 Policy-based clusters as institutions and laboratories of institutional change: the case of FranceMaria Bonnafous-Boucher, Catherine Chastenet De Géry and Eric Michael Laviolette International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2015, vol. 19, issue 5/6, 363-385 Abstract: The objective of this article is to demonstrate that policy-based clusters can be seen as institutions and laboratories of institutional change. Taking the case of France where a national policy has been established with a set of common rules for 71 clusters, we explore and discuss these two hypotheses. Firstly, building on a case study of Medicen, a biotechnological cluster, we show that new formal and informal rules are being elaborated through a permanent interaction between the various cluster organisations and the cluster itself as an institution. Secondly, based on a statistical analysis of 71 French clusters, we reveal four categories of policy-based clusters as laboratories of institutional change. Even if common institutionalisation trends may appear at one stage, we argue that instead of homogeneity and isomorphism, the policy-based clusters are undergoing change and engendering variety on the long run. Keywords: institutions; policy-based clusters; governance; institutional change; France; biotechnology clusters; variety. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijeima:v:19:y:2015:i:5/6:p:363-385 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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