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Vol.2 , No. 3, Publication Date: May 13, 2015, Page: 58-66
| [1] | Hsueh Ya-Hui, Department of Regional and Social Development, National Taichung University of Education, Taichung City, Taiwan. |
| [2] | Chen Chia-Hsiu, Department of Regional and Social Development, National Taichung University of Education, Taichung City, Taiwan. |
This research aims to use GIS mapping to locate a set of points of tea firms distributed on a flat raised area, illustrate the example of tea processing industry to respond to Porter’s concept of industry cluster co-location, further analyze the benefits of industry cluster into dynamic networks of small tea firms. As a well-known specialized area of tea processing in Taiwan, the Ming-Jian area is full of small tea firms, demonstrates increased economic development by an industry cluster and productive networks. This research shows the spatial distribution of a traditional industry cluster for tea processing by collecting a set of points of tea firms specified them to GIS point-density surfaces, and analyzes the environmental conditions associated with tea processing. Instead of focusing on innovation atmosphere, knowledge intensive or technology transfer, this research clarified the environmental factors for what makes this specialized area having the cluster advantages of tea processing, especially on the dimensions associated with accessibility, climate and terrain conditions to promote the industry cluster by the available of local raw material and the establishment of a pool of labors.
Keywords
Tea Firms, GIS Mapping, Industry Cluster, Accessibility, Raw Material, Pool of Labors
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