企业地理研究述评

西方发达国家自本世纪60年代以来,企业地理研究的理论、方法和实践已有了很大进展。为开展我国企业地理研究,本文围绕着企业地理研究的方法、产生背景及其发展阶段、主要研究领域以及研究动向等四个方面进行探讨,并认为在我国开展企业地理研究具有广阔的发展前景和深远的理论与实践意义。

A Review of the study of Enterprise Geography

Since 1960s, considerable progress has been made in the geography of enterprise in the Western Developed Countires. The paper which eaxmines the maior theoretical develop-ments of the geography of enterprise is arranged around four main facets. First, five approaches within the geography of entenprise can be considered, and the context in which enterprises operate is introduced. This is follow ed by an examination of main develop-ment stages of geography of enterprise. The third section analyses the major research areas of the geography of enterprise with an emphasis on the spatial evolution of enterprises and on linkages of enterprise. some new research trends make up the fourth section. Based on reviewing and critically analyzing the major developments of geography of enterprise in the West, many new theoretical and practical problems for geography of enterprise in China are posed.