国家结构在战略耦合中的构成作用——兼论中德揭阳生产网络的形成与演变

IF 7.2 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Wenying Fu, Kean Fan Lim
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摘要

摘要对区域和全球领先企业之间战略耦合的研究在很大程度上假设用于耦合的区域资产是现成的,并且在整个耦合过程中基本不变。本文以这一假设为出发点,提出了一个新的框架,考虑如何在多个规模上积极(重新)配置区域资产,从而重新定义当前的战略耦合模式。该框架的实证基础来源于对中国广东省揭阳市中德环境商品和服务生产网络形成和演变的长期案例研究。该分析来自2014年至2020年间对揭阳市非国家和国家行为者进行的33次采访和7次焦点小组讨论。研究结果突显了揭阳企业联盟中德如何超越结构性耦合的局限性,通过与国家级机构的利益重组,与德国领导的EGS全球生产网络(GPN)实现了更平衡的耦合关系。中德积极应对基于实验治理的中国国家结构中的结构性约束和机遇,将德国EGS领先企业连接到中国利润丰厚但受到保护的EGS市场。这种在规模之间跳跃的能力突显了战略耦合的跨规模和动态方面:中德能够通过重新配置区域资产来满足德国领导的EGS GPN对市场准入和增强本地化经济的需求。从这些发现中抽象出来,文章通过概念化战略耦合的内在动力并结合国家结构效应,加强了对战略耦合演变的解释。最后,提出了进一步研究GPN重构的两个方向。
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The Constitutive Role of State Structures in Strategic Coupling: On the Formation and Evolution of Sino-German Production Networks in Jieyang, China
Abstract Research on the strategic coupling between regions and global lead firms has largely assumed that the regional assets for coupling are ready made and are largely unchanging throughout the coupling process. This article takes this assumption as its critical point of departure and presents a new framework that considers how regional assets are actively (re)configured across multiple scales in ways that could redefine the prevailing mode of strategic coupling. The empirical basis of this framework is derived from a long-term case study on the formation and evolution of Sino-German production networks in environmental goods and services (EGS) in Jieyang, a relatively peripheral city in Guangdong province in China. The analysis draws from thirty-three interviews and seven focus group discussions, conducted between 2014 and 2020, with nonstate and state actors in Jieyang. Findings highlight how Zhongde, a coalition of Jieyang-based firms, transcended the limitations of structural coupling, which exemplifies uneven power relations between regions and lead firms, and attained more balanced coupling relations with German-led EGS global production networks (GPNs) through realigning interests with those of national-level institutions. Responding positively to the structural constraints and opportunities within a Chinese state structure based on experimental governance, Zhongde connected German EGS lead firms to the highly profitable but protected EGS market in China. This ability to jump between scales underscores the cross-scalar and dynamic aspects of strategic coupling: Zhongde was able to meet German-led EGS GPNs’ demand for market access and enhanced localization economies through reconfiguring regional assets. Abstracting from these findings, the article enhances the explanation of the evolution of strategic coupling by conceptualizing its intrinsic dynamism and incorporating state structural effects. Finally, it presents two directions for further research on GPN reconfigurations.
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Economic Geography
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期刊介绍: Economic Geography is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing original research that advances the field of economic geography. Their goal is to publish high-quality studies that are both theoretically robust and grounded in empirical evidence, contributing to our understanding of the geographic factors and consequences of economic processes. It welcome submissions on a wide range of topics that provide primary evidence for significant theoretical interventions, offering key insights into important economic, social, development, and environmental issues. To ensure the highest quality publications, all submissions undergo a rigorous peer-review process with at least three external referees and an editor. Economic Geography has been owned by Clark University since 1925 and plays a central role in supporting the global activities of the field, providing publications and other forms of scholarly support. The journal is published five times a year in January, March, June, August, and November.
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