Do clusters really matter for innovation practices in information technology? Questioning the significance of technological knowledge spillovers.

Autor/in	Huber, Franz
Titel	Do clusters really matter for innovation practices in information technology? Questioning the significance of technological knowledge spillovers.
Quelle	In: Journal of economic geography, 12 (2012) 1, S. 107-126 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-2702; 1468-2710
DOI	10.1093/jeg/lbq058
Schlagwörter	Forschung und Entwicklung; Cambridge; Cluster; Forschung und Entwicklung; Großbritannien; Technologietransfer; Wirtschaftsgeografie; Innovationspotenzial; Informationswirtschaft; Innovationsfähigkeit; Wissenstransfer; Cluster; Technologietransfer; Wirtschaftsgeografie; Informationswirtschaft; Innovationsfähigkeit; Innovationspotenzial; Lernende Region; Cambridge; Großbritannien
Abstract	"A widespread assumption in economic geography and the economics of innovation is that firms located in clusters benefit from territorial learning and knowledge spillovers. However, it remains unclear to what extent these benefits actually occur. This article aims to address this issue and examines to what extent research and development workers in the Cambridge Information Technology Cluster benefit from being located in the Cluster. The study shows why many do not believe that their work benefits from being located in the Cluster. The results suggest that academics as well as policy makers need to be more careful with the assumption of technological knowledge spillovers in innovative clusters. The significant advantages of the Cambridge IT Cluster seem to be of a different nature; in particular they concern labour market advantages and benefits from the global 'brand' of Cambridge." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Fallstudie; Befragung.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/2