Tie creation versus tie persistence in cluster knowledge networks

Sándor Juhász and Balázs Lengyel

No 1613, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: Knowledge networks in industrial clusters are frequently analyzed but we know very little about creation and persistence of ties in these networks. We argue that tie creation primarily depends on opportunities and thus the position ofactors in the network and in space; while tie persistence is influenced by the value of the tie. Accordingly, results from a Hungarian printing and paper product cluster suggest that reciprocity, triadic closure, and geographical proximity between firms increase the probability of tie creation. Tie persistence is positively affected by technological proximity between firms and the number of their extra-regional ties.

Keywords: knowledge networks; clusters; network dynamics; stochastic actor-oriented models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D85 L14 O31 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-05, Revised 2016-05
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-eur, nep-geo, nep-ino, nep-knm, nep-net, nep-sbm, nep-soc, nep-tid and nep-ure
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