Proximity in production networks : the circulatory dimension
BURMEISTER ; COLLETIS-WAHL
Type de document
ARTICLE DE PERIODIQUE
Langue
anglais
Auteur
BURMEISTER ; COLLETIS-WAHL
Résumé / Abstract
THE FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED IN THIS ARTICLE DIVIDES PRODUCTION INTO TRANSFORMATION AND CIRCULATION ACTIVITIES. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS AND ITS ENVIRONMENT OF RESSOURCES, SUPPLIERS, CUSTOMERS AND OTHER PRODUCERS FORM A SYSTEM OF CIRCULATION OF GOODS, INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE. TRANSPORTATION THUS BECOMES A PARTICULAR SET OF TECHNIQUES OF INTERACTION IN THE SPACE-TIME GRID. THE SPATIAL DIMENSION IS INTRODUCED THROUGH THE CONCEPT OF ORGANIZATIONAL PROXIMITY AND ITS SPATIAL AND CIRCULATORY DIMENSIONS. THE CIRCULATORY DIMENSION OF PROXIMITY DESCRIBES RAPID, RELIABLE ANDWELL ADAPTED CIRCULATION OF GOODS AND INFORMATION. THIS DIMENSION OF PROXIMITY THUS INCLUDES MORE THAN GEOGRAPHICAL ACCESSIBILITY. ITS DETERMINANTS ARE AS MUCH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS A GENERIC RESSOURCE FOR CIRCULATION AS THE ORGANIZATION AND THE DEGREE OF CONTROL OF FLOWS OF GOODS, INFORMATION AND PEOPLE.
