Governments and regional authorities often express the belief that the key to prosperity and
economic expansion is related to the ability of countries to sustain regional clusters of …

Clusters may be defined as non-random (Ellison and Glaeser, 1994) geographical
agglomeration of firms with similar or closely complementary capabilities (Richardson …

'This volume is an important step in furthering the discussion about how cluster strategies
work and the implications for theory and policy.'–Jennifer Clark, Review of Regional Studies …

1.1 Clusters and Innovation: The Main Conceptual Traditions During the past decade or so,
the geography of economic activities and the analysis of clusters have resurged as key …

Purpose–The purpose of this chapter is to advance understanding of regional industry or
innovation clusters and the opportunities that the cluster framework provides policymakers …

Clusters have become a key mode of economic co-ordination and focus of government
policies across the world and for a wide variety of industries. In the UK, somewhat later than …

Clusters and cluster policy have become a dominant paradigm in the world of both
economic development theory and practice. Cluster theory suggests that firms that are part …

This book explores the external sources of industrial cluster competitiveness and examines
how they complement, integrate and substitute local, intra-cluster networks. The novelty of …

Empirical evidence about cluster building, the emphasis of new growth theory on innovation,
the recent interest in economic geography and the high pressure on politicians to establish …

Clusters-regional concentrations of related firms and organizations-are seen as being an
important element of economic growth and innovation. But there is little understanding of …