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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade Review'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
Table of ContentsContents: 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
