Research on driving-forces of industrial cluster formation from the perspective of population competition and interdependence

Population ecology provides a new way of thinking on the theory of industrial clusters. By comparing ecosystems and industrial clusters, the ecological property and behavioral characteristics of industrial clusters are revealed. The generally formative process of industrial clustering is described from the perspectives of population competition and interdependence, and the driving-forces of industrial clustering formation are analyzed and identified in terms of internal conditions and the external environment on the basis of an expansive model of the logistic equation. A case of Sinos Valley of Brazil is given to show the process of the formation of industrial cluster from the perspective of population competition and interdependence.