On Medium And Small-sized Enterprise Cluster

On the basis of analyzing all kinds of definitions about SME cluster, the essay puts forward the definition of SME cluster and outlines the main features of SME cluster. It discusses why we would carry on research about SME cluster. It also sums up relative theory of SME cluster based on analysis of forming cause, promoting factors, basic categories and evolving features. The essay builds up an analysis frame of forming principle about SME cluster. It believes that the advantages of SME cluster lead to the formation of SME cluster, and these advantages include transaction cost benefits, innovation benefits and trademark benefits etc. It also specifies the forming conditions of SME cluster into culture and tradition condition, market needs condition, policy condition, factors condition of production and natural condition etc. On the basis -of analyzing of forming and forming conditions, it discusses main forming ways of SME cluster. The essay also sets up an analysis frame of operating principle about SME cluster by specifying contact tie, trust mechanism, technology innovation, policy support, competition and corporation etc. It expounds the development experiences and illuminating remarks obtained from some countries including the American, Italy, Japan and India. Based on analysis of development condition in China, the essay puts forward developing countermeasure according to main problems of SME cluster in our country.This essay comprises seven chapters.Chapter 1 firstly analyzes many kinds of definitions about SME cluster andsummarizes the similar points of these definitions. And the essay also gives a definition of SME cluster. Secondly, this chapter expounds the main features of SME cluster. Thirdly, this chapter discusses why we would carry on the research about SME cluster.Chapter 2 expounds theories of SME cluster. It analyzes forming cause , promoting factors, basic categories and evolving features of SME cluster.Chapter 3 discusses the forming principle about SME cluster. Firstly, this chapter believes that advantages of SME cluster are the forming cause, and advantages of SME cluster are made of cost benefits, innovation benefits, trademark benefits etc. Secondly, it analyses the main forming conditions, including culture and tradition condition, market needs condition, policy condition, factors condition of production and natural condition etc. Thirdly, this chapter states six forming ways of SME cluster.Chapter 4 analyses operating principle about SME cluster. Firstly, It is noted that there are four contact ties among the SME cluster. And the contact ties are trust, resource, contract and culture. Secondly, this chapter discusses why trust mechanism should be build up and how to build up the trust mechanism in SME cluster. Thirdly, this chapter also analyses technology innovation, competition and corporation and policy support of SME cluster.Chapter 5 discusses some successful SME clusters in the American, Italy, Japan and India. It is concluded that we should pay attention to SME cluster and provide conditions for SME cluster' development, and we should promote the cooperation between university and enterprise etc.Chapter 6 and chapter 7 analyze the development of SME clusters in China. These two chapters provide some development countermeasures according to main problems of SME clusters in our country.