Spatial Characteristics and Strategies of Japanese-Affiliated Companies in the Midwest of the United States: Localization or Specialization?
Spatial Characteristics and Strategies of Japanese-Affiliated Companies in the Midwest of the United States: Localization or Specialization?
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日系企业在美国中西部的空间特征与策略：本地化还是专业化？
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10.4157/grj.75.730
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2002
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A. Taira
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作者：
A. Taira
根据作者编制的数据库和实地研究，研究了中西部地区日本关联公司在制造业和服务业的空间和部门格局及其战略。中西部地区的日资企业很有可能进驻大城市，特别是芝加哥和底特律都市圈，这些地方正在进行地域性郊区化。虽然在伊利诺伊州、密歇根州、明尼苏达州和堪萨斯州，服务业的运营数量超过了制造业，但在整个中西部地区，制造业在雇员数量上主导着服务业。虽然制造业正在追求本地化战略，但服务部门分为两组：采用或转向本地化战略的公司和保持专业化战略的公司。对于后者来说，其他日本附属公司的聚集对它们的地理位置至关重要。
Spatial and sectoral patterns of Japanese-affiliated companies, in both the manufacturing and service sectors, in the Midwest and their strategies have been examined based on a database compiled by the author and field research. Japanese-affiliated companies in the Midwest are likely to be located in large cities, particularly in the Chicago and Detroit Metropolitan Areas, where a suburbanization of location is in progress. Although the service sector surpasses the manufacturing sector in the number of operations in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Kansas, the manufacturing sector dominates the service sector in the number of employees throughout the Midwest. While the manufacturing sector is pursuing a localization strategy, the service sector is divided into two groups: companies which are adopting or shifting to a localization strategy and those which are maintaining a specialization strategy. For the latter group, the agglomeration of other Japanese-affiliated companies is crucial for their location.