Cluster Innovation Along the Industry Lifecycle

Andreas Eisingerich, Oliver Falck, Stephan Heblich and Tobias Kretschmer
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Andreas Eisingerich: Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London

No 2008-070, Jena Economics Research Papers from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Abstract: Industrial clusters develop regionally along the industry's lifecycle and typically exist over many product generations. In order to maintain their innovativeness, they have to develop and adjust along the industry lifecycle. We conduct 142 depth face-to-face interviews in clusters across two continents to examine the drivers of a cluster's innovativeness along the industry lifecycle. The results from our interviews suggest that the impact of key drivers of cluster innovativeness change depending on the stage of a cluster's underlying industry lifecycle. Classifying clusters as either being adolescent (information technology, biotechnology) or mature (automotive, chemicals), our regression analyses show a changing influence of cluster patterns along the industry lifecycle on a firm's innovativeness. Specifically, we analyze the impact of interorganizational network strength, openness, university collaboration, and intrapreneurship on radical innovation across adolescent and mature clusters. Implications for research and policy makers are discussed.

Keywords: Cluster; Industry Lifecycle; Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L6 O18 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-09-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-cse, nep-geo, nep-ino, nep-knm, nep-mic, nep-net, nep-tid and nep-ure
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