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Learning from Clusters

A Critical Assessment from an Economic-Geographical Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Ron A. Boschma

    1. Department of Economic Geography, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

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  2. Robert C. Kloosterman

    1. Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, AMIDSt, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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  • Discusses the central topic of clustering, learning and regional development
  • Critically represents the current state of affairs
  • Offers a unique overview of the latest developments and discusses the cluster model at the conceptual and empirical level
  • Relevant to specialists working in a great variety of social sciences disciplines

Part of the book series: GeoJournal Library (GEJL, volume 80)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Clustering, Learning and Regional Development

    • Ron A. Boschma, Robert C. Kloosterman
    Pages 1-15

  3. The ‘Cluster’ Model

    1. A Systematic Perspective on Local Development

      • Sergio Conti
      Pages 19-50

    2. Cluster Dynamics

      • Bart Nooteboom, Rosalinde Klein Woolthius
      Pages 51-68

    3. Embedded Local Growth: A Theory Taken too Far?

      • Michael Taylor
      Pages 69-88

    4. Beyond the Learning Region: The Dialectics of Innovation and Culture in Territorial Development

      • Frank Moulaert, Jacques Nussbaumer
      Pages 89-109

    5. Economic Development, Institutions and Trust

      • Gert-Jan M. Linders, Henri L. F. de Groot, Peter Nijkamp
      Pages 111-137

    6. Social Capital and Regional Development: An Empirical Analysis of the Third Italy

      • Ron A. Boschma
      Pages 139-168

    7. Regional Innovation Systems, Varieties of Capitalism and Non-Local Relations: Challenges from the Globalising Economy

      • Bjørn T. Asheim, Sverre J. Herstad
      Pages 169-202

    8. Delirious Rotterdam: The Formation of an Innovative Cluster of Architectural Firms

      • Robert C. Kloosterman, Eva Stegmeijer
      Pages 203-224

    9. Competitiveness in Regional Clusters. The Case of Océ's ‘Knowledge Industry Clustering’ Project

      • Roel Rutten, Frans Boekema
      Pages 225-245

  4. The Impacts of ICT and Externalities on Urban Development

    1. Urban Milieux: From Theory to Empirical Findings

      • Roberto Camagni, Roberta Capello
      Pages 249-274

    2. The Spatial Clustering of Knowledge-Intensive Services: Computing Services in the Netherlands

      • Anet Weterings
      Pages 275-302

    3. Dynamic Information Externalities and Employment Growth in the Netherlands

      • Frank G. van Oort, Daan P. van Soest, Shelby D. Gerking
      Pages 303-332

    4. New Regional Economics: About Virtual Agglomeration Effects

      • Luc Soete
      Pages 333-348

    5. 'Old’ and ‘New’ Economy and Services

      • Peter W. Daniels
      Pages 349-368

    6. Economic Capabilities and Strategic Clusters: New Perspectives for National and Regional Economic Policy

      • Pieter P. Tordoir
      Pages 367-387

  5. Concluding Remarks

    1. Further Learning from Clusters

      • Robert C. Kloosterman, Ron A. Boschma
      Pages 391-406

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 407-433
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About this book

Jan Lambooy retired in October 2002. When Jan was asked how he wanted to celebrate this occasion, he was adamant that no great festivities should take place. Characteristically, Jan wanted just a scientific conference so he “could learn something from it” and, as he insisted, no great festivities. So that is what we did and a conference was organised in Amsterdam on 25 October 2002, hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Econometrics of the University of Amsterdam. Friends of Jan’s from academia in the Netherlands and abroad participated and thus paid homage to Jan, both as a scientist and as a person. We are now very proud to present this festschrift, firstly as the palpable result of this conference and secondly as a token of sincere respect and great affection for Jan. Edited volumes run the danger of being a hotchpotch of contributions on a wide variety of topics. Here, we have explicitly focused on a central theme in contemporary economic geography and regional science, namely therelationship between learning, innovation and clustering. Internationally renowned scientists made both theoretical and empirical contributions to this volume. We think this book constitutes a broad palette of contemporary thinking and research on the relationship between spatial concentration and innovation and hope it will play a significant role in future debates on this issue.

Reviews

"Clusters and clustering are popular policy tools much given to critical academic comment. The book explores this paradox, addressing convincingly the shortcomings of the cluster approach to the analysis of and intervention in economic development processes. In doing so, it presents a critical and thought-provoking perspective on the current state of the art. Its most penetrative contributions are on the conceptual and empirical level."
(Professor Phil Cooke, Director, Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University)

"This book brings together not only interesting new empirical studies of the clustering of economic activity but, more importantly, fresh critique and valuable new departure points for future theoretical and empirical work on this popular topic."
(Nick Phelps, Reader, School of Geography, University of Southampton)

"Learning from Clusters aims to examine key conceptual and empirical issues concerning clustering, learning,and regional development, assessing the relationship between spatial concentration and innovation. … is a worthy addition to library shelves, containing much that will be of interest to researchers of regional development and innovation." (Danny MacKinnon, Economic Geography, Vol. 83 (2), 2007)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economic Geography, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    Ron A. Boschma

  • Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, AMIDSt, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Robert C. Kloosterman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Learning from Clusters

  • Book Subtitle: A Critical Assessment from an Economic-Geographical Perspective

  • Editors: Ron A. Boschma, Robert C. Kloosterman

  • Series Title: GeoJournal Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3679-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature B.V. 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3671-2Published: 26 August 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6925-2Published: 29 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3679-8Published: 30 March 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5499

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0072

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 434

  • Topics: Economic Geography, Geography, general

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