Do spinoff dynamics or agglomeration externalities drive industry clustering? A reappraisal of Steven Klepper’s work

Ron Boschma ()

No 2015/18, Papers in Innovation Studies from Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

Abstract: Klepper’s theory of industry clustering based on organizational reproduction and inheritance through spinoffs challenged the Marshallian view on industry clustering. The paper provides an assessment of Klepper’s theoretical and empirical work on industry clustering. We explore how ‘new’ his spinoff theory on industry clustering was, and we investigate the impact of Klepper’s theory on the economic geography community. Klepper’s work has inspired especially recent literature on regional branching that argues that new industries grow out of and recombine capabilities from local related industries. Finally, the paper discusses what questions on industry location are still left open or in need of more evidence in the context of Klepper’s theory.

Keywords: Klepper; spinoff dynamics; agglomeration economies; Marshall; industry cluster; evolutionary economic geography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B15 B52 O18 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2015-05-14
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-ent, nep-geo, nep-hme, nep-hpe, nep-sbm and nep-ure
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