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Handbook of Research on Innovation and Clusters
Cases and Policies
9781849800877 Edward Elgar Publishing
The role of innovations and clusters has increasingly dominated local and regional development policies in recent decades. This authoritative and accessible Handbook considers important aspects of high-tech clusters, analyses insightful cluster case studies, and provides a number of recommendations for cluster policies.
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The role of innovations and clusters has increasingly dominated local and regional development policies in recent decades. This authoritative and accessible Handbook considers important aspects of high-tech clusters, analyses insightful cluster case studies, and provides a number of recommendations for cluster policies.
The chapters in this Handbook are written by international experts in the field and present evidence of the scope, effects, and potential of clusters as concentrations of innovative activities. The authors emphasize that cluster development is not the only option for local and regional development and argue that for cluster policies to be worthwhile, supporting policies in fields such as education, R&D, transportation, and communication infrastructure must accompany most cluster policies. Furthermore, several contributions stress that clusters often develop along a life cycle that may end with decline and even the disappearance of clusters. Consequently, this Handbook provides the basis for improving both research on innovation and clusters and the formulation and implementation of cluster policies.
Furnishing the reader with rich, comprehensive discussion of innovations and clusters, this Handbook will be an essential source for researchers and academics in the field, as well as policymakers, planners and specialists, development experts and agencies, and consultants.
The chapters in this Handbook are written by international experts in the field and present evidence of the scope, effects, and potential of clusters as concentrations of innovative activities. The authors emphasize that cluster development is not the only option for local and regional development and argue that for cluster policies to be worthwhile, supporting policies in fields such as education, R&D, transportation, and communication infrastructure must accompany most cluster policies. Furthermore, several contributions stress that clusters often develop along a life cycle that may end with decline and even the disappearance of clusters. Consequently, this Handbook provides the basis for improving both research on innovation and clusters and the formulation and implementation of cluster policies.
Furnishing the reader with rich, comprehensive discussion of innovations and clusters, this Handbook will be an essential source for researchers and academics in the field, as well as policymakers, planners and specialists, development experts and agencies, and consultants.
Critical Acclaim
‘This volume is an important step in furthering the discussion about how cluster strategies work and the implications for theory and policy.’
– Jennifer Clark, Review of Regional Studies
– Jennifer Clark, Review of Regional Studies
Contributors
Contributors: G. Avnimelech, H. Bathelt, U. Blum, S. Breschi, K. Chapman, P. Cooke, A. Cumbers, P. Desrochers, J. Doutriaux, M.P. Feldman, B. Fingleton, J.L. Graham, K.E. Haynes, G.-J. Hospers, D. Igliori, A. Isaksen, C. Karlsson, J. Karwandy, D. Keeble, R. Laud, H. Lawton Smith, J. Leibovitz, C.E. Lloyd, M. Lundmark, D. MacKinnon, M.A. Maggioni, C. Mason, B. Moore, L. Nachum, J. Nelles, F. Peck, D. Perrons, P.W.B. Phillips, D. Power, M.R. Riggi, C.D. Ryan, F. Sautet, D. Schwartz, J. Simmie, R.R. Stough, M. Teubal, C. von Bernuth, T.L. Williams, D.A. Wolfe, G. Yang
Contents
Contents:
Preface
1. Introduction
Charlie Karlsson
PART I: 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
James Simmie
3. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and the Origin and Growth of High-Tech Clusters
Colin Mason
4. High-Tech Firms and the Dynamics of Innovative Industrial Clusters
Mario A. Maggioni and Massimiliano R. Riggi
5. Employment Growth in ICT Clusters: New Evidence from Great Britain
Bernard Fingleton, Danilo Igliori and Barry Moore
6. Inter-Firm Networks in High-Tech Clusters
Helen Lawton Smith
7. Venture Capital Emergence and Startup-Intensive High-Tech Cluster Development: Evidence from Israel
Gil Avnimelech, Dafna Schwartz and Morris Teubal
