Industry and Knowledge Clusters

Thomas Andersson (), Martin G. Curley () and Piero Formica ()
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Thomas Andersson: Jönköping Int. Business School, Jönköping University
Martin G. Curley: Intel Corporation and National University of Ireland
Piero Formica: Jönköping University International Entrepreneurship Academy

Chapter Chapter 4 in Knowledge-Driven Entrepreneurship, 2010, pp 53-69 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Clusters can be likened to the living organisms in the rainforest populated by a vast number of species with wide range, such as the parasite, the predator, the symbiont, and the table companion, which will be described in the following paragraph. In the rainforest internal design, which means relationships, is what is valuable. The quality of relationships in a cluster is heavily affected by social capital, which tends to reflect the special characteristics of a particular cluster community in terms of mores, manners, and in the hearts and minds of those who live in it. Social capital thus differs from cluster to cluster, and each cluster is unique – as is the case in a rainforest, where only one of two identical organisms survives. Clusters are “one-of-a-kind,” and not “one-size-fits-all,” living organisms.

Keywords: Social Capital; Industrial District; Nascent Entrepreneur; Entrepreneurial Education; Growth Pole (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1188-9_4

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