• Geographical Research
  • Vol. 39, Issue 6, 1343 (2020)
Guojun YU1、1, Canfei HE1、1、2、2、*, and Shengjun ZHU1、1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 1北京大学城市与环境学院,北京100871
  • 2Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2北京大学-林肯研究院城市发展与土地政策研究中心,北京100871
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    DOI: 10.11821/dlyj020190560 Cite this Article
    Guojun YU, Canfei HE, Shengjun ZHU. Industrial cluster resilience: Technological innovation, relational governance, and market diversification[J]. Geographical Research, 2020, 39(6): 1343 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    How the regional economy resists external shocks and redevelops is a research hotspot in economic geography in recent years. Taking industrial cluster as the starting point, this paper criticizes the existing regional resilience theory based on the evolutionary economic geography, and proposes a Technology-Relation-Market trinity understanding framework which is applicable to understand the cluster resilience. Taking the D oil drilling equipment cluster in S province as a case, the process of resisting and re-development of the cluster after two external shocks was scrutinized. Through interviews with government departments, key enterprises, and analysis of various texts, it is found that cluster resilience is expressed through three ways: Technological innovation, relational governance, and market diversification. The conclusion challenges the regional resilience theory based on the evolutionary economic geography which emphasizes external technological innovation. It believes that internal technological innovation is also an important source of regional resilience. What is more, relational governance and market diversification are two other important dimensions to regional resilience.
    Guojun YU, Canfei HE, Shengjun ZHU. Industrial cluster resilience: Technological innovation, relational governance, and market diversification[J]. Geographical Research, 2020, 39(6): 1343
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