Intercommunity relationships and community growth in China's high technology industries 1988–2000
研究中国53个技术开发区1988-2000年的数据，发现区域社区密度、与最近社区的地理邻近性和领域重叠对社区增长呈倒U型关系，即相邻社区既有互利也有竞争效应。
Abstract In this study, we examine how intercommunity relationships affect the growth of organizational communities. Using a unique panel dataset on 53 technology development communities in China spanning 1988–2000, we found that regional community density, a community's geographic proximity to the nearest community and its domain overlap with the nearest community have an inverted U‐shaped relationship with the community's growth. These non‐monotonic results suggest that adjacent communities have both mutualistic and competitive effects on each other. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.