How can the knowledge on clusters help to understand the phenomenon of innovation?

What are the management implications?


Trabajo Universitario, 2013

22 Páginas, Calificación: 1,7


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1. Concentration of innovative companies in particular locations and the need to consider clusters in innovation management

2. Clusters: definition, benefits and threats
2.1 Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected organizations in a particular field, strengthen by input, structure and demand factors
2.2 Benefits of clusters: productivity, innovations & development of new ventures
2.3 Threats of clusters for firms: structure, actor behaviour and geography

3. Access to knowledge and speed as key influencing mechanisms explaining innovativeness in clusters
3.1 Clusters give access to accumulated specific knowledge
3.2 Clusters allow to speed up innovation processes

4. Management implications: Selecting the location, active participation through competition and cooperation and cluster promotion
4.1 Strategic choice of location is influenced by firm's size, transaction costs, cluster life cycle, innovative capabilities and barriers
4.2 Active participation in cluster combines mechanisms of competition and cooperation
4.3 Bottom-up cluster promotion ensures sustainable development of regional agglomeration

5. Clusters can be successfully used to foster innovation and sustain the competitive advantage by giving access to specialized resources, labor and knowledge

6. References

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Detalles

Título
How can the knowledge on clusters help to understand the phenomenon of innovation?
Subtítulo
What are the management implications?
Universidad
University of Twente  (School of Management and Governance)
Curso
Supply Chain Management and Innovation
Calificación
1,7
Autores
Año
2013
Páginas
22
No. de catálogo
V211100
ISBN (Ebook)
9783656391937
ISBN (Libro)
9783656392224
Tamaño de fichero
569 KB
Idioma
Inglés
Palabras clave
innovation, clusters, agglomeration, supply chain management, location, supply chain, geographic concentration, access to knowledge, innovation speed, knowledge, innovation process, strategic choice of location, innovation barriers, innovation capabilities, cluster promotion, specialized resources, labour
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Stella Strüfing (Autor)Alissa Golomzina (Autor)Thomas Walter (Autor), 2013, How can the knowledge on clusters help to understand the phenomenon of innovation?, Múnich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/211100

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