TY - JOUR
T1 - Clusters as Innovation Engines
T2 - The Accelerating Strengths of Proximity
AU - Ferrás-Hernández, X.
AU - Nylund, Petra A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research has been partially funded by a grant from the foundation Ausa Futur.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Author(s).
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - As economic competition is becoming global, innovation clusters emerge as a salient level of competitive analysis. We hence study when and how innovation clusters strengthen innovation at firm level. We review insights in this topic from different theoretical perspectives, for example, neoclassical economics, evolutionary economics, behavioral economics, strategic management and open innovation, in search of a comprehensive theoretical framework that explains the relationship between firm innovation and the concentration of innovative activities in the proximity. We then deduce five strengths which drive technological change in innovation clusters, namely attraction, information, interaction, anticipation, and rivalry.
AB - As economic competition is becoming global, innovation clusters emerge as a salient level of competitive analysis. We hence study when and how innovation clusters strengthen innovation at firm level. We review insights in this topic from different theoretical perspectives, for example, neoclassical economics, evolutionary economics, behavioral economics, strategic management and open innovation, in search of a comprehensive theoretical framework that explains the relationship between firm innovation and the concentration of innovative activities in the proximity. We then deduce five strengths which drive technological change in innovation clusters, namely attraction, information, interaction, anticipation, and rivalry.
KW - anticipation
KW - attraction
KW - innovation clusters
KW - innovation ecosystems
KW - interaction
KW - proximity
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U2 - 10.1111/emre.12330
DO - 10.1111/emre.12330
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056478395
SN - 1740-4754
VL - 16
SP - 37
EP - 53
JO - European Management Review
JF - European Management Review
IS - 1
ER -