High-technology starters do not operate in a vacuum and innovation is not a solitary activity. The activities of … technology-based firms are embedded in socio-economic networks with other companies, investors, universities, vocational … the location of ICT firms decision. Furthermore, many high-tech companies shape clusters around areas where their major …

to a critical synthesis of the literature on networks and clusters, we propose a unified, encompassing, and less blurred …Clusters, as spatial concentrations of economic activity, constitute an important form of coordination with significant … territorial pattern of economy yielding critical issues in terms of competitive advantage, innovation, and economic growth …

This paper concerns the brief history of the Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) concept. It shows that the success of …, especially as it evolved in the late 1960s as the systems planning perspective. Second, the innovation systems approach was … influenced by an emergent regional innovation policy and practice literature in the 1980s. Finally, it drew on ideas of 'network …

clusters populated by small, vertically disintegrated firms accessing networks of external capabilities, agglomeration … organizational reproduction. While organizational reproduction through spinoffs dominates clusters' early stages of growth, in …

We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual … firm interactions yield agglomeration clusters that are much larger than the underlying agglomerative forces themselves … influence the shapes and sizes of industrial clusters; we con.rm these predictions using variations across patent technology …

French “competitiveness clusters” were set up in 2005 to strengthen cooperation between small and large enterprises … of making this area more competitive and attractive through enhanced innovation. Our analysis of this set of about 70 … apparently similar networks, on which much data were collected, has given us an opportunity to investigate the factors explaining …

knowledge that foster innovation and enhance the performance of firms. It is argued that firms that establish links with local …

performance. However, the findings do not support the current policy fashion of encouraging regional networks revolving around …

studies of internal networks transcending national borders and clusters are not necessarily mutually exclusive when it comes … networks for the knowledge transfer process, but that there exists equivocalness in defining clusters and networks. … knowledge is critical to competitive success. Networks and other forms for cooperation are often the context when analyzing …

It is often hypothesized that geographical proximity in clusters (or industry districts) has positive effects on access …