Factors and Mechanisms Causing the Emergence of Local Industrial Clusters - A Meta-Study of 159 Cases

Thomas Brenner () and A. Mühlig

Papers on Economics and Evolution from Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group

Abstract: Local industrial clusters have attracted much attention in the recent economic and geographical literature. A huge number of case studies have been conducted. This paper presents a meta-analysis of the case studies of 159 local industrial clusters in various countries and industries. Based on an overview of the various theories and arguments about the emergence of such clusters in the literature, it analyses the involvement of 35 different local conditions and processes, providing a summary on the knowledge that is gathered in these case studies with a comparison between continents, new and old clusters, and high- and low-tech industries.

Keywords: local industrial clusters; case studies; meta-study; local conditions Length 44 pages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L60 O18 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-knm and nep-ure
Date: 2007-12
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