Spinoffs and clustering

Golman, Russell; Klepper, Steven

doi:10.1111/1756-2171.12130

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“…The attention to spin-offs in industrial cluster research began with research into the spin-offs of high-tech industrial clusters in America's Silicon Valley [26][27][28]. It emphasized that companies with leading roles (such as the first semiconductor lab founded by 1955 Nobel Laureate in Physics Shockley in Silicon Valley) are seeds from which myriad new semiconductor companies had spun off; they were interconnected and continuously clustered together to form the Silicon Valley cluster.…”

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Spin-Offs, Innovation Spillover and the Formation of Agricultural Clusters: The Case of the Vegetable Cluster in Shouguang City, Shandong Province, China

Ren

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Agricultural clusters play a powerful role in promoting the agricultural transformation and rejuvenation of rural areas. However, no in-depth exploration has been made on how agricultural clusters form and evolve, especially in the context of China’s long-term small-scale rural economy. The purpose of this article is to reveal the formation process and evolution mechanism of agricultural clusters by case study research. With the knowledge flow as the starting point, this article takes the Vegetable Cluster in Shouguang City of Shandong Province, China as an example to construct a theoretical framework in the three dimensions of points (spin-offs of enterprises or farmers), lines (network-spillovers of various innovation) and planes (the formation of new regional industry spaces) and put forward theoretical hypotheses. It is shown that: (1) The local spin-off of seed farmers is the main path in the transformation of traditional farmers into enterprises. (2) The network-spillover and adoption of innovative knowledge promote the derivation of specialized farmers or enterprises and realize regional agricultural specialization and spatial agglomeration. (3) The formation of the agricultural cluster resulted from the joint effects of spin-off derived from the entrepreneurial spirit of the farmers, network-spillover of various agricultural innovations and spatial integration of the agricultural landscape. The formation of local agricultural innovation systems marks the maturity of an agricultural cluster. This article contribute to the field by studying one source of Alfred Marshall’s knowledge of external economy from the perspective of spin-offs and innovative spillovers, analyzing the agricultural increasing returns to scale neglected by Krugman, and exploring the micro mechanism of farmers’ enterprise-oriented evolution and the formation of agricultural clusters in underdeveloped rural areas. The research results are of profound referential significance for the cultivation of agricultural clusters in developing countries.

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Spin-Offs, Innovation Spillover and the Formation of Agricultural Clusters: The Case of the Vegetable Cluster in Shouguang City, Shandong Province, China

Ren

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“…As discussed earlier, MAR externalities suggest that industrial clustering contributes to knowledge spillovers and therefore to knowledge spillover entrepreneurship. Challenging this traditional thinking, Klepper and his collaborators (Buenstorf & Klepper, 2009;Golman & Klepper, 2016;Klepper, 2001Klepper, , 2007Klepper, , 2010Klepper, , 2011 argued that it is localized spin-off activity, and not benefits from agglomeration economies, that leads to industrial clustering. Their investigations on different industries (such as semiconductors in Silicon Valley, tires in Akron, and automobiles in Detroit) revealed similar patterns of industrial clustering: One superior firm started somewhere, often serendipitously, and spin-offs from this firm grew the industry into a strong cluster in the same place.…”

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Knowledge-Based Regional Economic Development: A Synthetic Review of Knowledge Spillovers, Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Qian

2018

Economic Development Quarterly

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The geographical nature of knowledge spillovers and entrepreneurship has been well documented in the literature. In most regional or urban studies, these two topics are separately discussed. This research reviews literature at the intersection of knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and regional economic development. The key argument is that entrepreneurship can serve as a mechanism for transmitting knowledge spillovers and accordingly contribute to regional innovation, cluster formation, and economic development. However, the effectiveness of this mechanism depends on various factors in the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, notably including knowledge bases, absorptive capacity, competition, networks of people, diversity, and culture.

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“…The concept has become a core research topic not only in management (e.g. Arikan 2009) and economics (Golman and Klepper 2016), but also in disciplines such as economic geography (Asheim et al 2008), urban planning (Turok and Bailey 2004), sociology (Jonas and Berner 2010), and political science (den Hertog et al 2001). Although our understanding of clusters and their contribution to economic performance has improved over the last three decades, the literature has become fragmented and confused, with contrasting theoretical claims and contradictory empirical results describing how clusters generate innovation and economic growth (Martin and Sunley 2003;Wolman and Hincapie 2014).…”

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Reconciling Perspectives on Clusters: An Integrative Review and Research Agenda

Speldekamp

Saka‐Helmhout

Knoben

2019

Int J Management Reviews

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Although our understanding of clusters and their contribution to economic performance has improved over the last three decades, the literature has become host to a wide array of divergent empirical and theoretical claims. We systematically review cluster studies published in top journals, highlighting the lack of integration among prior work. We focus on the ways in which Porter's three cluster dimensions, namely geography, networks, and institutions, have been utilized. None of the studies reviewed fully captured their complex interrelationships, which we argue is an important cause of the key disagreements in the literature. Configurational theorizing and analysis are presented as means by which the different approaches to cluster studies could be reconciled. We discuss how the application of a configurational approach can help explore new scholarly directions that can deepen our understanding of clusters and their performance‐enhancing potential. In doing so, we can move beyond an understanding of independent effects to emphasizing combinations of attributes that can generate multiple pathways to cluster performance outcomes.

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Spinoffs and clustering

Cited by 23 publications

References 64 publications

Spin-Offs, Innovation Spillover and the Formation of Agricultural Clusters: The Case of the Vegetable Cluster in Shouguang City, Shandong Province, China

Spin-Offs, Innovation Spillover and the Formation of Agricultural Clusters: The Case of the Vegetable Cluster in Shouguang City, Shandong Province, China

Knowledge-Based Regional Economic Development: A Synthetic Review of Knowledge Spillovers, Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Reconciling Perspectives on Clusters: An Integrative Review and Research Agenda

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