跨国公司在东道国进行投资时,往往会形成空间分布上的中心-外围结构。影响中心-外围结构形成的因素包括规模经济、地理因素、制度因素等。我国珠江三角洲和长江三角洲地区已经形成了比较典型的跨国公司中心-外围结构,它们具有不同的形成机制和过程。与分散型的跨国公司选址相比,跨国公司中心-外围结构不仅有利于形成正反馈效应,加快跨国公司的进入,而且有利于技术扩散和知识外溢,促进区域创新能力的提升。

When Multinational Corporations invest in the host countries,their spatial distribution often takes on the core-periphery structure.Factors affecting the core-periphery structure include scale economy,geographical factors and institutional factors and so on.There are typical core-periphery structures in Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta of China,which have different mechanisms and processes.Comparing with dispersed location of the Multinational Corporation,the core-periphery structure not only facilitates positive feedback to expedite ingress of the Multinational Corporation,but also promotes technology diffusion and knowledge spillover to improve regional innovation capability.