clusters

In this study, the authors focus on the Russian energy, ICT, logistics and construction clusters, referred to as infrastructure clusters. They introduce the structure of these clusters, their products and services, the main firms operating in them, their geographical locations and business perspectives. This is a pre-study that will be followed by four cluster studies later on.

We model the process of knowledge transmission among firms via workers’ mobility as a multi-stage game. The equilibrium outcome is shown to depend upon the success of the idea over time, expressed by the behaviour of the market demand and on players’ time
preferences.

This paper examines the influence of natural geographic features on the location of production in Germany. In particular, it quantifies how much of the geographic pattern of GDP can be attributed to natural features, while controlling for the effect of agglomeration economies. The author concludes that the net influence of geography is only about seven percent.

This paper explores the effect of regional differences on the performance of software firms in the Netherlands. The results suggest that firms located in regions that specialize in ICT have higher innovation productivity.

This paper presents an analysis of the efforts of firms and governments to improve the quality of the labour force in three seaport clusters. The concept of a ‘training and education regime’ is presented as an approach to analyse efforts of firms and governments to improve the labour pool.

The aim of this paper is to analyse the question of clusters in the Czech Republic. The theoretical approach is based on the “diamond” of Michael Porter and on his definition saying that clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a particular field that are present in a nation or region.

This paper investigates on the presence of innovation clusters in the European regions. The analysis is based on a databank set up by CRENoS on regional patenting at the European Patent Office classified by ISIC sectors (2 digit), which considers 175 regions of 17 countries in Europe. The analysis is implemented for 23 manufacturing sectors to assess for the presence of significant differences in their spatial features.

This paper analyses the spatial concentration and sectoral specialisation of local enterprises and multinational enterprises in Ireland. Entropy indices are used as indicators of spatial and sectoral clustering in Irish manufacturing.

In this paper, the authors model the location decisions of auto supplier plants using probit models that take explicit account of the tendency for auto plants to cluster together.
Despite the rapid change in the geographic configuration of the industry, we show that
three salient features remain the same.

The present paper compares temporary clusters with permanent clusters and other types of inter-firm interactions. If regular participation in temporary clusters can satisfy a firm’s need to learn through interaction with suppliers, customers, peers and rivals, why is the phenomenon of permanent spatial clustering of similar and related economic activity so pervasive?