 Clusters, Systems and BlocksThomas Kaiserfeld
Chapter 8 in Beyond Innovation: Technology, Institution and Change as Categories for Social Analysis, 2015, pp 67-76 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract An early attempt to analyse processes emanating from combinations and integration of knowledge together with its carriers stemmed from the observation that industrial branches and sectors seemed to agglomerate geographically, creating local or regional clusters. Other concepts mirror sectorial complexes or the importance of systems. In common, they all have the assumption that technology and institutions are systemic in the sense that their parts cannot be understood or analysed in isolation, but need to be understood as connected entities. Conclusions in this chapter include the developing uniformity of systems and organizations despite the original institutional differences of distinctive geographical locations and regions. Another insight is that change in one part of the complex is very likely to have repercussions throughout the whole system. Keywords: bottleneck; development block; multiple invention; regional cluster; reverse salient; simultaneous invention; socio-technical system (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-54712-5_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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