‘One for all and all for one’: Cluster, employment, and the global economic crisis. Evidence from the German mechanical engineering industry
‘One for all and all for one’: Cluster, employment, and the global economic crisis. Evidence from the German mechanical engineering industry
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“一为全，一为一”：集群、就业和全球经济危机来自德国机械工程行业的证据。
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2013
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
M. Wrobel
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作者：
M. Wrobel
区域集群--及其组成企业--如何应对重大经济冲击，直到最近才成为区域研究的关注中心。本研究以“适应性复原力”的概念为出发点，采用混合方法(企业调查、多元分析、专家访谈)，探讨德国机械工程行业集群企业与非集群企业在危机初期(2008-2009年)的反应。研究结果显示，集群型企业的就业趋势明显比非集群型企业积极。对集群公司比其他公司表现出更强韧性的机制的进一步分析表明，区域行为者之间的团结和利他主义在危机开始时具有特别重要的意义。
How regional clusters – and the firms constituting it – respond to major economic shocks has only recently become the centre of attention in regional research. Taking the concept of ‘adaptive resilience’ as a point of departure, and using a mixed methods approach (firm survey, multivariate analysis, expert interviews), this study explores the response of cluster and non‐cluster firms of the German mechanical engineering sector during the initial phase of the crisis (2008–2009). Findings show a significantly more positive employment trend in cluster firms than in non‐cluster firms. Further analyses of the mechanisms that allow cluster firms to exhibit more resilience than other firms suggest that solidarity and altruism among regional actors were of particular importance in the beginning of the crisis.