The literature on clusters emphasizes the necessity to integrate external knowledge to
maintain their viability. This task, however, is aggravated by institutional differences between …

Recent research has emphasized that success of industrial clusters is not only driven by
intra-cluster knowledge sharing ('local buzz') but also by externally sourced knowledge …

For more than a century, commentators have predicted that industrial" clusters" would
disappear with improvements in communications technology. Yet still clusters form, most …

This paper aims to further our emerging knowledge on the external linkages of regional
clusters. We adopt a network governance perspective and study connected clusters as goal …

Previous research into regional innovation clusters has argued that high technology clusters
exchange primarily technological knowledge in developing innovations. In this paper, I …

This article examines the nature and geography of knowledge linkages in the Vienna
software cluster. Empirical studies on the software sector have provided contradictory …

This paper explores knowledge services clusters (KSCs) as a distinct and increasingly
important form of geographic cluster, in particular in developing countries: KSCs are defined …

The economic downturn post-2000 badly undermined the rapid growth of knowledge-based
and technology-led sectors. This article reflects on post-and pre-2000 development from the …

This article examines the knowledge component in cluster literature from its origins to the
present. A chronological perspective is deployed in order to shed light on how the concept of …

'Silicon Valley is probably the only place on earth not trying to copy Silicon Valley'(Robert
Metcalfe 1998, inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com). Many policymakers and even …