Social Embeddedness in the Local Industrial Development: the case of Mei-shan, Chia-yi

• Main Authors: Yen-Yu Wan, 王嬿喻
• Other Authors: Wen-Cheng Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29726667978476309970

碩士 === 立德管理學院 === 地區發展管理研究所 === 92 === The industrial development in the country is always very relative to the area and the local social network, however, it is very important for the local industry to embed to the social network and keep operating. The main purpose of this research is to begin with social embeddedness theory, discover the life of the local residents, and examine and explain the factor of the local industry embeddedness, which is being developed. The local industry creates the embeddedness phenomenon through the economical interaction with the local residents, the link to the social network, and the local development. The social embeddedness means the phenomenon of the bi-directional trust in human’s relationship, which occurs through the interaction behaviors of economical activities and cannot be measured in traditional economics, but it is revealed by institutional economics. We choose Mei-Shang, Chia-yi country as our research object, and sampled 88 valid samples. Factor analysis is adopted to examine whether the industrial social embeddedness embed in the local area. Finally we use independent sample T examination and single factor variance analysis to examine the factors influencing the social embeddedness. We also use the information retrieved from face-to-face talk to establish the phenomenon of the local industrial social embeddedness. The research shows that the following can explain the factors of the local industrial social embeddedness’ existence: work opportunities from agricultural productivity and industries, profit brought by industries, the value invented by industries, residential networks, network links, farmer interactions, social relations, techniques, value of productivity, area, community productivity, residents’ learning of the community, natural resources, etc. The result of the analysis shows that the industrial embeddedness factors in Mei-Shan, Chia Yi differ very much from many variances. When population statistic variance is taken, the factors are the age of the resident, incomings, and farming area. If the situation of industry is taken, increase the farming area, profession-transition planning, joining the agricultural marketing curriculum, funding, and locations of selling agricultural products, have great influences on industrial social embeddedness phenomenon. From the conclusion of the research, we know that if we want to keep the industry operating well, in addition to activating the local social network and improving the development of the local area, we also have to upgrade the managing industrial benefits of the local residents in the phenomenon of the industrial embeddedness. Embedding the industry in the area makes the industry keep improving.