Book contents
- Innovation Systems, Policy and Management
- Innovation Systems, Policy and Management
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Innovation Policy and Innovation Systems
- Part II Innovation in Developing and Emerging Countries
- Part III Regional Innovation Systems and Policies
- 10 Innovation Policies and New Regional Growth Paths
- 11 Spinoffs and Clustering
- 12 Examining the Technological Innovation Systems of Smart Cities
- 13 Agglomeration of Invention in the Bay Area
- Part IV Innovation Management and its Links with Policy
- Index
- References
11 - Spinoffs and Clustering
from Part III - Regional Innovation Systems and Policies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 August 2018
- Innovation Systems, Policy and Management
- Innovation Systems, Policy and Management
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Innovation Policy and Innovation Systems
- Part II Innovation in Developing and Emerging Countries
- Part III Regional Innovation Systems and Policies
- 10 Innovation Policies and New Regional Growth Paths
- 11 Spinoffs and Clustering
- 12 Examining the Technological Innovation Systems of Smart Cities
- 13 Agglomeration of Invention in the Bay Area
- Part IV Innovation Management and its Links with Policy
- Index
- References
Summary
Geographic clustering of people and organizations is a fact of modern economic life. At the aggregate level, around half the world’s population is located in cities. At the industry level, Ellison and Glaeser (1997) and Duranton and Overman (2005) show that in the modal manufacturing industry in the United States and UK, respectively, plants are more clustered geographically than would be expected if they located randomly. These simple facts have been widely interpreted to reflect some sort of advantage of clustering. Wages and prices are higher in cities and in industry clusters such as Silicon Valley (Rosenthal and Strange 2004; Puga 2010). Consequently, businesses in clusters must enjoy some kind of advantages in order to be competitive.
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- Innovation Systems, Policy and Management , pp. 359 - 393Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018