简论我国地方企业集群的研究意义

全球经济中，国家竞争优势不能只依靠国内的全球性企业，更重要的是那些扎根于国土上的企业集群。如何提高地方企业集群内部的学习能力和创新能力，促进企业集群的生产系统与知识系统的有机结合，加强企业集群内部的企业分工与合作，以及如何寻找发展内力和整合外部信息的接合方式，成为区域应对全球化挑战的关键问题。这个当今公共政策的重要课题需要多学科跨领域地商讨解决，急需经济地理学者的积极参与。本文简明扼要地论述了在我国研究地方企业集群的意义。

THE RESEARCH AGENDA ON LOCAL CLUSTERS OF ENTERPRISES IN CHINA

In a global economy, the competitive advantage of nations can not be based on global enterprises alone. This advantage is also built on clusters of enterprises that are well-rooted in specific territories. Some of these territories have had considerable commercial success, thanks to factors such as a high concentration and mobility of human resources, quick circulation of information and transmission of specific know-how. These territories are open to the outside world and represent an opportunity to strengthen national presence in international exchanges. This articulation between the inner strength of local productive systems and competition at an international level is now high on public policy agendas. The paper introduces the research topic briefly. It is to raise awareness among Chinese economic geographers to join the research work on local clusters and to discuss the new challenges that local districts have to face in the globalization era.