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Title:
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The rise and fall of industrial clusters: Technology and the life cycle of region
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Author:
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Maggioni, Mario A.
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When a major technological innovation spreads out in both high-tech and middle/low-tech industries, new clusters appear, develop and grow at the expenses of “older” historical industrial sites. The literature has, under various labels, recognized three main stages of cluster development: an initial stage sparked by an initial exogenous, shock; a second stage driven by Marshall’s (1920) agglomeration economies (labor market pooling, supply of intermediate goods and services and knowledge spillovers); a third stage in which the cluster either achieves a sectoral leadership or declines. The paper shows how different clusters ’evolution (often told as separated stories) are part of a wider picture in which technological and spatial interactions between emerging and declining clusters play a decisive role. A final section draws some policy suggestions for public authorities and regional planners dealing with the development of an innovative cluster. |
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Subject(s):
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-Sistemes productius locals
-Localització industrial
-Recerca industrial
-Industrial clusters
-Industrial location
-Industrial research |
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Rights:
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cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Maggioni, 2004
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
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Document type:
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Working Paper |
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Published by:
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Institut d’Economia de Barcelona
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