Institutional features, path dependencies and regional industrial change: comparing mature and embryonic clusters in an old industrial region

Andrew Cumbers, Joseph Leibovitz and Danny MacKinnon

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2007, vol. 7, issue 2/3/4/5, 424-444

Abstract: A focus on constructing regional advantage requires an 'unpacking' of what makes territorial agglomerations important for innovation and competitiveness by disclosing and revealing the contingencies, particularities and specificities of the various contexts and environments where knowledge creation, innovation and entrepreneurship take place. In order to achieve more effective regional innovation policy, this paper presents and discusses three dimensions along which such unpacking can take place. These dimensions refer to (1) specific industrial knowledge bases, (2) globally distributed knowledge networks and (3) different territorial competence bases.

Keywords: regional development policy; industrial clusters; biotechnology; energy industrial complex; Scotland; innovation management; knowledge creation; entrepreneurship; regional innovation policy; knowledge networks; territorial competence; institutional features; path dependencies. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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