Cluster Policies in the US and Germany: Varieties of Capitalism Perspective on Two High-Tech States

Rolf Sternberg, Matthias Kiese and Dennis Stockinger
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Matthias Kiese: Institute for Competitiveness and Communication, School of Business, University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland, Riggenbachstrasse 16, 4600 Olten, Switzerland
Dennis Stockinger: Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research 151, 76139 Karlsruhe, Germany

Environment and Planning C, 2010, vol. 28, issue 6, 1063-1082

Abstract: Despite the diffusion of cluster policies across time and space, the universal applicability of the underlying concept or its otherwise necessary adaptation to national, regional, and local peculiarities are rarely questioned. Drawing on the varieties of capitalism approach, we adopt an institutional perspective to compare the cluster policies of North Carolina and Bavaria, situated in their countries' multilevel governance frameworks in which the state level interacts with federal and local policies. Contrasting North Carolina and Bavaria, we link the differences in the design and implementation of cluster policies to characteristics of the national institutional environment, as well as to regional specifics and path dependencies. Our findings highlight the importance of institutional contexts that needs to be considered when adapting cluster policies to specific circumstances.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1068/c1019b

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