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来源

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES,Vol.25,Issue9,P.1497-1515

语言

英文

关键字

Canton Fair; dynamic market relations; geographies of markets; multiple market configurations; knowledge flows; temporary markets; INTERNATIONAL-TRADE FAIRS; ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHY; CLUSTERS; SHOWS; CIRCULATION; NETWORKS; EXCHANGE; DYNAMICS

作者单位

[Bathelt, Harald] Univ Toronto, Dept Polit Sci, Sidney Smith Hall,100 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada. [Bathelt, Harald] Univ Toronto, Dept Geog & Planning, Toronto, ON, Canada. [Li, Pengfei] HEC Montreal, Dept Int Business, Montreal, PQ, Canada. [Zhu, Yi-wen] East China Normal Univ, Sch Urban & Reg Sci, Shanghai, Peoples R China. Bathelt, H (reprint author), Univ Toronto, Dept Polit Sci, Sidney Smith Hall,100 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada. E-Mail: harald.bathelt@utoronto.ca

摘要

While recent research on temporary clusters and temporary markets has emphasized the knowledge generation processes associated with trade fairs, little is known about the knowledge exchanges that are embedded in market relations at these events. This paper uses the case of the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, the largest trade fair in China, to illustrate that such events do not operate as a single market, but that they generate multiple dynamic market configurations, which entail different flows of knowledge, goods and people. In a typical case study, four types of market configurations are identified that simultaneously develop at this event. The findings contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of market relations, knowledge and transactions in temporary spatial settings.