Global connectedness and local innovation in industrial clusters

Volume: 49, Issue: 6, Pages: 706 - 728
Published: Apr 1, 2018
Abstract
In today’s knowledge economy, clusters are a key driver of a country’s competitiveness. Yet a cluster’s technological base is now more than ever influenced by constituent firms’ actions to tap into distant knowledge sources. Drawing on a social network perspective, and distinguishing between horizontal versus vertical organization-based linkages, we explore the effects of a cluster’s connectedness to foreign locations on its innovation...
Paper Details
Title
Global connectedness and local innovation in industrial clusters
Published Date
Apr 1, 2018
Volume
49
Issue
6
Pages
706 - 728
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