The literature on innovation systems focuses on the supply side (the creation of technology)
rather than on how innovations are converted into economic activity and growth via the …

In this review of S teven K lepper's contributions in industry evolution, employee
entrepreneurship, and geographical clusters, we trace the evolution of his scholarly career …

The historical evolution of four prominent industry clusters is compared: automobiles in
Detroit, Michigan, tires in Akron, Ohio, semiconductors in Silicon Valley, California, and …

Steven Klepper's theory of industry clustering based on organizational reproduction and
inheritance through spinoffs challenged the Marshallian view on industry clustering. This …

Without implying an analogy with the competitiveness of a firm (cf. Krugman 1994), we can
think of local competitiveness as the capacity of a local economy to continuously renew its …

In the twenty-first century, clusters can be observed in most developed economies. However,
the scientific results regarding the effect of clusters on firm performance are highly …

We investigate the impact of knowledge inheritance by vertical spinouts originating from
user and supplier industries on performance. We test whether spinouts from a supplier or …

Numerous studies attest to the distinctive performance of intra-industry spin-offs located in
agglomerated regions. Besides entrepreneurs' pre-entry experience, both superior hires and …

Data on inventors and assignees of patents are used to analyze the mobility of
semiconductor inventors. Exploiting data on the origins of semiconductor producers with …

Prior studies show that the success of firms in industrial clusters is the result of two main
reasons; the transfer of knowledge and routines from parent firms to spinoffs that locate in …