Research progress of the spatial agglomeration on producer services

As an important sector in service industry,producer services have become a significant force to promote the economic growth and reflect the main economic function in China's metropolitan regions since the 1990s.In recent decades,the growth and spatial agglomeration of producer services become one of the most important economic phenomena in regions of different scales and the most international metropolises.Based on the review of industrial agglomeration and service industrial location,this paper summarizes the research contents and research methods techniques on producer services agglomeration.On the whole,around regions and metropolitans,many scholars at home and abroad have studied this topic and made much progress.However,there are still some shortcomings in some aspects.Firstly,this study has paid much attention to the spatial patterns,while little can be found in the published literature about evolution process.Secondly,there have been relatively studies on the impact mechanism of the spatial agglomeration on producer services,thus a law theoretic system has not formed.Thirdly,most of the research methods transform the model that measures manufacturing agglomeration to the producer services.Besides,its applicability and relevance still need to be further explored.The main study trends and orientations in the future can be summarized as follows: Aiming at the research framework measurement and identification,patterns and process,factors and mechanisms;and using integrated approach of qualitative-quantitative and spatial analysis to deepen and improve the geographic research of the spatial agglomeration on producer services.