The entrepreneurial spark: Individual agents and the formation of innovative clusters

MP Feldman, J Francis - Complexity and Industrial Clusters: Dynamics and …, 2002 - Springer
This paper outlines the development of a high-tech industrial cluster in the US Capitol region
through the efforts of entrepreneurs who adapted to both constructive crises and new …

[PDF][PDF] Entrepreneurs and the formation of industrial clusters

MP Feldman, J Francis - Industrial Clusters and Complexity: Theories …, 2002 - academia.edu
This paper outlines the development of a high-tech industrial cluster through the efforts of
entrepreneurs who adapted to both constructive crises and new opportunities, creating the …

Creating a cluster while building a firm: Entrepreneurs and the formation of industrial clusters

M Feldman, J Francis, J Bercovitz - Regional studies, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
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a firm: entrepreneurs and the formation of industrial clusters, Regional Studies 39, 129–141 …

Entrepreneurs as agents in the formation of industrial clusters

M Feldman, JL Francis - Clusters and regional development, 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
Entrepreneurs play a special role in cluster formation. Entrepreneurs start firms that
capitalize on technological opportunities, adapting scientific breakthroughs and generic …

Entrepreneurial dynamics and the origin and growth of high-tech clusters

C Mason - Handbook of Research on Innovation and Clusters …, 2008 - elgaronline.com
This chapter develops the proposition that entrepreneurial activity has been the central
mechanism in the emergence of high-tech clusters. It might be expected that new …

Managing the emergence of clusters: An increasing returns approach to strategic change

TH Chiles, AD Meyer - Emergence, A Journal of Complexity Issues …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Management scholars have recently begun to take a fresh look at two established concepts:
a ubiquitous organizational phenomenon called “clustering”(Baum & Haveman, 1997; …

Entrepeneurship and public policy in emerging clusters

B Carlsson - Innovation Governance in an Open Economy, 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

The communal roots of entrepreneurial–technological growth–social fragmentation and stagnation: reflection on Atlanta's technology cluster

D Breznitz, M Taylor - Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Why do some entrepreneurial high-technology industrial clusters grow and prosper, while
others stagnate? Even after several decades of research, we have yet to find a definitive …

Enterprise clusters in developing countries: mechanisms of transition and stagnation

MPV Dijk, A Sverrisson - Entrepreneurship & Regional …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
This paper analyses the dynamics of clustered enterprise development in developing
countries. It is focused on the different types of clusters that can be identified in these …

Homegrown solutions: Fostering cluster formation

MP Feldman, JL Francis - Economic development quarterly, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
The 1980s ushered in a new era in technology and economic development policy as a result
of increasing competitive pressure. Start-up companies built around commercializing new …