产业集群研究的一个重点就是探索集群存在的原因,西方学者倾向性地认为产业集群是竞争优势的重要来源。文章通过文献资料法和对比批判论证法对国外案例进行批判性分析来重新探讨西方主流观点的合理性。研究结果表明,功能性聚集和物理性聚集有着本质区别。以此为立足点来说明是否采用集群发展这个模式应该结合当地的具体实际情况来进行具体分析,切莫盲目模仿。 One of the focuses of industrial cluster research is to explore the reasons for the existence of the cluster. Western scholars tended to think that industrial cluster is an important source of competitive advantage. The article re-examines the rationality of the Western mainstream opinion through a critical analysis of the foreign cases through the literature review and comparative critical argumentation. The results show that there is an essential difference between functional aggregation and physical aggregation. As a starting point to illustrate whether the use of cluster development model should be combined with the specific local conditions for a specific analysis, should not blindly imitate.