Learning from Clusters: A Critical Assessment from an Economic-Geographical Perspective

ISBN-13: 9789048169252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 434 str.

Ron A. Boschma; Robert C. Kloosterman

Opis

Jan Lambooy retired in October 2002. When Jan was asked how he wanted to celebrate this occasion, he was adamant that no great festivities should take place. Characteristically, Jan wanted just a scientific conference so he could learn something from it and, as he insisted, no great festivities. So that is what we did and a conference was organised in Amsterdam on 25 October 2002, hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Econometrics of the University of Amsterdam. Friends of Jan s from academia in the Netherlands and abroad participated and thus paid homage to Jan, both as a scientist and as a person. We are now very proud to present this festschrift, firstly as the palpable result of this conference and secondly as a token of sincere respect and great affection for Jan. Edited volumes run the danger of being a hotchpotch of contributions on a wide variety of topics. Here, we have explicitly focused on a central theme in contemporary economic geography and regional science, namely the relationship between learning, innovation and clustering. Internationally renowned scientists made both theoretical and empirical contributions to this volume. We think this book constitutes a broad palette of contemporary thinking and research on the relationship between spatial concentration and innovation and hope it will play a significant role in future debates on this issue."

Recenzje

"Clusters and clustering are popular policy tools much given to critical academic comment. The book explores this paradox, addressing convincingly the shortcomings of the cluster approach to the analysis of and intervention in economic development processes. In doing so, it presents a critical and thought-provoking perspective on the current state of the art. Its most penetrative contributions are on the conceptual and empirical level."
(Professor Phil Cooke, Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University)

"This book brings together not only interesting new empirical studies of the clustering of economic activity but, more importantly, fresh critique and valuable new departure points for future theoretical and empirical work on this popular topic."
(Nick Phelps, Reader, School of Geography, University of Southampton)

"Learning from Clusters aims to examine key conceptual and empirical issues concerning clustering, learning, and regional development, assessing the relationship between spatial concentration and innovation. ... is a worthy addition to library shelves, containing much that will be of interest to researchers of regional development and innovation." (Danny MacKinnon, Economic Geography, Vol. 83 (2), 2007)

Spis treści

Preface. 1: Clustering, learning and regional development, Ron A. Boschma & Robert Kloosterman. Part I: The ‘Cluster’ Model. 2: A systematic perspective on local development, Sergio Conti. 3: Cluster dynamics, Bart Nooteboom & Rosalinde Klein Woolthuis. 4: Embedded local growth: a theory taken too far?, Michael Taylor. 5: Beyond the learning region: the dialectics of innovation and culture in territorial development, Frank Moulaert & Jacques Nussbaumer. 6: Economic development, institutions and trust, Gert-Jan M. Linders, Henri L.F. de Groot & Peter Nijkamp. 7: Social capital and regional development: an empirical analysis of the Third Italy, Ron A. Boschma. 8: Regional innovation systems, varieties of capitalism and non-local relations: challenges from the globalising economy, Bjørn T. Asheim & Sverre J. Herstad. 9: Delirious Rotterdam: The formation of an innovative cluster of architectural firms, Robert C. Kloosterman & Eva Stegmeijer. 10: Competitiveness in regional clusters. The case of Océ’s ‘Knowledge Industry Clustering’ project, Roel Rutten & Frans Boekema Part II: The Impacts of ICT and Externalities on Urban Development. 11: Urban milieux: from theory to empirical findings, Roberto Camagni & Roberta Capello. 12: The spatial clustering of knowledge-intensive services: computing services in the Netherlands, Anet Weterings. 13: Dynamic information externalities and employment growth in the Netherlands, Frank G. van Oort, Daan P. van Soest & Shelby D. Gerking. 14: New regional economics: about virtual agglomeration effects, Luc Soete. 15: ‘Old’ and ‘new’ economy and services, Peter W. Daniels. 16: Economic capabilities and strategic clusters: new perspectives for national and regional economic policy, Pieter P. Tordoir. Part III: Concluding Remarks. 17: Further learning from clusters, Robert C. Kloosterman & Ron A.Boschma About the authors Index