The Dialogue between Territorialization and Governance of Industrial Networks: The Case of Taiwanese PC Trans-border Production Networks
Resource
建築與城鄉學報, 14, 015-030
Journal
建築與城鄉學報
Journal Issue
14
Pages
015-030
Date Issued
2007-08
Date
2007-08
Author(s)
Yang, Y.R.
Abstract
This article aims to explore the implication and limitation of "Global Commodity Chains' theory to regional development by investigating Taiwanese IT companies' trans-border investment in Northern Taiwan, Greater Suzhou Area and Greater Dongguan Area. First of all, we argue that attention should be paid to the external connections with other nodes in global networks in investigating particular industrial cluster. Furthermore, we propose the concepts of "hybrid governed commodity chains" and "territorially reflexive commodity chains' to modify the original concept of Global Commodity Chains. Finally, we argue that the operation of global production networks relies on the support of territorialized production systems to a certain degree, and the structural division of labor within the commodity chains might be transformed during the process of strengthening the firms' ownership advantages through integrating the trans-locational assets, and hence influences the regional development.
Subjects
全球商品鏈
區域發展
生產網絡
領域化
組織治理
台商
Global Commodity Chains
Regional Development
Production Network
Territorialization
Organizational Governance
Taiwanese Companies
Type
journal article