The Dynamics of Agglomeration Externalities along the Life Cycle of Industries

Relations among Clusters in Six Chinese City Regions

“…An economy with diversity naturally has the ability to push knowledge exchange and form new fields (Beaudry & Schiffauerova, 2009). In addition, Neffke et al (2011) claimed that the more diversification a regional economy has, the more likely it is that the region can create beneficial inter-industry knowledge and product combinations. Moreover, firms in a region that has industrial diversity have more access to stable demand conditions and a wider range of local input substitutes, which helps them avoid price fluctuations in inputs and in outputs (ibid).…”

The antecedent role of personal environmental values in the relationships among trust in companies, information processing and risk perception

“…This kind of industry generates benefits for the area in terms of jobs, higher per capita income or better infrastructures (Chertow, Ashton, and Espinosa 2008;Neffke et al 2011), although it also creates negative externalities such as atmospheric pollution, excessive noise, pollutant wastes to the sea or explosion hazards, with the consequent risk to the health of the residents (Morris, Barker, and Legator 2004;Signorino 2012). This context allows us to analyse the relationships proposed in the research.…”

Do clusters really matter for innovation practices in Information Technology? Questioning the significance of technological knowledge spillovers

“…The role of agglomeration economies can change throughout the industry life cycle (Neffke et al, 2009;Potter and Watts, forthcoming). For instance, in the historical emergence of the IT industry in Cambridge, a few key people associated with the University of Cambridge and their personal networks shaped the serial entrepreneurship as documented by Myint et al (2005).…”