Does Goliath Help David? Anchor Firms and Startup Clusters

RR Gupta - 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
… to the supply chain for startups, I find that the effects of the anchor firm’s arrival on startup
formation are localized to industries upstream and downstream to the anchor firm.The average …

Start-up competitions as anchor events in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: first findings from two German regions

L Stolz - Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… topic by analysing the role of start-up competitions (SUCs) in the … that can be described as
anchor events’ for specific parts of their … angels, and high growth firms are not involved in the …

Clusters and entrepreneurship

M Delgado, ME Porter, S Stern - Journal of economic geography, 2010 - academic.oup.com
… This article examines the role of regional clusters in regional … of start-up firms as well as in
employment in these new firms in a … Clusters are a particularly important way through which …

Anchor, incumbent and late entry MNEs as propellents of technology cluster evolution

M Giblin, P Ryan - Industry and Innovation, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
… local economy, which is shown to occur in the form of new start-up firms. Consequently, as
the local cluster evolved, knowledge began to flow from the location to the MNE subsidiary in …

The large firm dilemma: anchor embeddedness and high-technology competition

D Ornston, L Camargo - Socio-Economic Review, 2024 - academic.oup.com
anchor firms, we argue that regions confront a strategic dilemma in how they engage large
firms. … technology firms as well as a marked increase in startup activity, from fewer than 100 …

Here be startups: exploring London's 'Tech City'digital cluster

M Nathan, E Vandore - Environment and Planning A, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
… We track firm and employment growth from 1997 to 2010 and identify … of firms; the importance
of local amenities and a lack of conventional cluster actors such as universities or anchor

Rejuvenating clusters with 'sleeping anchors': The case of nanoclusters

D Baglieri, MC Cinici, V Mangematin - Technovation, 2012 - Elsevier
… As technology matures, the rhythm of start-up creation decreases, barriers to entry are …
focus is on the main actors involved (ie, anchor firms), the activities and technologies that cluster

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
… Co-location increases the awareness of emerging trends and reduces uncertainty for firms:
innovation clusters conditions and … making it easier for start-up firms to bootstrap and grow …

What are clusters of innovation, how do they operate and why are they important?

JS Engel - Global Clusters of Innovation, 2014 - elgaronline.com
… an economic cluster that favored the formation of startups and … for collaboration with firms
from similar clusters. These collabo… The tactics deployed are anchored by the creation of an …

Anchoring new clusters: fleshing out the entrepreneurial role

M Lazerson, G Lorenzoni - Entrepreneurship and cluster …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
… At other times, the anchor firm operates as a school, substituting the role of a university or
research laboratory, forming human capital but also providing workers with the insights, social …