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Porter and Weihrich: Two Faces of a Strategic Matrix for Developing the Portuguese Molds Industry

Leitão, João; Deodato, Carlos - EconWPA - 2005

The Portuguese producers of Molds are in its majority of small or medium dimension, competing in highly competitive international markets and using processes, which incorporate new technologies. The present study aims to identify the strategic quadrants for developing the Portuguese Molds...

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Classifying the Markets Volatility with ARMA Distance Measures

Otranto, Edoardo - EconWPA - 2004

agglomerative algorithm in order to detect clusters of homogeneous series. …

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Job-Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Micro-Foundations of a High Technology Cluster

Fallick, Bruce; Fleischman, Charles A.; Rebitzer, James B. - EconWPA - 2005

supporting this claim is scarce. Job-hopping is important in computer clusters because it facilitates the reallocation of talent …-hopping for college-educated men in Silicon Valley’s computer industry than in computer clusters located out of the state …. Mobility rates in other California computer clusters are similar to Silicon Valley’s, suggesting some role for features of …

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Regional Cluster Analysis in the Mexican Telecommunications Sector. Impact of Economies of Agglomeration, Clusters and networking in medium-sized Mexican Telecommunication firms.

Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro - EconWPA - 2005

There have been many empirical studies analyzing telecommunications clusters across countries and regions since the … considers quality of products, physical distance and transportation costs. These clusters arise to resolve the tension between … clusters in Mexico affect competition in three broad ways: first, by increasing the productivity of companies based in a region …

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Networks of Innovation Clusters in Cova da Beira (Portugal)

Leitao, Joao; Osorio, Carlos - EconWPA - 2005

This article proposes a normative model for the cluster articulation in Cova da Beira (Portugal), based on network functioning which accomplishes the general purposes of the National Integrated Programme to the Support for Innovation, and creates a connectivity between traditional Microclusters:...

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Spatial Proximity and Complementarities in the Trading of Tacit Knowledge

Aydogan, Neslihan; Lyon, Thomas P. - EconWPA - 2004

We model knowledge-trading coalitions in which the transfer of tacit knowledge is unverifiable and requires face-to-face contact, making spatial proximity important. When there are sufficient “complementarities” in knowledge exchange, successful exchange is facilitated if firms can meet in a...

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