Progress of the reconstruction of industrial district theory and the empirical study
Received date: 2014-08-05
Request revised date: 2014-12-20
Online published: 2015-03-10
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As the most dynamic "economy-society" space in the progress of regional development, industrial district has the function of driving the development, enhancing the rate of employment and strengthening competitiveness, which arouses much attention from economic geography, sociology, management science and so on. Classical industrial district theory places emphasis on the impact of the endogenous factors on its evolution, such as the agglomeration economies, specialized division of labor and institutional environment. But under the background of economic globalization, regional integration and technological change, and the trends of institutional turn, cultural turn, relational turn, scalar turn and evolutional turn, the classical industrial district theory is limited to explain the externalization of industrial district, "lock-in" effect, and the transformation of space function. Through the review of the research progress of industrial district, it can be found that the angle of research in the new period has changed, which is from system dynamics to firms strategy, from local embeddedness to global network, from spontaneous growth to pluralistic governance, from life cycle theory to multiple path-dependence. At the same time, the related empirical research of industrial district evolution is also following up: (1) Based on the reconstruction of industrial district theory, scholars have discussed upgrading paths of industrial district from several aspects, such as production organizational form, innovation mode, spatial structure and function, governance policies. (2) Strategic behavior of leading firm, global production network, institutional and technological innovation have become the new focus of evolution mechanism research of industrial district. (3) The influence of industrial district development on the evolution of local and global production network, regional society and economy development and urban spatial structure has attracted much attention. Then, we summarize the progress of industrial district study in China, and on this basis, we estimate the development and research direction of industrial district in China: (1) A theoretical framework, which reflects the development law of industrial district in China, should be built. (2) The evolution law of the interior space form of industrial district and its relationship with urban space should be explored. (3) The evolution mechanism of industrial districts needs to be further examined. (4) The evolution trend and its effect of industrial districts remain to be perfect.
WU Jiawei , CHEN Wen , YUAN Feng . Progress of the reconstruction of industrial district theory and the empirical study[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 2015 , 34(3) : 487 -503 . DOI: 10.11821/dlyj201503008
Fig. 1 Challenge and restriction of traditional industrial district图1 新时期传统产业区发展挑战与限制 |
Fig. 2 Reconstruction of industrial district theory in the new period图2 新时期产业区研究理论视角重构 |
Fig. 3 Theoretical basis and specific path of industrial district upgrading图3 新时期产业区转型升级理论基础与具体路径 |
Tab. 1 Comparison of empirical study before and after the reconstruction of industrial district theory表1 产业区理论视角重构前后相关实证研究对比 |
| 理论视角 | 演化趋势(升级路径研究) | 演化机制(影响因素)研究 | 演化效应研究 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 经典产业区理论 | 1.“形成—发展—成熟—停滞—衰落或复兴”生命周期 | 1. 企业、产业集群与演化 2. 外部经济与集聚经济 3.“弹性专精”生产组织方式 4. 本地社会文化制度 5. 交易成本 6. 本地创新环境与网络 | 1. 内部中小企业竞争力 2. 区域社会经济增长 |
| 新时期产业区理 论视角重构 | 1. 生产组织形式 2. 创新模式 3. 空间结构与功能 4. 治理政策与制度 | 1. 龙头企业战略行为 2. 全球生产与知识网络 3. 技术与制度创新能力 | 1. 本地、全球生产网络 2. 国家—区域社会经济 转型发展 3. 城市空间结构演化 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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