts.First, five approaches within the geography of enterprise can be considered, and the context in which enterprises operate is in troduced.This is followed by an examination of main development stages of geography of enter prise. The third section analyses the major research areas of the geography of enterprise with an emphasis on the spatial evolution of enterprises and on linkages of enterprise some new research tendencies make up the fourth section.Based on reviewing and critically analyzing the major developments of geography oi enterprise in the West, many new theoretical and practical problems for geography of enterprise in China are posed.

Key words: Geography of enterprise, Multi-plant enterprises, Enterprise linkage, Spatial evolution of enterprise, Spatial behaviour of entetprise