Formation of Industrial Clusters in Beijing Based on Social Networks of the Natives of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province:

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  • 中国浙江省温州出身者の社会的ネットワークに基づく産業集積の形成
  • 中国浙江省温州出身者の社会的ネットワークに基づく産業集積の形成 : 北京大紅門アパレル地域を事例として
  • チュウゴクセツコウショウ ウンシュウ シュッシンシャ ノ シャカイテキ ネットワーク ニ モトズク サンギョウ シュウセキ ノ ケイセイ : キタキョウダイコウモン アパレル チイキ オ ジレイ ト シテ
  • ―北京大紅門アパレル地域を事例として―
  • A Case Study of the Dahongmen Apparel District

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<p>    This paper is a case study of the Dahongmen apparel industrial area. The Dahongmen area of Beijing is well known for its clusters of apparel companies run by people originally from Wenzhou, a city in Zhejiang Province. In this research a study was made on how these companies established businesses and formed manufacturing clusters through their business managersʼ use of social networks of relatives and associates from Wenzhou. To clarify this situation, interviews and questionnaires were conducted with 82 of those managers in charge of apparel production and sales businesses. The content of these interviews and questionnaires was then analyzed.<BR>    The results of the investigation were as follows. With the reforms in China following the opening up of the country in the 1980s, people from Wenzhou migrated to Beijing and started to create businesses such as apparel product factories and sales branches in the cityʼs Dahongmen district. To further expand their businesses, successful entrepreneurs called relatives and friends from Wenzhou to Dahongmen as laborers. Among this large number of laborers, there were also many individuals who later became independent and started up their own businesses. These men and women, while working in garment factories, acquired the knowledge and technology required for apparel production and sales. They also developed their own networks of business connections in the apparel market. Senior managers with proven track records in the apparel business provided financial support, as well as introductions to key customers, for those would-be entrepreneurs who were relatives or were friends from Wenzhou. This type of support likely made possible a division of labor between production and sales. This arrangement also was profitable for leading companies because it helped them hold on to key customers.<BR>    This research makes clear that in the Dahongmen area clusters of small businesses expanded as a result of people from the same hometown, Wenzhou, using social networks based on family ties and local home area friendships.</p>

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