Why are good comparative studies of networks so rare? Practical lessons from a study on French clusters

Thierry Weil, Anna Glaser (), Emilie-Pauline Gallié (), Valérie Mérindol, Philippe Lefebvre () and Frédérique Pallez
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Anna Glaser: CERNA i3 - Centre d'économie industrielle i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Emilie-Pauline Gallié: IMRI - Institut pour le management de la recherche et de l'innovation - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
Philippe Lefebvre: CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Frédérique Pallez: CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: French "competitiveness clusters" were set up in 2005 to strengthen cooperation between small and large enterprises, and training and research institutions working on similar topics and located in the same geographical area, with the aim of making this area more competitive and attractive through enhanced innovation. Our analysis of this set of about 70 apparently similar networks, on which much data were collected, has given us an opportunity to investigate the factors explaining the differences in their performance.

Keywords: Clusters; networks; network performance; context; innovation policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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Published in 2010

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