Networks, Social Capital, and Cluster Life Cycle Studies: A New Sociological Perspective - Youth Economic Scholars' Series from Fudan University

Author: Lin Jingjun
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book is part of the "Fudan University Young Economists' Series 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 on the three fundamental issues of cluster formation, development, and decline using social network analysis methods. It profoundly reveals the sociological essence of the cluster phenomenon and examines the entire life cycle of industrial clusters from the perspective of new economic sociology. This book holds significant theoretical guidance for China's current industrial cluster practices, particularly the embeddedness analysis of cluster decline, which is highly meaningful for the upgrading of industrial clusters in China. The book is well-structured, rich in literature, well-documented, and rigorously argued, making it highly worth reading.
Chapters 1 and 2 of the book primarily accomplish two tasks: First, they systematically introduce the research origins of the "industrial cluster" issue and review domestic and international cluster research literature, thereby establishing the book's research objectives, approach, and methodology. Second, they review the development history of new economic sociology and provide a detailed introduction to its three major theoretical propositions and core conceptual framework.
Chapter 3 conducts an embeddedness analysis of the formation process of industrial clusters from the perspective of new economic sociology. Chapter 4 focuses on the development and innovation of clusters. Chapter 5 primarily examines the decline of clusters. Chapter 6 is the empirical research section of the book.