8. Knowledge Clusters and University–Industry Cooperation
Jérôme Doutriaux
9. Innovation-specific Agglomeration Economies and the Spatial Clustering of Innovative Firms
Stefano Breschi
PART II: CASE STUDIES
10. The Clustering of Software Consultancy in Oslo: Reason for and Effects of Clustering
Arne Isaksen
11. Labour Market Dynamics and the Development of the ICT Cluster in the Stockholm Region
Mats Lundmark and Dominic Power
12. The Clustering of Biotechnology Firms in Scotland
Joseph Leibovitz
13. The Saskatoon Agricultural Biotechnology Cluster
Peter W.B. Phillips, Camille D. Ryan, Jeremy Karwandy, Julie L. Graham and Tara L. Williams
14. Networks and Geographic Clustering as Sources of MNE Advantages: Foreign and Indigenous Professional Service
Firms in Central London
Lilach Nachum, Robert Laud and David Keeble
15. Leipzig’s Media Cluster
Harald Bathelt and Caroline von Bernuth
16. Understanding Social and Spatial Divisions in the New Economy: New Media Clusters and the Digital Divide
Diane Perrons
17. Innovation, Collaboration and Learning in Regional Clusters: A Study of SMEs in the Aberdeen Oil Complex
Andrew Cumbers, Danny MacKinnon and Keith Chapman
18. The Entrepreneurial Event Revisited: Firm Formation in a Regional Context
Maryann P. Feldman
19. Spatial and Functional Clustering: A Comparative Analysis of the Baltimore and Washington DC Metropolitan Regions in the US
Guang Yang, Roger R. Stough and Kingsley E. Haynes
PART III: CLUSTER POLICIES
20. Institutions and Clusters
Ulrich Blum
21. The Role of Civic Capital and Civic Associations in Cluster Policy
David A. Wolfe and Jen Nelles
22. Cluster Policies and Cluster Strategies
Frank Peck and Christine E. Lloyd
23. From Biotechnology Clusters to Bioscience Megacentres: Related Variety and Economic Geography
Philip Cooke
24. Silicon Somewhere: Is There a Need for Cluster Policy?
Gert-Jan Hospers, Frédéric Sautet and Pierre Desrochers
Index
Preface
1. Introduction
Charlie Karlsson
PART I: 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
James Simmie
3. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and the Origin and Growth of High-Tech Clusters
Colin Mason
4. High-Tech Firms and the Dynamics of Innovative Industrial Clusters
Mario A. Maggioni and Massimiliano R. Riggi
5. Employment Growth in ICT Clusters: New Evidence from Great Britain
Bernard Fingleton, Danilo Igliori and Barry Moore
6. Inter-Firm Networks in High-Tech Clusters
Helen Lawton Smith
7. Venture Capital Emergence and Startup-Intensive High-Tech Cluster Development: Evidence from Israel
Gil Avnimelech, Dafna Schwartz and Morris Teubal
8. Knowledge Clusters and University–Industry Cooperation
Jérôme Doutriaux
9. Innovation-specific Agglomeration Economies and the Spatial Clustering of Innovative Firms
Stefano Breschi
PART II: CASE STUDIES
10. The Clustering of Software Consultancy in Oslo: Reason for and Effects of Clustering
Arne Isaksen
11. Labour Market Dynamics and the Development of the ICT Cluster in the Stockholm Region
Mats Lundmark and Dominic Power
12. The Clustering of Biotechnology Firms in Scotland
Joseph Leibovitz
13. The Saskatoon Agricultural Biotechnology Cluster
Peter W.B. Phillips, Camille D. Ryan, Jeremy Karwandy, Julie L. Graham and Tara L. Williams
14. Networks and Geographic Clustering as Sources of MNE Advantages: Foreign and Indigenous Professional Service
Firms in Central London
Lilach Nachum, Robert Laud and David Keeble
15. Leipzig’s Media Cluster
Harald Bathelt and Caroline von Bernuth
16. Understanding Social and Spatial Divisions in the New Economy: New Media Clusters and the Digital Divide
Diane Perrons
17. Innovation, Collaboration and Learning in Regional Clusters: A Study of SMEs in the Aberdeen Oil Complex
Andrew Cumbers, Danny MacKinnon and Keith Chapman
18. The Entrepreneurial Event Revisited: Firm Formation in a Regional Context
Maryann P. Feldman
19. Spatial and Functional Clustering: A Comparative Analysis of the Baltimore and Washington DC Metropolitan Regions in the US
Guang Yang, Roger R. Stough and Kingsley E. Haynes
PART III: CLUSTER POLICIES
20. Institutions and Clusters
Ulrich Blum
21. The Role of Civic Capital and Civic Associations in Cluster Policy
David A. Wolfe and Jen Nelles
22. Cluster Policies and Cluster Strategies
Frank Peck and Christine E. Lloyd
23. From Biotechnology Clusters to Bioscience Megacentres: Related Variety and Economic Geography
Philip Cooke
24. Silicon Somewhere: Is There a Need for Cluster Policy?
Gert-Jan Hospers, Frédéric Sautet and Pierre Desrochers
Index
