A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON TWO TYPES OF FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION SPACES UNDER THE EFFECT OF THE PLATFORM ECONOMY:A PERSPECTIVE FROM NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS
The rise of platform economy has changed the mechanism and characteristics of flexible production space.Drawing upon the analytical framework established from the perspective of new institutional economics,and through a comparative study on Kangle Lujiang Area and Nancun Town in Guangzhou,this paper finds that,under the influence of the platform economy,flexible production spaces can be categorized into two types:platform-embedded and platform-reconstructed.The former reaches flexible production by leveraging the gig economy and reducing spatial scale to adapt to the trend of daily small quantity production,and by relying on geographic proximity and social network organization to address large-scale production;the latter reaches flexible production through platforms that use induced rules to guide enterprises to scale up production,and instantly allocate orders based on algorithms.The two types share a common basis in a flexible spatial supply system.They differ in their degree of substituting geographic proximity and social networks in virtual space,and their organizational modes are respectively characterized by post-Fordist and re-Fordist.Urban planning needs to re-examine the spatial institutional value of marginal spaces such as urban villages in the new economy,and pay attention to the impact of the rules set by digital platforms on cities.
platform economydigital economyflexible productionsmall order fast reaction
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