Start-Up Cluster Development: A Multi-Case Analysis in the Brazilian Context

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to knowledge on start-up cluster development by describing the core resource configurations in the development trajectory of start-up clusters in an emergent country. This research involves two start-up clusters in the Brazilian context. The results provide a framework formed by four stages that indicates the trajectory of start-up cluster development from the basic level, in which the most evident resources are tangible and endogenous, to the more advanced level, which comprises intangible and exogenous resources. In the fourth stage, start-up clusters improve resources, such as quality of life, cultural diversity and political and economic conditions to foster entrepreneurship and innovation.

Systematic literature review on innovation capabilities in clusters

“…No. Authors Approaches Allen et al (2016) Social network; knowledge sharing; geographic proximity Altenburg et al (2008) Innovation systems Álvarez et al (2009) Transaction costs; competitiveness Antolin-Lopez et al (2015) Interorganizational cooperation Atalay et al (2017) knowledge management; cluster and social network theory Best (2015) Darwin's evolutionary principles Boly et al (2014) Dynamic capabilities Britton (2004) Knowledge management; absorptive capacity Brown and Duguid (2002) Social network 10 Cantner et al (2010) Regional Innovation Systems; social network; knowledge exchange; collaboration Capello (1999) Collective learning; knowledge transfer Cappellin (2003) Knowledge management Cavalheiro et al (2017) Industrial clusters Chandrashekar and Subrahmanya (2017) Industrial district; Industrial cluster; Innovation performance Chandrashekar and Hillemane (2018) Absorptive capacity Christopherson and Clark (2007) Co-location; innovation Claver-Cortés, Marco-Lajara, and García-Lillo (2017) Dynamic capabilities; absorptive capacity Cooke (2001) Regional innovation systems Crespo, Suire, and Vicente (2014) Networks theories Dagnino et al (2015) Interorganizational network Dalcin et al (2017) Resource-based view (RBV) Dangelico, Garavelli, and Petruzzelli (2010) Agglomerations; knowledge transfer De Bruijn (2004) Clustering of firms De Marchi and Grandinetti (2016) Regional Innovation Systems Díez-Vial and Fern andez-Olmos (2015) Knowledge spillovers Elche et al (2018) Innovation and inter-organizational relationships; Firm innovation Exp osito-Langa, Tom as- Miquel, Bratucu, and Barbulescu (2018) Cluster knowledge network; clustered firm's innovation Feldman (2014) Entrepreneurship Fleming, King, and Juda (2007) Collaboration networks Fontes and Sousa (2016) Social and knowledge network; economic geography; entrepreneurship Ganesan et al (2005) Organizational learning; knowledge management…”

“…Further research could carry out more in-depth comparative analyses between IC and influential factors and subfactors across industries and countries (Álvarez et al, 2009), emergent and developed countries (Dalcin, Balestrin, & Teixeira, 2017), or between high tech clusters and regional ones (Jang, Kim, & von Zedtwitz, 2017). Comparative discussions between results obtained from studies carried out in different geography contexts (Álvarez et al, 2009) could bring new insights into the subject, especially regarding the enablers and CFs responsible for IC's development.…”

Visão Baseada em Recursos no Contexto de Clusters Industriais: Um Estudo em Empresas de Desenvolvimento de Software

“…A expressão foi usada pela primeira por Wernerfelt (1984). Desde então, a RBV tem sido utilizada amplamente em estudos (Wilk & Fensterseifer, 2003;Hervás-Oliver & Albors-Garrigós, 2007;Pugas, Calegario, & Antonialli, 2013;Antolin-Lopez, Martinez-del-Rio, Cespedes-Lorente, & Perez-Valls, 2015;Li et al, 2015;Dalcin, Balestrin, & Teixeira, 2017).…”

“…Díez-Vial e Fernández-Olmos (2013) identificaram que os recursos internos e externos obtidos de empresas em cluster complementam-se. Dalcin et al, 2017 Fonte: Elaborado pelas autoras. Wilk (2006) argumentou que, além dos recursos individuais de cada firma (recursos singulares) (Quadro 3), uma série de bens públicos podem ser considerados como recursos de alto valor estratégico por serem dificilmente reproduzíveis, e esses trazem VC ao cluster sobre outras regiões (recursos sistêmicos).…”

Evaluating the innovation capability of cluster-based firms: a graph-theoretic approach

“…A relevant factor of industrial clusters that influences IC is the geographical proximity, as it contributes to social interactions and knowledge flow and creation, thus facilitating the emergence of innovations (Cappellin, 2003; Cantner et al , 2010; Ter Wal and Boschma, 2011; Dalcin et al , 2017). Besides geographical proximity, cognitive and organizational proximities have been recognized as an important means to increase knowledge creation and diffusion among cluster’ actors benefiting the development of innovations (Boschma, 2005; Dangelico et al , 2010).…”