From Agglomeration to Agglomeration:Theoretical Mechanisms and Evolutionary Process of Firm Co-agglomeration:A Case Study of German-Invested Enterprises in Taicang,Jiangsu
Since the first German-invested enterprise took root in Taicang in 1993,the city has become a para-digm among county-level cities with the highest concentration of German-invested enterprises in China.To delve into the inherent laws underlying this phenomenon,this paper integrates the path dependence theory and co-evolu-tion theory from new economic geography and evolutionary economic geography,incorporating institutional economics and social network analysis methods,to construct an analytical framework of"enterprise-government-institution-network"embedded with regional spatial characteristics,and proposes a"path dependence selection model under gov-ernment guidance."This paper sorts out the evolution process of the cluster of German-invested enterprises in Taicang,dividing its development into four stages:historical contingency(1993),path creation(1993-2003),path dependence and lock-in(2003-2015),and path unlocking and breakthrough(2016-present).This paper focuses on the"from agglomeration to agglomeration"characteristic exhibited by German-invested enterprises in their investment and development in Taicang,i.e.,German enterprises agglomerating in Taicang also display a trend of ag-glomeration in Germany.The collaborative agglomeration mechanism and dynamic evolutionary path are crucial to Taicang's evolution into the"hometown of German enterprises."
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