The sustainable water campus in Leeuwarden: towards an anchoring milieu or a ‘hollow term’?

Miranda Ebbekink and Arnoud Lagendijk

Chapter 5 in Sustainable Innovation and Regional Development, 2017, pp 103-124 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter assesses the development of the water campus and the water technology cluster in Leeuwarden from the perspective of an ‘anchoring milieu’. In doing so, the chapter makes a broader point on the nexus between cluster policies and ambitions to boost a city’s international competitive position. It focuses, in particular, on the aspect of anchoring, and on four themes which, in the authors’ eyes, bear on anchoring: ‘relational assets’, ‘club goods’, ‘strategic intelligence’ and ‘policy leverage’. Furthermore, the importance of engagement of the business community is stressed.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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