In this paper, we characterize the geography of Colombian exporting clusters and analyze
how the COVID-19 crisis has affected Colombian exporters. We contribute to the industrial …

This study characterises the geography of Colombian exporters and their response to the
COVID-19 crisis. We define exporting clusters within departments using bipartite network …

This paper investigates how the localization of firms in clusters enhances their resilience in
the face of external shocks, using the COVID-19-related disruptions of global value chains …

Clusters have already been extensively shown to favor firm-level economic performance
(productivity, exports, innovation etc.). However, little is known about the capacity of firms in …

We examine how Covid-19 resilience of Chinese firms varied with a cluster index
(measuring spatial agglomeration of firms in related industries) at the county level. Two data …

More than three decades after Michael E. Porter's seminal “Competitive Advantage of
Nations”(Porter, 1990), the competitive environment has changed substantially. The Great …

We use firm-level data to dissect the variation in aggregate French exports and imports of
2020. We establish three main facts. First, almost all of the adjustment has been through the …

The Covid-19 crisis spread around the world at lightning speed mainly due to the
interconnectedness of today's economies as evidenced by major disruptions in international …

This paper shows that, contrary to what could be expected on the basis on past crises,
during the current Covid-19 pandemic, Global Value Chains (GVCs) may have sheltered …

Building on a rich descriptive literature emphasizing the role of regional clusters in global
competitiveness, this paper investigates whether cluster strength in a country induce …