Network structural properties for cluster long run dynamics. Evidence from collaborative R&D networks in the European mobile phone industry

Joan Crespo, Raphael Suire () and Jérôme Vicente

No 1323, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: In a recent literature, the structural properties of knowledge networks have been pointed out as a critical factor for cluster structural changes and long run dynamics. Mixing evolutionary economic geography and network-based approach of clusters, this contribution aims at capturing and discussing the particular influence of hierarchy (degree distribution) and assortativity (degree correlation) in the innovative capabilities of clusters along the industry life cycle. We test our propositions in the field of the mobile phone industry in Europe from 1988 to 2008. We use EPO PATSTAT and OECD REGPAT to capture cluster trends, and R&D relations from European Framework Programs to capture knowledge networks and their evolving structural properties. Our findings provide new insights to understand the organization of clusters over time in order to perform along the industry life cycle.

Keywords: smart specialization; constructing regional advantage; Regional Cohesion Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D85 L63 O33 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2013-11, Revised 2013-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-eur, nep-geo, nep-ino, nep-net and nep-sbm
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Journal Article: Network structural properties for cluster long-run dynamics: evidence from collaborative R&D networks in the European mobile phone industry (2016)
Working Paper: Network structural properties for cluster long-run dynamics: evidence from collaborative R&D networks in the European mobile phone industry (2016)
Working Paper: Network structural properties for cluster long run dynamics. Evidence from collaborative R&D networks in the European mobile phone industry (2013)
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