Coping with Economic Crises—The Role of Clusters

Skålholt, Asgeir; Thune, Taran

doi:10.1080/09654313.2013.813909

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“…Others have demonstrated that it requires focused and coordinated action not only to initiate action, but also to deliberately re-coordinate the cluster networks afterwards so that the change becomes path dependent (Sydow et al, 2010). Such are the importance of collaborative approaches, it has been found that the stage of cluster evolution influences the potential for renewal because of the capability for collective action; mature clusters are more likely to fare better than emerging clusters during periods of crisis because they are more capable of using established networks to generate collaborative strategies and competences that are mutually beneficial to cluster growth (Skålholt and Thune, 2014).…”

Section: The Cluster Life-cycle Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking cluster evolution: Actors, institutional configurations, and new path development

Harris

2020

Progress in Human Geography

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Despite a flourishing evolutionary economic geography, the cluster evolution literature has been somewhat left behind, and remains somewhat simplistic and deterministic. This article seeks to form a synthesis from recent conceptual advancements in the evolutionary and institutional economic geographies, in pursuit of expanding the cluster evolution literature. In the process it produces a novel way of exploring cluster evolution, through the concept of cluster institutional configurations, which focuses on the ability of different actors to navigate potential lock-ins and to drive cluster evolution, and connects it to broader debates in economic geography.

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Section: The Cluster Life-cycle Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking cluster evolution: Actors, institutional configurations, and new path development

Harris

2020

Progress in Human Geography

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“…For Albers et al (), Li et al () and Skalholt and Thune (),strategic alliances also allow access to technology that firms do not possess and which is essential for improved performance and to achieve sustainable competitive advantages. According to Cravens et al (), the growing complexity and changes in the environment lead firms to form strategic alliances, as they consider that without the support of other partners, increased international competitiveness will harm their performance.…”

Section: Theoretical Development and Research Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Mediating Effect of Intellectual Capital in The Relationship Between Strategic Alliances and Organizational Performance in Portuguese Technology‐Based SMEs

Ferreira

Franco

2017

European Management Review

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This study aims to analyse the relationship between strategic alliances and organizational performance and determine whether intellectual capital plays a mediating role in that relationship. To do so, a quantitative study was chosen, with data being gathered through questionnaires directed to the management organs of Portuguese industrial technology‐based small and medium‐sized enterprises, from which 257 valid responses were received. The results obtained based on a structural model show that strategic alliances and intellectual capital stimulate the organizational performance of the SMEs studied. This evidence is very relevant, as in an increasingly globalized and competitive world, these two tools can become essential for this firm sector to be able to attain sustainable competitive advantages. Furthermore, the empirical evidence reveals that intellectual capital has a mediating effect on the relationship between strategic alliances and organizational performance, this finding being the main contribution of the study. Other implications for theory and practice will be presented.

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“…Third, what is the relation between clusters and finance? For example, what is the mechanism that clusters use to help cluster firms overcome financial crisis (Skalholt and Thune, ), and how can financial clusters be built (Engelen and Grote, )? Fourth, other topics include agglomeration economies and mortgage credit (Gabriel and Rosenthal, ).…”

Section: An Analysis Of the Evolution Of Cluster Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%