Networks, Social Capital, and Cluster Life Cycle Studies: A New Socio-Economic Perspective

Author: Lin Jingjun
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is part of the "Fudan University Young Economists' Series. Studies on Frontier Issues in Economics." The author utilizes core concepts and theoretical propositions of new economic sociology, such as embeddedness, social networks, and social capital, to conduct a scholarly study of the three fundamental issues of cluster formation, development, and decline using social network analysis methods. It profoundly reveals the sociological essence of the economic phenomenon of clusters and examines and explains the entire life cycle of industrial clusters from the perspective of new economic sociology. This book holds significant theoretical guidance for current industrial cluster practices in China, particularly the embeddedness analysis of cluster decline, which is highly meaningful for the upgrading of industrial clusters in China. The book has a rigorous structure, abundant references, comprehensive data, and meticulous arguments, making it highly worth reading.