The question of how embedded actors can create institutions that support cluster emergence
remains unsolved in the cluster and national innovation systems literature. The present …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of entrepreneurship and public policy in the
formation of technology-based industrial clusters. The emphasis is on the early high-growth …

In this article, we explore whether organized clusters can act as institutional entrepreneurs to
create conditions favorable to innovation in their constituent members. We view self-aware …

The aim of government cluster programmes is to create clusters that strengthen businesses
competitive edge and generate local development. Recent research, however, identifies …

Many countries, especially those with transitioning economies, have enthusiastically entered
the race to create new clusters in both high-and mid-tech sectors. In the rush to launch …

The modern research university, by its commitment to research and the advancement of
science and technology, continuously produces inventions, as well as the occasional …

A broad range of academic and policy-related research has adopted the cluster concept as
a practical tool to inform local economic development policy. The concept has been used to …

Cluster policies are but one of the most well-known policy tools tosteer innovation in the
realm of science and technology policy. While there is much research on the effects of …

The aim of this chapter is to discuss some of the relationships between the evolutionary
process of cluster development and the network management strategies in use by cluster …

Clusters influence the way firms cooperate, organize and compete, but clusters and their
related benefits rarely come spontaneously in a straight line of expansion. It is argued that …