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1、Geoforum32-2001)363±376www.elsevier.com/locate/geoforumExplainingindustrialagglomeration:thecaseoftheBritishhigh-®delityindustryabbW.May,C.Mason,S.PinchaFordMotorCompany,EagleWay,Brentwood,EssexCM133BW,UKbDepartmentofGeography,UniversityofSouthampton,High®eld,SouthamptonSO171BJ,UKReceived6De
2、cember1999;inrevisedform27November2000AbstractThispaperexaminestheinsightsintodebatesaboutregionalagglomerationprovidedbytheBritishhigh-®delityindustry-BHFI).Thisgeographicalclusterofsmallspecialistcompaniesdisplaysworldleadershipinthesphereofhigh-qualitysoundreproductionbutonlyweakelementso
3、finstitutionalthickness,andlimitedinter-®rminteractions.Thereis,however,someevidenceinthisin-dustryofcollectivelearning,untradedinterdependenciesandindirectinstitutionalsupportintheformofgovernmentinfrastructureinpreviousdecades.Localisedinterdependencies,bothofthetradedandtheuntradedkind,pl
4、ayanimportantroleinfosteringclusteringofthesehi-®companiesbutmuchofthepropinquitycanbeattributedtoinertiaeectsasfoundersestablishnewbusinessesneartheiroldcompaniesand,or,theirplaceofresidence.Theclusteringofhi-®companiesinthesouth-eastisthereforelargelyare¯ectionoftheconcentrationofelitetech
5、nicalpersonnelinthisregion.Theanalysissuggeststhat,inthecaseoftheBHFI,thekeyelementsofinstitutionalthicknessareconstitutedbythe®rmandthelabourmarket.Ó2001ElsevierScienceLtd.Allrightsreserved.Keywords:Agglomeration;Untradedinterdependencies;Institutionalthickness;Learningregion;Innovation;Hi-
6、®delityaudiosector1.Introductionclaimhegemonicstatusforsuchphenomenonaspartofanewpost-Fordistera.Thereisalsoanemergingcon-Thesigni®canceofterritorialisedformsofproductionsensusaboutthewiderangeoffactorsthatareassoci-isanenduringsourceofcontroversywithineconomicatedwithindustrialagglomeration
7、including:thegeography.Whilstsomearguethattheregionmustas-capacityfor¯exibilityandhighratesofinnovation;in-sumecentralstatusasaunitinnewformsofcapitalistformalnetworksoffrequentface-to-facecontact;thedevelopment-e.g.,Storper,1995),othersplacegreate
