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題名 Global production networks and local institutional building: the development of the information technology industry in Suzhou
作者 王振寰;Chuan Kai Lee
日期 2007-08
上傳時間 28-Nov-2008 12:20:46 (UTC+8)
摘要 We discuss how global production networks interact with local institutions to shape the\r\nways in which economic development occurs within a region; the region concerned being the Suzhou\r\nmunicipality in China. We argue that the development of Suzhou`s information-technology industry\r\nhas largely resulted from (1) the transformation of global production networks in the 1990s, in which\r\nTaiwanese firms played an important role; (2) the local states` active role in transforming local\r\ninstitutions to fit the needs of foreign firms; and (3) Taiwanese investors` engagement in mediating\r\nand transplanting related institutions into the locality to meet the demand of global logistics for speed and\r\nflexibility. All these have resulted in Suzhou municipality`s rapid growth in the information-technology\r\nindustry and its embeddedness in the fusion of the global and local contexts. However, we will also\r\ndemonstrate that the power asymmetry of global players and local states in this area has resulted in the\r\ncreation of industrial clusters that are institutionally embedded but technologically delinked from\r\nthe localities.
關聯 Environment and Planning A, 39(8), 1873-1888
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a38428
dc.creator (作者) 王振寰;Chuan Kai Leezh_TW
dc.date (日期) 2007-08en_US
dc.date.accessioned 28-Nov-2008 12:20:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 28-Nov-2008 12:20:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 28-Nov-2008 12:20:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://ah.lib.nccu.edu.tw/item?item_id=11725-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) We discuss how global production networks interact with local institutions to shape the\r\nways in which economic development occurs within a region; the region concerned being the Suzhou\r\nmunicipality in China. We argue that the development of Suzhou`s information-technology industry\r\nhas largely resulted from (1) the transformation of global production networks in the 1990s, in which\r\nTaiwanese firms played an important role; (2) the local states` active role in transforming local\r\ninstitutions to fit the needs of foreign firms; and (3) Taiwanese investors` engagement in mediating\r\nand transplanting related institutions into the locality to meet the demand of global logistics for speed and\r\nflexibility. All these have resulted in Suzhou municipality`s rapid growth in the information-technology\r\nindustry and its embeddedness in the fusion of the global and local contexts. However, we will also\r\ndemonstrate that the power asymmetry of global players and local states in this area has resulted in the\r\ncreation of industrial clusters that are institutionally embedded but technologically delinked from\r\nthe localities.-
dc.format application/en_US
dc.language enen_US
dc.language en-USen_US
dc.language.iso en_US-
dc.relation (關聯) Environment and Planning A, 39(8), 1873-1888en_US
dc.title (題名) Global production networks and local institutional building: the development of the information technology industry in Suzhouen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1068/a38428-
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a38428-