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Title: | The rise and fall of industrial clusters: Technology and the life cycle of region |
Author: | Maggioni, Mario A. |
Keywords: | Sistemes productius locals Localització industrial Recerca industrial Industrial clusters Industrial location Industrial research |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
Publisher: | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IEB04/06] |
Abstract: | 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. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ieb.ub.edu/2012022157/ieb/ultimes-publicacions |
It is part of: | IEB Working Paper 2004/06 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/119593 |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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