Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the role of clusters as home and host country-specific advantages for multinational enterprises (“MNEs”) in the organization of their internal and external networks to optimize the diffusion and generation of new knowledge. Strategic asset-seeking...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the methodology used to identify clusters on the one hand and assess the economic impact that those may have on regions on the other hand. Design/methodology/approach – The influential work on “clusters”lead by Michael Porter since the 1990s has...

Cover -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- Competitive advantage and industrial district -- Spatial agglomeration and specialization in emerging markets -- Emergence of a digital cluster in east London: birth of a new hybrid firm -- The impact of actors, networks and institutions in...