How emergence conditions of technological clusters affect their viability? Theoretical perspectives on cluster lifecycles

Joan Crespo ()

No 1002, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: The widely studied concept of clusters has been usually treated as pre-established and successful structures. We argue that clusters are not pre-established but emerge through a double competition process of technological and regional nature. Moreover, faced to a changing environment they are not always successful. Their long-term evolution depends on their viability capacities. We show that viability is dependent on the emergence conditions, because different forms of emergence create clusters with different structures.

Keywords: cluster life cycle; emergence; viability; networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D85 O31 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2010-01, Revised 2010-01
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