A Life Cycle for Clusters? The Dynamics of Agglomeration, Change, and Adaption / by Kerstin Press.

The phenomenon of non-random spatial concentrations of firms in one or few related sectors (clusters) is intensively debated in economic theory and policy. The euphoria about successful clusters however neglects that historically, many thriving clusters did deteriorate into old industrial areas. Thi...

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Main Author: Press, Kerstin (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Contributions to Economics,
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505 0 |a The rationale for studying cluster dynamics -- Introduction: Clusters, change and adaptation -- Literature review — The benefits of co-location -- Stability and change: Driving cluster development -- The nature of the beast — On the notion of agglomeration externalities -- Towards a complexity perspective on clusters -- Clusters, change and adaptation: Sticky places in slippery space? -- Modelling adaptation in clusters — The promise of complexity theory -- Model development — Clusters as complex adaptive systems -- Micromotives and macrobehaviour — Dynamics of N/K systems -- Clusters as co-evolving N/K systems -- Division of labour, co-ordination and cluster adaptation -- Clusters, change and adaptation — Simulation results -- Model contribution, limitation and avenues for future research. 
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