RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Clusters’vital role in promoting international competitive advantage - towards an explanatory model of regional growth
T2 El rol fundamental de los clúster en la promoción de la ventaja competitiva internacional - hacia un modelo explicativo del crecimiento regional
A1 Osarenkhoe, Aihie
A1 Fjellström, Daniella
K1 Clusters
K1 Networking
K1 International competitiveness
K1 Strategic network
K1 Open innovation
K1 Clúster
K1 Trabajo en red
K1 Competitividad internacional
K1 Red estratégica
K1 Innovación abierta
K1 F20
K1 L20
K1 M10
K1 O40
K1 R10
K1 Economía
K1 Economics
K1 Geografía
K1 Geography
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
AB This work responds to calls to expand the study of inter-firm relationships beyond the narrow dyadic relationship focus and sole concentration on conceptualizing collaborations as firms’ strategic intent to implement mechanistic growth strategy. The objective is to map the salient features of existing clusters and how firms perceive the benefits of clusters by asking: How are the collaborative networks of private and public partnerships organized to enhance the competitiveness of all the stakeholders in a cluster? And how do these actors perceive the usefulness of clustering? The theoretical lens builds on viewing cluster initiatives as an interactive learning process and something that occurs in the interaction betweenactors as competitiveness is born through reshuffling resources both inside and outside of the firm, and takes into account value creation. The methodology draws on focus groups and surveys conducted in Swedish clusters. The findings show the perceived benefits of cluster initiatives to be networking, dialogue and experience exchange. The implications are that the relationships firms form in a cluster constitute critical avenues for acquiring resources and knowledge to enhance competitiveness, and bridges to other clusters in other countries. An explanatory model of clusters and regional competitiveness that emerged from our findings is presented.
PB Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional (AECR)
SN 2340-2717
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/31605
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/31605
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 19-abr-2024