Perceived technology clusters and ownership of related technologies: the case of consumer electronics

Frank van Rijnsoever () and Carolina Castaldi

No 08-17, Innovation Studies Utrecht (ISU) working paper series from Utrecht University, Department of Innovation Studies

Abstract: We contribute to the understanding of how technologies may be perceived to be part of technology clusters. The value added of the paper is both at a theoretical and empirical level. We add to the theoretical understanding of technology clusters by distinguishing between clusters in perceptions and clusters in ownership and by proposing a mechanism to explain the existence of clusters. Our empirical analysis combines qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate clusters of consumer electronics for a sample of Dutch consumers. We find that perceived clusters in consumer electronics are mostly determined by functional linkages and that perceived technology clusters are good predictors of ownership clusters, but only for less widely diffused products.

Keywords: Technology clusters; consumer electronics; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008-06, Revised 2008-06
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