The Life Cycle of Clusters

A Policy Perspective

Dirk Fornahl, Robert Hassink (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2017
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78471-927-2 (ISBN)

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One-size-fits-all cluster policies have been rightly criticized in the literature. In so doing, the book contributes to a newly emerging literature on how the cluster life cycle concept can inform policies and how these policies differ from static approaches that ignore the dynamism of clusters.

One-size-fits-all cluster policies have been rightly criticized in the literature. One promising approach is to focus cluster policies on the specific needs of firms depending on the stage of development (emergence, growth, sustainment or decline) their cluster is in. In this highly insightful book, these stage-specific cluster policies are analysed and evaluated. Moreover, several chapters also focus on smart specialization policies to promote regional development by taking into account the emergence and adaptation of clusters and industries. In so doing, the book contributes to a newly emerging literature on how the cluster life cycle concept can inform policies and how these policies differ from static approaches that ignore the dynamism of clusters. The underlying idea is to foster the ability of clusters to renew themselves and to generate new developmental paths, thus preventing stagnation and decline.

This state-of-the-art exploration of smart specialization from a cluster life cycle perspective is an invaluable book for academics in the fields of economic geography, entrepreneurship, innovation, industrial economics, regional studies and cluster research. It will also appeal to regional policy makers and practitioners dealing with public policy.

Contributors include: Y. Al-Saleh, B.T. Asheim, A. Auer, M. Benner, P. Cooke, D. Fornahl, J.K. Fosse, M. Fromhold-Eisebith, M. Grillitsch, R. Hassink, A. Isaksen, K. Koschatzky, H. Kroll, T. Lämmer-Gamp, B. Lageman, S. Mahroum, R. Martin, G. Meier zu Köcker, J. Nordhause-Janz, R. Normann, R. Ramlogan, D. Rehfeld, M. Rothgang, E. Schnab, T. Stahlecker, F. Tödtling, M. Trippl, E. Uyarra, J. Vicente

Edited by Dirk Fornahl, Centre for Regional and Innovation Economics, University of Bremen and Robert Hassink, Department of Geography, Kiel University, Germany

Contents:

Introduction: Towards a more open and dynamic approach on cluster policy
Robert Hassink and Dirk Fornahl

Part I Ideas - How should a policy be designed?
1. The role of clusters and public policy in new regional economic path development
Bjørn T. Asheim, Arne Isaksen, Roman Martin and Michaela Trippl

2. Cluster policy in an evolutionary world? Rationales, instruments and policy learning
Elvira Uyarra and Ronnie Ramlogan

3. Network failures and policy challenges along the life cycle of clusters
Jérôme Vicente

4. Cluster Policy: Renewal through the integration of institutional variety
Markus Grillitsch and Bjørn T. Asheim

5. Intra-regional collaborative learning between cluster initiatives – a factor of cluster (policy) dynamics?
Martina Fromhold-Eisebith

6. Management strategies in cluster projects – Cases and discussion
Jens Kristian Fosse and Roger Normann

7. Core design features of an integrated cluster policy
Gerd Meier zu Köcker and Thomas Lämmer-Gamp

Part II Smart Specialisation – What can we learn for cluster policy?
8. Smart specialization and cluster emergence: Elements of evolutionary regional policies
Maximilian Benner

9. Cluster policy adjustments in the context of smart specialization? Impressions from Germany
Knut Koschatzky, Henning Kroll, Esther Schnabl and Thomas Stahlecker

Part III Case studies – How does cluster life cycle policy take place?
10. Are policies supporting cluster development? A comparative firm-level analysis
Alexander Auer and Franz Tödtling

11. Do cluster initiatives develop in cycles? The example of Germany`s Spitzenclusters
Michael Rothgang and Bernhard Lageman

12. Integration – Fragmentation – Reintegration? Studying cluster evolution, regional path development and cluster policies in the Ruhr Area
Dieter Rehfeld and Juergen Nordhause-Janz

13. "Eventually even attractive illusions come to an end": the death of "Monitor" – and demise of "clusters"?
Philip Cooke

14. The surrogate model of cluster creation: The case of Mubadala in Abu Dhabi
Sami Mahroum and Yasser Al-Saleh

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Erscheinungsdatum	22.07.2018
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
ISBN-10	1-78471-927-7 / 1784719277
ISBN-13	978-1-78471-927-2 / 9781784719272
Zustand	Neuware