Industrial Clusters and Inter-Firm Networks

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of spatial industrial clusters and inter-firm networks. Given the prevailing political belief that clusters can be a major vehicle for economic development and growth, it is important to have a sound understanding of clusters and how they emerge, grow, eventually stagnate and disappear. It is also vital to know when and how to apply policy measures to support cluster development in order to increase economic welfare. This book illuminates both the theoretical and empirical issues relating to clusters and inter-firm networks, and presents a number of interesting case studies from a variety of different countries.The authors study a number of important issues including interaction within and between clusters, the spatial dimensions and characteristics of this interaction, the factors which contribute to cluster formation, and the conditions and policies conducive to the development and sustainability of successful clusters. They also investigate whether firms in clusters perform better than those that are excluded, and illustrate how the importance of clusters can vary significantly between different industries. The authors go on to address the role of clusters in knowledge spillovers and their implications for the functioning of the overall economy, and highlight the effect of new information and communications technologies on cluster configurations and operations.Regional economists, economic geographers and regional scientists will welcome this comprehensive new volume. It will also be a useful reference tool for policymakers and planners involved in industrial and regional economic development.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-04-27
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Horizons in Regional Science series
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781845420109

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Industrier och branscher inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, the late Börje Johansson, formerly Professor of Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping University, Jönköping and Director, CESIS (Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden and the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US

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'The book will be useful for advanced graduate students in fields such as geography, regional planning and economics, and for post-doctoral and faculty researchers. . . This book serves as an important source of theoretical and empirical issues related to clusters and inter-firm networks. . .'

Innehållsförteckning

Contents: 1. Industrial Clusters and Inter-Firm Networks: An IntroductionPart I: Cluster and Network Modelling 2. Clusters, Innovation and Regional Development: An Analysis of Current Theories and Evidence3. Industrial Districts as Complex Adaptive Systems: Agent-based Models of Emergent Phenomena4. Towards a System Dynamics-Based Theory of Industrial Clusters5. Parsing the Menagerie of Agglomeration and Network Externalities6. Cognitive Maps on Sustainable Development in Industrial Districts: A Pilot StudyPart II: Empirical Analysis of Clusters 7. The Clustering of the British Financial Services Industry8. Governance Mechanisms in the Liquid Packaging Industry9. Biotechnology and Multimedia: Cluster Development in New Industries10. Regional Clusters and Entrepreneurial Activities: Empirical Evidence from German Regions11. A Preliminary Analysis of Functional and Spatial Clustering: The Case of the Baltimore Metropolitan Region12. New Evidence on the Geographic Concentration of German IndustriesPart III: Case Studies 13. Regional Partnerships for the Biotech Sector: North Carolina and Sweden14. The Formation of Clustering of Direct Foreign Investment and its Role of Inter-Firm Networks in China: Case Study of Qingdao Development Zones15. Networks and Technologies in an Emerging Cluster: The Case of Bioinstruments in JenaPart IV: Cluster Policy Analysis and Strategies16. Creative Clusters – Ideas and Realities for Cluster Growth: The Example of Film in Väst in the Region of Västra Göteland, Sweden17. Regional Development: A Survey of Innovation and Clusters in Western DenmarkIndex