Porter（1990）的產業群聚概念引起許多政策擬定者與區域化經濟、都市經濟或經濟地理等各領域專家學者的興趣及後續研究，這些研究的方向主要為產業群聚的成因、現況與發展，但對於何種產業聚集或空間群聚程度可被認定為產業群聚仍然缺乏一致性的衡量方法與標準。Martin & Sunley（2003）指出Porter的產業群聚概念由功能面與空間面兩個核心要素所構成，其中群聚的空間要素即為產業聚集，亦即產業內的企業選擇與其他企業在地理上的鄰近，而有助於群聚廠商在水平或垂直關係之形成與維持，故在產業群聚研究前，應先評估特定產業在特定地區是否具有空間群聚。
本研究以台灣地區製造業為研究對象、「92台閩地區工廠名錄電子書」為資料來源，衡量台灣具有聚集效益之產業，並進一步測量具有聚集效益的產業於何處形成空間群聚。研究方法為Maurel & Sédillot（1999）所提出的MS index，衡量哪些台灣製造業具有聚集現象，以O’Donoghue & Gleave（2004）所提出的SLQ，界定空間群聚之產業及聚集地點。
研究結果顯示「中華民國行業分類標準」的細行業分類產業不但廠商的工廠規模近似，且特定產業於地區性的發展近似於該區總體產業的發展。在242個細行業分類產業中，108個產業具有聚集效益（佔44.63%）。相較於英國、法國的MS index，台灣製造業最為「聚集」。雖然近半數的產業具有聚集效益，而根據SLQ，其中僅有印刷品裝訂及加工業、事務機器製造業、其他精密儀器製造業…等20個產業具有產業空間群聚，並且根據其產業特性分別聚集於台北縣、桃園縣、高雄縣…等地區。

The industrial cluster concept introduced by Porter (1990) has attracted lots of attention from politicians and academics with further researches. Most of those researches were focused on the formulation, circumstance, and development of the industrial cluster; however, those researches lacked consistent measurement and cut-off point for what level of industrial agglomeration should be taken to indicate the cluster. Martin and Sunely (2003) point out that Porter’s definition of the industrial cluster consists of two core elements, functional and spatial dimension. The spatial element is related to the concept of industrial agglomeration, which means that the geographical proximity facilitates the formation and maintenance of vertical and horizontal linkages between companies within a cluster. Having a careful evaluation of the level of spatial cluster of a particular industry is the first priority of a successful study.
The industrial agglomeration of manufacturing industries in Taiwan is the objects of this study. By adopting the MS index method proposed by Maurel & Sédillot (1999) and the SLQ method proposed by O’Donoghue & Gleave (2004), this study tries to evaluate the level of industrial agglomeration and delimit the industry and region of agglomeration.
The results of this study indicate that there are 108 out of 242 different manufacturing industries are enjoying the benefit of agglomeration. Comparing with UK and France, the MS index of Taiwan manufacturing industries is the highest, which means manufacturing industries in Taiwan has a high level of industrial concentration. On the other hand, the SLQ indicates that only 20 industries of those 108 industries are spital cluster.

一、中文部份

1.吳家豪，從群聚觀點探討台北金融中心之研究，國位中山大學公共務管理研究所碩士論文，民國93年。
2.何祖睿 ，台灣地區製造業空間聚集之研究，國立政治大學地政研究所碩士論文，民國91年。
3.李振文，台南科學工業園區晶顯示器產業群聚現象研究，國位中山大學公共務管理研究所碩士論文，民國93年。
4.林志凡，以德菲法預測台灣三五族半導體產業之發展趨勢，國立交通大學科技管理所碩士論文，民國92年。
5.陳玟君，群聚觀點下的產業空間分布之研究--以電子產業為例，國立政治大學地政研究所碩士論文，民國90年。
6.馮怡心，群聚化策略帶動紡織產業發展，國位中山大學公共務管理研究所碩士論文，民國93年。
7.楊智盛 ，臺灣地區製造業產業群聚之研究，國立政治大學地政研究所碩士論文，民國92年。
8.游淑慧，產業聚集外部性對製造業廠商績效影響，世新大學經濟學系碩士論文，民國90年。
9.閻永祺，產業群聚與區域產業發展關係之研究－以南部區域為例，國立成功大學都市計劃學系碩士論文，民國93年。
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