development by investigating how firms in competitive industry clusters use transportation networks and what role those networks … play in the competitiveness of these clusters. Design/methodology/approach – The approach combines quantitative and … qualitative techniques to geographically identify competitive industry clusters and to investigate the role of transportation. The …

”, presented in 1994, particularly with regard to the recommended clusters and public policies, as well as the assessment and …

up a whole new perspective on competitiveness and clusters, including both new research avenues and new perspectives for …, pointed to the importance of healthy rivalry and dynamic clusters, in the proximate firm environment, as central to our …

Purpose – This paper aims to marry Michael Porter’s industrial cluster theory of traded and local clusters to Richard … first to systematically marry the industry and occupational approaches to clusters and economic development.  …

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the role of clusters as home and host country-specific advantages for … activities performed by MNEs abroad. This paper demonstrates the attractiveness of foreign clusters in the global innovation … process of MNEs. The main assumption is that location within innovative clusters may foster the ability of firms to generate …

impact that those may have on regions on the other hand. Design/methodology/approach – The influential work on “clusters”lead …Purpose – This paper aims to examine the methodology used to identify clusters on the one hand and assess the economic …