How can a cluster policy enhance entrepreneurship? Evidence from the German 'BioRegio' case

Claire Champenois ()
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Claire Champenois: Audencia Recherche - Audencia Business School

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Abstract: I investigate the mechanisms through which a cluster policy can enhance entrepreneurship defined as new venture creation. The paper is based on the study of a cluster policy ('BioRegio') that strongly simulated new firm creation in biotechnology in Germany after 1996. The process induced by BioRegio at the territory level is analyzed over a ten-year period (1995-2004). I identify a three-step social mechanism through which a cluster policy can enhance entrepreneurship. The presented results strengthen the literature on cluster policies and clusters on the specific issue of entrepreneurship: four main contributions are suggested.

Keywords: Academic entrepreneurs; BioRegio; Biotechnology; Regional innovation systems; Institutional theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Published in Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2012, 30 (5), pp.796-815. ⟨10.1068/c1180⟩

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DOI: 10.1068/c1180

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