The challenges of enhancing collaboration in life science clusters: Lessons from Chicago, Copenhagen and Singapore

Sarah Giest

Science and Public Policy, 2017, vol. 44, issue 2, 163-173

Abstract: Cluster policy is widely discussed due to the vagueness of the cluster concept and the disagreement among innovation stakeholders and policy-makers on how to address networking dynamics. This paper looks at the increasing number of cluster policies targeting collaboration and the different framing of it as a policy issue by government and stakeholders. Based on interviews in the life science clusters of Chicago, Copenhagen and Singapore, the research finds that network members frame low collaboration levels as an issue that needs to be addressed by adjusting the larger institutional setting while policy-makers focus on the dynamics of the network. The research further shows that different motives drive the demand of certain policy measures: government is concerned with overall economic performance, while companies and research institutes focus on their own success in the network. Both groups find common ground in support for cluster organizations and their ability to connect various stakeholders.

Keywords: policy instruments; innovation; clusters; collaboration; capacity; life sciences; framing. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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