Title: Handbook of Research on Innovation and Clusters : Cases and Policies
Abstract: Contents: Preface1. IntroductionCharlie KarlssonPART 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 Simmie3. Entrepreneurial Dynamics and the Origin and Growth of High-Tech ClustersColin Mason4. High-Tech Firms and the Dynamics of Innovative Industrial ClustersMario A. Maggioni and Massimiliano R. Riggi5. Employment Growth in ICT Clusters: New Evidence from Great BritainBernard Fingleton, Danilo Igliori and Barry Moore6. Inter-Firm Networks in High-Tech ClustersHelen Lawton Smith7. Venture Capital Emergence and Startup-Intensive High-Tech Cluster Development: Evidence from IsraelGil Avnimelech, Dafna Schwartz and Morris Teubal 8. Knowledge Clusters and University-Industry Co-operationJerome Doutriaux9. Innovation-specific Agglomeration Economies and the Spatial Clustering of Innovative FirmsStefano BreschiPART II: CASE STUDIES10. The Clustering of Software Consultancy in Oslo: Reason for and Effects of ClusteringArne Isaksen11. The Labour Market Dynamics and the Development of the ICT Cluster in the Stockholm Region Mats Lundmark and Dominic Power12. The Clustering of Bio-Technology Firms in ScotlandJoseph Leibovitz13. The Saskatoon Agricultural-biotechnology ClusterPeter W.B. Phillips, Camille D. Ryan, Jeremy Karwandy, Julie L. Parchewski and Tara Williams14. Networks and Geographic Clustering as Sources of MNE Advantages: Foreign and Indigenous Professional Service Firms in Central London Lilach Nachum, Robert Laud and David Keeble15. Leipzig's Media ClusterHarald Bathelt and Caroline von Bernuth16. Understanding Social and Spatial Divisions in the New Economy: New Media Clusters and the Digital Divide Diane Perrons17. Innovation, Collaboration and Learning in Regional Clusters: A Study of SMEs in the Aberdeen Oil Complex Andrew Cumbers, Danny Mackinnon and Keith Chapman18. 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. HaynesPART III: CLUSTER POLICIES19. Institutions and ClustersUlrich Blum20. The Role of Civic Capital and Civic Associations in Cluster PolicyDavid A. Wolfe and Jen Nelles21. Cluster Policies and Cluster StrategiesFrank Peck and Christine E. Lloyd22. From Biotechnology Clusters to Bioscience Megacentres: Related Variety and Economic GeographyPhilip Cooke23. Silicon Somewhere: Is There a Need for Cluster Policy?Gert-Jan Hospers, Frederic Sautet and Pierre DesrochersIndex
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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