What really goes on in Silicon Valley? Spatial clustering and dispersal in modular production networks
提出“模块化生产网络”概念，论证空间集聚与分散可以相互兼容和强化，并以硅谷为例说明企业如何利用邻近性构建和管理全球生产网络。
Is the geographic trajectory of capitalism toward spatial clustering or dispersal? Recent theoretical work in the stream of ‘relational’ economic geography includes several dynamic elements that increase the importance of spatial clustering over time. This paper develops the concept of ‘modular production networks’ to show that spatial clustering and dispersal can be compatible, mutually reinforcing trends. Modular production networks encompass nodes of tacit activity linked through the exchange of codified information to create global‐scale production systems. In places like Silicon Valley, industry participants rely on the benefits of proximity to help build and manage global‐scale production networks.