Handbook of Research on Innovation and Clusters : Cases and Policies


Charlie. Karlsson
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
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Cheltenham : : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2008.
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1 online resource (484 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - COVER; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART ONE INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CLUSTERING OF HIGH-TECH FIRMS; 2 The contribution of clustering to innovation: from Porter I agglomeration to Porter II export base theories; 3 Entrepreneurial dynamics and the origin and growth of high-tech clusters; 4 High-tech firms and the dynamics of innovative industrial clusters; 5 Employment growth in ICT clusters: new evidence from Great Britain; 6 Inter-firm networks in high-tech clusters. - 14 Networks and geographic clustering as sources of MNE advantages: foreign and indigenous professional service firms in Central London15 Leipzig's media cluster; 16 Understanding social and spatial divisions in the new economy: new media clusters and the digital divide; 17 Innovation, collaboration and learning in regional clusters: a study of SMEs in the Aberdeen oil complex; 18 The entrepreneurial event revisited: firm formation in a regional context; 19 Spatial and functional clustering: a comparative analysis of the Baltimore and Washington DC metropolitan regions in the US. - 7 Venture capital emergence and startup-intensive high-tech cluster development: evidence from Israel8 Knowledge clusters and university-industry cooperation; 9 Innovation-specific agglomeration economies and the spatial clustering of innovative firms; PART TWO CASE STUDIES; 10 The clustering of software consultancy in Oslo: reason for and effects of clustering; 11 Labour market dynamics and the development of the ICT cluster in the Stockholm region; 12 The clustering of biotechnology firms in Scotland; 13 The Saskatoon agricultural biotechnology cluster. - PART THREE CLUSTER POLICIES20 Institutions and clusters; 21 The role of civic capital and civic associations in cluster policy; 22 Cluster policies and cluster strategies; 23 From biotechnology clusters to bioscience megacentres: related variety and economic geography; 24 Silicon somewhere: is there a need for cluster policy?; Index. - Considers the important aspects of high-tech clusters, analyses insightful cluster case studies, and provides a number of recommendations for cluster policies. This work provides the basis for improving both research on innovation and clusters and the formulation and implementation of cluster policies.
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9781847208422

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