Rethinking Clusters: Towards a New Research Agenda for Cluster Research

by Luciana Lazzeretti (Editor), Francesco Capone (Editor), Annalisa Caloffi (Editor), Silvia Rita Sedita (Editor)

Overview

Research on the topic of clusters and industrial districts is very extensive. However, most of it has focused more on understanding the past than on trying to map out the future. The aim of this book is to fill this gap by identifying and discussing the main research topics that populate the current scientific debate and highlight the emergent lines of research that will constitute the future research agenda. It does so by drawing on the debate started with the "rethinking clusters" workshops, which in a short time have become a rich place for discussion among cluster scholars around the world.

Rethinking Clusters: Towards a New Research Agenda for Cluster Research collects contributions from authoritative colleagues, who cover a number of relevant and timely issues, such as the territorial roots of radical innovation processes, new ways of understanding and measuring the role of place in economic development, path renewal, internationalization and entrepreneurship. The final section is devoted to the critical analysis of policies that support smart specialization.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal European Planning Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367672027
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/03/2021
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Luciana Lazzeretti is Full Professor in Management in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Florence, Italy.

Francesco Capone is Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Florence, Italy.

Annalisa Caloffi is Associate Professor of Applied Economics in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Florence, Italy.

Silvia Rita Sedita is Associate Professor of Management in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy.

Table of Contents

Citation Information vii

Notes on Contributors ix

Dedication xi

Preface xii

Introduction: Rethinking clusters. Towards a new research agenda for cluster research L. Lazzeretti F. Capone A. Caloffi S. R. Sedita 1

1 Radical or not? The role of clusters in the emergence of radical innovations Nils Grashof Kolja Hesse Dirk Fornahl 26

2 Radical vs incremental innovation in Marshallian Industrial Districts in the Valencian Region: what prevails? Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver Francisca Sempere-Ripoll Sofia Estelles-Miguel Ronald Rojas-Alvarado 46

3 Place-based innovation in industrial districts: the long-term evolution of the iMID effect in Spain (1991-2014) Rafael Boix-Domenech Vittorio Galletto Fabio Sforzi 62

4 Rereading industrial districts through the lens of entrepreneurship Roberto Grandinetti 81

5 Understanding processes of path renewal and creation in thick specialized regional innovation systems. Evidence from two textile districts in Italy and Sweden Cristina Chaminade Marco Bellandi Monica Plechero Erica Santini 100

6 Local or global? Does internationalization drive innovation in clusters? Marco Bettiol Maria Chiarvesio Eleonora Di Maria Debora Gottardello 117

7 Clusters and internationalization: the role of lead firms' commitment and RIS proactivity in tackling the risk of internal fractures Mario Davide Parrilli 137

8 Growth in regions, knowledge bases and relatedness: some insights from Italian case Niccolò Innocenti Luciana Lazzeretti 156

9 Six critical questions about smart specialization Robert Hassink Huiwen Gong 171

10 In response to 'Six critical questions about smart specialization' Dominique Foray 188

Index 201