Broadening Our Knowledge on Cluster Evolution

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Dirk Fornahl (University of Bremen, Germany) Robert Hassink (Kiel University, Germany)

Broadening Our Knowledge on Cluster Evolution

Dirk Fornahl (University of Bremen, Germany), Robert Hassink (Kiel University, Germany), Max-Peter Menzel (University of Hamburg, Germany)

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Routledge
20 April 2016

Economics of industrial organisation; Industry & industrial studies; Human geography

Although clusters are regarded as important elements in economic development, the strong focus in the literature on the way clusters function is contrasted with a disregard for their evolutionary development: how clusters actually become clusters, how and why they decline, and how they shift into new fields and transform over time. Although recently new cluster life cycle approaches emerged, both empirical evidence and theoretical contributions on this topic are still limited. This book therefore contributes to broadening our knowledge on the life cycle and evolution of clusters both empirically and theoretically. It contains chapters on inter-firm relations as drivers of cluster transformation, as well as chapters on the heterogeneity of firms and firm capabilities during cluster evolution and on the role of institutions in stimulating the emergence and growth of clusters. Case-studies stem from different industries and technologies, such as biogas, film and television, new media and medical technologies, and from different countries, such as Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and South Korea. All chapters underline that cluster evolution does not only depend on internal dynamics, but that external relations are an integral part of cluster dynamics. This book was previously published as a special issue of European Planning Studies.

Edited by: Dirk Fornahl (University of Bremen Germany), Robert Hassink (Kiel University, Germany), Max-Peter Menzel (University of Hamburg, Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9781138666160
ISBN 10: 1138666165
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 20 April 2016
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Broadening Our Knowledge on Cluster Evolution 2. Enterprise- and Industry-Level Drivers of Cluster Evolution and Their Outcomes for Clusters from Developed and Less-Developed Countries 3. Born to be Sold: Start-ups as Products and New Territorial Life Cycles of Industrialization 4. Adaptation and Change in Creative Clusters: Findings from Vienna’s New Media Sector 5. Creative Cluster Evolution: The Case of the Film and TV Industries in Seoul, South Korea 6. Institutional Context and Cluster Emergence: The Biogas Industry in Southern Sweden 7. Perspectives on Cluster Evolution: Critical Review and Future Research Issues

Dirk Fornahl, Head of the Centre for Regional and Innovation Economics, University of Bremen, Germany Robert Hassink, Professor of Economic Geography at Kiel University, Germany, and Visiting Professor in the School of Geography, Politics & Sociology at Newcastle University, UK. Max-Peter Menzel, Junior Professor of Economic Geography, University of Hamburg, Germany, and Interim Professor of Economic Geography, University of Bayreuth, Germany