The Functional Resilience of an Innovative Cluster in the Montpellier Urban Area (South of France)

Nicolas Bonnet

European Planning Studies, 2009, vol. 18, issue 9, 1345-1363

Abstract: The aim of this article is to evaluate the resilience of territories through a study of the morphology of local firms' networks: in this case, in the Montpellier urban area. Two types of data collection were used for the analysis: a statistical survey of a sample of firms and a list of shared patents pending. The first step of the approach enabled us to analyse the motives that led firms to develop innovative partnership. In the second step, we modelled the networks, using graph theory, over different periods of time. Ultimately, the analysis revealed pivotal firms within the network. These firms played an important role in the resilience and spatial organization of the territory. We found that the geographical concentration or dispersal of the firms thus continued under certain economic conditions.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2010.492580

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