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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Charlie KarlssonPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Volume: 2 ISBN: 9781847208422ISBN 10: 1847208428 Pages: 488 Publication Date: 28 November 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. 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 Jerome 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, Frederic Sautet and Pierre Desrochers IndexReviews'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 Author InformationEdited by Charlie Karlsson, Professor Emeritus of the Economics of Technological Change, Joenkoeping International Business School, Joenkoeping University and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |