Research on change agency provides sophisticated analytical frameworks for exploring the dynamic processes leading to cluster development. Yet context-specific policy recommendations are lacking. This paper takes an actor-centric approach to explore the Odense robotics cluster in Denmark with...

Purpose Public-private innovation (PPI) is often claimed to contribute to societal welfare, to bring positive effects to the public sector and to open new markets to private firms. Engaging in public-private relationships for innovation is, however, also recognised as challenging and...

Clusters influence the way firms cooperate, organize and compete, but clusters and their related benefits rarely come spontaneously in a straight line of expansion. It is argued that clusters typically develop in accordance with a life cycle, which includes an evolutionary sequence of steps...