全球化下地方综合服务型物流企业的空间网络组织——以腾邦物流为案例

Research on the spatial network of local comprehensive third-party logistics company under globalization:Taking Tengbang Logistics Company as a case

全球化与地方发展理论是当前经济地理学研究的热点领域。地方综合服务型物流企业作为现代物流业的主体,参与到全球生产网络中,但学术界对基于企业层面的空间网络组织研究较薄弱。采用案例分析研究方法,通过实地调研获取数据资料,对综合服务型物流企业的空间网络组织进行深入分析。研究发现:地方综合服务型物流企业空间网络一般由总部—分公司—办事处(或营业部)三级构成,各级机构设置影响因素存在差异;企业空间网络呈"核心—边缘"模式;空间网络扩张呈现"先地方,后国际"的时间特征和"接触式扩散+跳跃式扩散"的空间特征;地方部分物流企业空间网络受到国际化和全球化的影响。

Globalization and regional development is a hot topic in contemporary economic geography. As the main bodies of modern logistics industry, local comprehensive third- party logistics(3PL) companies take an active part in Global Production Networks(GPNs).However, the organization of the spatial network of 3PL was often neglected by researchers.This study uses the case study method to analyze the spatial network of local 3PL companies.Both the first- hand and second- hand data are collected by field work and deeply interview survey with the managers of Tengbang Logistics Company. It is found that the institutes framework of local 3PL is constituted by headquarter- branch company- office agency. And location choices of different institutes have different considerations. The headquarters of comprehensive 3PL companies preferred the capital cities, which gathered much information,capital, labors with high education level. Their location choices of the branch agencies showed the customer oriented, local policy oriented and cost oriented characteristics. The spatial network of local 3PLs, combined with some characteristics of core- periphery model, is different from the spatial network of Express Logistics Company. The expanding process of its spatial network can be divided into four phases: the regional expanding phase, the national expanding phase, the international expanding phase and the global expanding phase. The local logistics companies developed their domestic spatial networks before their internatinalization process. Characteristics of contagious diffusion and jump diffusion could be found during the global expansion process. Finally, we argue that the internationalization of some local 3PLs is inevitable under the process of globalization.