characteristics ascribed to permanent spatial clusters, albeit in a temporary and intensified form. These short-lived hotspots of … intense knowledge exchange, network building and idea generation can thus be seen as temporary clusters. The present paper … compares temporary clusters with permanent clusters and other types of inter-firm interactions. If regular participation in …

This paper develops a simulation model of the behaviour of clusters in the face of bifurcation events in their … performance of clusters exhibiting different degrees of decentralisation and alternative modes of co-ordination. Using Kauffman …

A widespread assumption in economic geography and the economics of innovation is that firms located in clusters benefit … need to be more careful with the assumption of technological knowledge spillovers in innovative clusters. The significant …

co-existence of high levels of buzz and many pipelines may provide firms located in outward looking and lively clusters …

The many competing schools of thought concerning themselves with industrial clusters have at least one thing in common …: they all agree that clusters are real life phenomena characterized by the co-localization of separate economic entities … certainly not. Yet, it is usually taken for granted that clusters, almost regardless of how they are defined, all expatriate the …

How can the growth of regional clusters be explained? This paper studies in great detail the growth of the wireless … main driving force behind the generation of new firms that eventually lead to the formation of clusters. The success of the …