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Rethinking Clusters: Towards a New Research Agenda for Cluster Research book cover

1st Edition

Rethinking Clusters Towards a New Research Agenda for Cluster Research

Edited By Luciana Lazzeretti, Francesco Capone, Annalisa Caloffi, Silvia Rita Sedita Copyright 2021
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge
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Research on the topic of clusters and industrial districts is very extensive. However, most of it has focused more on understanding the past than on trying to map out the future. The aim of this book is to fill this gap by identifying and discussing the main research topics that populate the current scientific debate and highlight the emergent lines of research that will constitute the future... Read more

Preface

Introduction: Rethinking clusters. Towards a new research agenda for cluster research

Luciana Lazzeretti, Francesco Capone, Annalisa Caloffi and Silvia Rita Sedita

1. Radical or not? The role of clusters in the emergence of radical innovations

Nils Grashof, Kolja Hesse and Dirk Fornahl

2. Radical vs incremental innovation in Marshallian Industrial Districts in the Valencian Region: what prevails?

Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver, Francisca Sempere-Ripoll, Sofia Estelles-Miguel and Ronald Rojas-Alvarado

3. Place-based innovation in industrial districts: the long-term evolution of the iMID effect in Spain (1991–2014)

Rafael Boix-Domenech, Vittorio Galletto and Fabio Sforzi

4. Rereading industrial districts through the lens of entrepreneurship

Roberto Grandinetti

5. Understanding processes of path renewal and creation in thick specialized regional innovation systems. Evidence from two textile districts in Italy and Sweden

Cristina Chaminade, Marco Bellandi, Monica Plechero and Erica Santini

6. Local or global? Does internationalization drive innovation in clusters?

Marco Bettiol, Maria Chiarvesio, Eleonora Di Maria and Debora Gottardello

7. Clusters and internationalization: the role of lead firms’ commitment and RIS proactivity in tackling the risk of internal fractures

Mario Davide Parrilli

8. Growth in regions, knowledge bases and relatedness: some insights from the Italian case

Niccolò Innocenti and Luciana Lazzeretti

9. Six critical questions about smart specialization

Robert Hassink and Huiwen Gong

10. In response to ‘Six critical questions about smart specialization'

Dominique Foray

Biography

Luciana Lazzeretti is Full Professor in Management in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Florence, Italy.

Francesco Capone is Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Florence, Italy.

Annalisa Caloffi is Associate Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Florence, Italy.

Silvia Rita Sedita is Associate Professor of Management in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy.

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