Clusters and regional development: Some cautionary observations from the semiconductor industry

McCann, Philip; Arita, Tomokazu

doi:10.1016/j.infoecopol.2005.12.001

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“…Because of these industries' rapidly changing technologies and relatively short product life cycle, innovation is these firms' lifeblood (McCann & Arita, 2006). Firms in the high-tech industry continuously encounter the need for an expanded paradigm in order to understand how competitive advantage is achieved, and successful firms are those that demonstrate timely responsiveness, radical and incremental innovation, and the effective integration of the inside-out and outside-in orientations (Hsieh, Tsai, & Wang, 2008).…”

Section: High-tech Vs Low-tech Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inside-out and outside-in orientations: A meta-analysis of orientation's effects on innovation and firm performance

Saeed

Yousafzai

Paladino

et al. 2015

Industrial Marketing Management

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Section: High-tech Vs Low-tech Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inside-out and outside-in orientations: A meta-analysis of orientation's effects on innovation and firm performance

Saeed

Yousafzai

Paladino

et al. 2015

Industrial Marketing Management

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“…While it is clear that not each industry park can automatically be considered a cluster, the question is whether such entities develop extended networks of internal relationships, as well as external linkages to other regions and clusters (e.g., Bathelt et al, ), and what the nature of relationships within and between them is. Another interesting question is whether firms choose to locate across these co‐located clusters to take advantage of knowledge spillovers from similar firms and acquire specific capabilities at different locations (Delgado et al, ; Dhandapani, Upadhyayula, & Karna, ; Lecocq, Leten, Kusters, & Van Looy, ; McCann & Folta, ; McCann & Arita, ; Pe'er, Vertinsky, & King, ; Storper, ), or would firms minimize linkage patterns in the same city‐region to prevent unintended intracity, cross‐park knowledge spillovers, and concentrate instead on supra‐local and global connections?…”

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Identifying configurations of multiple co‐located clusters by analyzing within‐ and between‐cluster linkages

Bathelt

Zhao

2019

Growth and Change

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The Beijing economy has an unusual industrial configuration consisting of multiple industry parks in the biomedical industry with a cluster‐like structure, specifically Yizhuang Park, Daxing Park, and ZLS (Zhongguancun Life Science) Park. If these industry parks can indeed be conceptualized as clusters, a number of questions arise regarding their collaborative or competitive relationships that can potentially be both beneficial and detrimental. We begin analyzing this case of three biomedical industry clusters by conceptualizing four ideal‐type scenarios of co‐located cluster configurations and identifying their within‐cluster and between‐cluster linkage patterns. Based on a relational research design, we develop a simple testing procedure that allows us to identify the specific empirical cluster configuration at hand. Based on a survey of labor market, government event, research, and production linkages of 164 firms in the three biomedical industry parks, we conduct statistical tests and conclude that Beijing represents a case of three collaborating clusters, with some elements of integration.

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“…Nadvi and Halder (2005) demonstrate that production and knowledge linkages between two clusters: one in Germany and another in Pakistan in the surgical instruments industry. McCann and Arita (2006) find that firms often locate R&D activities close to the headquarters locations, while the choice of locating other activities is driven by external factors such as access to markets, and relative labor and land costs. The literature on multi-plant firm, if viewed from a theoretical lens of new economic geography and multiple cluster perspective, can provide interesting Why do firms locate across multiple clusters?…”

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Why do Firms Locate Across Multiple Clusters? Cluster Density, Capabilities and Ethnic Ties

Dhandapani

Upadhyayula

Karna

2015

Industry and Innovation

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It is well-accepted that firms locate in clusters to benefit from spillover effects from similar firms in the location. However, some firms choose to locate in multiple clusters. In this paper, we focus on the phenomenon of multi-cluster presence. Through an empirical investigation of 95 firms from the information technology enabled service industry within India, we analyze the drivers of membership across multiple clusters. Our findings indicate first that firms that are located in lower density clusters show a tendency to locate in a larger number of clusters. Second, firms that are looking for people-based creative capabilities also tend to locate in a larger number of clusters. Finally, the firms that are not founded at the location of ethnic origin of the founder CEO also tend to locate in a larger number of clusters.

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Clusters and regional development: Some cautionary observations from the semiconductor industry

Cited by 38 publications

References 40 publications

Inside-out and outside-in orientations: A meta-analysis of orientation's effects on innovation and firm performance

Inside-out and outside-in orientations: A meta-analysis of orientation's effects on innovation and firm performance

Identifying configurations of multiple co‐located clusters by analyzing within‐ and between‐cluster linkages

Why do Firms Locate Across Multiple Clusters? Cluster Density, Capabilities and Ethnic Ties

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