Cluster Genesis: Technology-Based Industrial Development

by Pontus Braunerhjelm

Book Overview

Clusters - regional concentrations of related firms and organizations - are seen as being an important element of economic growth and innovation. But there is little understanding of how clusters come into existence, and little guidance provided on the role of policies that are conducive to the formation of clusters.

Cluster Genesis focuses on these early origins of clusters. The case histories of well-known, established clusters, as well as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199232202
• ISBN13: 9780199232208
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"