Economic geography and emerging market clusters: A co-evolutionary study of local and non-local networks in Bangalore

An Anatomy of Bengaluru's ICT Cluster: A Community Detection Approach

“…It has been argued that the growing presence of subsidiaries from both foreign and Indian-based multinational firms has led to a steady rise in inter-organizational connections with smaller local firms (D'Costa, 2006; Taübe, Karna, & Sonderegger, 2018), even though there is limited recent empirical evidence that formally documents this. A lingering question concerning the Bengaluru ICT cluster is therefore whether the local inter-organizational network remains fragile and disconnected (Vijayabaskar & Krishnaswamy, 2004), or whether it increasingly features structural network characteristics that are similar to ICT cluster in developed countries, and therefore in line with the theoretical framework.…”

The Impact of Co-Inventor Networks on Smart Cleantech Innovation: The Case of Montreal Agglomeration

“…At the same time, there is a growing literature that argues that these positive spillovers in are not given, and sheer physical colocation and geographic proximity is not sufficient to produce beneficial externalities. It has been argued that positive spillovers and positive impact on innovation happen in the process of complex interactions among an ecosystem's agents [4,[33][34][35][36][37]. There is extensive research that demonstrates that the structure of local social relationships has an important effect on the ecosystem's economic performance and innovation [14,[38][39][40].…”

How Knowledge Services Clustered Firms Leverage Different Channels of Local Knowledge Spillovers for Service Innovation

“…Meanwhile, from its inception, the latter targets the global market given the marginal demand for knowledge services such as software and IT services in domestic markets (Manning, 2013). Starting with few inter-firm linkage (Caniëls & Romijn, 2003; Täube et al, 2019), social network within KSCs is more likely to take shape through serendipitous meetings and shared working experience owing to geographical proximity. In the absence of trust based upon kinship or contractual transaction, local business associations in developing countries, such as VNITO in the QTSC cluster, play an important role in fostering inter-firm trust (Kahle et al, 2020; Wang & Tan, 2019), thereby promoting the dissemination of LKS for innovation (Configuration 1b).…”

“…Second, it remains unclear how geographically proximate firms deploy different channels of LKS in conjunction with their absorptive capacity to successfully launch new products or services to the market. Particularly, in the case of export-driven services clusters, like KSCs, excessive reliance of clustered firms on global linkages for technical and market knowledge presents an interesting inquiry into the importance of local sources of knowledge to innovation (Lorenzen & Mudambi, 2013; Täube, Karna, & Sonderegger, 2019). Therefore, the research question is how do geographically proximate firms configure different LKS channels with absorptive capacity for service innovation?…”

“…Fourth, the present study provides some important managerial implications for service provider firms, especially indigenous spinoffs from incumbent outsourcing companies in developing countries. While there is no doubt on the significance of global sources of knowledge for firms’ technological advancement and innovativeness in developing countries (Lorenzen & Mudambi, 2013; Täube et al, 2019), firms that rely on local sources of knowledge, such as LKS, can also become innovative if they strategically configure their absorptive city level and different channels of LKS.…”