Industry Clusters and Regional Economic Competitiveness

Indraneel Kumar ()
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Indraneel Kumar: Purdue Center for Regional Development, Purdue University

Chapter 2 in Economic Competitiveness, 2026, pp 5-24 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explores the origins and evolution of the industry cluster concept with a focus on the efforts undertaken in the United States. It presents the different scholarly perspectives on the concept of agglomeration and provides details of the specific U.S.-based initiatives on developing and using the benchmark industry clusters for regional economic development purposes. In addition, variants such as knowledge-based and integrated industry clusters are discussed, including the data limitations. The chapter concludes with a summary and briefly describes new avenues of research on agglomeration, competitiveness, and clusters.

Keywords: Regional economic competitiveness; Agglomeration; Marshall–Arrow–Romer; Input–output analysis; Knowledge-based industry clusters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-20359-5_2

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