Cluster studies have shown that innovation can be understood as the result of an inter- organizational process, where a … division of labor with regard to exploration and exploitation exists among the actors inside the cluster. A cluster is … approaches by means of exploration. In this context we are interested in the supportive role of cluster management, assuming that …

We study the effects of a German national cluster policy on the structure of collaboration networks. The empirical … analysis is based on original data that was collected in fall 2011 and late summer 2013 with cluster actors (firms and public … initiating new cooperation between cluster actors and in intensifying existing linkages. Newly formed linkages are to a …