基于互联网的中小企业虚拟集群——以阿里巴巴网站上的中小企业集聚现象为例

The SMEs Virtual Clusters Based on the Internet——A Case Study of the SMEs on the Alibaba website

传统的中小企业集群在理论与实践上都离不开地理集中性这一特征。随着IT互联网技术的发展,已经出现了跨越空间障碍的、基于互联网的中小企业虚拟集群现象。本文以阿里巴巴为例,描述了该网站上中小企业的集群特征,并分析了这种新形式集群所具有的竞争优势。

Geographic proximity is one of the vital characteristics in the traditional SMEs clusters, including in the worldwide practice and the research. With the development of the Information technology, lots of SMEs have clustered together on some websites without the restriction of space, and have formed some SMEs virtual clusters based on the Internet. This paper will describe the cluster characteristics of the SMEs on Alibaba, and analyze their competitive advantages.